Julie Jeske, M.S. | Intimacy | Relationships | Sexuality

Ladies,

I need your help.  I’m working on a book and I would love your feedback.

I want to know who you are as a sexual being.

Please check out my video and take my survey.

Thanks for your support!

Julie

I’m going to be on stage, for a good cause! I would love to see you at the Baghdad Tuesday the 15th!  Details are posted below.

It’s Not Me, It’s You: Stories From the Dark Side of Dating

We’ve all had them: dates that go terribly awry. An evening of personal stories told live onstage. You’ll leave either feeling grateful for your current relationship or with the realization that being single isn’t so bad after all.

Storytellers include:

Aaron Scott, radio producer
Daria Eliuk, radio personality
Courtenay Hameister, host of Live Wire and True Stories
Gabe Dinger, comic
Julie Jeske, sex and relationship counselor
Judge Kemp, community activist and dancing fool
Steve Novick, voted Willamette Week’s Best Activist
Scott Poole, poet and Wordstock director
Roey Thorpe, political activist

Hosted by Karol Collymore and Jimmy Radosta

Sponsored by Willamette Week. Tickets are $15 available through Cascade Tickets or at the Bagdad or Crystal Ballroom box offices. This is a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon, which works to keep Oregon a pro-choice state.

The evening will include fun raffle baskets with the “dating theme” and the opportunity to have your voice heard with the ‘anti-valentine’. Tell that ex what you really think.

It’s a perfect post-Valentine’s Day date, or an antidote to the holiday, since you will leave either feeling grateful for your current relationship or like it’s not so bad being single after all!

Are you looking for more ways you can improve your relationship or sex life?

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I look forward to seeing you there!

Valentine’s Day can be tough.  Partners can feel expectations and disappointment (here is a link to the segment I did on getting on the same page as your partner for Valentine’s Day).  And on this “day for lovers” single folks can feel longing or loneliness.

If you are single on Valentine’s Day – you don’t have to spend your time at home feeling sad.  You can use this time to focus on yourself rather than another person.  What would it be like to celebrate yourself?

Here are a few things you can do on Valentine’s Day?

• Treat yourself the way you want a lover to treat you – Do you want a fancy dinner, a new piece of jewelry, a massage or a lovely bath?  What’s stopping you from having those things?   If you are single, you still deserve to feel special and good about yourself.  Why not write a love letter to yourself?  Or go buy a new toy for some special “alone time.”
• Spend time with someone you care about – You don’t have to spend the day alone.  You can get together with a friend or a family member.
• Try a fun event – I did a google search for “single events Valentines Day Portland” and came up with a TON of events.  This Sunday might be a great time to get out in the world and meet someone new.  If you aren’t into the singles scene, you can still do something fun.  In Portland there is plenty to do!  Lots of live music or theatre, or you can check out the Worst Day of the Year Ride or She Bop is have a G-spot class (when your girlfriend brags about her amazing dinner you can brag about learning about your G-spot!)

There is no right way to spend Valentine’s Day.  You don’t even have to celebrate it at all.  What you don’t want to do is dread it or feel shame because you don’t have romantic plans.  You can make this Valentine’s Day very special just by celebrating yourself.