Erectile Dysfunction: Healthy Conversations With Your Partner, Doctor and Exercises

As men hit their late forties and early fifties, most will experience something new.

It can be embarrassing, surprising, confusing and you might not know what to do next. I am a firm believer in preparing for things we can predict. Lean into it and remember that you can do hard things.

Rather than reinvent the wheel, borrow wording from this, walk through what the conversations with your doctor might sound like, learn new exercises, face yourself and talk to your partner.

Show parts of this to the partner to normalize what is happening. It is often the case that they feel hurt and wonder if you are still attracted. You want to address that right away.

Please don't be like some people who just avoid sex from now on. For some of the couples I have worked with, this actually got them talking about options they had not previously considered or talked about and it reinvigorated their love life.