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The Wealthy Woodpecker
Providing You with an Holistic Approach to Sex and Spirit
March 2009
Hello!

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in this issue
Think You Have a Sexual Bill of Rights? Find out!
CNBC's Online Video About Escorts
Live Adult Format Radio Show
Quick Reads Online
Do You Deserve a Reward?
Reader's Respond
I Wish My Partner Would . . .
Spring Sale!
Are YOU Ready to be an Activist?
Erotic Resources
Terry Hinkle Art  
 
Is the Wolf at the Door or is that Winter Just Waving Goodbye?
 
Isn't this a beautiful painting?  The artist, Terry Hinkle, was a guest on my radio program March 12th. I fell in love with this piece so I thought I would share it with you here.  This particular episode combined a multimedia presentation with my broadcast, making Terry's art visually available online for my listeners. You can look forward to more intriguing, multi-dimensional presentations from The Shame Free Zone in the future.
 
Have you been thinking about making a telephone appointment with me but you aren't ready to shell out the shekels just yet?  That's ok.  Do what others are doing and call in (888.228.4494), email or Skype (Skype ID: Veronica Monet) your questions for FREE during my internet radio program, The Shame Free Zone which airs every Thursday at 8PM Pacific time!  I am happy to conduct full sessions on the air so you can go as deep as your courage will allow. You can Twitter your comments and questions too!  And if you think you can fill an hour with your relationship drama, contact me in advance to discuss whether you can book the entire hour for free.
 
My original question (in the heading above) is as of yet unanswered.  I suppose each of us will find our own answer in time.  Some seem quite convinced that the "end of the world" is upon us.  I do not.  I believe we are in the process of Rebirthing Reality and those who can't wait for the return of "business as usual" are in for a rude awakening.  Our current financial woes are simply the fruits of wrong-headed thinking and short-sighted action.  Change is not only something we CAN create - change is the only option available.
 
As the signs of winter fade into the background and spring pushes us into its annual sensual celebration, be sure to look for the invitation to Rebirth.  It is everywhere now, floating on the song of a lovesick bird and dripping from the nectar of newly budding flowers.
 
And finally don't forget that I have made this newsletter more interactive. Check out the new section entitled Readers Respond. If you find any of the subject matter in this newsletter compelling enough to write a response, then please email me.  I will post several excerpts in next months' newsletter.  The feature article located in the Erotic Evolution section will also appear in my blog so you may post at length there too.
 
Veronica in Person
 
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Yale
 
Do YOU Have a Sexual Bill of Rights?
 
A video of my 15 minute presentation for Yale on Your Sexual Bill of Rights is online now. The video resolution is appalling so you won't really be able to see my presentation but I am quite certain you will find it worth listening to. 
 
You can also read my postings for Yale on this Campus Blog
Veronica on TV
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Television Interview

You can view portions of now infamous CNBC documentary, Dirty Money: The Business of High End Prostitution, online!  The program has been garnering quite a bit of press such as this from The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Veronica on the Air
 
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Join Our Adult Fun Every Thursday Night!
 
My radio program, The Shame Free Zone, has been re-invented for the new year!  It is now an Adult program where we are free to speak our minds and explore sex from every angle and every position - physical, emotional and spiritual. What do prostitutes really get paid for?  How can you bring more intimacy into your relationship?  What is Sacred Sex?  These and many other topics are explored every week in The Shame Free Zone!
 
When:   Thursdays at 8PM Pacific Time
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Call:      Toll Free     888-228-4494 
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Be sure to check out the archives  where you can find interviews of sex celebrities and experts such as master storyteller Cosi Fabian and the incomparable Annie Sprinkle. BBS Radio now offers online educational courses too, so check it out!
 
Other Radio Shows
 
I have a lot of fun being a guest on other radio programs too.  I never know what they are going to ask me and that's half the fun. 
 
7. Single Minded Women with Rachelle Chase
 
 
 
Veronica in Print
 
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my book
 
As an author I love offering you a variety of reading options!  You can click on the links below for something short and sweet or head over to Amazon.com to order my book and/or short stories. 
 
Just click here then scroll to The Reading Room where you will see my smiling face inviting you to explore how our fear of sex is messing things up here on planet earth - and of course how I recommend we fix it!
  
Read this short piece I wrote for HappyHer.com about Sex and Spirit right now.
 
Or check out a short article I wrote about Sex and Global Warming by clicking here.

This online article in The Naughty American is fun and informative and I enjoyed interviewing for it. You might find some of the anecdotes more than amusing.
 
Leica Meliton interviewed me for this article for Beauty News.
 
And of course if you haven't picked up your personal copy of my book, Sex Secrets of Escorts (Alpha Books 2005), the best price is on Amazon.com. If you DO have a copy, please consider writing a review for it on Amazon or your personal blog.  Check out this review from Tracy over at HappyHer.com.
Erotic Evolution
 
 
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It's My Birthday and I'll Cry If I Want To . . .
 
