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Review: Domestic Discipline

Review: Domestic Discipline

By lunaKM on August 30, 2010

This month’s book review is about a different form of relationship structure than the traditional D/s that you read about on practically every site and book you browse. Domestic Discipline by Jules Markham is about creating harmony in your relationship through the use of consensual discipline. The basic form of discipline preferred by Domestic Discipline (DD) [...]

Posted in Reviews | Tagged amazon.com, balance, book review, DD, domestic discipline, emotional cycles, enemas, harmony, jules markham, spanking | 1 Response

Many Different Relationship Types

By lunaKM on April 9, 2010

from Submissive Guide Newsletter 10-10-09 Relationships of any type are unique and special to those involved in them. But how many types of relationships are there? The answer is related to how many people their are. As each person enters into a relationship their expectations are different and varied. This forms the unique mesh that [...]

Posted in Newsletter Archive, Relationships | Tagged balance, defining roles, development, Female-led, Male-led, power exchange, relationship types, Relationships, vanilla relationship | Leave a response

Living as an Emotionally Healthy Submissive

Living as an Emotionally Healthy Submissive

By lunaKM on October 14, 2009

Being an emotionally healthy person is a goal that all of us have but a smaller margin actually accomplish. With the constant stress of commitments and modern day obligations our emotions face the brunt of it. The goal of a submissive is to seek that balance in emotional states so that our service appears stress-free [...]

Posted in Health and Beauty | Tagged balance, comfort, commitment, cons, control, desires, emotional health, emotional state, emotions, friends, friendships, happiness, health, healthy submissive, help, Impact, memories, mental strength, needs, online, relationship, Relationships, rt, Service, stress, submissive, suggestions | 1 Response

Chat Night Transcript From Sub Space and Sub Drop Talk

By lunaKM on September 24, 2009

<~luna[KM]> Now I’d like to hear from everyone… have you experienced subspace? If you don’t know if you have, it’s okay. <selene1123> i’m pretty new…so i think i have but am not sure <slavelauren> i have <radiogirl> I most definitely have <pet_rain> i’m not sure  i think i would like a clear definition i’v heard [...]

Posted in Views & More... | Tagged 24/7, aftercare, balance, bath, chat, chat night, comfort, communication, connection, cons, definitions, Dom, Dominance, dress, email, emotional state, emotions, endorphins, experience, focus, happiness, healing, help, limits, love, munch, normal, play, PMS, relationship, Relationships, ritual, rt, safe, safewords, scene, separation, serving, share, shower, slave, sorry, spirit, spiritual, stress, Study, sub drop, sub space, submissive chat, subspace, tall, transcript, writing | 1 Response

Finding Domesticity In You

Finding Domesticity In You

By lunaKM on August 5, 2009

I’m personally not a very domestic person. When I do find the desire to clean it’s normally to relieve stress (believe it or not). It can help calm my  nerves and give my mind something else to do while working on the house. Since I’ve become Master’s stay at home submissive I find I need [...]

Posted in Domestics | Tagged balance, basics, blogs, clean, cleaning, danae, Dom, Domestic Servitude, Domestics, dominant, fantasy, help, internet, learned, learning, links, love, normal, rt, Service, share, single, skills, stress, submission, submissive, tips, washing dishes | 2 Responses

Juggling Daily Life and Submission

Juggling Daily Life and Submission

By lunaKM on August 3, 2009

We all have responsibilities in life. The family needs to be taken care of and fed, you have to work, pay the bills and keep the home repaired. Kids have to be cared for and carted around from games to classes to other outings. There are days you feel that there aren’t enough hours in [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged 24/7, balance, classes, D/s, daily living, development, Dom, dominant, family, fantasy, growth, growth and development, help, lifestyle, needs, play, real life, rt, serving, sex, submission, submissive | 1 Response

The Roundtable: D/s with Kids At Home

By lunaKM on July 29, 2009

Every so often I want to open up the blog for you to share and teach me on a topic that I don’t know a lot about. This is your chance to teach me and the other readers of this blog. I encourage you to comment, subscribe to the comments and keep coming back to [...]

Posted in Relationships, Roundtable Discussions, Social Norms | Tagged balance, BDSM, bdsm with kids, commitment, cons, D/s, event, explanations, explaning it to kids, interruptions, living D/s, play, power exchange, protect children, relationship, roles, rt, rules, share, toy, toys | 2 Responses

21 Websites to Help you Start a Meditation Routine

21 Websites to Help you Start a Meditation Routine

By lunaKM on July 23, 2009

Whether for health or mental well-being; a good meditation routine is important. For submission this can help you focus yourself to your role and embrace whatever tasks you have to do for your Dominant. Here’s a list of websites available to help you develop a meditation routine. No matter what you call it I hope [...]

Posted in Mindset | Tagged balance, benefits of meditation, blogs, daily meditation, Dom, dominant, focus, health, help, inner peace, love, mediation, meditation, meditation tips, ritual, rituals, routine, rt, spirit, spiritual, submission, suggestions, tasks, tips, websites, yoga meditation | 3 Responses

The Behind the Scenes: A Dominant Character

The Behind the Scenes: A Dominant Character

By lunaKM on June 22, 2009

I’ve been exploring the writing of a Dominant mind lately and thought I’d share with you some of the wonderful musings this man has for learning the Dominant personae. The blog I’ve been exploring is A Dominant Character and is written by Sir J. I’d recommend you drop by and take a look at what [...]

