I was recently talking to some of my son’s friends who are all graduating from High school and they were telling me that no one uses birth control anymore. The boys said condoms kill all the feelings and the girls believe that the rhythm method is effective and less toxic than the pill. I was shocked and had no idea that the safe sex talk has reverted to the plan B pill in their mind. Is this...

“Earth laughs in flowers.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have taken to smelling flowers all the time of late. This is easy to do in Oregon with my favorite flower just blooming now. Peonies are one of the oldest flowers in the garden, with varieties dating back thousands of years. It is a flower that is steeped in mythology and gets its name from Paeon, the physician of the Greek gods. A peony will live...

Carol Queen, author of Real Live Nude Girl and long time sexpert at Good Vibrationsapply her wit and intelligence to some of the most complex and intriguing questions concerning human sexuality. Fearless about exploring her own sexuality through experience, Queen advocates for sexual positivity and safety. Don’t miss this enlightening and lively conversation that affirms the truth of our own...

“If you are not happy here and now, you never will be.” ~Taisen Deshimaru

Happiness has less to do with our life circumstances than I ever imagined.  According to researcher and author Sonja Lyubormirsky, our quotient for happiness is based 50% of our genetics, which is to say the complex brain and neural circuitry that we inherit from our parents and that create emotional set points for us all.

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My husband has been having some trouble maintaining an erection lately. We have never had this problem before and he assures me that he is not fooling around with another woman and that he still wants me. We don’t have sex very often anymore and I think it is because he is afraid it won’t work. He won’t go to the doctor about it either and says he is not going to use any of those drugs that are...

“The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.” –Joe Ancis

The first question that most of us have about our sexuality and often one that follows us through life is “Am I normal?” Throughout the short history of sexual studies, mostly what has been uncovered is that “normal” encompasses an incredibly wide range of sexual preferences and behaviors. In the most recent comprehensive...

Ever wonder about Polyamory and the lifestyle of multiple consensual lovers? This discussion about the opposite of jealousy and the many ways that people come to agreements to fulfill their emotional and intimate needs is compelling and eye opening. Dr. Deborah Anapol, author of Polyamory in the 21st Century (2010), and several other titles, and international teacher and counselor for the...

For years the word on brain development in aging adults was not pretty. The idea that your brain was slowly dying, in step with the deterioration we witness in our bodies was the prevailing view. Happily for most of us, enough smart baby boomer scientists started looking deeper and found that in fact, the middle-aged brain, which shapes our thinking from our 40s to our late 60s is in fact still...

“Women’s desire for sexual emancipation is very worthy. I fear that it’s being hijacked by a profit-oriented industry that doesn’t really try to understand women and their sexuality.” –Leonore Tiefer

The race towards a pill to cure female sexual dysfunction continues as the major pharmaceutical players vie to create a pill that can cure the symptoms that keep women from the desire and arousal...

Lara Londonis a full time Pilates instructor and certified teacher of Holistic Biomechanics. Throughout her past as a student of competitive gymnastics and swimming, Lara has always been inspired about the capacity of the human body in motion. In her current training with individuals and classes, Lara’s goal is to educate her clients about functional movement, build strength from a structural...

Change your thinking and change your life. This week’s enlightening discussion with Barbara Fredrickson, a Psychology Professor and lead investigator at the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory (a.k.a. PEP Laba) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We discuss her research and book, Positivity and provide the basic tools anyone can use to make their life and...

Listen to the director’s side of feminist pornography with Candida Royalle, founder of Femme Productions and pioneer of feminist erotica produced by and for women and couples. In addition to hearing about the best of her 18 films which she wrote, directed and produced, we also talk about her inspiration and experience that was behind her book How to Tell a Naked Man What to Do: Sex Advice From a...