Good Clean Reads

Tired of the endless dating game and hook ups? Don’t miss this enlightening conversation about detoxing your imtimate life with Dr Wendy Walsh, psychologist and author of the The 30-Day Love Detox. Listen as she shares this simple yet revolutionary road map to finding lasting love in a modern world. The 30-Day Love Detox Podcast melds scientific research, anthropological truths, and proven...

“Sex is more than an act of pleasure, it’s the ability to be able to feel so close to a person, so connected, so comfortable that it’s almost breathtaking to the point you feel you can’t take it. And at this moment you’re a part of them.” –Unknown

There might not be two words that are better matched side by side than gratitude and sex. What moment more fully embodies gratitude than the deep and...

This week I am bowing down to the body. Our body condition is our first reality and the one that supersedes everything else. I am reminded of this as I work on our new Positive Community Cures project which trains teens to make organic food for acutely sick people. We have a woman on our staff who has, in her 20s, struggled with cancer. We are bringing food to another woman in her 20s who has...

Learning the language of happiness is no different than learning Greek or Chinese argues Valerie Alexander, author of Happiness as a Second Language. From identifying the colors of your own happy moods to applying the vigorous practice verbs of becoming happy, Valerie has written the text book on the practical matter of becoming happier. Her thoughtful and entertaining approach to creating a more...

Contributed by Darlene Mars

(November’s Key to Gratitude Contest Weekly Winner)

For me, the key to gratitude is recognizing that absolutely everything that is happening in my life is a sacred gift. All experiences up until now, have converged to teach me, whether through pain or pleasure, how to live this life with greater reverence.

I have hurt. I have been hurt. I have loved. I have been loved....

Valerie Alexander talks her book, “Happiness As A Second Language: A Guidebook to Achieving Lasting, Permanent Happiness” and how to find the color of your happiness. Listen to this podcast on happiness here.

“Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving.” -Martha Beck

Sometimes life demands that we bleed. It isn’t enough to feel our painful stories echoing around in our heads; and even the familiar spasm in our backs behind our hearts is not sufficient to release the historic injuries of our childhood, so deeply ingrained that they become us. Sometimes...

Waking up is the only real task of our life time and finding a teacher to bring the  esoteric teachings of meditation and mindfulness to life is a gift.  Joseph Goldsteingentle wisdom will guide you in everything from the the relationship between motivation and effort, living peacefully with impermanence and not personalizing our challenges. This is a program not to be missed if you are looking...

Joseph Goldstein talks the Insight Meditation Center and the connection between mindfulness and compassion.