Hi friends, this is Gay Christmas, former co-host of this podcast and author of The Healthy Life Toolbox.

Have you ever wished you could feel more sensual? Do you ever think that a sensual woman describes other women, but not you?

If so, you're not alone. Many women have lost track of their

sensuality, finding that it tends to get buried under the busyness of daily life. But what does it

even mean to be or to feel sensual? It's not the same as sexual, but the two are related.

I think that learning to feel more sensual means paying attention to and enjoying the things that your senses are telling you.

It means experiencing pleasure through your senses.

I have a friend who was born and raised in a Mediterranean country, and to me she embodies what it means to be sensual.

Her life revolves around the things she senses, beautiful music, gorgeous colors, silky fabrics, delicious foods.

She constantly notices and embraces those things. Paying attention to her senses is as natural to her as breathing.

I won't ever be exactly like her, but I'd like to be more like her. I'd like to notice and enjoy the things my senses are telling me.

I think it would add an element to my life and would also help me more easily make the transition

from busy working woman, wife, and mom to sensual and sexual woman. What about you? Most of the

women I know aren't living like my friend. So over the next few weeks, I want to encourage

you and me to be more intentional about embracing your sensuality by trying out these five simple

ways to feel more sensual. One, offload some of your stress. Our bodies were designed to

deal with stress in short births and to experience our senses regularly,

but we do exactly the opposite.

We operate in stress mode most of the time, and we rarely notice what our senses are telling

or showing us.

We think that's normal, but it's not.

But letting go of this approach to life takes some time and effort.

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