I know most of us are a bit weighed down with money matters right now. It's easy to become so focused on what is going wrong or what might go wrong that we can forget to take care of ourselves.  Lucky for me, my birthday is tomorrow and I traditionally take off time from work and worry to reward myself for getting another year older. 
 
And yes, my birthday falls on April Fool's Day.  As both family and friends will tell you, I have done my best over the last 49 years to live up to the reputation of the day too.
 
All kidding aside, how does anyone reward themselves?  And why?  Some turn to food or drink.  A job well done might seem to warrant an ice cream or a beer depending upon your cravings.  Others might reward themselves with a massage or a new pair of shoes or a night of poker with good friends.
 
Well, I have arranged an entire line-up of rewards for myself this month.  None of the rewards I have decided to bestow upon myself are due to a job well done either.  Instead, I am rewarding myself simply for showing up for this thing we call life.  I am celebrating simply being alive.
 
Not only am I choosing to treat myself like a Very Important Person but the rewards I have selected are a little out of the mainstream - as you might guess.  Tomorrow I will spend about three hours working with two Sexological Bodyworkers who will assist me to process emotions buried deep in my psyche and womb.  I am in search of more sacred sexual healing in my continuing journey of erotic exploration and epiphany.  Although there is a good chance this is going to be a very emotional journal replete with tears, I am looking forward to it.
 
The following week I will attend my first drumming circle.  I have wanted to learn how to drum since I was about six years old.  I remember because that's when my mother asked me what musical instrument I wanted to learn to play. When I told her I wanted to play the drums she recoiled in horror and that's the last we spoke of that.
 
And toward the end of April I look forward to taking up something called Active Meditation.  It incorporates both Dance and Meditation and it sounds positively delicious!
 
So tell me, how will you reward yourself . . . and why?  Email me or post a response to my blog!
Readers' Respond:
 
One Client Shares His Feelings About Our Telephone Sessions
 
 
Like Counseling?

"I actually consider the service I pay you for as COUNSELING. (Yes - I said 'counseling.') The reason I utilize you is that with your experience and expertise, and your specialization as a sex educator, I feel that I can process some of my issues, which as I 'm sure you can appreciate are not often well received in mainstream mental health circles . . . I'm comfortable being honest with you about my curiosity, fantasies, and consider the information to be relatively accurate and valuable."

The above comments came from one of my clients who is a licensed therapist.
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I Wish I Knew How to Get My Partner to . . .
 
 How would YOU finish that sentence? Wish your partner spent more time making love with you?  Do you sometimes feel as if your words fall upon deaf ears?  Are you worried you may not be as sexy or good in bed as your partner wishes you were? Or do you feel misunderstood or underappreciated?  Maybe everything seems OK but nothing feels really great in your relationship.
 
When It Just Isn't Worth Having Another Argument . . .
 
You know that feeling.  Your emotions get stuck in your throat and your stomach turns just a little.  You love your partner and want to tell them the truth about your anger or sadness BUT it never goes the way you wish it would.  Somehow your best intentions seem to disintegrate into yet another useless argument.
 
So after awhile you decide to keep some things to yourself.  And after awhile the sex isn't quite as good as it used to be or the two of you don't seem to have as much to say to each other anymore.  And you wonder what happened?
 
It seems to happen to all couples so it must be normal.  But is it?
 
What If You Could Fall in Love Again?
 
Wouldn't it be nice if your partner saw you with the same fascination and excitement that they did when you first started your romance?  Remember how you use to tingle all over when your lover walked into the room?  What if you could get those good feelings back?
 
Relationship Repair
 
I can teach you very specific techniques to Repair, Renew and Rebirth your Relationship.  There isn't anything particularly complicated about the process.  It just takes knowledge, practice and a certain amount of mentoring from someone who has been there.  The good news is that you don't have to choose between having the same argument over and over again or keeping your feelings to yourself.  You really CAN communicate your deepest desires and most vulnerable fears to your partner in a way which Creates Compassion and Connection. The unexpected Bonus?  Your Sex Life will thank you.
 
You do NOT Have to Settle.  You Deserve to Enjoy Love to the Fullest.  If You are Ready for Real Change in Your Relationship I Can Help You Make It Happen!  Why Not Start Your Erotic Evolution Today?

My office hours are 10AM to 10PM Pacific Time Monday through Friday.  
Call me toll free at 888.903.0050.
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Here is what one customer had to say about this unique adult DVD:
 
"The biggest thing I noticed was how friendly the whole thing seemed.  A lot of porn that I have seen up till now seems to make me feel inadequate or like there is a competition going on or something.  This was more like a group of friends masturbating together and sharing their fantasies. One thing that I was surprised by was the slide show with your disabled friend.  I thought it would not appeal to me at all, but it contributed to the sense of sex being a natural part of life and I also thought you were very beautiful in it." 
 
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Lecture Label
The Stanford DVD 2005
 
Did Veronica really model a strap-on for the mostly Christian virgin students at Stanford?  Get this DVD and find out!
 
 
Order Veronica's Lecture DVD now!
 
