Welcome to Better Sex With Dr. Lexx, a monthly column where sex therapist, educator and consultant Dr. Lexx Brown-James shares expertise, advice and wisdom about sex, relationships and more. Approaching education about sex as a life-long endeavor — “from womb to tomb” — Dr. Lexx (AKA The #CouplesClinician) is your guide to the shame-free, medically accurate, inclusive and comprehensive conversations for you, your partner and your whole family.  “Happy Mother’s Day!” is not a phrase I get to share with my friend Melissa, shek

Somatics is a buzzy word in the wellness world. But what exactly does it mean and what’s it for? Well, first it might be helpful to know that “soma” is the Greek word for the living body. Certified breathwork facilitator and somatic life coach, Kiesha Yokers of Lindywell, tells SheKnows she describes it to people this way: “Our soma is our first-person experience and intelligence of our body. It’s what we experience from within, from sensations to emotions; your soma shek

Advisers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have voted in favor of making Opill, a daily birth control pill, available for over-the-counter sale. As CNN reported, two advisory panels for the agency voted unanimously to back the drug. The FDA isn’t obligated to follow advisers’ recommendations, but it usually does. If Opill is formally approved for OTC sale this summer, it will become the first daily contraceptive pill of its kind available for purchase in the U.S. without shek

We didn’t think the surgery would be that big of a deal. Looking back, I blame this on a good old-fashioned case of denial. I had had a similar surgery on my left knee when I was in high school that had resulted in a horrible recovery and my mother had explicitly warned me that this one would, in fact, be a big deal. But there was almost too much going on for us to allow space for worry. My shek

Conservative lawmakers in Alabama are pushing one of the country’s most disturbing anti-abortion bills yet. Earlier this week, Republican state Rep. Ernie Yarbrough introduced HB454, which would allow law enforcement officers to prosecute certain abortion patients for murder or assault. Yes, you read that correctly. As AL.com reported, the bill proposes expanding the state’s definition of “person” to begin at fertilization, thereby granting fetuses the same rights as living homicide victims. In other words, people who get abortions could be shek