21 Best Ways To Turn A Girl On (From A Sex Coach)

Steffo Shambo

January 8, 2026

Turn A Woman On

This article will unpack the best ways to turn a girl on. 

And no, you don’t have to find the lost city of Atlantis and bring back a boat full of gold and riches to mesmerize her and spark her arousal. Arousal isn’t a switch you find. It builds on the physical intimacy you’ve established outside the bedroom.

After this read, you’ll have a far better understanding of what gets women in the mood.

If you’re struggling with a lackluster relationship and her desire for you has plummeted— this article is for you.

Of course, you could scroll through random dating advice on Quora or Reddit, but here we’ve handpicked the 21 absolute best ways to ignite her passion for you.

Thousands of my clients prove these ideas...

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What Are The Best Ways To Turn A Woman On?

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You could have the biggest biceps and a deep, sexy voice.

However, your woman may not be able to sense your masculine energy. 

Let’s explore how to turn a girl on and enter into your king energy so you are the man she desires and craves.

Here are my top 21 best ways to turn a woman on:

1. Write her a gratitude list. 🙏

List out all the things about her that fill you with gratitude.

Details are also good—write about a time you appreciated something she did and its effect on you. 

What is goofy and cute about her? 

What are the small things she does that you think are sweet?

Showcase that you see her love in her actions and words. So often, men internally appreciate how their women enrich their lives but fail to express the sentiment.

Man Writing A Journal

Describe when she showed you love, especially when she went that extra mile to care about you.

You can then send this as an email or print a card. Another method is to create a month-long calendar where she receives a snippet of your gratitude for her each day.

2. Give her your grounded energy. 🧘‍♂️

Your masculine energy is the container for her feminine. 

Give her your grounded energy, and she will allow herself to open up around you in many ways. 

It starts with showing up, being present, and being conscious and attentive when you are with her. Then, if you can care for her and take the lead, she will become your safe place to be authentic and emotionally open.

Polarity is essential between a man and a woman. If you don’t step into your masculine energy, she will have to step into it for the sake of the relationship. 

So, if you haven’t already, you need to take holistic steps to enhance your masculine energy. There is plenty to discover, from masculine energy meditation to yang yoga to finding a coach to help you become an integrated man. 

Your grounded masculine energy will make you irresistible to your woman. This is because it will increase the polarity between you and your woman, creating that deliciously charged tension before a freefall into pleasure.

3. Support her and be on the same team. 👫 

Being on the same team is hugely undervalued in the modern dating world. 

When your girlfriend is facing challenging situations with other people, you, as the man, shouldn’t be explaining why the other person is right or telling her she’s overreacting.

Instead, side with your partner even if you agree with the third person.

Couple In New Home Putting Together Self Assembly

Being on the same team also applies to decision-making. It’s crucial to have your partner’s best interests in mind. Relationships cannot thrive if you only look after yourself and your desires. It would be best if you considered what is best for the relationship.

If a relationship is always focused on two individuals and never the partnership, the relationship just won’t move along smoothly. 

Things get much more manageable when men and women consider themselves on the same team. Positivity moves freely. What’s more, scorekeeping and resentment don’t come into play.

In turn, this makes her feel so much more supported as you both quickly move out of:

  • “You didn’t do this for me?”
  • “How could you forget about that?”
  • “I can’t believe you’re late again!”

When you here those things from women, know that it's not actually about what they say. It's a test to see if you can connect.

Again, it only takes one person to begin the change within the relationship. As the man, take the lead. 

4. Getting oxytocin activation on the daily. 🤗

Hugging Couple

Oxytocin is one of the sex hormones that causes women and men to feel affectionate and cuddly.

It is vital for women because that is how women destress from a long, hard day.

So, if you want a happy woman, you must help her deal with stress by increasing oxytocin.

PubMed study even found that:

“Frequent hugs between spouses/partners are associated with lower blood pressure and higher oxytocin levels in premenopausal women.”

Focusing on low-intensity skin stimulation is a great way to get these natural hormones flowing in your women. 

For example, graze your fingers across her shoulders and arms while kissing her neck.

A warm bath together is also an excellent way of stimulating oxytocin release.

Romantic bonding is what oxytocin does best, and here is a list of ways to ramp up the oxytocin:

  • Long hugs
  • Cuddles on the couch
  • Meaningful conversations
  • Long 20-second hugs
  • Holding hands while walking

People experience greater perceptions of responsiveness and gratitude towards those who induce a boost of oxytocin with methods such as those we’ve outlined.

"Higher oxytocin acted like rose-colored glasses, attenuating the effect of a partner’s behaviorally coded expressive behavior on perceptions of the expresser’s responsiveness."

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5. Adoration and admiration. 🤩

Young Adult Couple In Love And Tenderness Outdoor

A considerable part of a woman’s attraction to a man is how she makes him feel. Women feel empowered when they can see the effect they have on their partners. 

