JANE STECKBECK

“While desire fixated outwardly generates grasping and tension, desire inwardly felt attunes you to the pulsing power of the body’s vital centers.” John Welw...

“When you know better, you do better.” Maya Angelou “Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.”  Virginia Satir While my sex and intimacy coa...

“A majority of sexually satisfied women say they don’t feel much spontaneous desire…[w]hat they do feel is the ability to generate desire by intentionally se...

The Art of Reclaiming Sexual Desire, Part 1: Understanding Responsive Desire Jane Steckbeck, Sexologist and Certified Sex Coach “To regain our zest for sex w...

“Reverence starts in the mirror. In other words, above and beyond all appearances, opinions and circumstances, know there is a light, a sacred Presence, with...

Yoni: The Sanskrit word for female genitals. Translates to "source of all life" or "sacred space." Urban Dictionary “When you own yourself sensually, everyth...

March 2018 “…[T]he sexual norms we inherit bear little resemblance to what people actually do. I think it would be great if everyone told the truth—for one m...

November 06, 2015 “Owning your desire means that you take responsibility for discovering what fits you sexually. You get to be the one who names the unique s...

"To say that women would choose intimacy over orgasm is an insult to our intelligence. How intimately connected, how close and fond does she feel lying at hi...

“The idea of a woman knowing and pleasuring herself has not been in vogue for thousands of years…We’re taught to sit back and let someone else drive. The tru...

“Staying away from your erotic feelings, masturbation, and sex separates you from a powerful part of yourself…that could feed vitality and energy into every ...

“Childhood sexual abuse teaches you to disregard your own internal sense of boundaries and to run you life by someone else’s rules…Regarding your body and so...

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” Neale Donald Walsch Virtually every blog I write and post is a practice of exquisite vulnerability. Lately, I’...

“We know that 80% of women masturbate and 90% of men do—and the rest lie.” Dr. Jocelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General terminated during the Clinton Administrat...

“Masturbation is a primary form of sexual expression. It’s not just for kids or those in-between lovers or for old people who end up alone. Masturbation is t...

“The source of desire in women may be quite different from that in men and arises from not only the innate hormonal drive, but more likely from feelings that...

“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dan...