Intimacy & Aging Blog

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]