Tim McKee, Alison Knowles, Bevin Donahue and the entire NAB Team—thank you for giving my book such a great home.
Maggie Marr
Debbie Berne
Christine Rose Elle
Jennifer Kamenetz
Rachel Neumann
Jacob Surpin
Lorraine Clark
Terri Saul
Shauna Shapiro
Hisae Matsuda
Shayan Asgharnia
Miranda July
Sarah Drescher
Louis C. Oberlander
Johnny Camacho
Margie Woods
Leslie Herrick
Gia Esquivel
Andreas Panosyan
Jennifer Howd
The Eastside Mindfulness Collective
Tristan Taormino
Ada Douglass
The Kirk-Dacker Family
Clark D. Schaefer
Richard Grossinger
Casey Marie Fischer and all the brave, beautiful, and sexy ladies of In Bed In LA.
David Schnarch, Ph.D. for writing Passionate Marriage.
My teachers, healers, and guides: Ellen Murphy, Susan Coates, Arnold McMahon, Kimberly Ann Johnson, Joshua Bitton, Jenoa Harlow, Dafna Laurie, Elizabeth Bast, Lindsay Frame, Shinzen Young, Saul Kotzubei, Adyashanti, Mukti, Greg Beckett, Lee Ann Teaney, Erin Smith, Alan Padula, Moushumi Ghose, and all the rest.
All my students and clients for inspiring me to keep growing no matter what.
My mom, Linda Clark, for reading to me, putting creativity first, and raising me to know that I could have spots and stripes.
My sisters Dian and Melanie, and my brother Sam. The thought of you guys chases any loneliness away.
All my lovers, past, present, and future.
Stella De Mont for being the best Best Friend ever. My Little One loves your Little One.
Tracy McMillan, for being your amazing and inspiring self and helping me to be mine. Thank you for ALL you do. You are instrumental in my evolution.
Michael Taft for introducing me to the writer inside of me, believing in me every step of the way, and of course, for destroying my life. This book would not exist without you.
Christopher Kelly, for loving me with such bravery and kindness. Thank you for inspiring me to always aim just slightly past my edge. Thank you for being the catalyst that launched me into the woman who could write this book. Thank you for being my man. I love you.