Show her how much you mean to her.

And start with the everyday things throughout the week:

  • Give her loving compliments.
  • Worship her mind, body, and soul.
  • Celebrate her wins.
  • Prioritize her in your life.
  • Give her a shoulder rub.
  • Text her to tell her she is sexy and that you are imagining her naked legs wrapped around her shoulders.
  • Make her feel sexy, beautiful, and wanted by you throughout the whole day. ⁠
  • Carry out kind, meaningful, charming gestures just for her.
  • Acknowledge when she does the same for you.

Watch how these acts elevate your woman’s passion and sexual desire for you.

Hot, sexy relationships start by making each other feel valued and valuable. 

Showing her that you see her worth is a surefire way to create new levels of sexual arousal.

6. Being led in the bedroom so she can surrender. 🛏️

Surrender can only happen when you help her let go of her daily chores and responsibilities.

There’s a reason why 50 Shades of Gray was such an international hit.

Taking the dominant role as a man encourages your woman to surrender and release during sex fully.

For most women, it’s a massive turn-on.

It’s vital that she feels comfortable sliding into erotic pleasure with you.

Unfortunately, most couples never honestly discuss their deepest desires, which means that as good as the sex is— it will never be as unique and passionate as it could be. 

So, open a deep conversation with her. Be the man who takes over in the bedroom and makes her want you.

The divine feminine is a powerful force but also yearns to be held. And that’s what you’re bringing during sex. By leading during sex, your masculine energy holds and opens her divine feminine to pleasure.

7. Give her special attention by holding space. 🧑‍🚀

Man Cuddling A Woman

Can you hold space for all her emotions? 

Whether she’s bursting with rage, afraid out of her skin, jealous, or turned on?

Remember, very feminine women can change their moods, like the weather. And just like the weather, it can change rapidly throughout the day. So don’t make any emotional storms blow you over. Know they will pass if you don’t take it too personally.

If she can trust you with her emotions and vulnerabilities as a guy— she will be able to trust you with her pleasure. 

Let your girlfriend know it’s okay for her to be an emotional mess. Point out that you won’t ever hold it over her but care for her and help her feel through it all. 

Most of the time, the last thing people need is advice. Holding space and letting her work through her struggles is far more empowering

Likewise, make sure that you give her undivided attention in the moment. Look into her beautiful eyes when she’s telling you about her day. Help her to feel seen. Respect her with active listening.

8. Be an integrated man. 😎

An integrated man has reached a balance within himself between masculine and feminine energy: a protector and a carer. An integrated man is a tantric man, a heart warrior who fiercely looks after his kingdom and partner.

Why does this turn a woman on?

In essence, this man is the whole package. 

Once a man finds this balance, he has an energy that turns heads and can build an insane emotional connection with women. So, it’s helpful to keep in mind when you’re learning how to turn on a woman.

Moreover, having an integrated man in her life opens her up to finding balance within herself. The harmony makes for a deep relationship and a heady, erotic sex life.

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9. Deep, intelligent conversations. 💭

It’s all well and good to be the strong, silent type during the initial phases of dating and asking a woman out.

But that allure dies off fast if she’s working to keep a conversation going with you.

Happy Young Couple Drinking Tea At Home

It’s also well-known that women are hardwired to be attracted to intelligence.

In tribal times, status and knowledge were seen as advantageous traits that determined their survival and that of their offspring.

This is why women often pedestal teachers and gurus, and the unfortunate events of power dynamics play out because of this.

If you’re looking to supercharge intimacy, here are questions to ask to build a connection.

Learn to respond to her sexual needs, reignite connection, and create a surge of closeness between you and your lover.

You’ll have your partner in the mood and feeling closer to you than ever. 

Having such deep and vulnerable conversations can be scary, especially since it opens you up to the fear of rejection. However, this is also an excellent opportunity to be bold and courageous!

10. Eye contact and presence. 👁️

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Italian psychologist Giovanni Caputo recently studied 20 people and found that gazing deeply into someone’s eyes can alter consciousness, produce hallucinations, and cause feelings of dissociation.

We rarely stare into another’s eyes for more than a moment. 

Lean into the intensity and let your partner see you in depth.

Eye gazing is a powerfully intimate tantric practice that strengthens the romantic bond between lovers.

Here are the eye-gazing steps:

  1. Start by sitting across from your partner, or in the Yab-Yum pose.
  2. Stare intently into each other’s eyes. It’s better to pick one eye. Otherwise, your pupils’ flitting will distract the other person.
  3. Breathe deeply and allow your gaze to be soft and tender.
  4. See into their true essence. 
  5. Finish with a deep embrace, kiss, or move into foreplay.

