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WELCOME TO THE JANUARY ISSUE OF VENTURESQUE
 
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Welcome back everyone and a warm greeting to all of my new and old readers.
 
 
 
Happy New Year to you all.
 
In my brief 2-3 sentence sum up of my life this month . . .   We had a busy Christmas. I would say that travelling around the country for 11 days with a 5 month old baby is not the way to relax over the festivities. Eden remained remarkably good-tempered but she did not want to sleep! Happily she is now Back In Routine and we are managing - sometimes - up to 5 hours of sleep in one go.
 
My Top Tip offers you a perhaps new sexual position to get to grips with.
 
The main article considers the role of the the mind in creating, remembering and empowering (or not) your sexuality.
 
The Sex Question asks what do you say to yourself before sex?
 
 
 
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DR TARA'S TOP TIP - THE GRINDER

I may, and in fact often do, harp on about the importance of sorting out what's going on in your head as the most effective way to maximise your erotic potential. I also know that many of you like to use your bodies as well to explore your sexuality.  Trying out new positions cannot turn around a load of negative beliefs about your own sexuality. What it can do is to help you find new ways of sexual stimulation that turn you ( and your partner) on. So for this month, I offer you THE GRINDER.
 
It's not a name that I find particularly appealing but, name asides, this is a variation on doggy style that offers clitoral stimulation as well as making the woman feel 'full', if you know what I mean. Alright I'll come out and say it. If you have a male partner, this position will make him feel bigger inside you.
The most trouble I have with new positions is trying to describe them in a way that you can make sense of. I describe in terms of partner A and partner B so that all combinations of male and female are equally catered for.
 
It is like doggy style but partner A's feet are off the floor and so blood will rush to their head. Some people like this heady feeling. Others don't. Partner A bends over a stool or chair. A bed is no good because you need to be able to rest your hands on a floor.Position your pubic mound and clitoris against the padding of the stool/chair so that some friction can be generated in that department. Partner A's hands rest on the floor, with feet off the ground. Partner B penetrates A to their mutual satisfaction! B can try to rub the small of A's back. This is thought to be a sexual energy centre by Tantric practitioners and it is often a very sensitive but neglected area of the body.

sad womanMIND SEX

I think that I have worked with enough people to know that working on sexual technique alone will not resolve an entrenched and disabling set of sexual beliefs that you might have about yourself and what you are capable of sexually. The body's most powerful sexual organ is the mind. What goes on in your head is more important than what happens between your legs. So, what can you do to get your head working for you, rather than against you?
 
We all have an inner voice that talks to us. Call it a gremlin or sex saboteur - whatever you like really - but recognise that your critical inner dialogue could be messing things up for you sexually. Many people who have sexual problems have developed a kind of mind mantra that they run through whenever they get into a situation in which sex is a possiblity. Many begin 'what if...?'. What if he thinks I'm fat, what if I can't get an erection, what if I come too soon, what if I don't orgasm, what if I ask for what I want but she thinks I'm weird?
These poisonous thoughts are you turning sex into a performance; a pass/fail test in which you can be identified as a sexual loser if you fail to live up to someone's else's (or your own) expectations. 
 
Compare this with a person who enters into sexual situations thinking how good can we make this, what an opportunity this is to find out more about my sexuality, here is a chance to give and receive pleasure. Or compared to a person whose sexual experiences are not hindered by negative thoughts but are empowered by them being able to relax into the feelings of physical and sexual sensation.
 
The first step to making your critical voice quieter and less powerful is to recognise what they are. Know what your own particular anxieties revolve around.
 
Next, you need to practice self-acceptance. Believing that whatever you feel sexually in the moment is for a reason and is not a statement about your entire sexual potential. For example, if you cannot maintain an erection, it could be for a number of reasons. Becaue you are anxious, under-confident, taking medication, you feel insecure with your partner. It does not mean that a lack of ability to get an erection is the final say about your sexual potential and how sexual a person you are or can become.
 
Create representations/memories of positive and joyful sexuality. Think back to your best sexual experiences and try to identify what made them good. Also, keep thinking about them. When you wake up and when you go to bed. If you cannot find good memories with a partner, create them. Invent a great experience and live it in your mind or use a masturbation experience. All sexual experience have the potential to help you feel good about who you can be as a sexual person.
 
Trust yourself to be able to deal with whatever happens. Most dangerous myths about sexuality are rooted in the idea as sex is a test, which can be graded as a success or a failure. Worse than that, if we have a not great sexual experience, WE ARE and must be a sexual failure. Sex is so bound up with self-esteem for many of us because it has acquired an almost magical aura of being somehow different from other experiences that we have. We should all know what to do and how to do it. We should always be able to want and have sex whenever we want and we should want it all the time. It should be effortless, spontaneous and always fantastic. I always ask clients to address your expectations. Having unrealistic expectations means always branding yourself a failure for not living up to the impossible.
 
All of these suggestions will help you begin to work your way our of negative sexual thinking about yourself. It can be easier to work through them with another person, such as a coach, therapist, partner or really good friend.
 

 

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what do I say to myself before sex? 

 

As a follow on from the main article, I challenge to you tune into your inner voice and consciously and deliberately listen to what you are saying to yourself. It isn't the sort of thing I would advise all the time as it does rather distract you from what else is going on but doing it will give you valauble insight into your own specific blend of sexual sabotage, negative beliefs and anxious thoughts. Alternatively it may tell you that you are already working in tune with your sexuality and that your mind and body are empowering you towards positive sexual experiences.
 
 
What you will do is remember to tune in to what you say to yourself whenever sex seems a possiblity. What happens before you are sexual often determines what the experience will be and feel like for you. 
 
Sometimes people find that they have a whole raft of excuses to avoid sex and that their sexual fears are such that they withdraw from sex after listening to a few rounds of their negative beliefs.
 
Write down what you have discovered. You then need to take each belief and challenge it. Find out how 'real' it is. Confronting fears is the way to manage them. We can't always make our fears disappear but we can all find ways to deal with and keep moving forwards sexually despite them. Our beliefs seem very plausible because we know them so well. We don't question them. We allow them to help us to make choices that may be preventing us from enjoying our sexuality. We created them to save us from potentially hurtful or embarrassing situations. Unfortunately, saving ourselves from possible hurt also prevents us from learning and growing as a sexual person.
 
The one thing to take away from this exercise to discover what you would like to be able to say to yourself when you feel yourself feeling or wanting to be sexual and then going on to explore ways to make this happen.

 

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You have been reading a newsletter lovingly crafted by me, Dr Tara Few, The UK Sex Coach. I work as a sexrelationship and singles coach. 
 
Sex coaching helps you to make sex about pleasure not performance. You can increase your confidence, calm your sexual anxieties, explore your sexual style and remove the emotional and physical blocks that might reduce your capacity for sexual and sensual pleasure. I work with people who have chosen to do all that they can to make their ideal sex life a reality.
 
Relationship coaching
helps you to communicate more successfully, reduces conflict and enables you to understand your own and your partner's needs, priorities and desires by working out what's not working, what needs to change and how to move forward.  It is also about fun and excitement and discovering things about yourself and each other that you never knew.  My clients are people who feel that something important is missing from their relationship and who often aren't sure whether the relationship is worth saving.
 
Singles coaching will help you to reflect upon the role that you want a relationship to play in the new and exciting life that you will make for yourself. Are YOU ready for a relationship? Well find out.  I work with people who want to build their self-knowledge, self-esteem and to massively increase their confidence, optimism, purpose and joy in life. 

               

WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK WITH ME? 
 
 
I coach individuals and couples to get in touch with what makes them sexually happy, confident and fulfilled, resolve relationship dissatisfactions and help  you to discover a life full of hope, passion and purpose.
 
 
Sex, relationship and singles coaching helps you to examine your life, your relationship (or lack of one) and sexual satisfaction and enables you to bring back optimism, courage and direction to the sex life you create and the person you want to become. 
 
 
GET YOUR SELF, YOUR RELATIONSHIP AND YOUR SEX LIFE BACK IN BALANCE.
 
The first step is easy.
 
Get in touch with me now to arrange a free consultation.
 
If you know that your sex life is making you feel frustrated and frustrating, bored and boring, undesirable and without desire, then get in touch to arrange a time for us to talk. I offer a free 20-30 minute consultation, in which we can get to know each other better and decide how well we might work together.
 
Almost all sexual problems are resolvable when you face up to where your sex life is going wrong. You can choose not to settle for second-best and to make your sex life about confidence, pleasure and play rather than sadness, resentment and disappointment.
 
 
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I would love to hear any comments, suggestions about issues you would like to read about in future and I am happy to answer reader questions in future newsletters.
I will never limit your sexual potential and fully support all forms of sexual behaviour between consenting adults.
 
 
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