• Hi! I am Kristine

VitalityLab.com is a Self-Care blog by me, Kristine Frisenfeldt, the designer behind Europe Magic Wand.
On Vitality Lab I give advice on how to use simple ideas to ‘hack’ Self-Care. All my ideas are based on personal experience, common sense and desktop research.
Like most people, I live a life with many opposing roles and duties. I love it, but I am aware of what it requires of me. Self-Care is, therefore, a natural part of my life.

When I experienced a major depression more than 10 years ago, I was prescribed antidepressant medication for a long time. I was not severely affected by a variety of side effects of the medication, but struck by one of the most common: I had a very hard time reaching orgasm.

Having to fight for your orgasms does nothing good for depression. With the loss of orgasms – one of the body’s key ‘biohacks’ – you miss out on a lot of healthy and stress-reducing hormones.

In guiding yourself out of dissatisfaction, you need to focus on both mental and physical well-being. Sexual wellness is possibly the union of the two and more important than either mindfulness or exercise alone.

When you’re fighting off depression, you need to gather ‘happiness hormones’ in every possible way. Orgasms are very effective at that + they feel good. Self-Care at its best.

You gotta get to give

I am not of the opinion that orgasms are prerequisites for a well functioning sex life. But I believe that orgasms are super healthy, and that the inability to climax can take up so much space in our heads that it becomes a problem in its own right.

Fortunately, my partner had not lost his vigor to the mists of depression. So while I struggled to get through the day he sought solutions. We found that the products offered to European women in no way lived up to either our demands for quality, or the legislative requirements for electrical products.

We decided to do something about it. It took one year to develop the electronics needed for our massager to be accepted for use and sale in Europe. In January 2012, we sold the very first Europe Magic Wand.

Today, experts use Europe Magic Wand as a benchmark when testing new products on the market. Of course, we are proud of that. We are also proud that the retailers we work with often have Europe Magic Wand in their top 5 bestsellers lists.

But the best thing is when I receive messages from women and couples sharing how big an impact the Europe Magic Wand has had on their lives. It confirms my belief that sexual wellness is an essential part of both physical and mental well-being.

I am a firm believer of the you gotta get to give motto. Self-Care is central to a joyful and productive life of aiding others while developing your self.

Kristine Frisenfelt Horn
Engineer and the woman behind Europe Magic Wand