Good Clean Reads

“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens� because only then does one feel that all is as it should be� amidst the simple beauty of nature. ” ~ Anne Frank

I love when science proves a really useful theory. The new science of positivitywhich focuses on mental health instead of mental illness has just...

Love takes practice. Love is an action verb that is skill based; our capacity to love is the source of our genius, the inspiration for our creativity, and the essence of what roots us to the earth. Seeing our relationships in terms of a practice of love drills is a helpful approach that can keep your heart open and willing to try again, even after the inevitable hurts that define human relating....

“To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.” -Emily Dickenson

If life on earth can be reduced to anything, it is the time we are given to inhabit it. Time is the one resource that is doled out to all of us equally and yet what we do with the hours of our lives determines not only the quality of our daily existence, but whether in the end we have left behind anything that...

“Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future” – J.F. Kennedy

If ever there is a gift of renewal that we are given on earth, it is the gift of childhood. Children are how we get to start over. They are at the center of nature’s divine plan for bringing out the very best of our species and they are our only hope for our collective future. In fact, the future...

‘To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.’ Emily Dickinson

If life on earth can be reduced to anything, it is the time we are given to inhabit it. Time is the one resource that is doled out to all of us equally and yet what we do with the hours of our lives determines not only the quality of our daily existence, but whether in the end, we have left behind anything that...

When I teach about the Ecology of Love and talk about the water that lives between people I often use the term “showing up” to describe the flow that happens in relationships. In relationships, like the ocean, there is an ebb and tide to how we are present for each other, but if the water in the relationship is always out, then both people feel alone more often than they feel like there is someone...

‘Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future’ – JF Kennedy

If ever there was a gift of renewal that we were given on earth, it is the gift of childhood. Children are how we get to start over. They are at the center of nature’s divine plan for bringing out the very best of our species and they are our only hope for our collective future. In fact the future...

“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.’ Emerson

Our friends hold us to the earth. They show us the best of ourselves, forgive us our frailties and keep us awake to our dreams. Emerson once said that “A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.’ Not only does our own nature improve in the companionship of friendship, but we come to see the wonder and...

There is an indescribable, yet palpable reality of sexual intimacy wherein the ecstatic release of deep pleasure balances and ignites an equal experience of pain. Loving someone emotionally creates the same pain/pleasure experience as making love to them does.