Well maybe not actually turning 40. I’m sure as I headed through my late 30’s it got better. And if you’re not there yet and you’re fille...

One of the first crushes I had as a teenager was on a rock singer called Robert Palmer. You may remember him as the guy in a dapper suit ...

I have never been someone who thought dating sites would be an option. I never really got down with the maybe-you’ll-meet-your-life-partn...

A little while ago, I wrote (another) anonymous blog, wondering whether having surgery would help me to rekindle my sex life. And no, not...

Of course, we shouldn’t argue with kids around. We should be grateful to have them, and walk around in a fuzzy warm haze, congratulating...

I remember my husband saying to me, a few heady weeks into our relationship, that he couldn’t imagine getting into bed with me and not to...

In my early 20s I made the radical decision to take a year of celibacy. My flatmate at the time, who was a year or so older than me and s...

So here at The Hotbed Collective we spend a lot of time focusing on sex after having kids, but what's it like for younger couples without...

Sometimes we can fantasise about the strangest things. We might think about a best friend's partner or an ex. We may even fantasise about...

(Photo source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-375176190 My mama used to say that you have to make love with your mind and, when it co...

Women have become the masters of faking it. We fake being comfortable in heels. We fake being demure when we want to be assertive. We fak...

When you've just had a baby, sex can be the last thing on your mind. Literally the last thing. But should we worry about this, or is ther...

(Image of the author aged 15 years old ) I have always had a weakness for musicians. Who actually doesn't? There is something about a ro...

So we're still recovering from the fabulousness that was our first 'A NIGHT WITH HOTBED' live podcast event which took place at Old Stree...

So this week we tackle a biggie - it's kind of the reason we kickstarted THE HOTBED COLLECTIVE in the first place...how do we sustain pas...

Dr Karen is our fabulous sex expert and Clinical Psychologist and Psychosexologist. She is also a Director at The Havelock Clinic. This w...

Ladies, come and join Cherry, Anniki and Lisa for the recording of their first live podcast. Sex is a hotbed and, when we start talking a...

So I've had a few weird experiences with Instagram. One of them is the fact that men have started messaging me, and sending heart emojis ...

Cherry, Anniki and Lisa all tried In2Mate's Natural Lubricant which claims to have 'rejuvenation' properties, whatever they are... Here i...

(image of Burt Reynolds from https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/378302437427498137/?lp=true) When I was coming of age, during my glorious te...