10 Tips for Improving Female Libido
These ten tips for improving female libido will help you enjoy your love life, stay healthy, and look gorgeous! Dr Mehmet Oz says that couples should be physically intimate regularly - four times a week - because of the health benefits of intimacy: stronger bones and muscles, less stress and depression, better memory and a stronger immune system. Four times a week may be a lot to ask for even the most loving couple - unless you know how to spice up your love life…
“Not having a full (physically intimate) relationship with a man is a waste of yourself,” said Helen Gurley Brown. “Like leaving a Ferrari out in the garage.”
To take that sports car for a spin, check out these 10 ways to improve female libido (they work for male intimacy levels, too). And click on the book cover, Amazing Sex, for more ways to enjoy your love life…
10 Tips for Improving Female Libido
1. Examine your prescription medication. If you have absolutely no appetite for intimacy, look at the medications you’re taking. Some, such as birth control pills or antidepressants, can inhibit your desire to be physically intimate. Talk to your doctor about how your prescriptions are affecting your hormones, brain chemicals, and physical desires. You may not be able to stop taking your prescription, but your doctor may have other tips for increasing your libido.
2. Accept your sensuality. Millions of people - both men and women - aren’t comfortable with their intimate selves, says Dr Marian Dunn of the Center for Human Sexuality. Get comfortable with your sensual side by pampering your body, getting lots of exercise, and learning how you like to be touched. Find nonthreatening ways to be honest with your partner.
3. Unwind before you hit the sheets. There’s nothing less intimate than worrying about bills, work, investments, or politics when you’re trying to spice up your love life! To de-stress before you go to bed, have a bubble bath, snuggle with your partner, give him a massage, or go for a long walk. Remember that the health benefits of intimacy start long before you jump into the sack. For stress less tips, read 8 Tips for Coping With Stress.
4. Move your body. The more oxygen, fresh air, and movement you get during the day, the more sexy you’ll feel overall - and the more your libido will improve. The health benefits of intimacy are connected to how active you are during the day. Find new ways to work out with your partner.
6. Improve your body confidence. The more self-confident you are when you’re nude, the more you’ll relax and enjoy intimacy. If you feel awkward and embarrassed in the bedroom, you won’t want to be physically intimate - much less enjoy the health benefits of love. You don’t have to look perfect to enjoy intimacy. To improve female libido and enjoy your love life, remember that your partner isn’t focusing on your flaws.
7. Avoid white sugar, processed foods, and mounds of fat. Get away from the fast food, soda pop, and processed sugar! Healthy fruits, veggies, grains, beans, and the occasional hunk of lean protein will make you feel better and more energetic. Plus, the right foods can improve your mood. Remember that healthy foods will not only improve female libido, they also increase weight loss (it becomes an upward spiral).
8. Meet your partner halfway across the bed. If you crave physical intimacy every night and your partner wants it once a month, find a way to meet in the middle. Enjoying the health benefits of intimacy involves openly discussing when and how often intimacy happens. To improve your libido, remember that compromising about your love life may increase your intimacy in more ways than one!
9. Try new positions, places, and techniques. To increase the physical intimacy in your relationship, stay away from the same old routine! New toys, lingerie, places, or even foods can increase your emotional connection and improve your love life - which will improve your libido.
10. See the funny side of physical mishaps. Sue Johanson of the Sunday Night Sex Show told George Stroumboulopoulos (the host of The Hour) to laugh about your intimate escapades with your partner. Laughing with your partner increases feelings of connection, which will leads to more physical intimacy and health benefits.
For love tips for your partner, read 10 Facts About Healthy Male Libido. And, this might keep things interesting with your partner: 500 Lovemaking Tips from relationship expert and author Michael Webb.
Do you have any questions or tips for improving female libido? I welcome your comments below — but nothing too racy, please! For me, the more my husband and I talk about our emotions and feelings, the happier I am in the bedroom 
