About: Candice Holdorf
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I Got Married. Again. ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on May 21, 2013 “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” ~ John Steinbeck I got married. Again. Something I vowed I would never do. But vows are funny things, you know. Life is constantly in a state of flux. What we vow one day gets flipped upside down [...] 1,011 views |
Forget Coffee: Start Your Mornings with ‘Explosive Sexual Healing.’ {Adult} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Apr 10, 2013 Explosive Sexual Healing: three words that would pique anyone’s interest. When I first heard it, I was taken a little aback at the audacity of the name. I mean, Explosive? Really? Maybe I’m a chronic skeptic. Maybe I’m a little jaded. Or maybe I’ve just had my share of guys promising ‘explosive’ nights of ecstasy, [...] 10,370 views |
 The Art of Domination. {Adult} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Mar 6, 2013 Source: Uploaded by user via Dee on Pinterest “I don’t mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated” ~ Anais Nin In a society that emphasizes the value of ‘dominance,’ I’ve noticed a significant dearth of men who are actually skilled in [...] 2,002 views |
Devi Ward’s “Shake Your Soul-Song!” Focuses on Sensual Pleasure & Personal Responsibility {Review} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Jan 31, 2013 A review of a sexual empowerment book focused on teaching women to cultivate their pleasure and take responsibility for their desire. 683 views |
On Writing, Faith & “Figuring It Out,” Plus Karl Saliter’s Interview with Me. ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Jan 22, 2013 “The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you’re walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That’s the moment you may be starting to get it right.” ~ Neil Gaiman 580 views |
Imagine a society where sexuality is an acceptable part of everyday culture. ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Jan 10, 2013 “Sex isn’t something men do to you. It isn’t something men get out of you. Sex is something you dive into with gusto and like it every bit as much as he does.” ~ Nina Hartley “[makelovenotporn.com] is not anti-porn. I’m a fan of hard-core porn. I watch it myself…but because the porn industry is [...] 5,728 views |
To Love a Woman. {Adult} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Dec 17, 2012 … 7,945 views |
Jealousy: My Hot New Friend. {Adult} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Dec 11, 2012 … 3,673 views |
The Orgasmic Life: A Love Story in the Field of Orgasm. {Adult} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Nov 26, 2012 Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I will meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn’t make any sense. ~Rumi, translation by Coleman Barks I met him in a field. The [...] 2,716 views |
The Orgasmic Life: “Being a Woman Today” Launches 5-Year Study on Female Orgasm. ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Nov 17, 2012 In a world of Cosmo BJ tips, porn sex ed and pre-pubescent pin-up girls, I often lament the dearth of quality articles, research and erotica from an empowered, mature feminine perspective. It seems like everywhere I turn, I’m hit with another piece on how my sex “just isn’t good enough” and if I am going [...] 1,011 views |
The Orgasmic Life: Want Orgasm? Let the Love in. {Adult} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Nov 3, 2012 Orgasm has very little to do with technique and lot to do with state of mind. 2,212 views |
The Orgasmic Life: What is Orgasmic Meditation? Watch & Learn. {Video/NSFW} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Oct 25, 2012 I get a lot of questions about the sexuality practice that I teach, Orgasmic Meditation (OM). When I describe to people the elegant simplicity of it (one person stroking the genitals of another with precise attention for 15 minutes), I’m often greeted with blank, dubious or freaked out stares. Even when I try to explain [...] 10,022 views |
The Nobility of Sex, Plus 7 Non-Sexual Tips (and 1 Video!) to Spice Up Your Sex Life. {NSFW} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Oct 22, 2012 … 2,341 views |
The Orgasmic Life: Sex Toys for the Eco-minded. {NSFW} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Oct 5, 2012 Trading Dildos for Dilletos {Preview} I have a confession to make: dildos and vibrators just aren’t my thing. Call me a prude. Call me vanilla. But given the choice between a nervous, inexperienced lover and the Ultra-Deluxe Jackhammer Rabbit 5000 (with matching remote control and free iPhone app), I’ll opt for Mr. Fumblefingers any [...] 1,802 views |
Surrender: The Hardest Thing You’ll Never Do. {Adult} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Sep 11, 2012 “Of all fires love is the only inexhaustible one.” ~ Pablo Neruda I feel like I am at a crossroads. I’ve been here for some time now and I’m getting a little impatient. As the shadows of my former life fade, a vast uncertainty lies before me: Do I move full-time to Los Angeles this [...] 7,172 views |
