by Betsy Murphy | Dec 26, 2017 | Autobiography of an Orgasm
It was just a hashtag at first: that often-ridiculed, inconsequential social media frippery that disappears as fast as the Technorati moves onto its next storm in a teacup. When it comes to sexuality, it seems that women, like children, are expected to be seen, not...
by Betsy Murphy | Dec 26, 2017 | Autobiography of an Orgasm
“Beyond O is a journey unlike any other that I have experienced within a book…it’s a refreshing change in memoir.” ~ Lisa, Australia “Like Betsy’s first book Autobiography of an Orgasm, I finished Beyond O in a day. I just...
by Betsy Murphy | Sep 5, 2017 | Autobiography of an Orgasm
Me too. Those were the words that I heard over and over again from women who read my book, Autobiography of an Orgasm. The book is about the five years I researched orgasm as a way to heal. Me too. I was molested as a child and was too scared to tell anyone. Me too. I...
by Betsy Murphy | Apr 23, 2017 | Autobiography of an Orgasm
I didn’t go to camp as a kid. When I became a mother, summer camp was suddenly a big deal once my kids were pre-teens. When he was ten, my son Willie went to camp for a week and stayed two months. When I asked him why he decided to stay, he said “Because...
by Betsy Murphy | Jun 20, 2016 | Autobiography of an Orgasm
My friend, Qoya creator, writer and luminary Rochelle Schieck turned 36 on June 11th. Recently I asked her, if she could go back in time what she would want to whisper to her 18 year old self? “Life is meant to be lived,” she said. “Learn from your lived...
by Betsy Murphy | Jun 18, 2016 | Autobiography of an Orgasm
One of my favorite movie scenes is towards the end of Harold and Maude when Harold presents Maude with a ring. She admires the ring, looks at him lovingly and then throws the ring in a lake. “There,” Maude says. “Now I’ll always know where it is.” I thought about that...