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Easter and Ishtar: Revive Your Spiritual And Intimate Relationships

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Happy Easter! Welcome Spring!

We all know Easter has pagan roots. It’s both a religious celebration and secular feast. Take time to celebrate both. Originally, Easter was the celebration of Ishtar – the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility and sex. Ishtar’s symbols were eggs and rabbits, symbolizing sex and fertility. Constantine I implemented anti-pagan policies and Easter was changed to represent Jesus, Christianizing many symbols.

Here are a few ways to celebrate and renew:

1. Celebrate the resurrection of life – Easter is all about the resurrection of Jesus. Seek redemption and renew your relationship with your God. How about those other relationships. Reflect on your relationship with your partner and loved ones. What elements of these relationships need to be resurrected? What used to work but isn’t working now and needs some attention?

2. Lent is over; time to awaken your sexual juices – What did you give up for Lent? Fried foods and sweets? Facebook or shopping? While you were sacrificing and praying did your intimate life experience a dry spell and get neglected? Makes sense, right? Who can get all romantic when all you really want is some serious chocolate? This is the perfect time to get your grove back. Rediscover your sexual heat and passion and create some alone time with your man. And don’t forget the KY jelly.

3. Hunt for your Ishtar Egg – Have you always wanted to have a baby but haven’t gotten around to it? Life happens. Make this spring the time to learn more about your fertility. Try fertility awareness; get your fertility checked out by your health care provider to see how fast that biological clock is ticking. More importantly, discuss with your husband or partner how important starting a family is to you. For the Christian woman, starting a family before marriage is a no-go. Does your man know how you feel about this topic?

4. Color your Yoni – Coloring eggs for Easter is tied to the rebirth and resurrection. And, yes, your yoni is sacred. (See How Do You Like Your (Yoni) Eggs – By Sophia Ned-James) Have you taken time to spruce it up? No, SuzyKnew! isn’t talking about douches and sprays. You know, Suzy! don’t play that. We’re talking about waxing and lingerie shopping. Get that Brazilian wax you’ve been dying to try. Shop Victoria and see what new secrets she has for the spring.

5. Find the right Easter bonnet – and contraception! – Everyone has got to have the right Easter hat this time of  year. An Easter hat tops off the new clothes for Easter. But, have you thought about getting a new contraceptive? Are you happy with what you’re using now? Spring may be the time to try some new options – like a hormonal IUD , Fertility awareness-based method, back to condoms, or something else.

6. Make a basket of spiritual redemption, renewal and love – Easter is all about those baskets. What’s in your basket? Fill it with a renewed connection and love with your God, your relationships and yourself – including your sexual self!

First published April 4, 2015

Rejuvenate Your Relationships

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Spring is here, Ladies. Happy Easter.  This is nature’s time for renewal and rebirth.

Take time to rekindle and rejuvenate close relationships. Winter can be brutal on us in many ways. Cold, dark evenings can put us in a funk and sour our moods. Small problems and annoyances with people close to us can escalate into huge battles with bad feelings lingering for days on end.

As we enter spring, put away away harsh memories and feelings. Let’s throw some sunlight on our outlook. Find ways to make a fresh start. With warmer air and sunnier days ahead of us, spend time sharing happy moments with people who are important. Apologize for sharp words said in the winter and make time to connect.  Yeah – the practice of spring rebirth and renewal can seem tired and old. But, if we want to stay healthy – and sexy – it’s a ritual to keep practicing.

When it comes to intimate relationships, studies find happy couples in committed relationships have more sex.  Not sex makes couples happy. And, couples who said they had more sex also reported more satisfaction with their lives.

This finding was based on 4 studies which appeared recently in MedicineNet. Affection, sharing intimate moments and sweet talk were key factors in the positive benefits of sex that had impact after the act. If winter has dulled your relationships, take time to connect and share intimate moments. Sustain these important life fulfilling practices.

He Is Risen

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He is risen. He is risen indeed.

For Christians these are the words that mark Easter; the defeat of death. After 40 days of Lent, reflection and sacrifice, today we rejoice today in the resurrection. For all sistas’, we can celebrate today as the start of a new beginning. Renewal and rejuvenation. Words from Isaiah 65:17-25  can guide us today and throughout the rest of the year

Create new heavens and a new earth

Your Lord has created new heavens and a new earth. Create a new reality for yourself. Learn from your past mistakes and move on. Make peace and strive to stay positive going forward from today.  If you fasted during Lent, take time to celebrate Easter today and the new you.

Be glad and rejoice forever

After 6 weeks of repenting, forgive yourself. You have created a new life for yourself. Create a new life for your relationships and be glad and rejoice. Don’t look bad and get stuck in your old ways. You are renewed. Be glad and rejoice in it

For I will create Jerusalem to be a delight

Your new reality is a delight. It’s not what it was before. It’s not your mama’s reality. It’s not your Daddy’s. And, it’s not Donald Trump’s. Don’t go there.

He is risen. He is risen indeed.

Ishtar And Easter: Revive Your Spiritual And Sexual Relationships

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Happy Easter! Welcome Spring!

We all know Easter has pagan roots. It’s both a religious celebration and secular feast. Take time to celebrate both.

Originally, Easter was the celebration of Ishtar – the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility and sex.  Ishtar’s symbols were eggs and rabbits, symbolizing sex and fertility. Constantine I implemented anti-pagan policies and Easter was changed to represent Jesus, Christianizing many symbols.

Here are a few ways to celebrate and renew:

1. Celebrate the resurrection of life – Easter is all about the resurrection of Jesus. Seek redemption and renew your relationship with your God. How about those other relationships. Reflect on your relationship with your husband, partner and loved ones. What elements of these relationships need to be resurrected? What used to work but isn’t working now and needs some attention?

2. Lent is over; time to awaken your sexual juices – What did you give up for Lent? Fried foods and sweets? Cable TV or shopping? While you were sacrificing and praying did your sex life experience a dry spell and get neglected? Makes sense, right? Who can get all romantic when all you really want is some serious chocolate? This is the perfect time to get your grove back. Rediscover your sexual heat and passion and create some alone time with your man. And don’t forget the KY jelly.

3. Hunt for your Ishtar Egg – Have you always wanted to have a baby but haven’t gotten around to it? Life happens. Make this spring the time to learn more about your fertility. Try fertility awareness; get your fertility checked out by your health care provider to see how fast that biological clock is ticking. More importantly, discuss with your husband or partner how important starting a family is to you. For the Christian woman, starting a family before marriage is a no-go. Does your man know how you feel about this topic?

4. Color your Yoni – Coloring eggs for Easter is tied to the rebirth and resurrection. And, yes, your yoni is sacred. Have you taken time to spruce it up? No, SuzyKnew! isn’t talking about douches and sprays. You know Suzy! don’t play that. We’re talking about waxing and lingerie shopping. Get that Brazilian wax you’ve been dying to try. Shop Victoria and see what new secrets she has for the spring.

5. Find the right Easter bonnet – and contraception! –  Everyone has got have to the right Easter hat this time of the year.It represents the tail-end of new clothes for Easter. But, have you thought about getting a new contraceptive? Are you happy with what you’re using now? Spring may be the time to try some new options – like the new IUD , FAM, back to condoms, or something else.

6. Make a basket of spiritual redemption, renewal and love – Easter is all about those baskets. What’s in your basket? Fill it with a renewed connection and love with your God, your relationships and yourself – including your sexual self!