Helping you put vaginismus in the past, for good
I was 20 years old when I lost my virginity. I believed in the notion that sex, at first for women, will be uncomfortable because our bodies have to get used to it. Plus, I’m Asian, so there is a misunderstanding that Asian women have tight vaginas so it might take a little bit longer …
Before I came across Katrin, I was seriously worried about my future with the constant questions of will I ever find love, will I ever be able to have children, will I ever not be excluded out of the girly chats about casual hook up’s, the constant feelings of guilt and pain within my heart …
There’s no doubt that sexual shame and suppression exist… On a MASSIVE scale in our society. It is the programming that we’ve received in our childhood and throughout our lives, passed down generation to generation. That is the culprit here. The hush hush attitude towards sex and intimacy among our families… Then the ridiculously surface …
I started subscribing to Katrin’s emails a few months ago, but each time I’d seen her amazing invitation to set up a free 1-on-1 conversation with her, I’d not quite had the courage or headspace to take her up on the offer. One of my goals for 2022 was to finally do so – and …
When I was in high school, my mom took me to the gynaecologist to address heavy bleeding and intense cramps. The doctor tried to perform a pelvic exam on me, and it was horrible. I had never seen a speculum before and the doctor did not offer to use a smaller size on me. I …
Trigger warning: this story is about abuse. One day, she got mad at him. My mother was mad at my stepfather. I don’t know why. Usually it was me everyone was mad at. I was seven years old, and everyone in the house knew what he did to me, and yet nobody every got mad …
Over the last week I have had several sessions with my partner where we were able to have pain free, stress free and pleasant penetration!! Last Sunday, we managed full penetration for the first time. It was so much easier than I had thought.. I had bought a realistic dildo (12.5″ circumference), which had been quite …
Let’s be real… For those of us who have experienced pain before, transitioning from your dilating process to penetrative sex is a leap of faith of its own. You’re already making a wonderful amount of progress in your both your emotional and physical healing journeys, AS WELL AS the often overlooked adventure of finding and …
As a professional and someone that also has been on the journey of healing from vaginismus, I appreciated the opportunity to connect with a fellow helper and healer. I was fortunate in that I was connected to appropriate and helpful providers early on in my diagnosis, but I truly don’t know how many years I …
I first heard about dilators at an appointment I really wasn’t looking forward to… You see, I was lucky enough to be able to have the opportunity to see a sex therapist, thanks to my boyfriend at the time’s parents (and their employment benefits). Although I can’t say my experience at the sex therapist’s office …