, where she chronicles pleasure as it relates to parenting, sex and style, and now has a book on the same subject.offers tips, advice and anecdotes for increasing pleasure in every facet of your life. The Globe and Mail spoke with Loyst about her mission to do away with the idea of guilty pleasure, the ways she’s teaching her son, Jaya, to value pleasure and how people can find ways to give themselves the attention she says they deserve.
You never really hear about “dad guilt.” Do you think motherhood uniquely affects the possibilities of pleasure?Men don't, generally, sideline their pleasures in the same way that women do. I think so many women are living scripts. They're being told this is your obligation and sometimes that's infused with culture, with gender expectations, but if we abandoned all that and just got to the truth about who we are, I think it's a very courageous and radical thing.