10 Lessons from the Playa: Achievement Brain vs. Orgasmic Brain. ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Aug 17, 2012 This moment…is forgotten when you start thinking in terms of achievement. When the achieving mind arises, you lose contact with the paradise you are in…guilt sits on your chest like a rock, it crushes you; it does not allow you to dance. How can [...] 1,718 views |
“I Just Had Sex!” Cultivating Gratitude & Humor. {Adult} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Aug 6, 2012 … 3,586 views |
Sex: You’re Doing it Right. {Adult} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Jul 16, 2012 … 5,031 views |
The “Hazards” of Being an Orgasmic Woman. {Adult} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Jun 29, 2012 … 6,019 views |
“The Biggest Secret” for Great Sex. {Adult} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Jun 18, 2012 … 11,038 views |
I’m a Crazy, F*cking Mess: Orgasmic Tuning & PMS. {Adult} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Jun 7, 2012 Warning: some adult language ahead. You don’t want to be around me right now. My body feels heavy, full and thick. I’m exhausted. Every nerve is raw and exposed. I’m prone to burst into tears at any moment and if you question what I do in any way (even if it’s just the way I [...] 3,598 views |
11 Reasons Why I’m Getting Married (Again). ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on May 31, 2012 Warning: some adult language ahead. I swore off marriage when I was 12-years-old. I was a jaded preteen with a bit of a feminist streak who had witnessed the demise of her parents’ relationship a few years before. I decided that I was never going to fall prey that heteronormative, societal slave trap. I was [...] 3,379 views |
Womanhood & the Reawakening of My Erotic Innocence. {Adult} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on May 15, 2012 Warning: Beautifully adult, graphic language. I have been a very dirty girl. And I’m okay with that. Well, sort of. It’s more like I am learning to love this part of myself. She’s been in hiding for some time now, afraid that if she speaks too loudly or chews with her mouth open or runs [...] 10,376 views |
Sex: Not For the Faint of Heart. {Adult} ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on May 4, 2012 … 11,314 views |
Addicted to Daddy.by Candice Holdorf on Apr 26, 2012 Hunger and the Search for the Integrated Masculine “I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern.” ~ Anais Nin I hit a pretty hard low recently. I played it off as, “I’ve just been working too hard,” and “I’ve got PMS,” and “It’s almost a full [...] 707 views |
10 Signs You Are a ‘Good Girl’ & 10 Tips for Discovering Your ‘Good Woman.’by Candice Holdorf on Apr 19, 2012 Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice? Eh…I’ll Pass. I’m noticing more and more these days that we women (my perfectionist, Virgo self included) have a hard time letting go of being a ‘good girl.’ You know, the one all in pink who sits quietly in church, never tells a lie and is the apple [...] 6,897 views |
20 Hard-Knock Life Lessons from Orgasmic Meditation.by Candice Holdorf on Apr 14, 2012 In Defense of Orgasms. This past Monday night, I attended the launch party of The Best Sex Writing 2012, published by Cleis Press and edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel, in San Francisco. Many of the most prolific and controversial American sex writers attended and read from their essays, which are featured in the anthology. The [...] 5,243 views |
Energy Accounting: How Giving Up the Credit Card for Lent Improved My Orgasm. ~ Candice Holdorfby Candice Holdorf on Apr 9, 2012 Money is Just One Expression of Our Orgasm “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?” ~ Isaiah 58:6 I’ve never been [...] 779 views |
Two and a Half (Wo)Men too Many?by Candice Holdorf on Apr 4, 2012 When I’m in the occasional mood for vagina in crisis, there’s nothing that boosts my self-esteem more than a pint of Ben and Jerry’s and an evening of Lifetime: Television for Women. 340 views |
Top 10 Lessons on Desire From the Hungry Ghost.by Candice Holdorf on Mar 30, 2012 Celebrate your desire and be grateful for it. It’s your ally, friend and one true north on your journey. 5,080 views |
The Cult of Personality: Sex, Evolution & the Death of Guruism.by Candice Holdorf on Mar 20, 2012 There exists a certain breed of people just as insecure and afraid of their shadows as we are. But their way of managing the lizard brain is through surrounding themselves with worshippers to make up for their lack of self-confidence. 327 views |
The Cultural Shadow of Pornography.by Candice Holdorf on Mar 9, 2012 I myself do burlesque and will be the first one in line to do a crazy, sexy, fetish-inspired photo shoot or intensely erotic film scene. 4,300 views |
Starving for Approval: Anorexia & the Mother Shadow.by Candice Holdorf on Mar 1, 2012 We as a society are all walking around starving for approval and are too full of pride to admit just how much we want it. This approval somehow validates our right to exist in the world, but it is a temporary salve—a fast-food, quick fix so that we don’t have to face the deeper hunger within. 1,541 views |
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