Good Clean Reads

Lubrication is one of the simplest and most effective ways to make intimacy more enjoyable. And even though our bodies naturally produce lubrication, it isn’t always enough. Hormonal changes, stress, medication, or simply wanting a little more glide are all good reasons to reach for lube!

I have been preaching the gospel of learning to stay in our relationships for close to a decade, but only recently have learned for myself how the lessons of staying with the hard places in relationship are most deeply integrated through the work of the body. Learning how to hold our selves in the Warrior/ Virabhadrasana 1 pose provides a powerful metaphor for the complex commitment necessary for...

“The hunger to belong is not merely a desire to be attached to something. It is rather sensing that great transformation and discovery become possible when belonging is sheltered and true.” 

-John O’Donahue

I have been working on my capacity for receiving for some time. Teaching myself the ways of opening to love and affection, learning how to sense the feel of love in my body and noticing how...

Tami Simon, Founder of Sounds True, shares her thoughts on relationship between connection and control.
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Don’t miss the start of our new Second Saturday Sexual Health Series with Stanley Siegel, author of Your Brain on Sex- How Smarter Sex Can Change your life. Looking into our fantasy life with the intent to gain a deeper understanding of what we find erotic provides a window to our most authentic self. Don’t miss Stanley describe the ways that our sexuality can heal us and transform our past...

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings

I have been making love with the same man for some thirty years, and although I can honestly say it has gotten amazingly and increasingly better over the decades, it is important to add that this improvement was in direct proportion to the work and willingness we brought to growing up sexually. To be fair and honest, my...

Noted psychotherapist, Dr. Stanley Siegel, shares his thoughts on the intersection of art and psychology and his inspiration for starting his online magazine Psychology Tomorrow

Visit TheOpeningDoor.org to listen to the full interview Saturday.

Get out of your head and experience your world through the enteric brain in your belly which will give you a grounded sense of reality and an ability to be present to what is actually happening around you. Philip Shepherd, author of New Self, New World – 9 years in the writing is a primer on the freedom, creativity and true presence that is available to us when we reunite to our core intelligence....

“The only way that we can live is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.”  -C. Joybell

I am coming to the end of an era in my life as my youngest daughter celebrates her...