Shopping for a healthcare provider is important. Spend as much time as you would shopping for a car or outfit for an important event. Afterall, this person is going to know things about you that even your best friend might not.  

You are your own best advocate. Some people feel more comfortable speaking up than others; especially when wearing a paper gown and sitting on an exam table. From a healthcare professional’s point of view, here are some suggestions on how you can talk about your health with a provider.  

Request to Talk to the Provider

You can always request to talk to a healthcare provider before you are asked to change into a gown for an exam.

If you are changing providers, let the potential new provider know why you are changing. For example, “my last OB/GYN was great for my pregnancies, but now I feel I need someone with more of a focus on gynecology.”

Wait to hear their response and if they feel they are the right provider.

Struggling with low libido, as one-third of women do at some point in their lives, can make you feel left out and down on yourself. While low libido is often associated with middle age and menopause, there are actually a variety of reasons that women suffer from it, including normal hormonal changes, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, certain medicines and contraceptives, and a history of trauma. (It’s important to remember that “low” just means lower than you want. If you are happy with your libido level, then there is nothing wrong with it.)

One of the key ways to access our inner sexual selves is through sensory exploration. We all know that touch is the primary sense we yearn for when sexually aroused, and it’s common practice to “set the mood” with sensual music or lighting when initiating sex. But what about taste and smell? The answer: flavor. 

It's that time of year again where many of us choose to honor the holidays and the people we love by giving gifts. The Good Clean Love® team is excited to share with you some of our favorite brands and gift ideas for 2022.

Our cultural conceptualization of gender as a society is changing. Most of us are aware of the rise in the use of gender-neutral pronouns, as the cultural visibility of others who do not feel identified within the gender binary has increased in recent years. About one in five Americans personally know someone who prefers a pronoun other than ‘he’ or ‘she’. Many of us may not understand what preferred gender pronouns are and why they are crucial to many.

If you’ve just recently entered menopause, you might be noticing some of the changes that accompany this major shift. There are the emotional changes, the mood swings, hot flashes, disrupted sleep, and of course, the vaginal pain and dryness, which can make sex suddenly uncomfortable.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, making up 30% of all women’s cancers. In 2022, over 300,000 women will be diagnosed and over 40,000 will die of breast cancer. While cancer screening and treatment technology continues to grow more advanced, the cornerstones of breast health continue to be prevention and early detection. 

It can be devastating to feel pain when you were expecting to feel pleasure. And yet, if you have ever experienced this, you should know you are not alone. The landmark "Sex in America" survey conducted in 1994 found that 1 in 5 women experience pain during sex, and this likelihood increases to 1 in 3 women when they are post-menopausal.

To celebrate this year's Bisexual Awareness Week we want to acknowledge the validity and strength of bisexual people in a culture which often calls that identity into question.