As I’ve mentioned in past posts, Keith and I are fortunate to be associated with The Program in Human Sexuality at the University of Minnesota. Click here for an overview of the program and a video of Keith’s and my participation in a panel presentation to university medical students. This program has been of great […]
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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Our story on video
After publishing our book, Keith and I were introduced to The Program in Human Sexuality at the University of Minnesota. PHS, as it is referred to, offers the only PhD in Human Sexuality in the United States and is an integral component of the University of Minnesota’s Medical School. Among their numerous classes that focus […]
Community Stories: Grief and intimacy
This post is part of an ongoing series called Community Stories, where I share the questions, conversations and diverse interactions that have enriched my own story, after having shared our story with a wide spectrum of people during more than twenty years of speaking engagements around the country. Click here to view other posts in the […]
The memory of intimate touch
This is a rare instance of a post that is published on both of my blogs—this one about Intimacy & Aging, and my other blog about MCI. While it was originally written toward people dealing with memory and cognitive loss, I feel it is relevant to many readers interested in intimacy and aging as well. […]
My “woman’s straight talk” to men suffering from erectile dysfunction
Shortly after our book was published we started receiving invitations to speak to prostate cancer support groups.1 We had a format of telling our story as a couple, and then meeting in small groups; Keith with the men and me the women. It didn’t take long, however, before we realized we needed to offer an […]
Local press: The secret to a long marriage + living with memory loss
Keith and I had the pleasure in February of being the subject of not one but two local newspaper features. Chris from the Winona Post visited us to discuss what it’s like to live with a diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment. Then Tesla from the Winona Daily News wrote a Valentine’s Day feature about the […]