Lunch with the Loveologist Podcast

Mark Schoen, an award-winning sexual education filmmaker and founder of SexSmartFilms.com,  shares his insights and unique perspective on the differences between sexual health films and pornographic content. His ideas of building a visual frame of reference that can both expand your capacity to communicate and understand your sexuality will change the way you look at sexual content and even your own sex life. Mark's entertaining and informative perspective will both intrigue and inspire you to think about sexuality.

Lara London is a full time Pilates instructor and certified teacher of Holistic Biomechanics. Throughout her past as a student of competitive gymnastics and swimming, Lara has always been inspired about the capacity of the human body in motion. In her current training with individuals and classes, Lara's goal is to educate her clients about functional movement, build strength from a structural perspective, and alleviate chronic pain. As the founder of Balance Point Pilates Studio in Eugene OR and a new practice in Providence, RI, Lara's perspective and capacity to work with individuals from post-rehab patients to serious athletes is a gift for all who know her. Now, get a unique chance to listen to her.

Wendy and editor Zanne Miller explore how our loving relationships can be the most gentle and effective education we engage in to become the person we want to be. Rather than focusing on finding the right partner, commitment works best when we approach it as a method of personal growth. Commitment comes from developing the ability to remember that you really love someone, even if you aren't feeling it. An enlightening conversation that, like the book, will provide fresh eyes to perceive the love and wonder in your own relationship.

Change your thinking and change your life. This week's enlightening discussion with Barbara Fredrickson, a Psychology Professor and lead investigator at the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory (a.k.a. PEP Laba) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We discuss her research and book, Positivity and provide the basic tools anyone can use to make their life and relationships flourish.

Listen to the director's side of feminist pornography with Candida Royalle, founder of Femme Productions and pioneer of feminist erotica produced by and for women and couples. In addition to hearing about the best of her 18 films which she wrote, directed and produced, we also talk about her inspiration and experience that was behind her book How to Tell a Naked Man What to Do: Sex Advice From a Woman who Knows. Candida, a former pornography actress has seen this industry from every angle and shares a unique perspective on what erotica can mean for you.

Listen to the enlightening views on shamanic sexual healing by BABA DEZ NICHOLS, speaker and teacher on the sacred traditions of spiritual sexual healing and founder of the Sedona Temple and School of Temple Arts. Release the guilt, shame and fear about sexuality and discover the grace of tapping into the sexual power we all hold to manifest your deepest desires.

Join this enlightening discussion about the crossroads of quantum physics and human biology with Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., author of best-selling The Biology of Belief. Bruce is an internationally recognized leader in bridging science and spirit together in the new biological understanding called human epigenetics. Learn how you can retrain our belief systems to create a healthy and vital belief system that can change your life

Susan Griffin-Black is co-founder of EO® Products and a pioneer in the organic and natural personal care products industry for over 15 years. As a Green Business entrepreneur and industry innovator, her company products are free of unnecessary chemicals and produced in an environmentally sustainable manner. The EO corporate philosophy of "Love Life-Live Clean" infuses not just the natural and organic products that they manufacture but every aspect of the community that EO has built in their business and with their customers. A practicing Zen Buddhist for more than 20 years, Susan's appreciation for truth and beauty informs her business leadership and creates a sustainable model of organic business growth in the personal care industry. If ever there was a business model that begins with Love is the answer, you will find it in a bottle of EO products.

Celebrate Earth Day by exploring eco-Sexuality this week with internationally known love writer and blogger, Tina Marie Bernard. She is a top-rated writer of sex, love and relationships for Examiner.com. Her musings are found in a variety of online and print media including Greenprophet.com, More.com, and SheWrites.com, among others. Her studied and lively perspective on everything from tantra, erotica, feminism and the blessings of pleasure are sure to awaken a new understanding of intimacy and answer questions you might not even knew you had. Tinamarie lives in the Middle East and is a great resource for everything that Modern Lovers want to know about. Read her work on Green Prophet or the Examiner.

The Anniversary Edition: Listen this week to Wendy and her oldest friend Sarah talk about Making Love Sustainable in her 26- year old- marriage. Share in the sweet lessons of spilled milk and the many memories of what it takes to keep saying yes to love. Our closest friends are our most gentle and generous teachers when it comes to learning to love. Listen to these two old friends share their wisdom on making love sustainable.

Don't miss this edition of Lunch with the Loveologist, as I discover the dynamic stillness that is at the center of every relationship with Sandra Wheeler, LMT, healer and teacher. Don't miss this enlightening discussion about how we heal the spirit through the body, reclaiming our connection to ourselves, our relationships and to the source of love itself.

Join us as we talk with Sharon MacFarland, owner of Emerita products, a leading national brand of natural wellness products for women. She has been focused on female wellness products and natural menopause solutions and describes her work as empowering women through all their life cycles. If ever a business woman knew her hormones, she is the one. So inspired to education, she was a primary instigator for Women In Balance.com. If you are a woman in any life cycle, listen in....

Discover the new world of brain science and positive psychology with Rick Hanson, PhD, neuropsychologist and author of Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom. Listen to this conversation full of insight and ready to use tips to get your life and love moving in a positive direction. Guaranteed to change the way you think about how your mind works with your brain.

Explore the relationship foundations for Sacred Sexuality with author/speaker Michael Mirdad. His teachings provide an empowering and insightful keys to connecting with yourself in order to connect deeply with a partner. This engaging conversation will open up new ways of seeing your relationship and deepen your intimate connections.

Join us this week as we answer all the sexuality and intimacy questions that you have sent in with Dr. Lori Buckley, sex therapist and psychologist. A host of her own show Sexy Stuff, Lori is full of wisdom and wit when it comes to all things sexual....don't miss this exciting conversation.