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!

“While we wait in silence for that final luxury of fearlessness, the weight of that silence will choke us.” –Audre Lorde

Yesterday, a judge gave Ariel Castro, the Ohio man guilty of abducting, raping and abusing 3 young women for more than ten years, life in prison plus a thousand years. Given that he only has one life to pay for his heinous crimes I was thinking maybe that the justice system...

Buck Angel, pioneering filmmaker and activist, shares his experience with using damaging petrochemical-based products.

Stanley Siegel, author of Your Brain on Sex and editor of psychologytomorrowmagazine.comis the definitive expert on how our sexual fantasies are either the doorway to our deepest healing or the prison of a life out of control. Recently, he shared a story about one of his therapy clients. Stanley writes: “If we can achieve authenticity by aligning our sexual behavior with our fantasies and desires,...

“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.” -Aldous Huxley 

I am not proud of the moments when something cracks in me and I become someone I hardly recognize. The times when a powerful storm lets loose inside me without warning, remain stubbornly unpredictable. The triggers are complex; rarely can I trace them to some direct input. Rather they...

Jonathan Foust, Senior Teacher with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and a Founder of the Meditation Teacher Training Institute of Washington treats us to a guided meditation.

Coming to the present moment is where life opens up to grace and wonder. Jonathan Foust has been leading students all over the world to living a mindful and centered life. Jonathan shares exercises that will both expand and calm your energy while focusing your breath and attention. Don’t miss Jonathan’s soothing force of quietude inviting you into your own heart.

Jonathan Foust, MA, CSA, is a...

Learning how to let go and reinvent ourselves are the two primary tasks faced after the loss of a loved one or the end of a relationship. New York times best selling author Luann Rice weaves a beautiful tale of redemption, forgiveness and discovery in her latest novel The Lemon Orchard. Don’t miss this intimate conversation with one of America’s most loved story tellers about how finding how to...