Intimate Conversations

Sex Therapist Todd Creager & I had a steamy yet heartfelt conversation about relationships and sexuality last night! Wise man. Great advice.  Check out his book The Long Hot Marriage at www.allanapratt.com/todd. Literally, Todd Creager has helped thousands of couples in his 28 year practice. We were both speakers at the Laguna Beach Goddess Festival and I immediately knew he had secrets to share with us. Apparently, people ready to lunge at one another leave crying and caressing one another!

We had a real, raw talk about practical solutions on how to be an Enlightened Mom. We shared how we had beauty pageant status in common and how her body pulses with electricity when she kisses her husband!! Woo Hoo! Terri Amos-Britt is a spiritual coach and motivational speaker who tells it like she sees it and wastes no time helping others clean up the emotional chaos in their lives. She is the author of The Enlightened Mom: A Mother’s Guide for Bringing Peace, Love & Light to Your Family’s Life and Message Sent: Retrieving the Gift of Love, as well as the co-author of Wake Up Women and A Juicy, Joyful Life. Terri is the founder of The Enlightened Mom Global Healing Community, as well as the co-founder of its parent company, Enlightened Family Institute, Inc, with her husband Charlie Britt. Dealing with such pivotal issues as anger, judgment, resentment and blame, Terri specializes in relationship healing and improvement. Her work brings understanding and healing to all relationships including your family, friendships, the workplace and most importantly, the one you have with yourself. Sharing her experiences as a wife, mom, step-mom, widow, former Miss USA and television host, Terri inspires you and teaches you tools to create a life of passion, purpose and love. A nurturing and accomplished speaker, Terri shares her message with audiences in a warm, loving and entertaining fashion, with quick wit, a ready smile and a genuine hug or pat on the back for everyone in the room. Check out Terri’s website and book: The Enlightened Mom: A Mother’s Guide for Bringing Peace, Love & Light to your Family’s Life and you’ll be just as amazed as I am!

It was such a pleasure to have been able to been on a call with Dr. Sara Gottfried. On the call we learned so much about our wellness, our health, and how to maximize it all to open up to being everything we can be. Maximize our internal and external health! How glorious! (And some tips on how to boost that libido – who doesn’t want to be able to boost that?) I enjoyed her, she is amazing, and you’ll see it too. Dr. Sara Gottfried is a Harvard-trained, Board-Certified integrative physician in Berkeley, CA who helps women feel sexy, ripe and delicious again with natural hormone balancing. She is the author of the forthcoming book, The Hormone Cure (Scribner/Simon and Schuster) which features her 3-step process for getting your hormones to work for you, not against you.. She has been featured in magazines such as Natural Health and national TV on the Discovery Channel. She is a costar in the new feature film, YogaWoman. Dr. Sara is a physician-scientist, yoga teacher and offers what she calls “evidence-based integration” of cutting-edge women’s health with proven ancient wisdom.

This Intimate Conversation Wayne provided so much fantastic insight to men, for men, and about men. Wayne understands the male dynamic in a way that is honestly impressive and intriguing. From his ability to relay his life experiences into the guidance that a man needs to make himself the best he can possibly be. Wayne M. Levine, M.A. is the director of BetterMen Agoura Hills, CA where he coaches men to be the best men, fathers, husbands and leaders they can be. He also facilitates men’s groups, and created the BetterMen Retreats for men. In addition, Wayne is the author of the best-selling “Hold On to Your N.U.T.s—The Relationship Manual for Men.” Wayne’s interest in men’s issues began in the early ‘90s with his participation in men’s work activities. His experiences with men’s groups, as a participant, leader and program developer, taught Wayne to “father” men and to support them in making difficult and important changes in their lives. Over the years, his practice has expanded to support couples, young men and families. Wayne earned his Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University/Los Angeles. Wayne also received his BA in journalism and graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Southern California. Wayne’s been married to his first and only wife, Ria, for 28 years and is the proud dad of Ph.D candidate Emma, college junior Austin, and the family’s menagerie of rescued and expensive animals. Wayne strives to be a better man, husband and father each day in Oak Park, CA.

