by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 12, 2026 | Humor, Joy, Love, Sacred
Joy is arguably the most powerful force on the planet. Prologue: The Time Joy Ambushed Me in a Grocery Store Let me set the scene: I’m in Costco, a place where dreams go to die (or at least get bulk-bought and then forgotten in the back of a pantry). I’m pushing a...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 12, 2026 | Love, Men, Relationships, Sexuality, Women
The art of sensory deprivation: How to blindfold him—and blow his mind. There’s a moment, just after you slip the blindfold over his eyes, when the entire dynamic between you shifts. Suddenly, he’s not just with you—he’s yours. Not because you’ve forced him, but...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 11, 2026 | Love, Men, Women
For every man who has laid awake in the dark, loving someone just out of reach, and stayed, because love is stubborn and the heart does not take orders. The Man Who Cannot Sleep He is lying on his side of the bed, staring at the ceiling in the dark. The room is...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 11, 2026 | Love, Men, Sacred, Women
This is for you. Because you matter. I want to tell you about the moment I understood something I had not fully understood before. I had said something to a man — a compliment, specific and genuine, the kind this book has been arguing for throughout its length. I had...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 11, 2026 | Joy, Love, Men, Relationships, Sexuality, Women
Release the beast by unleashing him. There’s a moment—that split second when your fingers tangle in his hair and yank his head back, when your teeth sink into the tender flesh of his shoulder, when your nails dig into his skin just hard enough to leave a mark—when...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 11, 2026 | Happiness, Humor, Joy, Love, Relationships
Creating over-the-top fun in your love life that’s so good your neighbors will be jealous and your kids will cringe. How’s it hanging, buttercup? Are you starting to think that your relationship is so boring, so painfully predictable, Hallmark could use it as a...
