tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318273132024-03-18T21:33:18.417-07:00The Mind ReelsMusings on movies, sex, motherhood and yes, infertility.<br>
Not necessarily in that order.Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-40248401166195593072012-04-15T22:17:00.001-07:002012-04-15T22:17:14.756-07:00Salmon Fishing in the YemenHubby and I saw "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" last night. It stars Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas (who was superb), and is a lovely little movie for a date night if you don't examine the plot too closely. It's a very chaste movie, too--only one f-bomb is dropped, and I think there's only one extended makeout session, one scene of rather pathetic marital relations, and one hotCynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-85884496944429635912011-06-11T22:11:00.000-07:002011-06-11T22:18:48.652-07:00What Science Tells Us about Power and InfidelityInteresting NPR article discussing studies that find that the more power people have, the more they're likely to engage in adultery. Well, duh.And yet, I think that people who feel completely powerless--because they're stuck in a loveless or sexless marriage, for example--are vulnerable to infidelity as well. Some might call cheating under these circumstances as passive-aggressive, but who's Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-83752271095342386782011-06-02T22:06:00.000-07:002011-06-02T22:28:08.484-07:00Interview with "Sex @ 11 with Rebecca"Today seemed to be my own personal Media Day. First I did an interview with CNN about TreeRing.com, the website that my son's school used to create its yearbook. (I was a co-editor, something I volunteered to do in a moment of insanity.) We'll see if any of the footage makes the light of day. Still, it was fun, and if the comments afterwards from the TreeRing.com folks are true, I did an OK job. Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-73258038413101115472011-05-17T22:40:00.000-07:002011-05-17T22:47:13.533-07:00Watch our new book trailer!I love our new commercial for What Men Really Want in Bed. Take a peek.I have to thank Ben and Stew of Bay Area Pictures for the great work (and his patience).Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-28482091929939222922011-03-25T23:15:00.000-07:002011-03-25T23:19:19.275-07:00Another interview on Pillow Talk!Just finished another interview on the Pillow Talk 101 show on Blog Talk Radio! I was so pleased to be asked back. The topic was "Self Pleasure: Getting to Know Yourself," but the conversation covered a bunch of topics, from role playing to the A-spot. We read and talked about two of the "seductions" from Secret Seductions, too.Joining us was the fabulous JenniFDB from the 2Chix 1Mic Radio Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-79018923166208190412011-03-04T22:50:00.000-08:002011-03-04T22:58:43.895-08:00Listen to me on Pillow Talk RadioJust finished doing a wild, no-holds-barred interview on Pillow Talk Radio's Freaky Friday Hangout! Talked for over an hour with hosts Tai and Dre (hope I spelled that right) about everything you can imagine and then some: what men and women really want in bed, adult toys, faking orgasms (why not to), domination/submission...and more.Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-40287940816997969422011-01-18T22:44:00.000-08:002011-01-18T22:49:12.443-08:00Tune in to Better Sex Radio tomorrow! Yeah, I'm back, after six months. To quote the movie "Airplane": "But that's not important right now."What is important is that I'll be on Better Sex Radio tomorrow, Wednesday, January 19, at 11am talking with host Chrystal Bougon about What Women Really Want in Bed and fabulous foreplay. And isn't all foreplay fabulous? We think so. We've had to reschedule this interview at least twice now due Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-26479996745159189172010-06-30T23:22:00.000-07:002010-10-21T10:08:01.832-07:00Listen to Sex with Emily! No, I don't mean you have to listen to Emily actually having sex, although, since she's on a "manatorium," that might not be possible anyway.Instead, download and listen to the "Sex with Emily" podcast, episode 138, to hear me talk about my new book, What Women Really Want in Bed, and join Emily in answering some listener email. It was a blast!Emily interviewed me about the book, how women feel Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-31492828228341598872010-04-01T22:51:00.000-07:002010-04-01T23:06:52.342-07:00What Women Really Want in Bed - Book launch today!The day we've been waiting for has FINALLY arrived. Today's the day that men everywhere will stop wondering "What does my woman really want in bed?" (Well, we hope today's the day, anyway). We're happy to announce the official launch of the book What Women Really Want in Bed: The Surprising Secrets Women Wish Men Knew About Sex, which I wrote with co-author and childhood friend Dana Fredsti.
YouCynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-53627356903345763462010-03-02T22:03:00.000-08:002010-03-02T23:07:34.890-08:00FSH: When numbers don't matter.Scanning the latest email newsletter from the American Fertility Association, I came across this article. In it, the author discovers--through an answering machine message left by her doctor--that at 35, she has an FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) level of 14.5. For those of you not up on your hormones, this is high. And the author is devastated.I was right there with her, but for a different Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-34636449043944483562010-01-11T21:38:00.000-08:002010-01-11T22:02:47.741-08:00Mind-Blowing Orgasms Every Day: Now available in German!Imagine my surprise when I opened up a package from my publisher the other day and discovered a copy of the German translation of Mind-Blowing Orgasms Every Day: 365 Wild and Wicked Ways to Revitalize Your Sex Life.Which, in German, is Höhepunkte: 365 Ideen für unschlagbar guten Sex. Of course it is. I must say I adore the picture on the cover, but not as much as I adore the friend who asked if ICynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-11144099313242886502009-12-22T14:44:00.000-08:002009-12-22T14:55:09.049-08:00Eden Fantasys is giving away a FreestyleThe other day, a friend and I were joking about how there should be a vibrator app for the iPhone. Then I began to wonder: If I bought an iPhone to check out a vibrator app, could I consider it a business expense? While I work up the courage to ask my accountant, here's a close second: the Freestyle from OhMiBod. And Eden Fantasys is giving them away.The Freestyle is a traditional vibrator that Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-82705703040804192442009-11-23T22:24:00.000-08:002009-11-23T22:38:05.927-08:00You know you're infertile when...From the "Finding a Resolution for Infertility" on the Resolve online support community:You know you're infertile when...You use and understand more acronyms than the government space program.You know that cycling has nothing to do with a bike.You list your IF stats like a pro baseball player.You hate at least one person that's pregnant.You have long since learned to check your pride at the door Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-58868945119848922892009-10-26T22:38:00.001-07:002009-10-27T12:14:43.357-07:00Watch the book trailer for Secret Seductions.The book trailer for Secret Seductions is online! Take a look.Many thanks to Ben Hess of Bay Area Pictures for the great work!Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-32506642349876784862009-10-19T21:53:00.000-07:002009-10-19T22:07:17.203-07:00How I became a sex writer.On Saturday, I read a pared-down version of my essay "Following Anais, or How I Became a Sex Writer," as part of LitCrawl, which is the climax of San Francisco's LitQuake literary festival. I read in an alley. Really. With the obligatory drunk crazy person and everything. Evan Carp from the San Francisco Examiner posted an article, here.Here's the video. We only had 7 minutes, so I'm reading Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-30177588533368157132009-09-15T22:27:00.000-07:002009-09-15T22:36:15.900-07:00And the second giveaway winner is......is Miah! She wins the bottle of FertilAid for Women from FairHaven Health from my August 12 giveaway. I selected her name totally randomly using--what else--a website called Random.org.Sorry it's taken me so long to announce the winners. In addition to having to put my cat to sleep last month, work has been nuts, I've had health problems, and well, life has been a bit challenging. And my dear Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-46454867665574733822009-09-10T21:57:00.000-07:002009-09-10T22:06:56.808-07:00I'm in the October issue of Cosmo....And it's one issue of Cosmo you can share with your man, because it has Megan Fox on the cover, and from what I understand, guys think she's hot or something. In the article, she claims to be really insecure. Yeah, whatever.But Megan's not important right now. (Really.) See that headline on the cover that says "Bad Girl Sex"? Yeah, that's the article I was interviewed for. It starts on page Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-31169361296118709172009-09-03T21:51:00.001-07:002009-09-03T21:54:03.488-07:00Great post on living with infertility.Jump over to SexIs for a great article on living with infertility. I wish there was a way to respond to the author to tell her how much I related to what she describes. Maybe I'll post to the forum.Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-21292877162884665402009-09-03T15:31:00.000-07:002009-09-03T21:41:19.830-07:00I'll be on Sex Drive Radio tonight.I'll be a call-in guest on Dr. Ava Cadell's Internet radio show, Sex Drive Radio, tonight at 7:10pm PST. Dr. Cadell is a renowned clinical sexologist. I'll be talking about boundaries in relationships (I think). I'll only be on for about 5 minutes, so don't be late!Update: I was on for all of 1 minute...three other authors called in before me, so by the time I got on, even though I followed the Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-8051032984863010522009-09-03T13:14:00.001-07:002009-09-03T15:26:12.541-07:00Final giveaway: FertiliTea. And the first winner.Here's my final Fairhaven Health giveaway: FertiliTea, an herbal tea "designed to support the entire reproductive system and help increase your chances of conceiving." It contains chasteberry (vitex), red raspberry leaf, green tea, ladies mantle, nettle leaf and peppermint leaf. Just leave a comment on this blog. I'll select a winner at random, and announce him or her at the end of the Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-78920341425507225932009-08-28T09:33:00.001-07:002009-08-28T09:37:40.694-07:00A trip I'd rather not have to make.I got a call from the vet's office yesterday. Isabelle's ashes are ready to be picked up. It's funny--I had been wondering whether I should call. I told the vet I would pick them up today, thinking I'd swing by on the way home after picking up my son from preschool. But how do I explain to him the purpose of our errand? He thinks that she's in Heaven, where God is playing with her.On Wednesday, ICynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-35790186379382195922009-08-24T22:15:00.000-07:002009-08-24T22:20:49.531-07:00Why I've been MIA.Apologies to my readers for my recent absence. I especially apologize to those of you who entered one of my two giveaways and are waiting to find out if you won. Last week I had to put my cat Isabelle to sleep. She had been my pet and companion for the last 11 years. She saw me through good times and bad, divorces and bad relationships, love and marriage, infertility and pregnancy.I'm going to Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-67721162104645751682009-08-12T22:41:00.000-07:002009-08-12T22:54:22.814-07:00Giveaway: FertilAid from Fairhaven HealthSorry for the two-week gap in blog postings. There's a good reason (actually, a few good reasons). But that's not important right now. What is important is tonight's giveaway, again brought to you by Fairhaven Health.Tonight, I'm giving away a bottle of FertilAid for Women, a "fertility enhancing supplement designed for trying-to-conceive women." Just leave a comment on this blog. I'll select a Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-41437494737753374972009-07-27T23:29:00.000-07:002009-07-27T23:43:22.598-07:00Giveaway: Fairhaven Health Fertility ProductsThe good folks at Fairhaven Health sent me some free samples of their products, and I'd like to give them away over the next few days to a few lucky readers.Tonight, I'm giving away a copy of the Bend, Breathe, and Conceive Fertility Yoga DVD.To sign up to win this copy, just leave a comment on this post indicating your favorite way to reduce stress while dealing with infertility. I'll select a Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-34842822093004118832009-07-27T21:53:00.000-07:002009-07-27T22:01:43.346-07:00J.Crew designers lose their minds.OK, this is a totally off-topic post, and I love J.Crew and all (and would very much like them to send me free samples), but could you please tell me WHO WOULD EVER WEAR THIS OUTFIT?I mean, look at it. Seriously. Shorts, frilly shirt, cardigan AND a blazer. With all the layers she's wearing, can this woman even move her arms? In what crazy climate can she possibly live? Is she going to school? Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.com2