"We resist the great temptations, but it is the little ones that eventually pull us down.” – Edith Wharton

If you’re like me, it can be hard to find opportunities to merge your “ideal” schedule with the one that life tries to hand you without your input or permission.

As you go through your day, the challenge is to make sure that your own dreams and goals are just as high up on the list as your other priorities, like family, friends and work. And it really is a challenge. But finding the balance is so worth the effort.

So maybe the bustle of the giving-to-everyone-else is over, or maybe it's not for you. But in my continual effort to help us all bring our sexuality fully into our lives -- attacking that last bastion of self liberation keeping so many of us from being all us all the time -- I want to give YOU a gift this holiday season. If you're like so many of us -- feeling guilty about taking time to yourself or taking time to pleasure yourself -- I want to give you permission to do so. (And if you don't feel guilty, I want to give you an excuse!)

Happy Pink Posse Saturday lovelies! I hope you enjoy another thrilling read from Tracy Swartz -- I just love how she plays with words. You can find out more about Tracy's gourds here. -- Megan Monique

The other day, a totally brilliant colleague likened self-care to the oxygen mask drill on airplanes – specifically, the part about always affixing our own mask before assisting others. In other words, if your own ability to take a breath is compromised, how in the world can you be of service to anyone else? “Basically, if you don’t take care of yourself,” she told a client, “the rest of us are hosed.”