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About Maci Daye

Maci Daye is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Sex Therapist with over 25 years experience in social service, higher education and private practice settings. She holds graduate degrees from Harvard and Georgia State Universities and and has completed the intermediate level Somatic Experiencing trauma training.

6 Ways to be Mindful During Sex

What is Mindful Sexuality and How Can We Access it?

Mindful Sexuality is a philosophy, a practice, and a set of skills to cultivate curiosity, heart­fullness and a spirit of erotic exploration. The traditional practice involves bringing gentle awareness to our immediate experience, which is an antidote to automaticity.

By turning attention to the present, we become aware of the fullness and depth of our sensual, emotional

2022-04-14T13:28:10+00:00Couples Retreats|

Why Erotic Triggers Can Be the Best Foreplay

Recently, a participant in one of our retreats came back into the room with a big smile on her face. “Erotic triggers are the best foreplay,” she gushed, still a bit out of breath. Those in the room knew what she meant, but this might sound a bit peculiar to the uninitiated.
So, what exactly is an erotic trigger? How are they formed? How could a

2022-03-07T19:58:12+00:00Couples Retreats|

Real Life Sex Can Be Rich-When You Befriend Your Anxieties

Sex-Related Anxieties Abound

Real Life Sex is what I have dubbed sex as it happens in the real world versus what happens on-screen. In real life, there are no chiffon dresses, violins, panning away with the camera, “perfect” bodies, or other notions about what “perfect” sex might look like. Nor is it always “smokin’ hot,” spontaneous or even satisfying.

Real Life Sex is also filled with real

Scary, Scary Good, or Just Plain Good?

When I created our couples’ sexuality retreats, Halko and I assumed droves of growth-oriented pleasure-seekers would jump at the chance to use eroticism as their pathway to healing and transformation. It seemed evident that all those conjugal “roommates” out there (an estimated 20% of couples) would trip over themselves to establish a more vital erotic connection.

I could see how our retreats would be just the

Shh… Are the Kids Asleep Yet?

As a couple do you wonder how to model healthy sexuality to your children?

There are many ways to educate our children about sex. One way is through our words and what we say about sex, but children learn even more enduring lessons by observing our behavior.  Just as you learned about sex by observing how the people around you handled sexuality, your children are also

How Joannides is Turning Sex Education Into a Laughing Matter

Who said learning about sex had to be so deadly serious?

You would think that learning about sex might feel, well…fun and sexy. Not so. As a trained sex therapist, I can relate to this statement: “It’s frightening how boring researchers can make an exciting subject.”  That comes from the respected research psychoanalyst Paul Joannides, author of The Guide to Getting it

From Performance to Pleasure: Saying ‘YES’ to Sacred Hedonism

Susan Frioni hosts the podcast LOVE SEX DESIRE from Brisbane, Australia, where she also leads “sexy and soulful” Sacred Dance Parties. Attendees of her next event, themed “Resurrected,” are invited to consider What part of you is aching to be brought back to life?” Although the dance is a great distance away, Frioni’s question lives very near to my heart. I’ve incurred a few

MEN & SEX: Beyond the Perfect Storm

“Being a great lover is not about performance, it’s about mindful exploration. That never gets old.” -Halko Weiss

Getting men to open up about difficulties around sex is about as tough as it comes. It seems like the more women want to talk about it, the more defensive and clammed up her guy becomes. I co-facilitate Passion and Presence® retreats with Halko Weiss, who is

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Start with our Intro Retreat.

Intro Retreat

Erotic Presence for PLEASURE, CONNECTION & GROWTH

Gently “re-set” your erotic life — mindfully.