Bite the Fruit — Self-Care

What to do if you don’t feel ready to date

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What to do if you don’t feel ready to date

I want to be in a relationship but I’m not motivated to date Falling in love is one of the best feelings in the world. Being able to share your day-to-day experiences with the person you love is a truly transformative experience. However, the road is often not easy or even enjoyable. Dating can be rough. Not everyone is lucky in love. Some of us have to kiss a few frogs before we meet the right person. If you’ve ever experienced heart-break, you’ll understand how that can affect your self-esteem and make you question if you’ll ever find love again....

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Boost your health with self-love and self-care

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Boost your health with self-love and self-care

Loving and taking care of yourself are essential to your health and happiness. We give our attention and energy to people in our lives, sometimes forgetting to take a moment to be kind to ourselves. This puts a drain on our emotions and physical fitness. Self-love and self-care (SLSC) help us to be the best person that we can be. Whether you’re single or in a relationship — it is not selfish to engage in SLSC. It is vital. After all, when we choose to practice SLSC, we improve our own well-being. This makes us better able to support those...

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Heat up your love life

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Heat up your love life

As Valentine’s Day looms and with romance in the air, we can all use some tips to keep things hot and spicy with our partner. If you’re not coupled, no worries. We have some self-love suggestions as well.Whether you’ve been with your honey a day, a month or a while, it’s important to keep romance and sex exciting and stimulating. You may feel a little anxious about how to satisfy your partner and how to help them satisfy you. Or, you may be concerned that things have gotten a little too predictable. Here are some ideas:Use your wordsLet’s talk about...

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Masturbation during the pandemic

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Masturbation during the pandemic

The pandemic has required people to give up a lot of things that made them happy. From eating out to shopping to movie-going and on and on. Yet, there is one thing that most have drawn the line at: sex. In fact, since quarantining and social distancing became the norm, there has been a coinciding increase in sales of sex toys, according to industry reports. An anonymous survey by a U.S. company that sells sex toys reveals that 62% of respondents said that they already own sex toys and, of the ones who didn’t, 57% planned to purchase them during...

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May is National Masturbation Month

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May is National Masturbation Month

May is National Masturbation Month. The annual celebration began in 1995 in response to the forced resignation of U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders in December 1994. After a speech at the UN World AIDS Day, Elders responded to an attendee’s question about masturbation’s potential for discouraging early sexual activity. She replied, “I think it is something that is part of human sexuality and a part of something that perhaps should be taught."   Soon after, Elders’ career as the first black female Surgeon General ended. The owners of Good Vibrations, an adult shop in San Francisco, were outraged. They set...

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