Simone Paget
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SEX FILES: Boundaries ensure comfortability in relationships
If you’ve noticed your friends or partner speaking differently over the past few years, you’re not alone. “Therapy speak,” which includes clinical terms such as “attachment style,” “boundaries,” “gaslighting,” and “trauma” that were once reserved for the therapist’s couch, have exploded on social media, and in turn, trickled down into our relationships – for better or worse.

SEX FILES: BDSM tips for beginners
When people will ask me for tips on how to incorporate BDSM into their sex life, I never know what to tell them. While I’m familiar with some of the erotic activities associated with the acronym (bondage, discipline, dominance and submission) offering advice on BDSM feels a bit like dispensing travel recommendations for Paris – a city I only have cursory knowledge of. If you’re looking to try BDSM, it’s best to ask someone who knows their way around a patisserie – I mean dungeon.

SEX FILES: To fling or not to fling
As I write this, it’s officially the first day of summer. After enduring an unpleasant cold snap on the West coast, the sun is out, the air is once again warm and I feel like I can finally shake off the last vestiges of winter. For me, the summer months have always marked a shift in priorities in all areas of my life – including my relationships. During summertime, I find I’m less focused on seriousness and commitment, and more focused on fun and adventure. It’s fling season, baby!

SEX FILES: How to support your partner after they lose a parent
On May 7, my sister and I lost our father, Gary, after a heartbreaking battle with Alzheimer’s. Gary was a kind and gentle man who loved to travel, read voraciously and explore the world on foot — things I like to think he passed on to us. Even though we knew he was going to pass, it still hit like a punch to the guts.
