Personal Growth

From Submissive Guide Newsletter published 1/9/10 Every year many people sit down and make a long list of resolutions they’d like to accomplish in the coming year. It’s a grand idea and one that I tend to participate in every other year or so. But the downfall of this sort of plan is in the [...]

I’ve been developing a submissive code of ethics for myself to help give me long term goals and a focus. I feel it will bring about change in me that perhaps I can’t see yet. I thought I would share it here so that you can perhaps get some ideas for developing your own code [...]

Your training resume should be growing in bulk and excellent information if you’ve been following along and developing your sections fully. We are now going to work on your  community exposure section. What I mean by community exposure are all the classes, extended weekends, get aways and other events you’ve attended in your past that [...]

Since the beginning of Submissive Guide I have been writing essays to help you build your service/submissive/slave resume. This is the living document of your experience and training on different tasks and a variety of relationships. If you are interested in reading the previous posts about the Training Resume I suggest you start at the [...]

An important part of negotiating a scene is discussing what you want out of the scene. Sure there are a lot of really thorough BDSM checklists that you could fill out if you don’t want to really think about what turns you on and drives you crazy with pleasure. BDSM checklists all live under different [...]

Welcome everyone to the Submissive Guide Blog Hop Challenge (SGBHC)!  I am so thrilled to see you here!  First, the challenge… Submissive Challenge #7 7 Things You Have Learned From A Dominant About Submission You don’t have to be in a relationship for this one but it helps if you know or at least talk to [...]

One of the things that people love most about this site is gaining new knowledge and viewpoints.  I have taken it upon myselves to organize a day to take place once a month that will encourage bloggers to challenge themselves and explore their submissive choices! Read all the important guidelines  and FAQ on the Blog Hop [...]

Welcome everyone to the Submissive Guide Blog Hop Challenge (SGBHC)!  I am so thrilled to see you here!  First, the challenge… Submissive Challenge #6 Submissives You Look Up To We all have people in our lives that we admire, emulate or respect. Tell us about a couple submissives that you currently look up to and why. [...]

You are a Reflection of Your Dominant – Or Are You? I’ve heard this numerous times and I’m sure I’m not the only one. Kind, good-intentioned people say that submissives should be on their best behavior because they are the reflection of the Dominant who owns them. The personal responsibility of the submissive is all [...]

From the Submissive Guide Newsletter 12-17-11 We’ve all seen them on other people’s blogs. You may have even done them as a way to prompt yourself with something to write. They are fun. They are memes. Memes are the quizzes, questions, and games that seem to spread like a virus all over the blogging scene [...]

One of the things that people love most about this site is gaining new knowledge and viewpoints.  I have taken it upon myselves to organize a day to take place once a month that will encourage bloggers to challenge themselves and explore their submissive choices! Read all the important guidelines  and FAQ on the Blog Hop [...]

I was doing some reading the other day and came across the following in a book about submission, An old tool for self-improvement is to “act as if.” Decide what you would like others to see when they look at you and “act as if” they do. As long as your vision does not violate [...]

Welcome everyone to the Submissive Guide Blog Hop Challenge (SGBHC)!  I am so thrilled to see you here!  First, the challenge… Submissive Challenge #4 Questioning Your Submission Is there anything about submission (yours or what you see in others) that you question, dislike or repels you? Was there a time you questioned or were resistant to [...]

Welcome everyone to the Submissive Guide Blog Hop Challenge (SGBHC)!  I am so thrilled to see you here!  First, the challenge… Submissive Challenge #3 Is Submission a Gift? Submission is often described as the most precious gift a submissive can offer a Dominant. Others don’t believe that submission is a gift at all. What is your [...]

One of the things that people love most about this site is gaining new knowledge and viewpoints.  I have taken it upon myselves to organize a day to take place once a month that will encourage bloggers to challenge themselves and explore their submissive choices! Please note that this Blog Hop Challenge will be on December [...]