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Amazon Short Series: Veronica's White Trash Confessions
 
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Make a Difference
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Are you Ready to be an Activist?
 
This month's call to make a difference comes to us courtesy of the Unstoppable Coach Frankie Picasso:
 
The United nation calls it "the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today" and with eyes WIDE OPEN, we continue to sit by while war rages on and ravages Daufor. What can we do to help you ask?

Why not become a Human Rights Activist Author right NOW!!!
 
I am looking for Author's and others who like me, want to Champion a Compassionate Consciousness, in other words, help change the world..smile.
 
Before your eyes glaze over and you decide you aren't interested or can't help, I would ask that you please do me one teensy favor and afford me the time it will take for you to read through this note. If you still aren't interested, then please pass it on to someone who might be, all you have to do is hit forward this...smile.. I THANK YOU for this courtesy in advance.
 
Right now, Today, I am looking for positive 'activists' who will partner with me and create a solution based  Team whose "soul" goal right now, will be to breathe life into "One Man's vision for a Safer Sudan". This project may be a "one off" for you, or it may be the start of a new career. That's up to you.
Are you ready to hear about your Mission Unstoppable!!!
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Some History
 
From 1983-2005, the world turned its head and closed it's eyes to the obscenities and genocide carried out during the Civil war between the North and South in Sudan. The Janjaweed, a group of  Arab militia, were  employed by the Sudanese government to kill civilians of all ages, burn down their  houses, destroy crops and livestock, carry out mass executions, target vital infrastructure, and commit wide-scale rape. By the time they were done, over 2 million people were killed.
 
27,000 thousand orphaned children showed the world what the human spirit is made of. They showed us that although it may be stomped on,  it's hard to extinguish.  Life is hard to give up, even when the horror of it haunts you.
 
Along a trail of tears, children of all ages ran from their burned out villages in fear, the brutal deaths of their parents permanently stamped into their memories forever. For months they marched on, a bedraggled sea of children, surviving lion attacks and the snapping jaws of alligators. Yet they mustered on, always choosing LIFE!
 
Exhausted and hungry, they filled their starving belly's with mud in order to stop the pain. They crawled, they carried one another and they dyed. Sticking together, the older ones looked after the younger ones, always with one goal in mind, to make it to the refugee camps of Ethiopia and Kenya.

These children became known to the World as "The Lost Boys of the Sudan."
Jacob Atem is one of the Lost Boys of the Sudan. Jacob was six years old when the army came to his village and violently murdered his parents, burned his home, his  village to the ground and left him with standing with nothing.

 Jacob's older cousin Michael found him and together they ran away and joined the stream of children fleeing the atrocities. Eventually they ended up living in both the Ethiopian and Kenyan Refugee Camps, until in 2001, he and his cousin were among 4000 lucky children who were chosen to be adopted out to families throughout the United States.

The Mission was a success. Today, Jacob is finishing up his Masters of Public Health degree program at Michigan State University, and his cousin Michael, who became a Marine, is on active duty in Iraq,  serving his second tour.
The Southern Sudan Health Care Centre, (SSHC) is the vision and brainchild of Jacob Atem, who wants to bring something positive and vital back to his land of birth, specifically  to the Village of Maar, the home he was forced to leave during the genocide of his country.

The Village of Maar, stands between Bor South and Bor North in the Sudan and it's very  isolation is what makes it difficult to get help to those who usually need immediate medical such as pregnant women, children, and the elderly. Once built, this center will bring vital healthcare and education to this war weary village whose inhabitants must now walk for two or three days on foot, to get medical aid, even during an emergency. As you can imagine, most don't make it.
I  won't pretend to have all the "How" answers, but I do believe that the Universe has brought us together, you and me, right now in this time, in this place, in this space, to be the  solution that helps Jacob rebuild his community and build the Health Care Facility.
 
We have an  opportunity to bring to life one man's vision for a Safer Sudan and forever change the lives in a positive way, of those who live there. We can create a future for a people who are desperate for emotional, physical, and spiritual respite.
  
The time for ACTION is NOW!
 
I believe that together, with some creativity on our part, we can find an elegant solution to raising the necessary funding that will pay for building and running the Southern Sudan Health Care Centre. Jacob's vision and his goal is to break ground by September 2009 and make his Southern Sudan Health Care Centre a reality. His needs are $250,000.00 US dollars.
 
Like I said, I don't have all the "How's" yet, but let me throw this idea out to start the ball rolling.

$250,000.00 is not that much money. What if we created an online Internet Event, where each of donates 1 dollar or more from the sales of our respective books?

Not the best idea? Ok...well lets get an idea bank started!

I know that with your help, we can easily raise $250,000 and bring this project to life. What do you say? Are you in? Will you take on this Mission Unstoppable!
Looking forward to hearing from you soon,
 
With Love,
The Unstoppable Frankie Picasso CPC
Master Coach Trainer, Radio Host, Human Rights Activist
 
Author of Midlife Mojo
905.216.5700
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