Sex & Love
How Your Sex Life Changes On A GLP-1
Libido can rise, fall or do both in the same month. Here is what is driving it, and what is worth raising with a clinician.
Margo Petrov
Sex & Relationships Editor · WomenWelly
Margo Petrov
Sex & Relationships Editor · Edinburgh
Margo Petrov writes about desire, intimacy and the practical mechanics of long relationships. She trained as a relationship counsellor and interviews the clinicians she once studied under. She believes most sex problems are conversation problems wearing a disguise.
Covers: Sex therapy, relationships, contraception
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6 published
Sex & Love
Desire Discrepancy Is The Most Common Thing In Long Relationships
One partner wants sex more often than the other. Therapists say this is the norm, not the diagnosis — but how you handle it matters enormously.
Sex & Love
When Your Body Changes Faster Than Your Self-Image
Losing the weight you wanted to lose does not automatically make you comfortable being seen. Therapists see this constantly.
Sex & Love
Your Contraception Options In 2026, Ranked By What Matters To You
Not by effectiveness alone — by side effect profile, reversibility, cost and how much you want to think about it.
Sex & Love
When One Of You Is On A GLP-1 And The Other Isn't
Meals stop matching, evenings change shape, and something unspoken shifts. Couples therapists say the pattern is remarkably consistent.
Sex & Love
The Pelvic Floor Connection Sex Therapists Wish More People Knew
It is not only about leaking. Tone that is too high is as much of a problem as tone that is too low — and it's far less discussed.
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