Another great bonus to eye gazing is that it gets a woman out of her head. Kate Spring shares our stance on this in the video below.

11. Man-to-woman talk. 📢

This is for men looking to solidify their relationship. You need to clarify that you are interested in this woman as more than just a friend. This is particularly crucial to staying firmly out of the friend zone.

Most guys will find this a terrifying conversation to commit to. However, that’s why it’s worth learning if she’s interested. Women aren’t used to honesty from most men. 

Take the lead. Tell her what you’re feeling, and you’re far more likely to get a first date than the guy who keeps his attraction to himself.

12. Unexpected positive surprises. 😯

Couple Having Breakfast In The Bed

If you want to win and keep her affection, have some fun keeping her on her toes!

Most articles will focus on what you can do for her. They make seduction out to be a checklist of thoughtful tasks sure to serenade every woman. Sorry to say, that just isn’t possible. You have to know what turns your women on.

You need to pick up on what excites your woman.

Read her body language and set aside time to be playful and surprise her. 

13. Plan an evening for her. 🗺️

Compile all you know about what she loves and start building an evening that amazes her.
Date nights that become stale, mundane, and predictable won’t stand a chance of turning a woman on. 

Many men wine and dine during dating and into the relationship because they believe that once she’s comfortable and cared for, she’ll want sex. 

No. You can’t expect her to be dizzy on sexual arousal just because you brought her out to dinner. Women want excitement and a man who makes them feel electric. Nothing turns women on like letting loose and feeling free.

Romantic Couple Sitting Near Campfire

So, create an idea for a date that makes her think she has you all figured out. And make her realize how much you listen to her.

You will have your woman thinking about you for days after one of these dates. Not only because you went through all the trouble but also because you’ve shown you know her. Again, it comes up time and again. 

Being seen and heard is what women find intensely attractive

So, please take note the next time she mentions something she’s always wanted to try! 

14. Sexual innuendo and anticipation. 🧠

How to satisfy a woman in bed

Men are turned on far more quickly than women. 

Most women need TIME to heat up and become warm— and wet. It’s why many women get turned more on by a sex novel rather than hardcore porn.⁠ But unfortunately, a lot of men overlook or simply don’t realize this. ⁠⁠

When men get turned on, their brain goes, ‘OMG, sex!

So, they dive straight into dessert without even sampling the starter or the main course.⁠⁠⁠

If you want to become a master of pleasuring a woman in bed, you must become a master of innuendo.

Innuendo is your best friend when it comes to turning your woman on and seducing her. ⁠

A good rule to remember is that foreplay has to start way before you even touch. Send sexy text messages telling her what you want to do to her when you get home. ⁠

Foreplay could also be taking her out for a romantic meal, spending time talking to her, or getting to know her on a deeper level.⁠

One thing I say to my clients about foreplay is that it starts in the morning. ⁠

Be flirtatious all day long. ⁠

Grab her hips and pull her ass against you while she is cooking. ⁠

Your lovemaking will reach new levels. ⁠

Trust me.⁠

15. Tell her, “you’re pretty without make-up”. 💄

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You don’t need to be told about society’s pressure on women to look a certain way.

Even the most confident woman must fight to believe and see her inner and outer beauty. 

Her man needs to counteract the onslaught of marketing that demands that she be only beautiful when she invests time and money into her appearance.

You need to tackle those lies to the ground! 

Grab the sides of her face in the morning and tell her just how amazing her bare face is in the morning light. 

It turns a woman on by reminding her of her beauty and building her self-esteem.

16. Create a little mystery. ❓

Couple Wandering Forest

Don’t take her for granted. Women who aren’t getting the attention they need from a relationship won’t stay around for long.

So, avoid getting into a rut. 

Instead, try new things together—whether it’s a dance class or rock climbing. You can even call in sick on a Tuesday and fool around in bed until 10 a.m.!

New experiences activate the brain’s reward system, flooding it with dopamine and norepinephrine. 

These are the same brain circuits ignited in early romantic love, a time of exhilaration and obsessive thoughts about a new partner. Enliven those feelings again, and you’ll have cracked the code on how to turn a woman on.

17. Leave thoughtful love sticky notes on her computer. 🗒️

I Love You Sign

Sexual desire for women can build from the smallest of thoughtful acts—little things like this turn women on.

She will feel a thrill that you’re on her mind, and a sexy reminder of that will likely make her look forward to seeing you in the evening.

18. Make them feel safe to be themselves. 🕊️

Handsome Black Man Flirting With His Girlfriend

If you want to become more attractive to her, you need her to perceive you as trustworthy.

When a man radiates trust, he is ten times more attractive to a woman.

For a woman to want to have sex, she needs first to feel safe and trust her partner

Her heart and her yoni need to open to you. 

Without this – she most likely won’t desire sex often. Even if she obliges to please you and the sex is still plentiful – you will feel her energetic absence.