It is beautiful when anyone can be so passionate, so emotionally and intellectually harmonic in who she is and the passionate power she displays. This conversation was one where we got a true feel for how we can embrace who we are as sensual human beings. Jaiya is a world-renowned sexologist, author of Red Hot Touch, and the founder of New World Sex Education; a company dedicated to using "real" sex education to help men and women get the sex lives they desire.  Jaiya understands that throughout life sexuality changes and strives to meet her students wherever they are on their personal path to greater pleasure.  She's been through many sexual stages and honestly shares her personal experience from pain to pleasure.  Jaiya is passionate about helping women and men overcome sexual issues, usually stemming from a lack of education, that may hold them back from exquisite sex as their birthright.  She believes that sex isn't just something you do, but something that is part of being human and being alive.  You may have seen Jaiya on the Tyra Banks Show, TLC, CNN, Oxygen Network, or Playboy TV.  She's even shared the stage with self-help guru Tony Robbins. Jaiya is  a unique mix of Dr. Ruth, Lady Gaga and a Yogi; through her dynamic teachings she's helping women and men reach their full erotic potential. 

Charu is deliciously intimate, sensual, spiritual, and real. Charu is a great woman who is honest and real. You will know it instantly. On this call we opened up, we gave in, we experienced, we loved. Just speaking to her made me remember who I am.  Charu has dedicated her life to living in Truth & Love and supporting others to do the same. The founder of Embody Tantra, she is best known for her candid “Memoirs of a Tantrika” blog and her down-to-earth approach. Charu is committed to supporting both individuals and couples in awakening to the most powerful teacher on this earth, their own human body. Her latest passion is supporting women entrepreneurs to lead like a woman with her new Shaktipreneur program.

This Intimate Conversation with Bruce Sallan was so amazing because we were so open. Both of us were able to connect and talk about our experiences as parents, discuss our children, and get into the whole dynamic of, as Bruce is famous for – his point of view! “Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance” are words from my favorite movie, Singin’ In The Rain. The passion and excitement they evoke struck me to the core while I was taking a college film course taught by critic Manny Farber (author of the seminal book, “American Cinema.”). Later, you could say I felt I “Gotta Write,” but I’m getting ahead of myself. A few years later, I was fortunate to get an internship with a television producer, while earning my M.B.A. from UCLA. What followed was an award-winning television executive and producing career. During those 25 years, I produced over 30 television movies, pilots, and series. I produced my first television movie at age 24 and was a vice president at ABC by the time I was 29. Along the way I was fortunate to work with such actors as Ingrid Bergman, Ron Howard (before he was a director), Mickey Rourke (THAT is a story), Don Johnson (another even better story), Ben Affleck, Hal Holbrook, Barbara Hershey, Sissy Spacek, Henry Winkler, Alan Arkin, and Brian Dennehey. I wrote articles for Daily Variety and the Producers Caucus Bulletin. I became a first-time dad, to a son, four days after my 40th birthday, less than 9 months after getting married (we got pregnant on the honeymoon). My second son was born three years later. When my boys were still quite young, I left show biz to become a full-time dad and to care for my ailing parents, the classic “sandwich” situation Sadly, shortly thereafter, my marriage ended and my wife abandoned our children, leaving the state. I found myself a full-time single dad, in my late-forties. And after a while, I jumped into the new world of Internet dating. I was surprised to find that it was pretty much the only mode of dating that anyone was using. I began writing various blogs on the dating sites I used, as well as articles for local publications, including a regular column for a local paper about being a single dad. Late in 2008, as my children were getting older and as both my aging parents had died, I began marketing my column to more newspapers and Web sites. The happy result, so far, is that I’m now published in over 50 papers and Web sites in 18 states, as well as several sites internationally, including the UK and India. Others are in the works. My focus is primarily on parenting issues from the dad’s point-of-view, though often the situations are gender-neutral. Yet, just as often they’re not. It is my contention that the dad’s point-of-view is less “heard” yet equally valuable to parents. My subject matter covers parenting situations I’ve experienced, but especially the ones that I believe are relevant to a great number of parents. That includes single parenting, divorce issues, dating as a single parent, step-parent issues, dealing with teens, drug and alcohol issues with teens, money issues, and sometimes just general issues about gender differences. I like to think I became a semi-expert on Internet Dating. And I suspect a compilation of all the blogs I wrote during that period will serve as the basis of my first book.

