Her experience is chronicled in emails she sent to her colleagues and friends and photos taken by her partner. The last 10 months have included a trip to Denver for an AASECT conference visits from her closest family, colleagues, and friends and swims in Walden Pond and Plum Cove. She took charge of her care by working closely with the traditional medical community, spiritual advisors, and complimentary healthcare practitioners to be able to live fully until the end.
By choosing palliative care over more aggressive medical interventions, she opted not to fight the inevitable. She embraced this as a spiritual journey. In January of this year she learned she had terminal cancer. Beloved by her colleagues, she was awarded the highest honors from the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists this past June-the Distinguished Service to AASECT Award. One of her more significant contributions was founding both the 4-Dimensional Wheel approach to therapy and sex therapy and the community that supports its teaching and growth, the 4-D Network ( This approach takes into consideration not only the physical, psychological, and emotional aspects of a person’s well being, but also the spiritual. She wrote 13 books and published countless articles, conducted retreats and trainings internationally, lectured widely, and even appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show. Gina was a pioneer in the field of sexology and a tireless advocate for everyone’s right to sexual well-being. When her grandchildren were visiting, the beach trips always included ice cream at Captain Dusty’s. She spent many hours at Walden Pond, and in the summer often took her work to her “summer office” on Singing Beach. She collected heart-shaped rocks and other stones wherever she traveled. Nature was integral to her being and part of her shamanic study and practice.
Gina was curious, compassionate, and beautiful. Gina Ogden – feminist, teacher, scholar, mother, grandmother, lover, and lifelong Red Sox fan – has died at age 83.
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