Telemundo Interview on Orgasmic Meditation:::May 18, 2015
Dallas Channel 39 reporter Teresa Gonzelez interviewed myself and friends about Orgasmic Meditation (OM) - in Spanish! It was a challenge to explain the practice of OM with my conversational Spanish skills. But I also remembered while we were recording the piece how much Orgasm doesn't depend on language; it depends on feeling. Even if you don't speak Spanish, click the icon to watch this four and a half minute video and get a feel for the practice.
"Exploring Heart and Soul":::December 2005
In graduate school I conducted several years of research to answer the question, "Does having faith help us be healthier?" In this study, we found that the answer in a sample of college students was, "yes".
OTHER ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Russo, N. F. & Tartaro, J. (2007). Women and mental health. In F. L. Denmark & M. A. Paludi. (Eds.). Psychology of women: A handbook of issues and theories – 2nd Ed Westport: Greenwood Press.
Tartaro, J., Roberts, J., Nosarti, C., Crayford, T., Luecken, L., & David, A. (2005). Who benefits? Distress, adjustment and benefit-finding among breast cancer survivors. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 23 (2/3), 45-64.
Matthews, A.K., Hughes, T., & Tartaro, J. (2005) Sexual behavior and dysfunction in a community sample of lesbian and heterosexual women. In A.M. Omoto and H. Kurtzmen (Eds.), Sexual Orientation and Mental Health: Examining Identity and Development in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People. American Psychological Association Books.
Daugherty, C., Fitchett, G., Murphy, P.E., Peterman, A.H., Banik, D.M., Hlubocky, F. & Tartaro, J. (2005). Trusting God and medicine: Spirituality in advanced cancer patients volunteering for clinical trials of experimental agents. Psycho- Oncology, 14, 135-146.
Luecken, L.J., Tartaro, J., & Appelhans. B. (2004). Strategic Coping Responses and Attentional Biases. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 28(1), 23-37.
Matthews, A.K., Tartaro, J., & Hughes, T.L. (2003). A comparative study of lesbian and heterosexual women in committed relationships. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 7(1), 101-114.
Orgasm Daily: A One Taste Blog:::October 2, 2013
I had been practicing Orgasmic Meditation for almost two years when I published this blog in Orgasm Daily. It was new for me at the time to "go public" about my practice. But on my 37th birthday I decided to write about the feeling, "I would die for this".