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!

“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”  -Abraham Lincoln

Knowing the history of Abraham Lincoln’s career makes the above comment meaningful: Lincoln failed in business at age 31. Defeated for the legislature at 32. Again failed in business at 34. Sweetheart died at 35. Had a nervous breakdownat 36. Defeated in election at 38. Defeated for...

“The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.” –Joe Ancis

The first question that most of us have about our sexuality and often one that follows us through life is “Am I normal?” Throughout the short history of sexual studies, mostly what has been uncovered is that “normal” encompasses an incredibly wide range of sexual preferences and behaviors. In the most recent comprehensive...

“We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.”   — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Today, the winds shifted and opportunities for new beginnings were everywhere. After many days of trying and failing to get a job posting public, it finally went live and the response was resounding....

“The more I see, the less I know for sure.”  -John Lennon

It has been a while since a pain in my neck has captured my full attention as it has today. Something cramped in my upper back over night and all my best attempts to let it go and work it out, mostly served to remind me that it wasn’t going anywhere.

Transition is a close friend of stress, I remember and even with all the optimism and faith...

Celebrate the holiday season and consider making love the gift.  Listen to this lively and fun conversation with modern love muse, Tina Marie Bernardas we explore how to defuse holiday tensions and explore the gift of pleasure through all five senses. This conversation is full of great ideas and resources to get your love life steamy this holiday season. Combining the wisdom of love muse and...

“This is the highest wisdom that I own, freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.”  -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Finding the workable solution is almost always a question of persistence. It was my twelve-year-old daughter, Emma that reminded me of this the other day when she said, “You know it’s true, life most always works out if you just wait long enough.” She was...

“Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: That we are here for the sake of others…for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day, I realize how much my outer and inner...

“Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.” ~Albert Einstein

The true test of our life is whether we go to bed at the close of each day and know that we have done as much good as possible and that we have followed our instincts towards our sense of self respect instead of self interest. This seems like it should be a clearly demarcated path, but these instincts...

“Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.” -Bertrand Russel

Discipline is one of the most misunderstood qualities of a positive life. Commonly associated with punishment to gain obedience and all forms of coercion to exact specific behaviors from children and dogs, we have lost touch...