Sex in The Villages: Unconventional Tips to Enhance Sexual Health and Wellness in Retirement

Sex in The Villages is a bold, science-based guide to sexual health for seniors and vibrant, passionate living after 55 in America's most famous Florida retirement community, and anywhere like it. Designed for readers who wonder what sex after 50 or sex after 60 can really look like, this nonfiction self-help book blends research, real-life stories, and practical tools to show that desire, intimacy, and confidence do not have an expiration date. Drawing on more than two decades of research and on-the-ground experience in The Villages, Dr. Tina M. Penhollow takes readers behind the golf carts, pickleball courts, and poolside parties to explore what truly keeps connection and pleasure alive in the second half of life. Whether in a long-term relationship, newly single, widowed, divorced, or "solo and satisfied," readers learn how to protect their bodies, honor their needs, and enjoy a more joyful, intentional sex life in retirement. Inside, you will: • Discover the truth about the "Boomer Bubble," loofah codes, rumors, and the real social rules that shape dating and intimacy in active adult communities like The Villages. • Learn Sexology 101 in plain language, including how aging, hormones, chronic illness, medications, and stress affect arousal, lubrication, erections, orgasms, desire, and safety. • Get clear, practical guidance on STI prevention, safer sex, condom use, screening, and health checks that matter for older adults, plus how to talk to healthcare providers about sensitive concerns without embarrassment. • Explore how food, fitness, and "sexercise" support libido, stamina, and longevity, from aphrodisiac foods and hydration to Kegels, flexibility, balance, and heart-healthy movement that keeps the body ready for pleasure. • Build a stronger mind–body connection with strategies for body confidence, mindset shifts, mood, stress reduction, relaxation, sleep, and emotional intimacy that deepen closeness in and out of the bedroom. • Navigate menopause, vaginal dryness, andropause, erectile dysfunction, and other "problems in paradise" with medical, non-hormonal, and holistic options explained in a calm, reassuring voice. • Reenter the dating world with confidence using step-by-step advice on senior dating, online profiles, messaging, flirting, consent, boundaries, and safety for single and widowed older adults. • Experiment safely with fantasies, role-play, toys, lube, and new positions so pleasure can evolve along with life circumstances, mobility changes, and changing bodies. • Take a fascinating tour of the future of sex, including virtual sex apps, AI chatbots, wearable tech, companion robots, and emerging surgical breakthroughs that are reshaping intimacy and sexual wellness. Written with warmth, humor, and zero judgment, Sex in The Villages normalizes later-life sexuality and offers practical tools to help older adults protect their health, deepen connection, and enjoy a satisfying intimate life. Whether partnered or proudly single. Ideal for readers in 55+ and active adult communities, as well as for anyone curious about The Villages, and for professionals who work with older adults. This guide is a must-have handbook for aging well with desire, joy, and empowered sexuality at any age.