Ellie Goulding's song "How Long Will I Love You?" embodies a poignant reflection on the timeless nature of love and the enduring commitment to cherish and nurture it. The delicate and heartfelt lyrics coupled with Goulding's emotive delivery create an atmosphere of deep emotional resonance. The song's ethereal melody and tender vocals intertwine to evoke … Continue reading How Long Will I Love You?
Narcissistic Behaviour Patterns, aka – NBPs
Narcissism... it's become a commonly used term to characterize a person's negative behaviours, almost as a diagnosis of NPD (Narcistic Personality Disorder). NPD is a medical diagnosis, and is quite rare because of its very nature... people who fit the medical diagnosis of it wear a mask of extreme confidence, are secretly and deeply insecure … Continue reading Narcissistic Behaviour Patterns, aka – NBPs
Self-Respect
I like me. I hope you do too. It'd be kinda sad if you don't, but I'll still like me all the same. In this post, I'd like to talk about self-respect, and I'd like to use my life as a kind of case study. I've lived almost my entire life, save for maybe the … Continue reading Self-Respect
Story, Aliveness, and Eroticism
Eroticism It's life giving aliveness back to itself It's poetry and story we bring to sex It's the inner world of life's experience It's life reminding itself that eroticism is the core foundational experience of life itself Resisting eroticism can only give resistance of aliveness Resisting aliveness can only give a loss of self respect … Continue reading Story, Aliveness, and Eroticism
Understanding God
What do you think... has God ever made a mistake? Messed up when creating stuff... maybe a planet or a flower or a sun or duck or something else? I didn't think so either. For most of my life, I was convinced that I knew who God is. My parents, the church, the people in my … Continue reading Understanding God
Being Seen
Being 'seen' isn't just a social and personal longing we all share, it's one of the most potent human longings. Because of that, truly 'seeing' others is the most amazing gift we can each other. It's effect is increased self-awareness, self-acceptance, self-worth, and self-confidence. It's a powerful cure for the crisis of connection we're caught … Continue reading Being Seen
How Many Do I Have Left?
People... we struggle to find what gives us purpose, and to put our thoughts emotions and efforts into the important life affirming stuff in our own individual lives. We struggle because culture, yours included, is very very noisy and bossy about what each of us should and shouldn't be giving a fuck about. As a … Continue reading How Many Do I Have Left?
Complete. Healthy. Happy. Human.
Let me start with an obvious fact. You were born. And like the round shape of the planet Earth, that's a true fact, and now you're living your life somewhere on this big ball we call home. Now tell me... have you ever asked yourself why your life is even possible? The answer, of course, … Continue reading Complete. Healthy. Happy. Human.
Guts and Sex
Your unvarnished, authentic self is that part of you that only you truly know. It's the secret self we all have, and we're loath (aka scared shitless) to let just anyone see it. Instead, we show each other cinematic versions of ourselves, kinda like movie characters, ones we hope will pass as ourselves. One carefully … Continue reading Guts and Sex
It’s Your Choice to Make
Science has proven that the human female is built for orgasm, and that her orgasm is not about making babies. Male orgasm is. Female orgasm is about a lot… it's psychological, emotional, physiological, spiritual, relating with herself and with others, self discovery, self development, self determination, self acceptance, receiving, personal expansion and growth, and much … Continue reading It’s Your Choice to Make