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1. Practice being mindfully aware
Take two minutes to slow down and tune in mindfully to one (or all) of your senses. You can incorporate this into something that is in your everyday routine, e.g. when you
are putting moisturiser on, pay attention to the cool cream in your hands, notice what it feels like to spread it slowly over your skin. Give yourself a slow, sensual massage
while rubbing in the moisturiser to your face and/or body. While not overtly sexual, mindful awareness of our senses is key in sexual arousal and pleasure.
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2. Build self-confidence
Identify three things that you celebrate in yourself and say them out loud to yourself. If it feels right to you, think about what makes you sexy, or alternatively, find three
things that you are grateful for in yourself. This can be relating to your style, personality, appearance, or absolutely anything that you can celebrate about yourself in this
moment. Negative chatter and low confidence are indicators of low sexual satisfaction, so start practicing self-appreciation.
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5. Wear your sexiest underwear, put on a sexy song, and give yourself a sexy dance when no one is around:
You are performing only for you, so allow yourself to move, touch, whip your hair, or do anything that feels sexy to you in that moment.
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6. Practice something you want to say to a sexual partner, that could make intimacy and sex even better for you
Identifying and practicing what we want to say to someone is so useful in building confidence to actually say it! Write it down, say it out loud to
yourself, in the mirror, whatever you need to then share it with a partner. Use statements such as “I love it when we…” “It would turn me on so much
if…”