The Lounge Because education doesn’t just live in programs, it lives in conversation. Vol. 2025 December 03, 2025 Hi Reader, If you’re like a lot of people, the holidays are a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, they’re full of wonder and magic. You deck your halls, creating a cozy cheerfulness that makes you want to curl up with a mug of hot chocolate (every day, honestly). You see awe and sparkle in the kids’ eyes. You feel nostalgia creeping in—memories filled with love and glee. You...
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The Lounge Because education doesn’t just live in programs, it lives in conversation. Vol. 2025 November 12, 2025 Hi Reader, Reader's Question We just don’t have time for any of this. What would you suggest for a couple who feels so exhausted that they no longer have time for each other? Andrea's Answer Well, let me first say — I get it. I hear it all the time: “I woke up at 4:30 to a screaming baby who wouldn’t go back to sleep.” “I have to stay up working until midnight every night this...
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The Lounge Because education doesn’t just live in programs, it lives in conversation. Vol. 2025 November 05, 2025 Hi Reader A little note written in the steam clouding the mirror.A cinnamon chai muffin brought home from your favorite bakery.An extra-deep kiss on the way out the door.A text from the office saying, “I’m thinking about you when…”A sudden dance in the kitchen over a steaming pot of soup.A flirtatious little whisper at the crowded bar. These are small moments. They take only a few...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
The Lounge Because education doesn’t just live in programs, it lives in conversation. Vol. 2025 October 29, 2025 Hi Reader, Throughout October, we’ve been talking all about desire. We explored the difference between helpful and not-so-helpful desire to-do lists. We stepped into the world of a lovely reader who felt their desire was ebbing more than flowing. We examined the wide landscape of thorny barriers that keep us from feeling our most desirous and we wrapped up with opportunities for...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Ask Andrea A recurring column on intimacy, desire, and connection from Peak EDU. Hi Reader, This Week's Question "Andrea, over the last couple of years, I’ve felt my desire ebb more and more, with minimal to no flow. I don’t feel like anything is necessarily wrong with my relationship (we’ve been together for 8 years, married for 5). We fight as much as I think any couple would, but overall we’re loving and caring. We cuddle often, hug, and kiss each other goodbye every day, and we’re...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader, Imagine this… It’s Sunday night, and you’re buried deep in the couch. The all-too-familiar feeling is starting to kick in: your chest tightens, your core clenches, the mental inventory starts to tally, and that deep-seated thought of, “Ugh, I wish I had more time…” sets in. You know the feeling all too well. It’s the weight that accompanies your life’s responsibilities and the many hats you wear. Somehow, whether it’s work, family, hobbies, your relationship, your friendships, or...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader, There’s a belief many of us carry, quietly, almost unconsciously: That the way back to pleasure is through more effort.More reading. More workshops. More trying to “fix” the part of us that feels… distant. But what if the answer isn’t effort at all? What if it’s presence? What if your erotic self isn’t waiting for you to become someone new—but to soften into who you already are? To listen.To feel.To stay. We live in a world that rewards strategy over sensation.But your erotic life...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader , If you’re like many of the women I work with, you’ve probably tried.Really tried. You’ve read the books.You’ve had the hard conversations.You’ve pushed past your exhaustion, whispered affirmations, opened your heart, and said yes, when all you wanted was a little more time to feel. And yet… Something still feels missing. This is the second myth I want to gently untangle:That if you just try harder, intimacy will follow. …That you can effort your way into ease.…That connection is...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Peak Couples & Sex Therapy Empowering individuals and couples to cultivate fulfilling lives by fostering healthy, flourishing, intimate connections through expert therapy and sexual education. See What We're Offering! Hey there, Picture this: You’re a couples therapist. You’ve helped hundreds of couples work through their biggest challenges. You literally teach people how to have better relationships for a living. Then you get engaged after 17 years together, and you realize… you have no idea...
6 months ago • 1 min read