Grainne Johnston's School of Women's Mysteries

13/01/2022

Gardaí have vowed that ‘no stone will be left unturned’ as a detailed forensic examination of the scene where Ashling Murphy violently lost her life is underway.

10/08/2021

Not for the squeamish.

Both periods and s*x carry a stigma; put the two together and you get one giant taboo. But is there really any reason to be squeamish about another bodily fluid?

29/04/2021

Always a mother.

At the Beach, Edward Henry Potthast “How much larger your life would be if your self could become smaller in it; if you could really look at other men with common curiosity and pleasure& #8230…

16/09/2019

An "Art of Kissing" tip: one of you be the receiver and one the giver.

Receiver means no kissing "back," just fully relaxed, surrendered and open.

Giver means be playful,

start slowly,

explore your lover's lips and mouth with "beginner's mind."

~Lisa Schrader

07/09/2019

Dating as an activity doesn't have a particularly positive reputation--for good reason. Dull conversation, awkward silences, unreturned texts or phone calls, the absence of desirable matches--it's a routine that often leaves people feeling exhausted and powerless. Sometimes it feels as though we should expect to boomerang between excitement and suffering, optimism and fear.

19/08/2019