13 Ways of Looking at a Relationship
I've been dating for eight years. Surely I've learned something? The Wallace Steven’s poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird '' is...
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Karin Jones
- Jul 17
- 4 min
Sex, Lies & Laying Blame
Within one unfortunate year, I was contacted twice by women who were, unknown to me, having a relationship with the man I thought was...
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Karin Jones
- May 29
- 5 min
Directionally Challenged
No one on the street has ever told me I give good directions, but between the sheets this sentiment has come up time and again. Long...
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Karin Jones
- Mar 5
- 6 min
Relationship Ratios
Is there a formula for creating the perfect relationship? Not until we've calculated our own needs first. In a clinical setting,...
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Karin Jones
- Feb 16
- 4 min
Going to the Dogs
What if someone loved you the way a dog does? Could you do the same for them? I’m an unrepentant cat person. My son developed an...
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Karin Jones
- Dec 28, 2022
- 4 min
The Gift of Compassion
Compassion starts in the brain and extends to the bedroom I once arrived late to a school bake sale with my then five year-old son. When...
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Karin Jones
- Oct 20, 2022
- 7 min
Sex, Drugs, and Letting Go
How might recreational drugs benefit our sex lives and long term health? While dating a man who seemed happy making a meal of a single...
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Karin Jones
- Aug 16, 2022
- 5 min
The Beauty of Body Mapping
Our bodies change. So should the way we explore them. They say if you’ve spent 10,000 hours practicing a particular skill, you’re...
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Karin Jones
- Jul 28, 2022
- 11 min
Love, Virtually
How might we approach online dating less like the chore of assembling flat pack furniture and more like an opportunity to connect with...
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Karin Jones
- Jan 12, 2022
- 8 min
Anal-ogies
Anal play can be a leveler between the sexes, a space where we shed our armor, reverse power dynamics, and explore our capabilities as...
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Karin Jones
- Sep 19, 2021
- 7 min
Unpacking Our Baggage
Could taking a close look at our old wounds with a partner be the best way to learn how to love each other? The single most disgraceful...
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Karin Jones
- Jul 5, 2021
- 8 min
The Freebird Paradox
Listen. Are you breathing just a little and calling it a life? - Mary Oliver A few years ago I was so moved by the biopic “Marianne &...
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Karin Jones
- Apr 29, 2021
- 8 min
The Cock Whisperer
Giving good head should not be about payback or getting the garage cleaned. At the tender age of eleven, having never been kissed by a...
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Karin Jones
- Mar 25, 2021
- 10 min
Bad Sex Matters
If bad sex is a political issue we must be willing to look at the grey areas. In a recent fit of anxiety over whether I was doing enough...
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Karin Jones
- Dec 29, 2020
- 8 min
In Defense of Sex Dolls
Sex dolls are part of the wonderous world of perversion. And likely less harmful than you think. Not long ago I received an email from a...
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Karin Jones
- Oct 8, 2020
- 8 min
Magical Thinking
I lived with my former husband for six years before we married. At the four year point I suggested I liked the idea of getting married....
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Karin Jones
- Oct 8, 2020
- 6 min
Choose Your Words Wisely
A few years back, curled up in the window seat of a rustic island cabin, I got a Facebook message from a woman I didn’t know. She was...
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Karin Jones
- Jun 4, 2020
- 7 min
Talk to Me, Baby
Understanding The Love Languages as a tool for becoming a better lover (and citizen). I once dated a man as generous with his compliments...
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Karin Jones
- May 8, 2020
- 8 min
How Culture is Screwing with Sex
Years ago I was, like many of us now during CoronaVirus isolation, getting to know a man I’d met online through text and phone...
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Karin Jones
- Apr 2, 2020
- 7 min
Love in the Time of CoronaVirus
Has social isolation made you reconsider your loving priorities? Just as CoronaVirus was overwhelming the world, I burst into tears while...
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