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!

“Oh, the comfort – the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person – having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away”. ~Dinah Craik, A Life for a Life, 1859

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“A grownup is a child with layers on.” -Woody Harrelson

When my children were little I always tried to make our home the place that they wanted to be with their friends. Consequently, I have known and cared for many children over the years. I am proud and content to say that I have always been pleased with the people they choose to surround themselves. I like to think of myself as the den...

“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. “ ~Plato

The line of positivity lives somewhere between the ability to set goals and to the ability to let things be as they are. The subtle yet precise balance point lets things happen for you with grace. It takes courage to envision a better world...

Join us as we talk with Sharon MacFarland, owner of Emerita products, a leading national brand of natural wellness products for women. She has been focused on female wellness products and natural menopause solutions and describes her work as empowering women through all their life cycles. If ever a business woman knew her hormones, she is the one. So inspired to education, she was a primary...

“It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.” -Ram Dass

I feel like I should not still be susceptible to the negativity bias, not within hours of feeling so in love with life and optimistic about my potential. It’s not personal I realize, it is built into our brain structures, kind of like our back-up...

“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.” -William James

There is an incredible satisfaction to getting a task done that has been weighing on you. I am so close to completing my first book that I can taste it. Attending to the details for closure is hard for a big picture thinker like me. Today, with the help of my journalism student daughter, I am proud to...

“Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn’t.” Buckminster Fuller

Lately the idea of getting rid of old, unwanted and unnecessary stuff has been on my mind. Perhaps it is the urge toward spring cleaning that comes from witnessing the budding trees and bulbs pushing up through the cold ground that reminds us of nature’s perpetual cycle of rebirth. It...

Discover the new world of brain science and positive psychology with Rick Hanson, PhD, neuropsychologist and author of Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom. Listen to this conversation full of insight and ready to use tips to get your life and love moving in a positive direction. Guaranteed to change the way you think about how your mind works with your brain.

“Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.” Mark Twain

There are some days that defy our expectations to such a degree that you have to ask yourself how you could have been so far off in your thinking. The weather has been unseasonably spring-like here in the Northwest. Balmy days and brilliant sun are holidays for us and so as the week kept promising more of the same in all the...