By admin on November 23, 2009
Behind closed doors in a nice South Austin neighborhood, fourteen strangers crowded into a small livingroom for a three-hour workshop on how to give a woman a sensual massage and make her feel safe and relaxed and fully surrender.
There were seven single men and two single women, including four couples, ages ranging from 27 to [...]
Posted in General, Posts, Sex and Sexuality, Uncategorized
By admin on August 3, 2009
This just-released video was shot at SXSW09 Interactive. Paul Walhus interviews Karen Kreps about the Core Conversation she was about to host at SXSW on “Sex Ed Online: How Teens Self Savvy,” her background as a Web developer and the Austin lifestyle she enjoys.
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By admin on June 17, 2009
Hippie Hollow welcomes visitors from all over the world. The park of one hundred and nine acres features a steep, rocky limestone shoreline and provides some spectacular views of Lake Travis. Clothing optional means just that. You don’t have to take off your clothes. Plenty of people don’t. Only it feels a lot better in the water. And in the breeze. And in the sun.
Posted in General, Posts, Sex and Sexuality | Tagged clothing optional, exhibiitionism, nude sunbathing
By Karen on March 14, 2009
Here at SXSW09 Interactive, Melisssa Giri interviewed Karen Rayne and myself about the Core Conversation we’ll be hosting 5 pm in room 19B at the Austin Convention Center.
Here’s a bit of what I said to Melissa: “The Internet is creating a paradigm shift in traditional sex ed. It throws open the window on sexuality and [...]
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By admin on March 10, 2009
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been invited to host a Core Conversation at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX. It will occur Sunday, March 15, 5 pm in Rm 19B at the Austin Convention Center. The topic will be “Sex Ed Online: How Teens Self Savvy,” and joining me in presenting this hour-long [...]
Posted in Events, General | Tagged dating, sex ed, SXSW
By admin on February 15, 2009
Intimacies: Secrets of Love, Sex & Romance by Karen Kreps
Buy the book for yourself, someone you love or a friend who could use it.
Since 2002, minds have been opened by Karen Kreps’s insights about love and lovers, shared over seven years in monthly columns for The Good Life magazine and the public conversation group that [...]
Posted in About the Book, General, Intimacies Discussion Group | Tagged dating advice, Intimacies, Karen Kreps, marriage guidance, Sex Love and Romance, The Good Life
By admin on November 17, 2008
Sitting on my desk in artfully designed shiny foil wrappers are chocolate-, grape- and banana-flavored condoms. They were gifts from the good folk at Planned Parenthood, where I recently met with a group of sex-health educators. Since condoms are the most reliable available and reliable protection against unwanted pregnancy and STDs, Planned Parenthood is running [...]
Posted in General, Uncategorized | Tagged contraceptives, Planned Parenthood
By admin on October 9, 2008
Ted Fry of the Seattle Times says:
Craigslist has become so deeply rooted in the social fabric of community and relationships that it’s not even product placement when it pops up as a movie’s plot point. We understand implicitly that it’s the place to go when you need a job, a couch or, in the case [...]
Posted in General | Tagged Craig Newmark, Intimacies and craigslist, Personal Ads
By admin on October 3, 2008
I just got an email from A. Michael Johnson, Ph.D., who was my special guest at BookPeople last March. We had a fascinating conversation about satisfying the libido.
He’s now pleased to announce the dates of this season’s Workshops for Sexually Compulsive and Addicted Men. These workshops are designed for men new to recovery, men struggling [...]
Posted in General | Tagged Sexual Addiction, Sexual compulsion, Support for Sexual Addiction Austin
By admin on September 6, 2008
At a recent technology Meetup, I was chatting with a man who is the CEO of a big Internet Marketing firm. While he makes decisions every day about how to spend tens of thousands of dollars of his client’s funds on Search Engine Marketing, he was at a loss about how to spend his funds [...]
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