Trauma-Informed Genitality: healing the sacral centre 6 May 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Generational trauma , Sexuality , No Comments Human sexuality, in its natural state, is not inherently conflicted, shameful, or fragmented. It is life energy—playful, relational, embodied. Yet if we look honestly at our lived experience, both individually and […]
Wilhelm Reich – visionary, liar, or lunatic? 5 May 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: History , Sexuality , No Comments In his brilliantly penetrating—pun intended—1942 book, The Function of the Orgasm, early psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich writes: “Man is the only biological species which has destroyed its own natural sex function, and that is […]
The mother wound – why we confuse nurturing and sex 9 January 2025 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Mother wound , Sexuality , 1 Comment During the long and painful journey to heal the mother wound, we often encounter issues around nurturing and sex. Whether we’re single or in a committed relationship, our needs […]
The missionary position is a trauma response 15 August 2024 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , Patriarchy , Sexuality , 1 Comment In Sex in patriarchy – how the past shapes sex today I describe the ‘3 M’s’—married, monogamous, missionary (position)—as the bedrock of modern sexuality. At the time, I attributed the […]
When men become emotionally available their sexual demons emerge 6 September 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Sexuality , 1 Comment In a blog titled Is there a hole at the heart of your relationship? I describe a situation I see in a growing number of relationships: one partner (usually the woman) is emotionally […]
The 1960s Sexual Revolution – breaking mass sexual repression 18 August 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: History , Sexuality , No Comments My attention has recently been drawn to the 1960s Sexual Revolution, an event that has largely receded out of memory and is mostly remembered through the occasional popular song on the […]
Measuring shame – Wilhelm Reich’s 1930s oscillograph experiments 8 July 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Anxiety , History , Sexuality , Shame , 1 Comment Unconscious shame may seem like a vague, subjective concept. In the 1930s, Wilhelm Reich conducted experiments using an oscillograph showing that not only was shame—particularly sexual shame—measurable, but […]
Premature Ejaculation – how shame short-circuits sex 28 February 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Sexuality , Shame , No Comments I recently wrote about the impact of shame on Erectile Dysfunction. In this blog, we’re going to look at that other great bête noire of male sexuality, Premature Ejaculation (PE). Bugbears & black […]
Erectile Dysfunction – how shame impacts sex 27 February 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Sexuality , Shame , No Comments In a blog titled The forbidden image of the penis I examined the fundamentally shameful nature of the penis. Here let us examine how that shame manifests in Erectile Dysfunction (ED). According to the British […]
Libido disappears when shame is absent 28 November 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Sexuality , Shame , No Comments “My libido is strong. I have a high sex drive.” How often are such phrases used to justify inappropriate, disrespectful, and unhealthy sexual behaviour? How often do politicians, actors and other celebrities make the […]