All things love, sex, and spirituality with a little fiction on the side.

Melissa Portan

LMSW, M.Ed.

Licensed sexologist practicing in NYC.

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  • This That Comes

    The night is approaching and I feel with it comes my demise. But it won’t be loud, it won’t be sudden, and it won’t be bright. It won’t be the implosion of a star, nor will it be the crushing sounds of metal of an accident. And it won’t be fought with tears and shuddering…

  • Woman

  • Voices

    Everyone thinks they’re right. Everyone speaks with such confidence. Who do you listen to? When the voices get loud, Who do you listen to?

  • Covid-19: A New Normal?

    The truth is, we have already been here. Over and over you may be hearing the phrases, “This is unprecedented” and “We’ve never experienced anything like this.” In this present life, no we have not had a pandemic of such proportions, but history has many examples of such medical, natural disasters. The Black Plague, otherwise…

  • MUST READ!/The Blog is MOVING!!!

    Hello everyone! I have been working for weeks, non-stop, to bring you a great surprise. I’m excited and hope that you will be too. So here it is: theimportant1111blog is moving! theimportant1111blog is moving to its new home. I’ve been working all day to iron out the final kinks at the new site and I…

  • Symbols: The Butterfly

    The butterfly is a beautiful, small, creature that carries on its wings messages of the universe. There are many ways a butterfly flitting by can be interpreted. Someone may say the appearance of butterflies in a garden is nothing more than nature proceeding through the motions of the seasons; it is only Spring. Someone else may say butterflies are…

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