{"id":336,"date":"2018-03-06T05:09:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T05:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/healing-health-wellness\/?p=336"},"modified":"2018-03-06T05:13:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T05:13:48","slug":"libido-the-healthy-relationship-intimacy-lifestyle-essential-oil-connection-for-spring-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/healing-health-wellness\/2018\/03\/libido-the-healthy-relationship-intimacy-lifestyle-essential-oil-connection-for-spring-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"Libido: The Healthy Relationship-Intimacy-Lifestyle-Essential Oil Connection for Spring Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In my series of posts<\/a> for American Heart Month, we\u2019ve explored that taking care of the physical heart<\/a> is important, but \u00a0just one aspect of optimizing our cardiovascular system\u2019s functioning. It is now known that the heart-brain connection<\/a> and the state of coherence<\/a>, the synchronization of our physical, mental and emotional systems, has been associated with significant wellness outcomes.<\/a> Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that mood, stress, hormones<\/a>, and relationships have powerful effect<\/a>s on the heart as well as the whole body.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, all of these factors can be positively influenced through lifestyle, nutrition, mind-body practices and wellness tools, such as essential oils.<\/a><\/p>\n

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When You Want to Connect, but Don\u2019t \u201cFeel Like It\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Perhaps one of the biggest influencer on our overall health is human connection. \u00a0In fact, forced isolation has been used as torture<\/a> for prisoners of war. Furthermore, the perception of isolation has been deemed<\/a> a major risk factor for mortality, unwanted symptoms, and many disease conditions. At the same time, ambivalence and dysfunctional<\/a> connections can cause stress and detrimental influences on our body, mind, and spirit.<\/p>\n

The good news is that healthy relationships are associated with positive health effect<\/a>s. They can be fostered and nourished, but effort and willingness to participate is a<\/a> necessary commitment needed for both parties.<\/p>\n

Sometimes digging into the multi-dimensional aspects of relationships, especially intimate connections, can be triggering but well worth it. \u00a0Recently, a study<\/a> with 22 heterosexual couples demonstrated that a partner could ease the pain of their sweetie through syncing their brainwaves by simply holding hands.<\/p>\n

One of the most common and undiscussed issues in relationships is the different expectations, wants, and desires of physical connection between partners. This can create conflict or be the result of conflict in relationships. It can result in, or be the related to, other bodily and emotional imbalances. Assessing the quality and presence of relationships should be considered in any health struggle. Practitioners need to be more aware of the impact on their patients as well its prevalence.<\/p>\n

Psychology Today<\/em><\/a> writes:<\/p>\n

One of the most common sexual complaints among couples is a disparity in sexual desire. Sexual desire can be low for a vast variety of reasons, many of them psychological and interpersonal. But that doesn’t necessarily make it a disorder. It becomes a diagnosable condition only when it diminishes the quality of one’s life and creates distress, or a disparity arises in the sex drives of partners, evolving into a matter of unresolved contention in the relationship. Loss of sexual desire can both result from relationship problems and cause them.<\/em><\/p>\n

WebMD<\/a> reports that with men, 1 out 5 has a low sexual desire. It can be bidirectionally connected to psychological and physical conditions.<\/p>\n

In a recent cross-sectional study<\/a> of a sample of 2,020 Australian women aged 40-65, it was determined that the prevalence of low sexual desire in these females was 69.3% (95% CI\u00a0= 67.3\u201371.3). Sexually related personal distress was reported at 40.5% (95% CI\u00a0= 38.4\u201342.6) and hypoactive sexual desire dysfunction (HSDD) was found to be among 32.2% (95% CI\u00a0= 30.1\u201334.2) of the subjects. The authors reported in their results the factors associated with these conditions as follows:<\/p>\n

Factors associated with HSDD in an adjusted logistic regression model included being partnered (odds ratio [OR]\u00a0= 3.30, 95% CI\u00a0= 2.46\u20134.41), consuming alcohol (OR\u00a0= 1.48, 95% CI\u00a0= 1.16\u20131.89), vaginal dryness (OR\u00a0= 2.08, 95% CI\u00a0= 1.66\u20132.61), pain during or after intercourse (OR\u00a0= 1.63, 95% CI\u00a0=\u00a01.27\u20132.09), moderate to severe depressive symptoms (OR\u00a0= 2.69, 95% CI 1.99\u20133.64), and use of psychotropic medication (OR\u00a0= 1.42, 95% CI\u00a0= 1.10\u20131.83). Vasomotor symptoms were not associated with low desire, sexually related personal distress, or HSDD.<\/em><\/p>\n

Many hormonal and reproductive health experts acknowledge that libido and sexual connection is the result of complex and multi-factorial aspects. In an article in Townsend Letter<\/a><\/em>, the author explains that the brain, nervous system, hormonal system, blood flow, and lifestyle factors all impact the ability of a man to have a healthy sex drive and erection. For women, Dr. Cabeca reviews the \u201cFour Big I\u2019s\u201d for intimacy barriers<\/a> from her professional experience. These \u201cFour Big I\u2019s\u201d should be addressed for igniting desire and are stated as:<\/p>\n