The Federal law The Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act, or WHCRA, helps protect many women with breast cancer who choose to have their breasts rebuilt or reconstructed after a mastectomy. Mastectomy is surgery to remove all or part of the breast. This federal law requires most group insurance plans that cover mastectomies to also…
To Finish Reading, Click Here...We recently welcomed Dr. Riva Preil from Revitalize Physical Therapy to our Empowering Intimacy partner group. She offers a myriad of information and knowledge regarding women’s pelvic health & issues that arise throughout a woman’s lifespan. Her book, The Inside Story, gives an expansive and insightful base for vagina-owners to better understand their bodies and…
To Finish Reading, Click Here...Empowering Intimacy has been partnered with Franciscan Health & Cancer Support Community Indiana’s Moving Beyond survivorship program for many years. The Moving Beyond program is an 8-week repeating course for cancer patients, survivors, their partners, and families, and is structured to cover a myriad of topics for life with cancer. The weekly topics of the…
To Finish Reading, Click Here...Our sex drive is perhaps the first thing to go, particularly when we are focused on and zeroed in on different things-like surviving life, adjusting to a new path, or remembering how to live, and it can vanish in an invisible moment. At numerous points in our life, we are faced with the need to…
To Finish Reading, Click Here...While vacuum penis pumps are one of the go-to standards for erectile dysfunction holistic therapy, there are other devices on the market that can help you to be able to have penetrative sex acts, reach orgasm or ejaculation, and help you to better enjoy pleasurable acts. Some of these devices are: support wearables, girth extenders,…
To Finish Reading, Click Here...Arousal disorders are disorders that occur and prevent a person from desiring, wanting, liking, or being able to physically perform intimate and sexual acts. Arousal disorders can happen at any time in life for various reasons and stressors. In many situations, the most common causes of arousal disorders are mental health related. Anxiety, depression, stress,…
To Finish Reading, Click Here...Gluten is a protein found in grains- wheat, barley, rye, and many other processed and shelf-stable condiments, spices, foods, and even some items and “toys.” For those humans who have Celiac disease, any amount of this protein that is ingested into their body can cause permanent, irreversible damage and life-long body changes. How much gluten…
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