Our Better Half

Dr. Betsy Crane, an award-winning educator committed to bringing human sexuality studies to a new level, is our guest on this episode. She talks about pre-patriarchy, gendered sexuality, somatic sexuality, and getting back to the body. Here are some of her publications and a website she refers to on the show. Crane, B., Towne, A. & Crane-Seeber, J. (2013). The four boxes of gendered sexuality: A f...

This week Ashley and Jane interviewed Dr. Robin Goldberg-Glen who they both know from Widener University. During the interview Dr. Goldberg-Glen spoke on how the field of aging has evolved and what is on the horizon for her. She also spoke about the death of Peggy Brick and her contributions in the field of sex and aging. So check out the show. We love our listeners and welcome your feedback.  Ple...

This week, we visited Gazebo Intimates, for a conversation with Donna McNeight, Co-Owner and Licensed Mastectomy Fitter, and Certified Post-Mastectomy Fitter, Linda Lawton-Jacobson. Both work to support clients of all ages and experiences with breast cancer.  You can get in touch with Gazebo by visiting  http://www.the-gazebo.com/  or calling (413) 584-6673.

On today's show, we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Sabitha Pillai-Friedman, a couples and sex therapist, an Associate Professor at the Center for Human Sexuality Studies at Widener University, and the lead author of two recent journal articles you might like. The first is on becoming a kink-aware sexuality professional and the other is about women and breast cancer survivorship: Pillai-Friedman, S.,...

On this show, we gave our listeners tips on how to make the most of online dating. If you like our show, if you have new ideas for topics or surveys, you can subscribe by sending us your email. We love our listeners and welcome your feedback. Please like us and rate us and find us on social media. And please write to us at this address . Thanks for listening!

On today's show, we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Philip Rutter. Phil has been a Psychologist in private practice and an Associate Professor at the Center for Human Sexuality Studies for almost 10 years. In his clinical role, he sees individuals, couples, and families and has many older gay male clients. If you are interested in any of the articles we discussed: Camarena, J. and Rutter, P. (2015). D...

This episode originally aired July 19th, 2017. We're not going to lie, this episode started out with Ashley and Jane taking the whole idea of sensuality to a new level, dipping fruit into warm chocolate sauce with sea salt. That got them thinking about all the ways food can enrich and enliven your sexual life. They started with the ABC's of erotic foods but got sidetracked as the chocolate sauce s...

On today's show, we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Anita Hoffer. Anita has been involved in sexuality and aging issues for many years. A retired Harvard Medical School Associate Professor, researcher, and reproductive biologist, she now teaches workshops addressing female sexuality, older women's sexual concerns, and sexual literacy, counsels individuals and couples, and lectures to health care provi...

On this show, we gave our listeners tips on how to make the best out of winter and updates on what is hot in our work right now.

Today's guest is Bob Linscott, one of the country's leading advocates on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) aging. He's the Assistant Director of the LGBT Aging Project at the Fenway Institute in Boston. His work with LGBT older adults is profiled in an award-winning film, Gen Silent . Bob was so generous with his time and knowledge for our listeners.

On this show, we gave our listeners tips on how to enjoy the holidays and make them as un-stressful as possible. If you like our show or if you have new ideas for topics or surveys, you can subscribe by sending us your email. We love our listeners and welcome your feedback. Please write to us at  this address . And thanks for listening!

Today's guest is Lanie Delphin, one of the founders of Mass Match, a dating and matchmaking service for singles which started in Western Massachusetts and now goes far beyond the original area. An old-fashioned matchmaker blessed with new technology, Delphin provides service to everyone, whatever their sexual orientation might be. She knows it's not easy to find love in this world but after speaki...

Today we report on the results of our latest survey, Finding a Sexual Partner as an Older Adult. Thanks so much to all of you who participated in this survey. Most of the respondents were in their 70s. The complete demographic breakdown looked like this: 50-59 years old 29.2% 60-69 years old 24.3% 70-79 years old 37.5% 80-89 years old 20.9% 90+ years old 4.2% We got responses from 75% women and 25...

Today's episode features Dr. Jenni Skyler, an AASECT certified sex therapist, board certified sexologist, and a licensed marriage and family therapist. She has been the Director of The Intimacy Institute for sex and relationship therapy in Boulder, Colorado for over nine years. She is the in-house expert at Adam & Eve -- use the promo code BETTER for your discount

Ashley and Jane analyze recent news, break down a new study and introduce their latest survey.   

Dr. Zelaika Hepworth Clarke is a sexosopher, sexual epistemologist, cultural and clinical sexologist, sexecologist, African-centered social worker, and decolonizing autoethnographer. She is on the faculty of the California Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality . She's studied internationally in Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Trinidad, Jamaica, Netherlands, Spain, and Cuba. You can reach her by em...

Today's episode features Jane's conversation with Dr. Vivienne Cass, a clinical psychologist for over 25 years, the person behind the Cass Lesbian and Gay Identity Model, the developer of the Illustrated Clitoris, the author of The Elusive Orgasm , an app creator of Explore Women's Sex, a lecturer on sexology and sexual therapy, and so much more. You can find out more about Dr. Cass on her website...

Amy Dickinson from Gazebo Intimates treats Ashley to her first bra fitting. It turns out to be so helpful and a lot of fun. No body-shaming and no guilt. They fit all sorts of bodies. Just pure pleasure and expert advice. You can find out more at http://the-gazebo.com/ or drop by for your own fitting at 14 Center Street, downtown Northampton, MA.

Aisha-Sky Gates is a relationship coach for people in alternative lifestyle or designer relationships. What's that mean? Maybe they're kinky, polyamorous, queer, swinging, or something else. She's written a new book called Unequal Partnerships: A Dating Guide for Loving Non-Egalitarian Relationships and you can buy it here: https://aishaskygates.com/about-book/

Our Better Half returns Sunday, September 2nd with a new season. Stay tuned for some of our best interviews yet! Plus, Jane and Ashley take a field trip.   

Jane and Ashley recount what they learned in Season 2. Plus, some tips to take with you on vacation or add to the mix of your normal routine. 

This week, Ashley and Jane take a field trip to 50/50 Fitness Nutrition to talk to personal trainer, Jay McWilliams, about exercises for functional fitness. Plus a live workout!

Jane unabashedly loves a particular genre of books: true adventures of explorers where no one gets killed. Let's just say it's not everyone's favorite. But she delights us this week with her ability to make the connection of Ernest Shackleton's failed voyage to Antartica with sex at an older age. If you've been caught by the 'Shacks' bug, here's a title she recommends: Lansing, A. (2015).  Enduran...

This week, we're continuing our conversation about menopause. Dr. Heather Dillaway is a researcher from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan who believes menopause is a part of life, a natural part of women's sexual development, and is not a medical condition. She critiques the medicalization of women's health in this  article .  ​Dr. Dillaway is part of The North American Menopause Society...

Our guest this week is Dr. Heather Dillaway, a great researcher from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan who believes menopause is a part of life, a natural part of women's sexual development, and is not a medical condition. She critiques the medicalization of women's health in this article. Dr. Dillaway is part of The North American Menopause Society, a group dedicated to research on wome...