Good Clean Reads

“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. “ ~Plato

The line of positivity lives somewhere between the ability to set goals and to the ability to let things be as they are. The subtle yet precise balance point lets things happen for you with grace. It takes courage to envision a better world...

Discover the new world of brain science and positive psychology with Rick Hanson, PhD, neuropsychologist and author of Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom. Listen to this conversation full of insight and ready to use tips to get your life and love moving in a positive direction. Guaranteed to change the way you think about how your mind works with your brain.

A good way to begin committing to the work of serious gratefulness is to fall into your body. I love bodywork. I had a remarkable therapy appointment with a woman who practices dynamic cranial sacral therapy. There was an intense massage clearing and then she held me at the top and base of my spine. The rhythm of my cranial fluid reset and I was still. It was truly remarkable.

It was a...

Sexual health expert, Dr. Michael Krychman, author of five books including 100 questions and answers about Female Sexual Wellness and Vitality discusses the common questions and answers about sexual health for women and couples. With combined decades of work as an OB- Gyn and Clinical Sexologist, this show promises expert advice on the most common fears, health issues and solutions for a more...

Connect to the spiritual dimensions of sustainable love – Listen this week to Rachel Gordon, an internationally recognized Intuitive Counselor discuss how to bring light and love into your relationships. The conversation is sprinkled with eternal wisdom about discovering the secrets to loving yourself, engaging in loving relationships and understanding the alchemical transformation of sexual love....

“The pleasure of living and the pleasure of the orgasm are identical. Extreme orgasm anxiety forms the basis of the general fear of life.”
~ Wilhelm Reich

One great benefit of owning a love product company is that I get to study and teach about orgasm. I was blessed with a proclivity towards the experience and remember finding this unique release valve as a small child. Growing up, I only knew how...

“In a time when nothing is more certain than change, the commitment of two people to one another has become difficult and rare. Yet, by its scarcity, the beauty and value of this exchange have only been enhanced.” ~Robert Sexton

One of the first questions people ask me when they find out what I do is “How did you get into love work?” My usual answer is “to learn to stay in my own...

“We are all only mortal…we do only what we can do. All the Elemental priests have certain teachings in common: one of them is that everyone, every human, every bird, badger, salamander, every blade of grass and every acorn is doing the best it can. This is the priests’ definition of mortality: the circumstance of doing what one can is that of doing one’s best. Only the immortals have the luxury of furlough. Doing one’s best is hard work; we rely on our surroundings because we must; when our surroundings change we stumble.” -Robin McKinley “Chalice”

I have read and re-read that passage many times this weekend. In this beautiful story of people trying to fulfill their tasks despite their limitations, the master in the story tells this to his chalice after having just come back to himself. I won’t say more, because it is a lovely read, but it has made me think of the moments when I have been able to truly come back to myself. The times when I have had the ability to accept the outcome of a situation, win or lose, because I knew deep down that I had done my best.

I have also noticed how and when I am unable to come back to myself. I have been paying attention to the moments when my doing what I can does not feel like enough. The places where I cannot witness the best I can do happen, not surprisingly, when I stand next to someone who seems to be doing better. Yesterday, my son played a tennis match against one of the top junior players in the world. My son is a good player and yesterday was his first match in six months due to a stress fracture.

“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.” -Josh Billings

I have never been very good at defining boundaries in life. The resources of time and energy were never something that I measured in terms of my ability to give or not. I remember being shocked when an acquaintance once told me that they knew they could never have enough...