The V-Word

“Marriage problems are relationship problems; they are the result of how two people interact with each other. You may abandon a troubled marriage, but you will still bring the way you interact with others along with you.” -Mark Gungor

 

It has been years since I have been close to a divorce; however, I have witnessed many others from a distance over the years, mostly through the vacant expressions...

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door shall be opened.”   -The Bible

This is the verse that often pops into my head unbidden of late. The more I practice focusing my thinking through gratitude, the more I know that what I am seeking is right there in...

Ever wonder about the other side of the adult entertainment industry? What motivates women to strip for money?  Are they used by the system or using it to create the life of their dreams. Listen to Bad Girl Liz, a provocative voice who is shifting the paradigm for dozens of female strippers and helping them to use their adult entertainment earnings to create a future of their choosing. A former...

by Anastasia Strgar

I consider myself blessed that, in this day and age, I grew up with parents whose marriage is not only in tact, but on the majority of days, happy. It’s easy to give up on marriage these days because we’re surrounded by celebrities who dispose of relationships as easily as they dispose of shoes or people who have false expectations about marriage. However, I think if you look...

I have been living with a new level of pain recently. Something in my cervical vertebrae has pinched some nerves that feed my left arm and hand and there are moments that it takes my full concentration to pay attention to anything else. Nerve pain is unique in that it does any number of things to seemingly disassociated limbs. Shooting pains, heaviness, tingling, aching all dance around each...

My children have always been my most effective teachers. They show me the places I miss the point with their eyes. They demonstrate as gently as they can, what it feels like and what it doesn’t when you are listened to. Our family is an opinionated bunch, which with differing points of view, can make for both lively dinner conversation and not uncommonly, hurt feelings. Without question they...

"Sex without foreplay is like song's reff without intro. "— Toba Beta I have been grappling with the statistic that the average amount of foreplay that couples engage in is between 1-4 minutes, as reported on a recent Dr. Oz segment. This brief duration often means missing out on the best foreplay experiences that can enhance intimacy. I don't doubt it because I have received my share of calls and emails from customers who have shared similar stories and then wondered why the lubricant didn't work.

Have you ever noticed that sometimes it’s hard to feel grateful just by “feeling” that way or “thinking” that way? Sometimes you need a little jumpstart—maybe it’s by talking to your friends about what you’re grateful for or maybe it’s by making your gratitude tangible. Check out what this Good Clean Love Daily reader does to make her blessings tangible and then try it out for yourself!

“I just...

by Elizabeth Spannuth

When I was going through my divorce about 6 years ago, I realized that I have had a guilt complex for a good portion of my life. I don’t know where it came from, but it’s always been there. I have felt guilty for saying no, guilty for saying yes and guilty for saying maybe. I don’t know why it took me so long to recognize it, but once I did I saw how it had influenced so many...