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The Sun Interview
A Mindful Marriage
Kittisaro And Thanissara On Celibacy, Sex, And Lasting Love
“One can’t assume that, because you have had sex with a person, the two of you are close, or, conversely, that if a relationship isn’t sexual, it lacks intimacy. What makes sexual contact truly intimate is a quality of presence and mindfulness, of honesty and tenderness and love.”
MOREEssays, Memoirs, & True Stories
I Am Not A Sex Goddess
Butt plug. Butt plug. I’ve been walking around muttering these two words to myself for days now, like a six-year-old experimenting with a new curse. (It even sounds like an insult: “You’re nothing but a dirty butt plug!”) I savor the way the words pop crisply from my lips: the hard t of butt and the guttural g of plug. Until a few days ago, I didn’t even know what one is.
MOREThe Happiest Day Of Someone Else's Life
Love, they say, can move mountains. Less romantically, love has also been known to move mountains of crap.
MOREReaders Write
Saying Yes
At 5 a.m. the Amtrak lounge car was deserted except for Leo the attendant, who was wiping glasses and preparing for the day shift, and me, scribbling in my journal because I was too excited to sleep. I was moving across the country with a man I had fallen in love with only a few weeks before.
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