My answer? Kindness.

Yes, kindness—not technique—yields the most satisfying sex lives, and here’s why:

Kindness is a choice to treat ourselves and each other, especially in the most trying of times, with friendliness, generosity, and consideration.

I often feel like an exhibit.

That is because of the rarity of my red hair and the shape of my naked body.

On a recent trip to Europe with my husband, I learned a tremendous amount about my marriage, my sexuality, my body, and especially my capacity to sense myself. This personal set of revelations started while at the Cluny Museum in Paris, a museum dedicated to medieval art.

I was afraid I didn’t know what love was—and as a married woman, that feeling scared me.

So, like any resourceful millennial, I Googled it.

That was foolish.

One summer afternoon two years ago, I sat in a windowless office listening to the traumatic, heartbreaking story of a person I was providing therapy to. It was my first job after becoming a licensed social worker.

As I listened to her, my heart started to race, and my palms started to sweat. The room suddenly felt like it was 100 degrees. I saw myself in my assailant’s grip and remembered that time with my father. I heard all those years’ worth of belittling messages from family members.

Poster presentation at CFHA Conference, expansion of LGBTQ outpatient care at a FQHC, co-lead by Genevieve

Description g Gay rights organisations are heartened by the official United Nations accreditation granted to the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHR) last week, after a prolonged three-year struggle.

As the U.N. investigates new allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, most troop-contributing countries continue to evade accounting for how they handle disciplinary actions.

U.N. peacekeepers operate on four continents. Their numbers have risen nine-fold since 1999. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten

The Nigerian government is trying to cope with an outbreak of lead poisoning which has killed over 200 people in Zamfara State since early July.

According to NGO News Africa, medical personnel supervising the treatment of victims confirmed that most of those who died were children aged five years and younger.

Doctor Alhassan Hamisu Dama, told Good Health Weekly, “I cannot say precisely, but more than 200 children died and that is why we are concentrating on treating victims of that age group.”

He also urged for financial and technical assistance. “The World Health Organisation (WHO) is working with its U.N. partners to mobilise funds to deal with this unprecedented environmental emergency,” Dama said.

As the U.N. investigates new allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, most troop contributing countries continue to evade accounting for how they handle disciplinary actions. U.N. peacekeepers operate on four continents. Their numbers have risen nine-fold since 1999. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten U.N. peacekeepers operate on four continents. Their numbers have risen nine-fold since 1999. .’s confidentiality policy.