We had WAY too much fun in this interview! So aligned in our views and yet she had a more tips/tools way of breaking things down.  I found out, from her, that finding that special person means getting rid of what’s in the way of us being real. She’s authentic, sparkling, and this whole conversation was fascinating. Really great compliment to me! Bobbi Palmer is The Dating and Relationship Coach for Women over 40. She is not just a dating coach; she’s a dating success story! Bobbi was married for the first time at age 47. She and her husband now enjoy a spectacular relationship in sunny California. Bobbi’s 6-step Find Hope and Find Him System has helped countless women learn to enjoy dating and find lasting love. She invites you to take her free Man-O-Meter Test at www.DateLikeaGrownup.com and get tips and advice you can use today…from an expert who’s been there.

During this interview, Arielle took us through a meditation. We laughed, we smiled,  and we shared some fantastic personal stories that just touched our hearts and souls – we even had the most amazing breakthrough! I just know that when you listen to her soulmate secrets and learn more about her, you’ll begin to understand more about yourself. Arielle Ford has mastered the art of making things happen. A nationally recognized publicist and marketing expert, producer, author and consultant she has catapulted many authors and celebrities to stardom and enormously facilitated the rapid growth of the selfhelp and human potential movement in the US. As the former president and founder of The Ford Group, a successful public relations and marketing firm, she helped launch the careers of Deepak Chopra, Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen creators of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and Neale Donald Walsch author of Conversations With God. She has also handled publicity for myriad best-selling authors including; Wayne Dyer, Dean Ornish, Debbie Ford, Gary Zukav, Marianne Williamson, Louise Hay, don Miguel Ruiz, Kenny Loggins and many other notable authors, 11 of whom became #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. As one of the nation’s leading book publicists Arielle compiled her knowledge and expertise in the industry to create a 25 audio CD and resource guide, Everything You Should Know About Publishing, Publicity and Building a Platform,  www.everythingyoushouldknow.com. It is a favorite among first-time authors and has received rave reviews. Arielle is also the author of seven books herself, including the popular Hot Chocolate For The Mystical Soul series. Her latest book; The Soulmate Secret: How To Manifest The Love of Your Life with the Law of Attraction is being released in January 2009 by Harper One. As one of the founding partners of the Spiritual Cinema Circle, a DVD club dedicated to movies about love and compassion, Arielle created unique marketing and affiliate strategies that added to the success of the company, which was bought by Gaiam in 2006. Arielle is also the co-producer of Deepak Chopra’s Happiness Prescription, a new PBS pledge show that aired nationally in March 2008.

Dancing is something that we embrace faithfully, honestly, and without fear. It is something we identify with, we get intimate with, and that we feel our true sensuality in. This week my Intimate Conversation was with Jennifer Jimenez. Jennifer taught us all to understand, love, and learn the spirit of the dance while transforming us. In addition to my special call with her this week, she will be gracing the curriculum of http://allanapratt.com/embrace-your-sexy-to-the-core/ with her dance movement to get us out of our heads and into our wise, powerful, intuitive bodies. Do not miss this and do not miss our upcoming Intimate Conversations.  Best described as, “pure joy in motion,” Jennifer Joy Jiménez is a pioneer in the fields of movement and personal growth. With over 15 years of teaching experience, people from around the world have attested to the healing and transformation they have experienced working with Jennifer. A master technician in somatics, dance therapy, breath-work, and energy healing, Jennifer has included these cutting edge techniques in her Programs,CDs, DVD’s, and in the “Body Image Breakthrough Center”. Jennifer’s passion is in coaching clients, and conducting classes, seminars and workshops, and holding teacher trainings internationally. Jennifer is well-known for her inspirational teaching style, and dedication to evoking the best in each and every one of her students. A mother of 3 and married to her soul mate, Jennifer thrives on the challenge of balancing marriage, motherhood, career, and deeper self-discovery!