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Physical boundaries and hormones. A dynamic duo. 

You may have stumbled upon videos of this 1970s psychological experiment where children had the option of having a marshmallow as an immediate reward or two marshmallows if they waited 15 minutes being alone with a single marshmallow. The study (the Stanford marshmallow experiment, if you’d like to check it out) looks at delayed gratification. I bring it up because keeping physical boundaries when oestrogen levels are through the roof, around the time of ovulation, can feel a little like being tempted with the greatest reward we could access right at that time. Women’s bodies, their hormone cycles to be specific, are geared towards fertilising the egg at the time of ovulation, so, unsurprisingly, sexual

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Female Health

Why is my sexual desire so inconsistent? Are my hormones to blame?

Are you a woman who’s noticed that you become more sexually aroused during certain weeks of the month? Perhaps you struggle to understand why your libido feels so high despite being single or navigating boundaries in dating? Or perhaps you’re married and trying to figure out why some weeks all you can think about is sex, while during others being touched is the last thing you want? As women, while we are often quite familiar with our hormones in terms of our menstrual cycle, we can often shy away and blush at the thought of talking about hormones and sexual desire! However, this is a relevant and real part of the hormone cycle that few

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Female Health

Periods and libido. They are more linked than you think! 

As mentioned in our previous posts, there is mixed research on whether our menstrual cycle affects our sexual desire. While some studies have indicated there is little significant impact, others reflect strong changes in women’s sex drive throughout their cycle.  Have you noticed this about yourself? Do you find yourself more flirtatious, getting turned on by your partner or someone you find attractive when you’re ovulating? In my experience, knowing that my hormones have this impact on my sexual desire helps me understand why I have days where I find guys more attractive than I normally would or if I start feeling aroused for no clear reason. So let’s get into the science!  The two

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