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!

“Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.” -Katherine Mansfield

I am quickly running out of days on this yearlong positivity quest, and amazingly here I am still learning to go for it. Three thousand copies of my book will soon be headed towards me in a Mack truck and here I am, on the...

Experience “The Reconnection”phenomenon that will alter the way you think about healing and the foundations of life itself. Drawing on new quantum physics science, Eric Pearl explains how his dramatic healing abilities are accessible to all of us. His book, The Reconnection: Heal others, Heal yourself is a world wide bestseller available in 30 languages. Through understanding the new energy...

“We are not to fear the strangeness we feel. The future enters into us long before it happens.” -Rainer Maria Rilke

I am comforted by the idea that there is a future evolving inside of me that I can’t quite see or make sense of. Transitions of all kinds share this one common truth- that the process of letting go and the creation of something unknown is walking the same path. You can’t let go of...

“The living moment is everything.”  ~D.H. Lawrence

Staying present in life as it is seems such a simple and direct path; yet it is remarkable how challenging it is to do. These last few weeks I have been practicing the art of doing one thing at a time, deliberately keeping myself from multi-tasking in ways that are so habitual that I don’t even see them happening. Some are obvious like talking on...

“If you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.” -Kabir

A full and vital experience of life requires that it be driven by your own unique and original thinking. I was delighted to discover “The Art of Original Thinking” by Jan Phillipsand happy to know that my formula for this positivity quest is indeed a reflection of the deepest original thinking one can practice in their lives. Each day, as I...

“Once again, we see why human beings do not thrive as the “existential cowboys” that so much modern thought celebrates. While it may be literally true that “we are born alone” and that “we die alone,” connection not only helps us to make us who we are in evolutionary terms, it helps determine who we become as individuals. In both cases, human connections, mental health, psychological health, and...

“The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds – they mature slowly.” ~Peter De Vries

Today I found an old photo of my husband and I when I was just 20-years-old. I was younger than our first child is now. I barely remember what or how I thought at that time and I am not sure that I remember how it was for us to be together accurately. I do remember how much I wanted to be with my husband and...

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

-Anonymous

There are brief moments lately when I start to feel like I am returning to a normal routine after my son’s near miss with tragedy. He has also returned to his normal routines and is seemingly stronger than before. His recent fall feels more like a dream now and I am noticing how easy it is...

“Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.” -Buddha

The four attributes that pave the road for a qualitatively positive life are motivation, effort, authenticity and an inquiring mind. Cultivating these skills and making them intuitive and natural responses to life will create a reliable and worthy life...