The V-Word

You’ve probably noticed that Making Love Sustainable has been going through some new and exciting changes. We’re so thrilled to re-launch this site with new features that we know you will love. As the renovations progress, look forward to seeing:

• New blog features and a modern new layout
• A new theme each month: This May we’re talking all about… Masturbation!
• Increased searchability and...

“According to climate scientists, it may be the worst arid spell in 1,200 years.” -Timothy Egan

I am a bath addict. I have been known to change hotel rooms and even hotels, more than once so I can take a bath at the end of the day. For me there is no other way to wash away not just the dirt and grime of work and chores, but more deeply give myself the spiritual cleanse that comes with a long...

I met Dr. Jan Stafl not long after I moved to town 18 years ago.  Although he didn’t end up delivering my 4^thand last child, he was my medical back up and also the one who skillfully put me back together again after she was born. I was drawn to his authentic curiosity about health and openness to alternative, natural remedies, but what really won me over was his easy, gentle spirit. He was always...

Honey is one of the most divine substances on the planet. The honey benefits are numerous, as it has been used medicinally for as long as recorded history and has been found in Egyptian tombs after thousands of years still ready to eat. It takes about bees, collectively traveling up to 55,000 miles and visiting more than 2 million flowers, to gather enough nectar to make one pound of honey. And while the bees are collecting the nectar, which is essentially light in its purest form, they are pollinating all of the foods we take for granted. The benefits of honey extend beyond its taste, as honey bees are perhaps the most procreative force on the planet.

“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be in no-man’s –land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again.” -Pema Chodron

The worst way that I fool myself is when I resist what is happening by longing for what was happening before, or sillier still, spending...

“For love is patient….”  

I am redesigning my blog again and have opted to let go of the whole Daily concept in favor of my primary voice here at Making Love Sustainable. As my creative director and I have been going back and forth about the look and feel of these words, saying no to curly cursive, no to all caps in varying shades of bold, I found myself explaining how these words “making love...

“How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?”  -Dr Seuss

The one thing that makes everything else real is our time. In fact, what we do with our time is our life. Time is the only resource, which we are allotted in equal measure, and often the one we squander mindlessly. We...

“What we resist, persists.”  -Anonymous

Last weekend I found myself at a meditation retreat steeping in my own resistance. Don’t get me wrong- I love to meditate and have been using a variety of guided meditations to bolster my positivity practice for many years. Meditation is how I got through many sleepless nights, sometimes with profound revelatory moments of peace and insight. So, it wasn’t...

I can see it up close right now- how my overwhelming grief over the loss of my dear dog companion, Coco, brings me to despair with regret. Last night, I was awake again in the middle of the night, my hot flashes are always worse when I am exhausted and emotional and I lay in the darkness in the deafening silence of Coco’s absence. She had become a louder sleeper over the last many months of her...