Womens_HealthAustralia-February_2017

FEBRUARY 2017 womenshealth.com.au 93

Focus, for crying out loud!

Seriously, 40 per cent

of you said your sex life

would be so much better

if you weren’t distracted.

Here’s how to stay in the

moment in the sack.

WE KNOW THE POST-

HOLIDAY SEASON CAN

FEEL A BIT, WELL, POST-

APOCALYPTIC. NO MORE

PRESENTS ON THEIR WAY,

THE PARTIES ARE OVER,

AND AW, CRAP, HERE

COME THE RESOLUTIONS!

SO WE ASKED YOU TO

TELL US EVERYTHING YOU

WANT TO CHANGE, THEN

HATCHED THIS: YOUR

MASTER GUIDE TO TAKE

EACH PART OF YOUR LIFE

TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

2017

GOODBYE TO: BODY-

IMAGE ISSUES

You’re seconds away from the

O when your brain runs amok with

thoughts of ugh, floppy boobs! So

long, fireworks. “You can’t orgasm

and hold your stomach in at the

same time – you just can’t,” says

Dr Laurie Mintz, author of A Tired

Woman’s Guide to Passionate

Sex. “Channelling your [breath]

through your genitals will help you

tune back into the sensuality of

your body,” she says. Too weird?

Activate your sense of smell by

nuzzling into a fave spot on your

partner, like the hollow above his

collarbone, and breathe there.

GOODBYE TO: THE

OUTSIDE WORLD

“It takes most stressed-out

women 20 minutes of caressing

and kissing just to relax, let alone

get aroused,” says Mintz. The fix?

Ditch the distractions – evict your

mobile from the bedroom, and use

an alarm clock for your AM wake-

up. And block out time on your

calendar: “Having a planned tryst

gets you in the mind frame, and

you don’t expend energy or time

on that should-we-or-shouldn’t-we

moment,” says Mintz.

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