Good Clean Reads

In this season of trick or treating, what is really more delectable than a really juicy romp in the hay… ok, well maybe not the hay, but somewhere cozy, exotic or risqué? It isn’t really the candy that makes the holiday memorable, it is the sweetness of surprise and the chance to be someone else for a day that gets you thinking long before the day...

Sometimes you just have to fight about it. As human animals, conflict is not only a natural outcome of partnerships and family units; it is an essential part of building unity. Our differences may make life more interesting, but learning to deal with them effectively and with love is a challenge for which we are often not well prepared.

An estimated 280,000 women will be diagnosed with new cases of invasive breast cancer this year, while there will be about 50,000 diagnoses of non-invasive breast cancer. The majority of these women will undergo some form of treatment to combat the disease.

I have never been a fan of stories about dysphoric futures, but have watched their rise in media coverage in the last decades. From The Hunger Games series to the latest Blade Runner, we have all seen different versions of an AI-generated future in a dying ecosphere. It is a complicated story with long-standing racist, misogynistic, and capitalist threads weaving together to cement a direction that moves closer to the brink of the dystopia we sell as entertainment.

The practice of mindfulness originated within Buddhist traditions, but has since been adapted into a healing modality for a wide range of illnesses. Impressive study results confirm the power of focusing our attention with intention on improving biological functioning on everything from cancer recovery to immune response to chronic pain.

S1:E16 | Sept. 17, 2020 | 40 min.Today on Dear Sex Podcast, renowned relationship therapist Stan Tatkin joins Wendy as they deep dive into romantic attachments and how our primal...

I’ve never really had a long-distance relationship. Sure, I was pen pals with a guy stationed in Iraq, but I’d never actually met the guy. Needless to say I am not skilled at the phone sex or sexting thing. 

One of the most powerful, yet rarely considered gifts we bring to our capacity for love is right in our hands; literally. Nowhere is this perhaps more true than in the manner in which we touch each other intimately.

S1:E14 | Sept. 3, 2020 | 43 min.Understanding the reality of your fantasy can help you understand your emotional needs in intimate situations. Author and social psychologist Justin Lehmiller joins...