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2015 has been an incredible year of birth, growth, discovery and exploration for me. I birthed a book, healed a heartache after a painful breakup, romanced my inner artist, bonded deeply with  Nature, fell in love, and became more intimate with the capabilities of my body—or as I like to say, my Female Animal—than […]

I’ve always wanted to be mentioned in Cosmo magazine, and yesterday I was. But not for the reason you might expect. What you may not know about me, is that although I am a teacher of pleasure–and pleasure and playfulness are closely related–that I have a tendency to be TOO DARN SERIOUS!! But I’m […]

“A woman’s power is directly proportional to the amount of pleasure she is experiencing in her life.” Callan Lynne As women, we have a compromised relationship with “pleasure” because we’ve linked pleasure and shame; it’s hammered into us that when we go for what feels good it is somehow disgraceful. But what if you […]

The “masculine strategies” as I call them, are the approaches to weight loss we constantly hear about in the mainstream media. No need for me to repeat the D*** word for you to know what I’m talking about. My guess is, popular though these strategies may be, they haven’t given you the sustainable results […]

“Give Me That Cookie…NOW!” Do you have the belief that it’s your overwhelming desire for food that’s getting you into trouble? The weight-gaining kind of trouble? If you do, rest assured, you’re not alone. Many women today share this same false belief. They mistakenly believe that their body–and the desires that stem from their […]

Webster defines pleasure as, “a state of sensual gratification; frivolous amusement.”  And although I agree with the first part of this definition, the second part is blatantly incorrect and a complete falsehood. Although widely misunderstood, far from frivolous, pleasure is a powerful evolutionary impulse that informs, inspires and strengthens every life form, from the […]

To support you slimming down with femininity, ease and grace this year I want to introduce you to what I call the Luscious Laws of Pleasurable Weight Loss. They’re not your typical rules or restrictive regulations, you’d find in a diet book or your average women’s magazine. These are the rules that will shift […]

Your “Wild” Body Wisdom Every creature in nature has its own built-in, wild animal intelligence. Wildcats monitor their own food intake. Bears hibernate in winter. Squirrels store nuts during autumn. I’m sure you’ve wondered: how do they do all that stuff? How do they automatically know what to do to ensure their thriving? The […]

If you’re actively focused on slimming down, the arrival of the holidays, and its characteristic overwhelming availability of food, may be justifiably of concern to you. Combine lots of food, with the stress of family gatherings, and you have the potential recipe to drive anybody into a stress-induced, eating frenzy. But take a deep […]

Do you know about the power of ritual? To make sure I hadn’t forgotten, I was recently reconnected to it in a powerful way, through a very special woman, I’d like to now introduce to you, Emily Tepper. Emily came into my life at a time when I was feeling stuck in a particular […]