The scales are about to tip in favor of sex, as our very own Rachel Braun Scherl and Mary Wallace Jaensch visit The Balancing Act morning show on Lifetime. Starting in August, they’ll share tips about sexual satisfaction, adding passion to your relationship, and ultimately how to achieve balance in life & love (and make sure that sex makes it onto your to-do list). Hosted by Beth Troutman and Kristy Villa, The Balancing Act focuses on ways for women to achieve success in all areas of their lives – including sexual satisfaction!
Beth Troutman:
This morning we want to talk about sex, more specifically, a woman’s lack of sexual satisfaction. Experts say it’s much more common than you may realize because women just don’t really talk about it, not with their doctors or even with their closest friends, but we should.
Today, we will learn what you can do to have the happy, healthy sex life that you deserve. We understand that you might watching right now with children near you so we want to warn you that while we plan to discuss this in as PG a way as possible some may consider it a little too graphic.
Joining us today from Semprae Laboratories, are CEO Mary Wallace Jaensch and President Rachel Braun Scherl. Ladies, thank you so much for joining us.
Mary Wallace Jaensch:
And thank you for having us.
Beth Troutman:
It is great to have you here to talk about this. How common is this sexual dysfunction in women, Mary?
Mary Wallace Jaensch:
Probably more common than you would think. About 43% of women actually experience some problems at any point in their lives.
Beth Troutman:
Wow, 43%. Now Rachel, you have, I understand, a pretty fun analogy for this?
Rachel Braun Scherl:
People often ask us, “How do you describe this thing called female sexual satisfaction?” and a terrific clinician gave us an analogy that we use because we think it’s pretty clear.
Mary Wallace Jaensch:
Yes.
Rachel Braun Scherl:
So what she said is, “Sexual satisfaction is like a bus ride. Some women don’t want to get on the bus – that’s a lack of desire. Some women get on the bus and quite honestly, they don’t enjoy the ride. It’s either too fast or too slow or they have traveled that route before.”
Beth Troutman:
Too bumpy.
Rachel Braun Scherl:
Too bumpy, too smooth, and that’s lack of arousal and some women never get to their ultimate destination, which is lack of orgasm. And as any woman knows, or any person who has spoken to a woman knows, if those things aren’t working together, you are running back to the bus station to get on the next bus.
Beth Troutman:
Right, you don’t want another ride on that bus. Mary, what are some of the reasons for this?
Mary Wallace Jaensch:
And I think that’s what’s interesting because people think it might be just older women, but actually there are whole bunch of reasons that can affect it. One is stress, which happens at every age.
Beth Troutman:
Right.
Mary Wallace Jaensch:
The next one can be certain medications - oral contraceptives, antidepressants, anti-hypertensives, and the third is diseases – MS, diabetes, obesity and of course hormones, but hormones at every part of your age. So it’s not just menopausal women but pregnancy, pre-pregnancy, post-pregnancy, during pregnancy can really change how you feel about desire and satisfaction.
Beth Troutman:
Well the thing that I found alarming is that we as women are not talking about this. We are not talking about it honestly with our friends and we are not doing it with our doctors.
Mary Wallace Jaensch:
Right. Only about five percent of obstetrician/gynecologists ever talk to their patients about it, in part because 85% of women would never consider asking their doctors. They don’t think of it as a disease and frankly, there hasn’t been very much to talk about in terms of how to be helpful.
Rachel Braun Scherl::
And a lot times we are ready to get out of there too, the gynecologist’s office.
Beth Troutman:
What about their friends?
Rachel Braun Scherl:
On the personal note, most often if you are close with someone you know their partner or their spouse as well. So if you complain to them that something is not as good as you would like it to be in the bedroom, when you are out to dinner the next night it feels like a betrayal or the trust has been violated.
Beth Troutman:
Right, you know something about that spouse that maybe you don’t want to know.
Rachel Braun Scherl:
That feels uncomfortable.
Beth Troutman:
It feels uncomfortable. Well we as women, I know this, we try to make everyone happy. Everyone around us, we are trying to help them out but we are not helping ourselves when it comes to this.
