An online interview wherein I disclose my 3-part recipe for connectedness: selective, playful, intense. Hot-stuff relationship coach and blogger Tamarisk Saunders-Davies asks some toothsome questions about connection. And, I admit, I give some pretty lip-smackin’ answers. Check it ‘n see.
When your partner complains about his or her day, do you have to gulp your Tempranillo to resist the temptation to advise? That’s one of the dynamics I shed some light on today over at elephant journal in my latest installation of the Elements of Masculine and Feminine Power series. Check it!
Creative Joy for me means… Integrating motherhood and work. Before my son was born four years ago, my business was my baby and work was my drug. Now, my son and my newborn daughter are my babies, and my drug is… well, sleep. But that’s another story! The point is, the act of shifting gears [...]
Six weeks ago tonight, at about 10 pm, my water broke. I didn’t tell Kurt till afterward, because I was confident (and correct!) that amniotic fluid is not his idea of a great addition to an amorous encounter. We’d been endeavoring to set the wheels of labor into motion, but had no idea we’d have [...]
Image via Wikipedia John Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences has one called Kinesthetic Intelligence. Proproioception – knowing where your body is in space. Eye-hand coordination. Physical grace. The ability to move your limbs together in concert in a way that facilitates dancing – or even walking or running – well. Admittedly, among my many gifts, [...]
A Hundred Objects Close By I know a cure for sadness: Let your hands touch something that makes your eyes smile. I bet there are a hundred objects close by that can do that. Look at beauty’s gift to us – her power is so great she enlivens the earth, the sky, our soul. – [...]
Today, I posted my third article in the Elements of Feminine and Masculine Power in Relationships series over at Elephant Journal. In this article, I look at how the Elements of Sensuality and Pragmatism can shape relationship when they’re active, and can distort it when they’re in distortion. Click on over to elephant journal to [...]
This is the third in a series of invitations to use the sex (or lack thereof) in your committed partnership as a pathway to awakening. Hold Your Shape: Sex has a way of tempting us to lose ourselves; that very temptation can help us evolve. Getting very close, asking for what we want, and responding [...]
I adore men. It breaks my heart that women so misunderstand you. And it pisses me off that so many of the good things that have happened for (at least some) women in the past 50 years have created such funky dynamics between empowered women and the good guys who love them. We emasculate you [...]
Today, I posted my second article in the Elements of Feminine and Masculine Power in Relationships series over at Elephant Journal. In this article, I look at how the Elements of Connection and Self-Reliance can shape relationship when they’re active, and can distort it when they’re in distortion. Click on over to elephant journal to [...]