The Self-Care Revolution: How You Can Prioritise Your Wellness and Pleasure in 2025
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If the term ‘self-care’ conjures up images for you of relaxing in a bubble bath or sitting cross-legged on a mat attempting to meditate, it’s time to rethink the concept! Don’t get me wrong, those things can absolutely be a valuable part of your self-care routine, but it’s time we started thinking holistically about our own wellness and acknowledging the importance of our physical and mental health, as well as our sexual health. What’s important to note is that it doesn’t matter whether you are in a relationship or single, there are important benefits to be gained from connecting with ourselves or our partner, embracing our sexuality, and honouring our pleasure.
The Benefits of Prioritising Physical Pleasure
Besides the euphoric feeling pleasure gives us, there are a whole host of other ways it can contribute to an overall feeling of wellbeing.
Improved Mood and Mental Health
That’s right! Getting ‘jiggy with it’ can help to improve your overall mental health and resilience to daily challenges thanks to the feel-good chemicals – endorphins, dopamine, and oxytocin – which are released during orgasm, elevating mood and reducing stress and anxiety.
Better Sleep
Whether you climax with a partner, or single-handedly, another big bonus of making time for pleasure comes in the form of better sleep, thanks to the aforementioned release of chemicals. Oxytocin, (also known as the love chemical), helps to lower cortisol (the stress chemical), serotonin gives a feeling of contentment, and vasopressin also works to lower cortisol and contribute to a better quality of sleep.
Strengthen Relationships
Connecting with your sexuality helps to foster intimacy, connection, and trust.
Increased Body Confidence
Regular pleasure practice, alone or with a partner, can be a powerful way to learn to appreciate your body for all its capable of, and boost your confidence and self-esteem.
Ways to Prioritise Your Wellness and Pleasure in 2025
Ready to start reaping the benefits of taking your pleasure more seriously? Here’s some simple ways you can take control of your sexual wellness:
Explore Your Own Body
Masturbation is a powerful tool for understanding your desires and boundaries, helping you to explore what feels good for you. This can be vital to help you to communicate your needs with partners. Self-exploration is self-care 101!
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Communicate Openly About Your Desires
Being open and honest about what brings you pleasure is critical for positive sexual experiences and is a powerful way to foster intimacy and trust with a partner.
Focus on Mental and Emotional Health
Sexual wellness is about more than just physical sensation. Stress, anxiety, and exhaustion are well-known libido killers, so it’s vital to manage them with adequate sleep and practices such as exercise, mindfulness, and relaxation.
Regular Exercise
You’re probably well-versed in the fact that regular exercise can help to boost energy and mood, so it should come as no surprise that it can also enhance sexual health, as it can improve circulation, increase flexibility, and boost libido!
Nurture a Positive Attitude Towards Sexuality
There’s no place for guilt or shame in 2025 when it comes to embracing your sexuality! It’s a healthy, joyful part of life and deserves to be celebrated as such! It’s time to cultivate a sex-positive mindset and fully appreciate the importance of sexual wellness.
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Jolene
Jolene enjoys writing, sharing and connecting with other like-minded women online – it also gives her the perfect excuse to ignore Mount-Washmore until it threatens to bury her family in an avalanche of Skylander T-shirts and Frozen Pyjama pants. (No one ever knows where the matching top is!) Likes: Reading, cooking, sketching, dancing (preferably with a Sav Blanc in one hand), social media, and sitting down on a toilet seat that one of her children hasn’t dripped, splashed or sprayed on. Dislikes: Writing pretentious crap about herself in online bio’s and refereeing arguments amongst her offspring.