Mary Wallace Jaensch:
No, even if you recognize that it isn’t exactly the way you’d like it to be, which is about 72% of women tell us they would like it to be better, so it isn’t even just the woman who have an issue, we don’t put it on our list. It doesn’t make the list with families and children and work, but in fact it’s a really important thing to consider putting on your list.
Beth Troutman:
There are some really big health benefits to actually having a healthy sex life, right?
Mary Wallace Jaensch:
That’s what frustrates us because a lot of women will say, “Yes, I have that experience,” but it doesn’t make the list. It doesn’t make a list with their kids or their lives or their jobs but in fact it’s really important. It’s important for their physical health. You get physical benefits from a better sex life – reproductive benefits, overall well-being benefits and it’s not so bad for your relationship either. A healthy sex life makes your partner happier and it actually can help with the relationship.
Finally, a lot of women, and we have this experience with the women that use our product and talk to us about it, say it helps them feel better; they look better.
Beth Troutman:
The glow, you got to say that.
Rachel Braun Scherl:
It’s pretty remarkable. We joke about it but we have had many experiences where a woman is describing or envisioning a great experience she has and she looks lit from within and the other women in the room lean over to say literally “I’ll have what she is having”.
It’s visible and what’s nice about it is it’s coming from such a deep place that she doesn’t have to brag about it or say anything; it’s written all over her face.
Beth Troutman:
It’s just real. Now you all have a solution to the sexual dysfunction that women are experiencing. What is this?
Rachel Braun Scherl:
Well we call it the secret sauce. It’s Zestra Essential Arousal Oils and what it is, is a patented blend of botanical oils and extracts so all the active ingredients are natural and it’s clinically proven to improve arousal, desire and satisfaction for 70% of women.
It works within minutes. Within 3 to 5 minutes women describe what they call ‘the Zestra rush’.
Beth Troutman:
‘The Zestra Rush’ and I think a lot of women are going to be drawn to that feeling, anything that you call a ‘rush’. Now you have actually done some clinical studies. What kind of results are you seeing?
Mary Wallace Jaensch:
Right, the product has been used by women 25 to 70, both healthy women and women with health issues, and it works for 7 out of 10 women. They are ready to get on the bus.
Rachel Braun Scherl:
And we call them the lucky seven.
Mary Wallace Jaensch:
The lucky seven.
Beth Troutman:
Now we actually wanted to bring in a doctor to talk about Zestra a little bit. We have Dr. Susan Kellogg from the Pelvic and Sexual Health Institute of Philadelphia. Dr. Kellogg, welcome to the show. What do you think about Zestra?
Dr. Susan Kellogg:
Actually, Zestra is a breakthrough product for women. You know for years we have had FDA-approved options for men’s sexual difficulties and we’ve had nothing to offer women, and finally we do. Zestra is clinically tested. It’s available over-the-counter and it really, really works to improve female sexual satisfaction.
Beth Troutman:
So how do we use it?
Dr. Susan Kellogg:
Well actually Zestra is topically applied. It’s put on the external genital area and within about five minutes it begins to work. Women start to feel that ‘Zestra rush’ or that warmth in the genital areas. It lasts for about 45 minutes and clearly does contribute to sexual satisfaction.
Beth Troutman:
Wow! So you must get some great feedback from your patients if you keep recommending it.
Dr. Susan Kellogg:
My patients tell me all the time, “Well, it’s about time, Dr. Kellogg, that something is for us”, and patients tell me things like they love the fact that it is topically applied and wears off in 45 minutes. They really are happy that they are not taking in a pill; they are not taking in a hormone that is systemically absorbed or has side effects. They really appreciate the fact that it improves their sexual satisfaction, often saying things like, “It makes me feel like I am younger or like at the beginning of my relationship”.
Beth Troutman:
Well thank you so much for joining us this morning Dr. Kellogg.
Dr. Susan Kellogg:
Thank you so much.
Beth Troutman:
And ladies, thank you so much for joining us this morning. It’s been so much fun.
Mary Wallace Jaensch:
Well thank you for having us. It’s been great.
Rachel Braun Scherl:
Thank you.
Beth Troutman:
I feel completely educated now. It’s been great having you here. Now if you want to hear how other women have reacted to Zestra or if you’d like more information you can check out at zestra.com.
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