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!

“Once you make a decision the universe conspires to make it happen.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

This weekend I decided to run for President of the United States, until I learned that only a select few can actually afford a campaign- which costs over $150 million dollars, and over $2 million just to get your name on the ballot. I guess this explains why we continue to be limited to professional...

“From a certain point onward, there is no turning back. That is the point that must be reached.”  -Franz Kafka

These days the most painful part of life isn’t what happens to me, but rather what happens in me.  On my recent 50^thbirthday, a close friend of mine dropped the ball. It wasn’t just her missing the party because of a work commitment, it was a total absence of contact for the entire week...

Not all sex education is created equally, and learning some sex positive lessons with humor and integrity might be as good as it gets… Reid Mihalko has taught over 30,000 individuals in his sex education workshops around the world. Reid educates articulately and authentically on everything from learning your sexual boundaries to exploring and allowing deep pleasure into your life, this...

Half of all the honey bees on the planet have died in recent years. A startling fact when you consider not only the impact that this has on the food chain and our food supply, but the even deeper metaphor that this represents for our culture. The disappearance of the bees has been named “Colony Collapse Disorder” and one well-known bio-dynamic bee keeper featured in the new film by Taggart Siegel,...

“To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.”  -Albert Schweitzer

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One of the most obvious, if least utilized practices of positivity is creating a strong social network. I am not talking about digital friends here, but rather actual 3D situations where you do things with people you like. Ironically, all of the hyper online social connectivity is leaving many people with less time and opportunities for real interactions. So I have been starting positivity circles...

Discover the mysteries of life and relationship through the perspective of a truly renaissance scholar, David Barish, professor of psychology at University of Washington and author of over 30 books on topics including animal sociobiology to human evolutionary psychology. This fascinating conversation travels through the evolutionary mysteries of sexuality and illuminates our fundamental human...

by Anastasia Strgar

I wouldn’t say I was surprised when I discovered Kim Kardashian’s divorce the other day, but I will say I was a little disgusted. Any respect that I had for her previously (which was very little, mind you) disappeared in a pouf when I read her statement about the divorce, which said something along the lines of expecting a fairytale… Although we’d all love to be Cinderella, the...

“Love and magic have a lot in common.  They enrich the soul, delight the heart, and they both take practice.”   From my birthday invitation

I celebrated my 50^thbirthday this week and was blessed by the presence of lots of friends old and new, an incredible troupe of fire dancers, a Houdini-like magician and an iconic fortune teller. The potluck was a gourmet feast, the local park building a...