19. Let her orgasm before you. 💥

Let your girl orgasm first. 

In research by Debby Herbenick and colleagues, published in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, only about 18% of women said vaginal penetration on its own was enough to reach orgasm. The large majority need clitoral stimulation, either alone or alongside penetration. 

Savor and enjoy foreplay because it’s when she feels the most intense pleasure. Whisper dirty things in her ear, play with pressure around her clitoris. Take time to learn what she wants and encourage her to be vocal about her turn-ons and what drives her to the edge. 

She Comes First by Ian Kerner is a must-read for any man looking to become a master in oral sex.

Make all the difference to her sex life by honoring her body first. After this experience, you’ll have her mind preoccupied with wanting more sex with you.

20. Learn subconscious communication to turn her on. 👂

Female With Curly Hair Whiling Away The Time In Be

Subconscious communication overrides formal communication. Once mastered, a man can read a woman’s cues and clues to make her happy to surrender as he takes the lead.

Women continuously tell you through subconscious communication: 

Yes, do more of that, please.” 

And

No, please stop doing that” or “I don’t like that.”

Learning to read and decipher a woman’s subconscious communication will give you the knowledge to be in touch with her arousal.

These body language signals give you crucial knowledge to turn a girl on. So, you’ll be miles ahead of other men in anticipating her needs and desires during sex.

21. Become a conscious man. 🦸

Lastly, he should become a conscious, tantric man who is mindful of not only his power but also his weaknesses. 

In essence, he has integrated his healthy masculine and healthy feminine qualities, which makes him strong and mature. 

And this is precisely what makes the tantric man so desirable. 

When you meet a man who has done the inner work to be able to expand his consciousness— you notice that about him. You will feel it in his presence. He is neither boasting nor needy. He is simply resting in his grounded confidence in who he is. 

When you send out that vibe, it is as attractive to bees as honey is.

It’s the magic formula. 🔮

Which of the five is actually blocking her?

Everything above works, but not everything above is your problem. In fifteen years of coaching married men, desire is almost never blocked by a lack of technique. It is blocked by one of five things, and most men are working on the wrong one. Five questions will tell you which.

Find the one thing blocking her desire

Five questions about the last month. You will get the single biggest blocker and what to do about it first. Nothing is stored.

Conclusion: how to turn a woman on

So now we’ve explored the most effective techniques to turn a woman on. 

I hope this has served as a reminder that if you want to rekindle a meaningful sexual relationship with your female partner, you have to make an effort to show interest and make her interested in you again. 

The key to having her wanting sex is for her to feel emotionally safe. That’s why it’s so crucial to turn her on both emotionally and sexually.

After diving into her desire for emotional connection, holding space for her, and even tips during sex, it’s time to try these at home for yourself. 

Let us know in the comments which step worked best for you and your partner!

If you need more help enhancing your love life and feeling genuinely connected to your partner, I have a free training available for you to watch.

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Turn Her On FAQ

How do I win a woman’s heart?

Winning a woman’s love and affection does not happen overnight. It takes showing up as the man you want to be in the world and her life. For a woman to honestly give her whole self up to a man, she needs patience, understanding, commitment, devotion, appreciation, and sexual fulfillment.

How to make a girl chase you?

Focus on harnessing and balancing the male archetypes and developing your mature masculine energy. This will increase your sex appeal and spark her desire to get to know you.

How to attract a woman sexually?

As we’ve mentioned in this article, sexual attraction builds long before physical foreplay. For example, send your partner sexy texts or wrap her up in a hot kiss before leaving in the morning. These are surefire ways to turn a woman on.

What does turn-on mean for a woman?

When a woman is turned on, they have reached a state of arousal. Generally, women’s arousal climbs through much more presence and intimacy compared to men. 

They need to feel a mental, emotional, and sexual connection to surrender to her wild passion. In this article, we’ve explored plenty of ways for you to help your woman relax and release your masculine energy.

What is the number one turn-on for a woman?

Women’s biggest turn-on is being understood. Only an integrated man can reach this point. And you simply cannot fake this level of presence, emotional maturity, and integration. You can provide for her needs once you understand her mind and emotions.

Nothing is sexier for a woman than a man who satisfies her needs— in and out of the bedroom.

Steffo Shambo

Steffo Shambo

Men's Tantric Relationship Coach

I help men deepen their intimacy and strengthen their relationships through my signature coaching program, The Tantric Man Experience™. After years of self-doubt and unfulfilling relationships, I found my direction meditating in a bamboo hut in India. Since then I've spent over 15 years refining the art of intimacy, completed 1,500+ hours of certified tantra training in India and Thailand, and coached more than 600 men worldwide. I write for The Good Men Project, and journalists at VICE, The Sun and Fatherly come to me for expert commentary.

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