Side note: I time block using Google Calendar to plan my days and weeks out in advance, making sure I’ve made room for all the things I have to do and as many of the things I want to do as possible. Something new I am trying this year is to delete activities/events on my…
There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground. – Rumi There are two days left in 2020, and while our yearly endings and beginnings are a human construct and only psychologically create doors from one thing to another, there is something gratifying about the closure and opportunity that New Year’s brings. I…
It’s hard to admit I have trust issues in my marriage. Even sitting in front of our therapist, his direct question hanging in the air between us… Do you trust him? …I wanted to say, “Yes, of course, I do. He’s my husband. Why wouldn’t I?” But instead I gave a very clumsy, complicated answer,…
I’ve written plenty of times about turn-ons and turn-offs, so I thought I’d just do a quick brainstorm list of the things that turn me on and turn me off (because, of course, these things can change with time). I gave myself the length of one TV show to come up with the list, to…
Tears rise in the corners of her widened eyes, as her lips curl around the dirty cloth– tied so tightly her cheeks are beginning to swell. The executioner lights the end of his torch from the tips of those in the crowd — so eager to assist when justice is being served — and then…
Her skin warmed from beneath, and she instantly became subconscious, knowing a furious blush was giving her away. “My wife, ladies and gentleman,” he was all teeth and devilish grin as he led the audience in a rousing applause, and all eyes fell directly upon her. She hated this sort of attention, but there was…
When things get difficult, I have a tendency to bear down…to grit my teeth, tense my shoulders, and push my way through. Or…I shut down altogether. A lesson I could (and should) follow, instead, is to lean in. I read a story recently about a boy who was pass a set of Chinese handcuffs in…
When I was in college, I remember studying the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, the theory that language determines thought. The hypothesis explains that we must draw from the lexicon we have, adding body language and tone to fine tune the messages we intend to communicate. If this hypothesis is correct, then our thoughts are bound by our…
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting thought the wind wanting to start again? Our sex life has been super spotty as of late. Who am I kidding…it’s been super spotty for years. But, I’ve not been physically tracking it for years…only months. And here’s what I’ve learned. In January, we had sex…
Content: Includes BDSM and consensual non-consent, without consent specifically given. Emma counted her steps to the front door, not because she needed to know or had a sudden urge to measure the distance from the car to the front step, but rather to clear her head before entering. She stood on the welcome mat, her…