In honor of Cervical Health Awareness Month, we are proud to support CureCervicalCancer, a nonprofit dedicated to the early detection and prevention of cervical cancer around the globe for the women who need it most. Not only will we provide a financial contribution to help further CureCervicalCancer’s efforts, but you can look for more content this month about cervical health and how to prevent, detect, and treat cervical cancer. 

This year, we invite you to join us in a new series dedicated to all the ways we show up for love – from the traditional or unconventional to the quirky and sometimes messy moments.

This December, we are proud to support organizations working on hunger relief in our local community, as well as nationally. Feeding America operates a network of 200 food banks in the United States. FOOD For Lane County works with more than 150 agencies in and around Eugene, Ore., where our company is headquartered. 

During times of uncertainty and anxiety, we believe that leaning into your innate capacity for pleasure is healing and sustaining. With that in mind, we want to share our 2020 reader favorites on the best ways to enhance and deepen your capacity for pleasure. We feel confident that this reading list will not disappoint as you explore the most reliable steps to enhance your arousal and find a gateway to orgasm.

It is my children that have taught me the most about my real presence in life. Years ago, it was their small hands taking hold of either side of my face and willfully turning my attention to fully face them. In their teen years, I learned through the moments I missed to pay closer attention when they were standing nearby ready to spill out their feelings and stories.

Research says that couples who cook together stay together. So, this summer we’ve pulled together a few recipes to help you explore the kitchen – and each other. All three recipes are chock full of healthy ingredients and, as an added bonus, all of them contain ingredients that are known aphrodisiacs! That means they are known to have properties that boost libido, enhance arousal, and/or improve your sexual stamina in some way.

As a culture, our diet often suffers from the overwhelming demands of schedule and time constraints; we pick up food on the run and call it a meal. Even when we take the time to prepare a meal at home, we often eat it in front of a screen, eating quickly and mindlessly.

2020 has been a difficult year for many of us. We are steeped in loss of all kinds. Hundreds of thousands of lives have been taken by this virus and they are being grieved by millions more. Millions of people are struggling with work closures, along with the anxiety about making ends meet and having enough to feed those they love. 

Somewhere along the line in my pursuit of helping women have more sexual satisfaction and pleasure, I began to understand that the triad of sexual dysfunction issues that millions of women struggle with – vaginal dryness, lack of libido, and painful sex – are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to vaginal health.

November is Bladder Health Month, and we are honored to be partnering with Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network. This week, we learned about how this little-known cancer is detected and treated, as well as the unique risks for women diagnosed with bladder cancer. Read our Q&A with Stephanie Chisolm, PhD, Director of Education and Research at BCAN.

You may have seen it in anti-aging serums, daily cleansers, or even as a supplement. Hyaluronic acid (HA) is one of the trendiest ingredients on drugstore shelves today. And some of the most exciting developments in hyaluronic acid are the revolutionary ways HA locks in moisture in the vagina – something we took note of several years ago and used in product development of our new vaginal gel BioNourish™.