Practices for openhearted speaking and devout listening to restore harmony in families, relationships, schools, workplaces, and communities *; Details how to approach life with a listening heart and create a sacred space for communication *; Offers exercises for new peacemaking circles, ceremonial ways to begin each circle, and peacemaker tools to unmask the needs and feelings behind conflict *; Explains how to apply this practice in multiple ways, with groups large and small People are afraid of conflict: it is something ';bad' that must be managed and resolved.
*; Presents interviews with ten contemporary practitioners of spirit marriage, exploring how the relationship developed and the opportunities and challenges *; Discusses the author's own spirit marriage, including her awakening as an erotic mystic and her encounters with her Faery beloved *; Explains how to cultivate a spirit marriage, sharing precautions and practices to spiritually prepare yourself and navigate the potential challenges of spirit marriage Exploring the phenomenon of the spirit spouse or spirit lover--an entity to which a human is psychically bonded--Megan Rose, Ph.
Written especially for parents who have lost a child, Trying Again provides facts to help determine whether you, or your partner, are emotionally ready for another pregnancy.
Based on Deborah Doucette's personal experience raising a grandchild, this book examines the myriad factors involved in kinship care, specifically when grandparents begin to raise their grandchildren.
As the nation reels from the impact of the Great Recession, many families are finding new ways to live together, including creating multigenerational households to save money and consolidate resources.
Transitions of the Heart is the first collection to ever invite mothers of transgender and gender variant children of all ages to tell their own stories about their child's gender transition.
The Ultimate Guide to Kink is the first major guide to BDSM in a generationa bold and sexy collection of essays that run the gamut from expert how-to tutorials to provocative essays that delve into complex questions about desire, power, and pleasure.
In Best Sex Writing 2012, editor Rachel Kramer Bussel and judge Susie Bright collect the year's most challenging and provocative nonfiction articles on this endlessly evocative subject.
The first and possibly only book to be reviewed favorably in both The Women's Review of Books and Hustler, Sex Work popularized the term "e;sex work"e; to describe the occupations of street prostitutes, exotic dancers, nude models, escorts, porn actresses, and workers in massage parlors, and so changed the way we talk about sex and money.
The first encouraging, sex-positive guide for all women survivors of sexual assault -- heterosexual, bisexual, lesbian, coupled, and single -- who want to reclaim their sex lives.
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book,was the first-ever sex guide to offer information and encouragement for all women who desire women lesbian, bisexual, butch, femme, androgynous, and transgender.
Revised and updated throughout, including all-new chapters specifically for beginners and for women giving anal pleasure to men, The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women is a comprehensive and creative guide to anal pleasure.
This comprehensive first of its kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state.
Bedded Bliss: A Guide to a Lifetime of Lust takes a peek behind the closed doors of married and committed couples to find out what makes long-term lust last.
Sometimes surprising, always stimulating this book offers a snapshot of America's complex sexual practices and mores as seen through Cleis's unique lens.
2002 Lambda Literary Award Winner Twenty-three Latino parents speak about their relationships with their lesbian and gay children, with frankness, humor, and love.
In this memoir of her 40 weeks and five days in hell, Andrea Askowitz takes an unflinching look at her pregnant life from struggling with hormones to poor body image to a self imposed exile from family to take us on a ride through the turbulence of single lesbian motherhood.
In this unique guide for couples, Alison Tyler presents each chapter by sharing her own personal sexual experience along with a short erotic story that will not only instruct readers in the hows and whys, but help them visualize what they can do to invigorate their sex lives and Never Have The Same Sex Twice.
This completely updated edition with new illustrations adds new tips and anecdotes that could only be told by two women with over fifteen years of experience working at America's leading sex toy store.
From breastfeeding to swingers to underage sexting, the thinnest condom ever and sex work to the thrill of voyeurism and the story of X-rated Tijuana bibles, Best Sex Writing 2010 covers the latest, hottest topics from the world of sex.
Packed full of exciting, erotic and even acrobatic positions, 365 Sex Positions offers couples sizzling new ways to spice up their sex lives every day of the year.
