How Body Image can Affect Your Sex Life [VIDEO]
Dec 10, 2013 00:50
Bad body image can lead to bad sex. "Nothing kills the mood quite like being negative about the way you look," HuffPost Live host Caitlyn Becker said during segment on how body image affects women's sex lives.
Sarah Jenks, founder of life coaching and weight loss organization Live More Weigh Less, explained that many women's body concerns get in the way of their pleasure in the bedroom. "A lot of us believe that if we lose 20 pounds, that's when we'll finally feel sexy," she said. But of course, feeling sexy has much more to do with your state of mind than your weight.
Emotional eating expert Isabel Foxen Duke recommends that women whose self-esteem affects their sex lives ask themselves: "Is this about an underlying self-doubt that has nothing to do with my weight?"
Watch the rest of the segment below:
Sarah Jenks, founder of life coaching and weight loss organization Live More Weigh Less, explained that many women's body concerns get in the way of their pleasure in the bedroom. "A lot of us believe that if we lose 20 pounds, that's when we'll finally feel sexy," she said. But of course, feeling sexy has much more to do with your state of mind than your weight.
Emotional eating expert Isabel Foxen Duke recommends that women whose self-esteem affects their sex lives ask themselves: "Is this about an underlying self-doubt that has nothing to do with my weight?"
Watch the rest of the segment below:
