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So how do you navigate the changes in your sexual functioning as you go through life? Know what you want from your own sexuality and from your partner, and ask how you can achieve that in ways that you will both find rewarding. Are you or your partner experiencing health problems? Ask your health care provider if those problems will affect your sex life—and for advice on working through or around the problem. Talk to a sex counselor if you’ve run out of options. We will live longer than our grandparents, which means we have many more years of sexual life in store for us. Make each one the best that it can be by getting the help and support you need to be your sexiest ever.
Keep sex vibrant
Talk to your partner: Carve out private space where you absolutely will not be disturbed and talk. Use only “I” statements, and really express what you want.
Listen, listen, and listen some more: Focus carefully on what your partner has to say, and imagine fulfilling his needs as he describes them.
Get expert help: That disease and disorders affect your sexuality is not news to health care providers; they know your struggles and want to help. Don’t be afraid to ask.
Talk to trusted family members and friends: Sometimes the best solutions to our problems come from people just like ourselves.
Be realistic: You cannot work a full-time job, clean the house, feed the kids, study part-time, and then expect to crave hours of passionate love-making!
