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 letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.”  — Lao Tzu

A good friend told me an important truth about all the trying I have been doing to let go of how things have been at Good Clean Love. She said, “It is interesting that when you are trying, even when you are 99% of the way there it is really hard, but...

“Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have.” Anonymous

It is never too late to learn about your boundaries. I am coming to believe that it is perhaps one of the aspects of living that most defines our maturity and facility for accomplishing our goals. Boundary issues are common to most of us, but for some of us, like me, their absence colors every relationship I have...

“Surrounded by people who love life, you love it too; surrounded by people who don’t, you don’t.” ~Mignon McLaughlin

I began the day at the local grange’s very berry pancake breakfast. The pancakes were homemade and the entertainment was the fiddlers playing old time songs. We sat with neighbors we had never met and the whole scene felt like I was an extra in a quaint movie scene. It was so basic...

“It’s the process of writing and life that matters… We are trying to become sane along with our poems and stories.” -Natalie Goldberg

I have been indulging in novels this summer. I have been lucky enough to find stories that capture my attention so much that I can’t stop reading, staying up late into the night, and cutting out less pressing goals in favor of reading time. I just finished reading I...

“Sanctuary, on a personal level, is where we perform the job of taking care of our soul.” Christopher Forrest McDowell

I live in the middle of Northwest forest. Tucked away in the midst of trees and sky and absolute silence is the singular circumstance in my life that brings sanity to all the rest. Our house is unusual, no closets in any bedrooms, only one family bathroom and no master suite. In...

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.  ~Victor Hugo

Like millions of other young girls in this country, my daughters were raised with the Disney girls. My eldest was a long-time fan of both Lindsay Lohan and Hillary Duff and witnessed with disbelief as their girl-next-door appearances slipped into sex symbol and their lives slipped out of control in...

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”  -Buddha

I was at a marketing lunch today discussing the plans to build the distribution and sales of Good Clean Love products. The conversation turned to my writing, as it often does. My writing has been my voice that has driven the message of sustainable love that, in my mind, is the raison d’etre of my...

“Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.” -Samuel Smiles

Today included a satisfying set of small steps that I have been working toward for weeks. For some reason, progress seems to happen like that. Our effort to move in a certain direction, to accomplish something gets...

Join Sherrie Dillardfor an intuitive perspective on love and relationships. With over 20 years experience working as a professional psychic an medium, her new book Love and Intuition offers both a deep look at the lessons our relationships provide and sound advice and exercises to develop your own intuition and grow your loving relationships. Join us in this riveting conversation about tapping...