Some Call it Inspiration … Others Call it God
Many years ago when I was dating my beloved, one of my dearest friend’s asked, “Does he inspire you?” She knew I loved being inspired. I love being so compelled by an idea that it makes me think in...
View ArticleSexual Ethics … or How to Raise Sexually Healthy Kids
I do a lot of clinical work with folks whose sexual understanding, sexual expression and sense of self as a sexual person has been marred by culture, religion, others and often even by themselves....
View ArticleThe Blessing … a poem
About a month ago I attended an event at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (IASHS) where the director, Dr. Ted McIlvenna, recited a poem his father had written. I share this poem...
View ArticleIn Honor of Greece and All Things Mystical ….
In the morning my sweet menagerie of 7 will leave on a trip to Greece. It has been a trip we have talked about for years and dreamed of even longer. The trip is a kind of honoring of longing … the …...
View ArticleWhat Were Your Favorite Mistakes?
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself,...
View Article4 Secrets from the Happiest Couples …
Do you ever wish you had a ‘marriage cheat sheet’? … a few ‘easy to remember’ tips that would help keep your love strong? In a world that squeezes out fun and crams in more demands … what really...
View ArticleThe Day I Read the Sacred Text of My Lover’s Body
It’s spring and the tulips are managing to pop up bright and brilliant on their swaying stems. The winter is not going softly into the good night. Today the wind was up and the rain was driving down...
View ArticleHave You Ever Had A Queer Teacher?
Life is a queer teacher … but sometimes people are queer teachers too. This week I met a particularly wonderful, a particularly inspiring queer teacher. She is a high school teacher, he is a mother...
View ArticleWho is Having the Best Sex? What Research (not the media) Says
We see this question on magazine covers lining grocery counters every day. I read studies looking at the numbers all the time. Many of the studies focus on frequency of intercourse. But how good is...
View ArticleMy Love List About My Husband … and why gratefulness is good for the heart
Evenings at our house are rather hilarious … you see, neither of us cook. Kids are now gone and so is the sense of obligation to fix dinner … or go to the grocery store. The beloved and I will walk in...
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