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 imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.” Mahatma Gandhi

The other day on a visit to our family doctor, I asked him to remove a couple of small warts that have popped up on my fingers. I don’t think anyone noticed them but me as they were very small. He obliged with a quick freezing treatment of liquid nitrogen...

“Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.”  -Alan Lakein

The idea of business planning used to make me cringe. I knew it was the respectable thing to do, but I couldn’t get my mind to think that way. Raising four children had taught me over and over again that planning is what you do while life is happening and redirecting you. I tried a couple of...

“If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. ” ~Toni Morrison

Each day I am closer to holding my first published book in my hands. This has been a long time in coming. For several years as I was learning the craft and my message, I only wrote one page per day. It has been over a year in compiling and editing the work. Giving life to this book...

“The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.” -Frances Willard

The Good Clean Love booth was buzzing today on the final day of the annual naturopathic convention. Amid the booths of supplement manufacturers, testing labs and herbalists, we were the only sexual health company on the floor. This was our third appearance and the physicians had...

“Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.”  -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Voodoo Donuts is one block from the Embassy Suites here in Portland. This is the first big cultural sensation in Oregon that is sweeping the nation. The woman in front of me on line (which generally winds around the block ) is on a cross country trip from Florida....

“Lovely female shapes are terrible complicators of the difficulties and dangers of this earthly life, especially for their owners.”  ~George du Maurier

I was caught by a news headline that showed, in a recent Nutrisystem poll of one thousand people, approximately 50% of female participants say they would rather go without sex for the summer than gain 10 pounds. One quarter of the male respondents...

I built my life around making a community that I belong to, and like most things in life, now I am often overcome by the power of my intention. Belonging is essential and also exacts a cost.

“I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of wellbeing. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and...

Listen to Dr. Libby Bennett and I explore what it takes to open up your sexual communications. Her new book, Finding and Revealing Your Sexual Self is a true guide to understanding the practice and challenges that many couples face in sustaining a healthy and vital intimate life. Don’t miss this conversation, with both practical aids to improving your relationship and easy to use communication...