Love, Lust and Laughter - 09.08.21

<p style="font-weight:400;">World Sexual Health Day</p> <p style="font-weight:400;"> </p> <p style="font-weight:400;">Dr. Lori Buckley (<a href='http://www.drloribuckley.com/'>www.drloribuckley.com</a>) and Dr. Diana looked at how sexual pleasure can be profoundly healing and very good for our overall health. Sex drive decreases gradually with age in most men and women, but women are two to three times more likely to be affected by a decline in sex drive as they age. Many women just don’t have the energy to rekindle the flame of passion. An estimated 40 million American women struggle with diminished libido, and additional data suggests that up to 63% of women experience some degree of sexual dysfunction during their lives. Low sexual desire is their most frequent concern.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;"> </p> <p style="font-weight:400;">The two sex therapists had a lively and often personal discussion of what to do. Hormones were the centerpiece of their discussion. It’s essential that you do thorough research to find the right, experienced doctor for such an individual decision. For many women, including the host and her guest, <a href='https://www.webmd.com/menopause/what-is-bioidentical-hormone-replacement-therapy'>Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy</a> – BHRT – is the answer. Estrogen, progesterone and testosterone especially affect our sexuality, intimately shaping our experiences of love, attraction, and arousal. Dr. Lori’s phrase: “Stay juicy and jazzed”!</p> <p style="font-weight:400;"> </p> <p style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testosterone'>Testosterone</a> is Dr. Diana’s favorite hormone because it’s so vital to inspiring and maintaining those two states! Testosterone, with the assistance of estrogen, stimulates nerve receptors in your brain, igniting your pleasure circuitry and setting sexual feelings and arousal in motion. More good news: testosterone can give an added jolt to your sexuality by increasing your clitoris’s sensitivity to touch. Testostero