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!

by Anastasia Strgar

Remaining friends with your friends is just as important as being friends with your partner, which is why it is essential that these two parties meet and become acquainted with one another once it’s clear that you two are together. It’s been said that the friends you have are a good reflection of yourself, which is why getting to know your partner’s friends can actually give...

Discover the healing that is available to you through Shamanic teachings with Sandra Ingerman, world renowned shamanic practitioner and trainer, author of eight books including: How to Thrive in Changing Times and Awakening to the Spirit World: The Shamanic Path of Direct Revelation. Shamanic practice is the oldest spiritual path on the planet practiced by millions throughout the world. This...

by Tina Tessina

If your spouse has had an affair, that’s tough enough, but finding out there’s a resulting child is really devastating. Your marriage can survive, if both of you still want it.  Here are three things to consider:

1. Deal with immaturity and thoughtlessness. In order for a child to result from an affair, both people involved were not taking responsibility for their actions. There...

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars….”  -Jack Kerouac

I think that this quote is one that I have always remembered because it describes me in...

“Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning, and under every deep a lower deep opens.”  -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Years ago a friend transcribed and framed this quote for me as I was graduating and moving away from what had been my home for close to a decade. It was an emotional time for me...

“Earth laughs in flowers.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have taken to smelling flowers all the time of late. This is easy to do in Oregon with my favorite flower just blooming now. Peonies are one of the oldest flowers in the garden, with varieties dating back thousands of years. It is a flower that is steeped in mythology and gets its name from Paeon, the physician of the Greek gods. A peony will live...

by Elizabeth Spannuth

I often joke that I am “breaking down gender stereotypes” when I exhibit certain social behaviors that have traditionally been associated with men, such as opening doors or paying the check. Even though these behaviors are more the exception than the rule in these times, the stereotype still persists. I was shocked and amazed earlier this week when my boyfriend broke down the...

by Tinamarie Bernard

When one is young, the idea of a real and abiding love tends to resemble a fairy tale, and there is little room in the predictable lines of a storybook romance for the messy truths that adults sometimes find themselves in. That is because love, by its very nature, surprises. It thrills and moves us in ways unimaginable, and sometimes that means our heart is tugged in two...

Carol Queen, author of Real Live Nude Girl and long time sexpert at Good Vibrationsapply her wit and intelligence to some of the most complex and intriguing questions concerning human sexuality. Fearless about exploring her own sexuality through experience, Queen advocates for sexual positivity and safety. Don’t miss this enlightening and lively conversation that affirms the truth of our own...