by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 25, 2026 | Communication, Couples Therapy, Emotions, Eroticism, Humor, Joy, Love, Marriage Counseling, Passion, Sacred, Sexuality
A life fully inhabited — Sacred, saucy, and completely without apology. When someone says that are living an erotic life they mean they are living a “Balls to the wall” life. The words erotic and eros are deeplply connected. Eros is the spiritual force of...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 24, 2026 | Communication, Happiness, Sacred, Spirituality
Aggressive grace is spiritual warfare and the weapons are mercy and light. In a world that often feels increasingly fragmented, guarded, and transactional, the traditional concept of “grace” can sometimes feel inadequate—or at least, too quiet for the...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 23, 2026 | Emotions, Eroticism, Happiness, Love, Men, Passion, Sacred, Women
The woman who fears your hunger is not the one you’re here for. You’ve been told your whole life that wanting her—really wanting her, with a fire that burns through your veins and a longing that aches in your bones—is something to be controlled, minimized, or even...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 20, 2026 | Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Counseling, Psychotherapy, Sacred
What it’s like to have a therapist who has vision into unseen realms. Modern psychotherapy presents itself as a scientific and clinical discipline—grounded in diagnosis, evidence-based modalities, and professional ethics. Yet beneath the language of manuals,...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 19, 2026 | Emotions, Grief, Happiness, Joy, Love, Relationships, Sacred, Spirituality
When I was 16, I spent a fall weekend on a Church retreat on the South Side of Chicago with about 30 other teenagers. We stayed at Hyde Park Union Church with pastors from our local Church. Late Friday night, several of us went out and walked around the Church’s...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 15, 2026 | Men, Relationships, Sacred, Women
A world of pillars is a fortress, but a world with you is a sacred space. Here is the absolute steel truth: If men are the pillars that hold up the roof of the world, women are the Spirit that turns that structure into a sanctuary. A civilization of pillars alone is a...
