Good Clean Reads

“It is not the same thing to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring.” -Spanish Proverb

The gap between the genuine visceral experience of feeling and the more common mental masturbating we do to distance ourselves from our feelings is everything when it comes to healing and growing up. We know our feelings most clearly in the mess of them. Their expression creates indelible memories, whether the...

What does a woman want?  Beyond stereotypes and conventional wisdom, Daniel Bergnershares his extensive research forcing us to reconsider our long held notions about female sexuality. Exploring questions about the impact of intimacy and the delving into the desire to be desired, this provocative conversation about what drives women’s sexual desire will surprise you, challenging long held beliefs...

Daniel Bergner talks what women want and how to tap into your real desires for a more fulfilling sex life.

“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”  -William Penn

Early this morning when my 15–year-old daughter who shares the daily morning makeup and hair routine with me, turned towards me, straightening iron in hand, to do my hair; for a few minutes time stood still. I like to think of myself as close to my teens, but honestly, we don’t talk much during those morning makeup sessions,...

The silence surrounding domestic violence is worse than how we treat sex in our culture. Indeed it is a reflection of how we treat sex in our culture because a lot of domestic violence includes sexual violence that is so common in so many families that it is no wonder that sexual violence persists in so many other spaces we live in. Actually the same could be said about violence in general, what...

Relationship success is dependent on our capacity for empathy which is not only how we literally learn to feel our loved one’s experience but even more deeply know ourselves. Even though our empathetic response is hardwired into us, and arguably one of our most basic survival mechanisms, for many of us, our empathetic abilities remain undeveloped. Don’t miss Karla McLaren’s life changing insights...

Connecting the dots between how our subconscious mind works to heal our most deeply held conflicts and pain through erotic pleasure is a journey to embodying our sexual selves. Stanley Siegel, author of Your Brain On Sex, offers his provocative and unique wisdom that will awaken you to the power of your erotic fantasies and free you to experience the healing power they contain. Don’t miss this...

Stanley Siegel talks Your Brain on Sex and how fantasy and erotic pleasures heal you.

“We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.”  -Orison Swett Marden

It is not uncommon for me to get a random text from my kids’ teenaged friends inquiring about sexual issues. They are important questions that even with as few characters as these mini communications provide, are laced with anxiety and edged with a bit of...