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Intimacy & Aging Blog

On this blog, I share posts and resources on how aging affects intimacy, and our continued journey to retain and redefine intimacy after impotence. Click here for the introduction to the blog.

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Body memory and making love

December 7, 2018 By Virginia Laken

I’m posting this essay on both of my blogs; virginialaken.com which deals with MCI and here at intimacyandaging.com on which I write about aging and intimacy. I’m doing so because emotions and love are integral components of both areas—at least in my experience. While I try to be generally optimistic, stoic and hopeful—(certainly, I prefer […]

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Verbal intimacy, trust intimacy, and truth intimacy

November 20, 2018 By Virginia Laken

For the most part when I’ve written about intimacy I’ve referred to physical intimacy —the act of lovemaking. But today I want to write about verbal intimacy, trust intimacy, and truth intimacy. Keith and I have been married for fifty-two years—a lifetime, really. A lifetime of births, deaths, joys, sorrows, adventures, boredom, illness, recovery, arguments, […]

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Intimacy in our forties and fifties

September 4, 2018 By Virginia Laken

Author’s note: This is an essay I wrote about eight years ago, when I was thinking of publishing a book of essays detailing the continuing journey of how Keith and I were dealing with sexual dysfunction and aging. I have done some editing for clarity only—leaving the honesty of the time, events, and emotions intact. […]

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Body image

August 22, 2018 By Virginia Laken

Wow, if “body image” isn’t a phrase inherent with shame, embarrassment and inadequacies! Especially to most aging body holders. I don’t know a single person in their sixties, seventies, or beyond, who doesn’t lament the inevitable effects of aging on the body. Even the most physically fit, wrinkle-free and active seniors feel old at some […]

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Introduction to sex and aging in real time

July 17, 2018 By Virginia Laken

I assume if you are reading this blog you are aware of the book I authored, Making Love Again: Hope for Couples Facing Loss of Sexual Intimacy. Writing our journey of regaining intimacy and then getting the book published was a three-year, full-time job. Shortly after publication Keith and I began receiving invitations to speak […]

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Maintaining physical intimacy into our 70s

July 3, 2018 By Virginia Laken

Beginning about ten years ago when Keith and I were in our early sixties, we began to notice a decline in our libido (our drive to engage in sex) and a resulting decline in our being intimate. This was followed by an increase in irritability and impatience with one another, and quickly led to bickering […]

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Virginia Laken Blog - Aging, Sexuality and MCIMy name is Virginia Laken, and my journey into intimate storytelling began during a crisis in my marriage. Follow along on my blog to read my essays on intimacy and aging.

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