Year: 2013

  • Soft Porn: Reframed as Normal Thanks to Hollywood

    The headline in USA Today asks if hypersexuality is the new normal in Hollywood.

    Miley Cyrus and the class of 2013 have decided to answer that question with a big YES. To make it big, you become raunchy and show all. We used to call this soft porn.

    Now being raunchy is touted as the new strategy to stay on top of the business. I was told this by a Hollywood producer recently. He said, “You don’t understand. This is just business. It is a strategy for these women to bare all and…

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  • Can You Be Addicted to Oreos?

    Oreos have been around since I was a child. Like me, do you split the cookie and eat the center first?

    Harmless right? Maybe not!

    What if you gave a mouse a cookie? Could that cookie be addictive?

    Now, I’m not suggesting you find a 12-step program to deal with your impulse purchase of Oreos, but neuroscience is interesting when it comes to why we eat these high fat, high sugar foods. There is more to the cookie than meets the eye or taste bud for that matter.

    Researchers actually…

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  • Could WHY You Have Sex Affect Your Marriage?

    Grace was really tired and knew her husband would approach her in bed. She just wasn’t in the mood, but thought she should probably have sex and get it over with–not the best motivation to be intimate. At least, she was honest with herself. But admitting that to her husband would just raise issues, so she…

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  • Are You Emotionally Intelligent? Take the quiz!

    Relationships are such an important part of our lives. How do you measure up in your partner relationship? Check your emotional intelligence here:

    Answer YES OR NO to each question.

    1) When your partner does something that bothers you, do you think, “There must be a good reason for this….

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  • The Jazz Attack: A Glimpse of Heaven

    This morning, I am on my way to the beautiful Mackinac Island to speak at a women’s conference all week. The air is brisk with smells of Fall. The leaves are turning stunning colors and the heat of summer seems far away. It’s all so breathtaking and such a reminder of God’s creativity. I smile, remembering an evening that gave me another, very different glimpse of God’s creation.

    Friends of mine invited my husband and I for a weekend in Annapolis to see Peter White, Gerald Albright and Rick…

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