My Kindergartener struggles with masturbation…
I have a little 5 year old daughter in Kindergarten who struggles with masturbation. Help!!!! She has struggled with this for almost 2 years and it seems to get worse and worse. I have been to the...
View ArticleWhat is “dry humping?”
I’m a pretty naive Mormon girl, raised in a super conservative environment. I have a boyfriend and I’m just discovering kissing, but since I know next to nothing about sex and physicality, I don’t...
View ArticleAnxious and struggling…
I know you get this question a lot, and I know you don’t speak for the church officially, but I’m tired of the anxiety and depression that comes without knowing. Having struggled with pornography for a...
View ArticleDo I have a hyper active libido?
I am a 21 year old single Male and have been dealing with OCD for about 5 years now. I have recently discovered, by reading your blog, that my conditions perfectly fit the description of hyper active...
View ArticleResources for Teen Sexual Education?
Natasha – thanks for a great blog. My husband and I have a toddler son, but I am already thinking about his adolescence and future sex education. Obviously it is a long way off, and things might...
View ArticleTo circumcise or not to circumcise?
My husband and I just recently had our second child, a son. We were planning on circumcising him as my husband is circumcised but as we got closer to actually going through with it my husband and I...
View ArticleHuman Sexuality Religious Panel
I was recently invited to attend an undergraduate human sexuality class as part of a religious panel where students would be able to ask representatives certain questions regarding sexuality. I...
View ArticleErectile Dysfunction linked to Cardiovascular Disease
This information is taken from AASECT Contemporary Sexuality updates. Really important if you are experiencing Erectile Dysfunction to make sure you are getting your cardio health checked because a...
View ArticleMindfulness and Sexuality
On this most recent podcast of Mormon Mental Health Natasha Helfer Parker gets a non-Mormon perspective and interviews sex educator, Jennifer “Dr. Jenn” Gunsaullus, Ph.D. on the process of mindfulness...
View ArticlePart of Panel on Mormon Matters re Virtue
I was recently involved on a panel discussion over at Mormon Matters regarding “virtue.” Here is the description from Dan Wotherspoon: So often in Mormon discourse, the term “virtue” is treated almost...
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Teaching about Chastity to the Youth
This is an email I wrote in reply to the Young Women’s presidency in my ward wanting some feedback as to good quotes/resources for teaching about chastity – which is the theme this month. So this is...
View ArticleTeaching Chastity to the Relief Society
Lesson I will be giving in Relief Society on September 22, 2013. Based on the talk given by Elder David A. Bednar: We Believe in Being Chaste from the April 2013 General Conference My Favorite Quotes...
View ArticleIs oral sex wrong before marriage?
Is it wrong to partake in sexual acts like oral sex, fingering and handjobs before marriage? If so, what can go wrong? I’m a firm believer that sexual intercourse should be reserved for marriage due to...
View ArticleAdvocating for Your Gay Mormon Family Member
I recently had the opportunity to interview Wendy and Tom Montgomery and their two children, Jordan (15) and Susannah (14). They are devout Mormons from California who have five children in total....
View ArticleBook Review: Sex and the Single Christian Girl
I was asked by Patheos to do the following book review: In Sex and the Single Christian Girl: Fighting for Purity in a Rom-com World, Marian Jordan Ellis takes a Christian stand for sexual purity in...
View ArticleRelationship and Sexuality Courses available at discount
Jennifer Finlayson Fife is a colleague whom I esteem greatly. I have had the opportunity to interview her for a podcast regarding Mormon Female Sexuality as well as present with her regarding the...
View ArticleAnal Sex Revisited
I’d like to take responsibility and apologize for the original post I wrote in March of 2009 regarding the act of anal sex: Are Oral and/or Anal Sex Wrong?. I was asked if it was appropriate behavior...
View ArticleMorality? We can do much better than this…
I was shocked to read the most recent article on sexual morality that was just published in the March 2014 issue of the Ensign by Elder Tad R. Callister regarding a recent fireside he gave at...
View ArticleSexuality Workshop in New York
For those of you who might be in the New York area: Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife will be giving two presentations on marital sexuality. She’s an excellent presenter and I highly recommend her...
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How do I teach my kids about pornography?
How do you teach your kids about the bad that pornography can do but not teach them they will spiritually die if they look at it? In other words, teach the dangers without over exaggerating them?...
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