Posted On: January 26, 2015
Being an avid book reader and lover, I have been asked often what my favourite books are, and I have always found myself stumped. This post 10 Books That Will Change Your Life by Mind Valley triggered my thinking: “What are the books that changed my life”? 1) Love, Sex and Everything In-Between This […]
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Posted On: September 25, 2014
I am on my fourth of four week-long retreats for 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this week (Sept 24 – Oct 1, 2014). Read an earlier post elaborating about this retreat here. On the way up from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, I watched two movies on the bus. They were: Jobs, and Brave. The former […]
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Posted On: August 18, 2014
You know you’re a sexologist when you come across this page in a book you’re reading and wonder whether there should be another F word. On a more serious note, this book is a good quick and useful read with the main message being the need to have self-discipline! Distraction is afterall a dangerously deceptive […]
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Posted On: August 17, 2014
You might have heard of the raise in the power of the female dollar. Any person who has been in relationship with a woman knows that she seems to think quite differently from a man. If so, what are the difference? What would a marketer give to look into the mind and inner workings of […]
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Posted On: August 7, 2014
You’ll typically find the French attributed expression “a la carte” used in restaurants, where hungry patrons can choose side dishes and select individual items from the menu. This freedom of choice to select exactly what they want comes at a higher cost. In the American comedy/fantasy “Love a la Carte,” the customer is Phil Anders […]
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Posted On: April 29, 2014
My Review Iroha Midori and Iroha Mini Uma-Anzu are both manufactured by Tenga, a sex toy manufacturer based in Japan. Representative of Japanese design, all their toys have clean lines, are thoughtfully made and entirely researched. I love how there’s a lot of love that has gone into these sex toys. Tenga is well-known for […]
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Posted On: November 6, 2013
There is a saying that action speaks louder than words. Published in 2006, this book encourages active Spiritual Partnership by encouraging couples to shift their paradigm of it being their partner’s duty to make them happy, but their individual duty to see their relationship as part of their spiritual evolution.Note that spiritual partnership is not […]
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Posted On: October 4, 2013
This is the book I wish I could have written! Dr. Gloria Brame graduated from the same school as I did – Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. She holds a Ph.D in Human Sexuality and has however years more experience and accolades than I do. In SEX FOR GROWN-UPS, Dr. Gloria Brame explained […]
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Posted On: September 27, 2013
A Clean Breast was a hard book for me to read, not just because my mother is currently focused on her own battle with stage 4 breast cancer, but because Theresa Tan gave us a blow-by-blow account of what happened including what went on physically, emotionally and mentally for her. She also shared candidly how […]
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Posted On: January 24, 2013
The title One Mom’s Journey to Motherhood: Infertility, Childbirth Complications, and Postpartum Depression, Oh My! should be pretty self-explanatory about what this book is about. However it is not just a memoir and also a thoughtfully written and thoroughly researched self-help guide by somebody determined to make a difference. It is a thick book – 428 […]
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Posted On: January 23, 2013
The title is attention grabbing. It is hard to imagine that there have been many younger divorcées — or braver ones — than a pint-size third grader named Nujood Ali. When I first picked up this book from the children’s section at the library, I thought this was the kid’s version as it was such […]
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Posted On: January 22, 2013
In The Marriage Sabbatical, Cheryl Jarvis makes a case for women who take the time away from her family and/ or spouse to find themselves. A marriage sabbatical is a “personal time-out from daily routines for creative, professional or spiritual growth, reflection or renewal.” It allows women to get away from the noises of caretaking […]
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