by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 15, 2026 | Men, Relationships, Sexuality, Spirituality, Women
Break from the herd and choose the hero. Let us begin with a truth so fierce it might sting: You are not the problem. You are not shallow, nor are you broken. You are a woman who has been conditioned by a culture that turned love into a commodity and men into products...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 15, 2026 | Men, Relationships, Sacred, Spirituality
Strength. Sacrifice. Silence. The Story of Men. We live in an age of unprecedented progress, where the achievements of humanity are celebrated daily—yet one truth remains conspicuously unspoken: Civilization as we know it stands on the shoulders of men. Not because...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 15, 2026 | Love, Sacred, Spirituality
Finding and honoring the aspects of each other’s universe that have deep meaning. Let me tell you what kills most long-term relationships. It’s not the affairs, though those are devastating. It’s not the financial disasters, though those will test you. It’s not even...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 14, 2026 | Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Fasting, Sacred, Spirituality
The New Science on Fasting For most of recorded human history, people fasted not because they understood the biology behind it, but because they discovered — through experience, through tradition, through the intimation of something ancient and reliable — that going...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 14, 2026 | Communication, Eroticism, Love, Relationships, Sacred, Sexuality, Spirituality
Creating a shift from surviving to thriving, marked as happy, joyous, and free. In 1993, I sat in a quiet room at Santa Clara University, staring at the results of my study on communication apprehension among adult children of alcoholics. The data was clear: people...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 13, 2026 | Men, Relationships, Sacred, Spirituality, Women
By shining your light on others, you give them permission to rise to the occasion. This chapter is not about confidence, though confidence may follow from it. It is not about success, though success often accompanies it. It is not about self-esteem in the therapeutic...
