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!

“When I was a boy, I thought scent was contained in dewdrops on flowers and if I got up the morning, I could collect it and make perfume.” -Oscar De La Renta

The most underrated sense that we have is our sense of smell. Whether it is the smell of food at the ready, fresh flower blossoms on a tree or the scent of someone leaning in to kiss you, our sense of smell wakes up one of the most primary...

“We shall not cease from exploring, and the end of our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” ~T.S. Eliot

I am becoming reacquainted with the power of goal setting lately. I used to teach how the power of our written intentions can change your life, and for many years kept regular lists of what I was working to create. Even a to-do list carries some...

“The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.” Adlai E. Stevenson

From the moment I lifted my groggy head off the pillow, too tired to begin a new day, I struggled with the companionship and affiliation that fatigue keeps with negativity. It is like an invisible cloak that accompanies the tired mind,...

The important thing is to strive towards a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Years ago when I was a career counselor in Seattle at the phone company I devoted an entire week of a job search workshop to goal setting. It is not a hard skill to master, yet one that is rarely practiced. A study of Harvard...

Explore the relationship foundations for Sacred Sexuality with author/speaker Michael Mirdad. His teachings provide an empowering and insightful keys to connecting with yourself in order to connect deeply with a partner. This engaging conversation will open up new ways of seeing your relationship and deepen your intimate connections.

“The hard must become habit. The habit must become easy. The easy must become beautiful.“ -Doug Henning

Early in the quest, the question of habits was explored and discussed. I learned that it takes 21 days to break old habits, longer if they are ingrained in your brain for years. I have been using the wristband methodof paying attention to my words and thoughts since day 8. I have been...

“There’s nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.” -Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

Re-entry after days away can be a challenge. Going from single-minded pursuit to the multi-layered reality of a large family has some jarring qualities. Especially if I have been gone for a long time, everyone has saved up their needs for my arrival and it all is overdue. My own exhaustion is accustomed to...

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.”

It’s late and the last day of several where I had to keep stepping up to my dream despite my flagging energy and an encroaching virus that would cripple me with choking fits at a whim. The day you break your booth down is the most challenging of all, because it is at the close of three long days: days that each consumed the energy of three...

“People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.” ~Thomas Szasz

Surrounded by businesses large and small on the floor of Expo West today without my companion of anxiety about where I was in comparison, allowed me to observe the natural product world that I have been working in for years. In the past I...