Posted in Views & More... | Tagged A Dominant Character, balance, blog review, blogging, blogs, cons, D/s, Dom, Dominance, dominant, dominant blog, dominants, dress, email, first aid, honesty, learning, love, m/s, openness, play, relationship, Relationships, rss, rt, scene, share, Sir J, standing, submission, submissive, surrender, training, understanding, writing | Leave a response

Handling Guilt from Mistakes and Punishment

Handling Guilt from Mistakes and Punishment

By lunaKM on April 16, 2009

Everyone at one time or another is going to go through moments of guilt. Submissives may have added self-guilt when you break a rule, or upset your Dominant. These things are going to happen as you develop and grow in your role and your life. It’s hard to believe but no one is perfect. What [...]

Posted in Mindset | Tagged attitude, balance, cons, definitions, depression, Dom, dominant, emotions, event, experience, guilt, help, IRC, needs, play, punishment, questions, recognizing guilt, resolving guilt, rt, sadness, self-care, sex, stereotype, submissive | 5 Responses

Readers’ View on Polyamory

Readers’ View on Polyamory

By lunaKM on April 9, 2009

A couple week’s ago I held a Roundtable discussion on Polyamory. You had a lot to say about it. I also had a guest post on polyamory, written by May. Coming up this week is a second guest post about having two Dominats in a poly relationship by Aria. Keep an eye out for that [...]

Posted in Relationships, Roundtable Discussions | Tagged Aria, balance, comfort, communication, control, discussion, Dom, dominant, dominant partner, dominants, event, events, family, friends, guest post, help, jealousy, limits, love, needs, partners, poly, polyamorous, polyamory, relationship, Relationships, review, roundtable discussion, rt, rules, schedules, security, series, share, structure, submissive, support, trust, wants | 4 Responses

The Emotional Side of Sub Drop

The Emotional Side of Sub Drop

By lunaKM on March 27, 2009

Sub Drop can come in many different forms. Sub Drop is the emotional and physical affects of the release and drop of endorphins in the body after a play session.  Most of what you read online are the physical aspects; the fatigue, sadness, aches and pains and recovery from marks. There is a more intense [...]

Posted in Mindset, Playtime | Tagged ad space, advice, aftercare, balance, BDSM, book, boundaries, communication, connection, cons, consensual, depression, dress, emotions, endorphins, experience, fear, friends, help, history, instability, intimacy, kinky, lifestyle, limits, loneliness, love, marks, normal, online, partners, play, purpose, questions, recovery, relationship, Relationships, rt, sadness, scene, sub drop, submissive, trust | 7 Responses

10 Helpful Websites for the Busy Submissive

10 Helpful Websites for the Busy Submissive

By lunaKM on March 25, 2009

Sometimes you just need that extra bit of help out of your day or want to have all the tips and tricks on a certain activity. Well I have pulled together some of the best websites out there that will help you get though your difficult day in a breeze. 1. TipNut.com – This site [...]

Posted in Domestics, Rituals and Routines | Tagged activities, advice, balance, beauty tips, blogs, book, book review, busy life, calendar, community, connection, email, event, events, family, help, home management, humor, information, internet, learning, love, online, organization, poses, purpose, review, rt, serving, share, submissive, tasks, tips, tricks, trust, websites, writing | 7 Responses

The Roundtable: Polyamory

The Roundtable: Polyamory

By lunaKM on March 13, 2009

Every so often I want to open up the blog for you to share and teach me on a topic that I don’t know a lot about. This is your chance to teach me and the other readers of this blog. I encourage you to comment, subscribe to the comments and keep coming back to [...]

Posted in Relationships, Roundtable Discussions, Sex and Sexuality, Social Norms | Tagged acceptance, balance, cons, consensual, control, D/s, discussion, Dom, dominant, dominant partner, dominants, friends, love, poly, polyamory, questions, relationship, Relationships, rt, sex, share, support | 7 Responses

Balancing Depression and Submission

Balancing Depression and Submission

By lunaKM on February 26, 2009

Everyone has gone though bouts of depression at one time or another. For some, it’s practically debilitating and others can handle it in stride without much of a bat of the eyelashes. I recently recovered from a long time depression with the help of medications and my Dominant’s caring. It’s never an easy process, but [...]

Posted in Health and Beauty, Mindset | Tagged balance, bath, bathing, comfort, depression, Dom, dominant, dress, friends, handling a submissive with depression, happiness, health, help, normal, play, routine, rt, rules, sadness, self-care, short, standing, submission, submissive, understanding | 3 Responses

Importance of Needs

Importance of Needs

By lunaKM on January 7, 2009

In the previous post about wants and needs you made a list of your wants and a list of your needs so that you had them defined for your training resume. In this essay I will share why needs are so important to your overall health and happiness in a relationship and why settling for [...]

Posted in Submission, Training Resume | Tagged abuse, balance, clean, clothing, comfort, communication, compatibility, cons, control, D/s, depression, development, discussion, Dom, dominant, event, experience, friends, friendships, happiness, health, help, honesty, Impact, importance of needs, love, needs, openness, power exchange, relationship, Relationships, resume, rt, sadness, safe, Safety, security, share, stress, submission, submissive, training, Training Resume, trust, wants | 1 Response

Distinguishing Between Wants and Needs

Distinguishing Between Wants and Needs

By lunaKM on December 24, 2008

Continuing the Wants and Needs Series, this essay is about knowing the difference between wants and needs. If you would like to read the previous essay, please read “Know What You Want, Learn What You Need.” The difference between wants and needs can be answered in one basic question. Is this something you can live [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics, Submission | Tagged balance, basics, clothing, D/s, desires, discipline, happiness, love, needs, personal development, relationship, Relationships, resume, rt, rules, series, share, structure, submission, submissive, training, Training Resume, wants | Leave a response

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