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4 Sure-Fire Ways To Spice Up Your Sex Life

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4 Sure-Fire Ways To Spice Up Your Sex Life
Four better sex techniques from couples relationship expert Dr. Diana Kirschner.

Ultimately you are responsible for knowing your body and creating the conditions for your own sexual pleasure. You can work on sexual trance by using what the legendary sex researchers Masters and Johnson described as sensate focus. This simple but effective technique requires only that you be in an undisturbed place where you playfully touch parts of your body and learn about what sensations feel good to you.

The more you know about each other’s body the better you and your lover will be able to please each other. Guide each other by saying positive things like, “I love it when you stroke my breast gently.” “I would love you to use your magic mouth on my stomach and slowly work your way down.” Or , “I love it when you tease my backside.”

Remember, even if you are encountering problems now, both of you can recover and find new heights of pleasure.

3. Partner Engagement
Partner engagement is interactive sex and sex play. Your partner is seen as a separate person whose happiness and satisfaction are as important as one’s own. At the highest level of partner engagement there is rapture, bliss, plus a feeling of oneness with each other.

In partner engagement you each are dedicated to the fullest sexual expression and fulfillment of the other. This is the arena where you stretch to accommodate what the other wants to do. But never go to the point of intolerable pain or trauma. Be adventurous and take the initiative at times with pleasing each other. A spontaneous ambush for a quickie is a great idea. There’s nothing like “surprise sex” to amp up your pleasure centers.

4. Role Play
The last type of sexual intimacy comes from role play. The couple creates a kind of magic theatre where sex is a stage for each partner to share and enact fantasies with each other. About 95% of people report that they have sexual fantasies—so you’re not alone. Fantasies help each of you to explore all the different aspects of self which frees up energy and loosens you up. Plus it helps reduce the urge to cheat because you both are already having the novelty of a “different” partner.

The excitement and newness of role play keeps the dopamine flowing, which keeps the passion going. Role plays often emerge from fantasies. The most common fantasies involve an imaginary romantic lover, being overpowered or forced to surrender, reliving a sexual experience or pretending they are doing something wicked or forbidden.

Most common roles include, naughty doctor and patient, naughty cop and lawbreaker, master and slave, and fantasy forced submission.

To really make this advice work, you need to follow these action steps to complete today's challenge.

Right now, I want you to:

To spice up your sex life, think about and enjoy a sexual fantasy that turns you on right now. Remember 95 percent of people have sexual fantasies.

Within 7 days I want you to:

To spice up your sex life within seven days, try out a fun new role play that interests you and your partner. The most common roles include: naughty doctor and patient, naughty cop and lawbreaker, master and slave, and fantasy forced submission. Experiment with the role that most turns you on.

By the end of the challenge I want you to:

To spice up your sex life within 30 days, buy four sex toys and four sex-play outfits to create novelty. Use and enjoy one new sex toy and one new outfit each week.

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Dr. Diana Kirschner

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Diana Kirschner, Ph.D. is a frequent guest psychologist on The Today Show & author of the highly acclaimed new relationship advice book, “Sealing the Deal: The Love Mentor’s Guide to Lasting Love” as well as the best-seller “Love in 90 Days.”

Connect with Dr. Diana through her FREE Relationship and Dating Advice Newsletter.

Location: New York, NY
Credentials: PhD
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