Archive for the 'Relationships' Category

The Essence of Connection

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

I finally saw the movie Avatar this week.  I don’t usually watch movies with epic battle scenes and aliens, but when my yoga teacher highly recommended it, it piqued my curiosity.
Briefly, the movie centers around a humanoid culture called the Na’vi, and it’s set in 2154.  The Na’vi are a close knit community who live [...]

Healing The Heart

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

One of the most interesting things about romantic relationships is their ability to help us heal childhood wounds.  Men and women alike are deeply, and often repeatedly, attracted to a romantic partner who has many of the same traits as their parents or primary care-givers. 

Why Start With Sex?

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

You may have wondered why I often recommend rekindling the passion in your relationship.  Maybe you think you can’t even stand being in the same room as your partner, never mind letting him have sex with you!
There’s an interesting phenomenon that occurs when you allow eroticism back into a stalled relationship.  It’s based on the [...]

How To Have GREAT Sex

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Last summer a team of scientists published a paper in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.  The team had interviewed both individuals having great sex and sex therapists to determine the qualities necessary for what they called “optimal sex”.  They identified eight key factors: 

Uncover Your True Nature

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

The feminist movement has dramatically changed the lives of women in America.  Without getting into the history of it, I wanted to explore where it’s led us, and where we can go from here.
Relationships between men and women have changed dramatically.  In striving for equality between the sexes, men were ousted from the positions they [...]