Good Clean Reads

“When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable.  But to grow up is to accept vulnerability…To be alive is to be vulnerable.”  -Madeleine L’Engle

Lately I am trying to pay attention to the places where I get stuck. Here is my Achilles heel; the moments when life is clearly outside of my control and even flies in the face of all of my best...

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive.  Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.”  ~Henry Ward Beecher

Walking through the woods today with an old friend I recently reunited with, we shared stories of the times when we did not live up to the best of ourselves as mothers....

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”  ~Victor Frankl

Finding the courage to leave things alone and let them be what they are is a ready path to seeing things clearly.    Oftentimes it is all the doing and trying to get things to fit your picture of how it should be that prevents us from seeing that the resources we need are already here.

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“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive.” -Howard Thurman

It was a Monday, in every sense and layered meaning of the word today. It was a pouring-down, rainy, cold, windy Monday that made you wish you were back in bed. I wasn’t feeling well and my lack of focus quickly turned...

“There is nothing as mysterious as something clearly seen.”  -Robert Frost

It was a great pleasure to have a regular day today. The drama that consumed most of my energy and concentration yesterday was over and I emerged whole and intact. Maybe even more than intact; I was stronger today with more trust in myself and more faith in my process. We learn about our fortitude from using it, we know our...

“Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.” ~Arthur Golden

It was a bright sunny balmy day and I was grateful for the light and crystal blue skies. It balanced the darkness inside that threatened to overcome me as I listened to the negative rumors and meanness that has been circulating about me and Good...

“If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.” -Buddhist Proverb

There is a subtle but profound distinction between having a clear direction in life and a marked destination. I am all for the continued effort to define our life’s direction. Ironically, sometimes our focus and skills on defining this direction are so acute that we unwittingly get deeply attached to...

Reknowned sexual health educator and radio show host of “Sex with Jaiya” joins us today to share her extensive training and sexological body worker training with us.  Don’t miss her insights and wisdom from her book Red Hot Touchon incorporating the miraculous capacity of our hands to ignite real passion into lovemaking. Explore the many layers of erogenous zones and listen to her story of...