Women often complain about low libido or low sex drive when they enter their menopausal years and often ask for natural cures that would help bring up their sex drives and here is what I often ask them if its just hormonal changes that is causing this problem or other factors are at play, and here is what I have found.

Most couples at this stage in their life have families, jobs, kids and various stresses in their life that prevent them from thinking about how it used to be or how they used to feel towards each other when they were dating or got married.

Daily chores like cooking, cleaning, laundry, dishes and lunches for the kids have taken over what used to be the time the couples would spend together. So here is some simple advice I give to some of my clients:

– Try to reconnect to the way it used to be – go out for a date night once or twice a month, if not per week.

– Get to know each other again away from the daily chores and commitments. Drop of the kids at the parents and take some time out for each other in your busy schedules

– Feel young again – dress up for your date the way you used to when you are still dating and before life took over.

– Is he / she too busy to take you to lunch? Well surprise him / her at work for a quick lunch.

– Drop a quick love note / card in his briefcase stating how you feel.

– Go for a nice relaxing massage at the end of the day so you can feel relaxed and pampered before your night out.

However, if the low libido is mostly related to the low hormone levels, talk to your naturopath about natural supplements that will help improve libido and lubrication.

By: Sushma Shah, Naturopathic Doctor, at the Nature’s Intentions Naturopathic Clinic.