The following is a submission from an online naturist friend who goes by “South West Wil”. Thanks, Wil, for sharing it with us! Imagine you grew up on a fairly large island.  On that island were dogs, but all of the dogs were very large and very aggressive.  This was back in the day before travel was so commonplace, so your island was pretty much isolated from the rest of the world.  A good example of this could be if you were an Aborigine in Australia before the Europeans arrived. All your life, you had been told by your friends, family, tribal leaders, holy men, etc. that all ..read more

Let’s talk about shame. Can you imagine what life would be like without shame? The world without shame? It would be much different and far better. The problem is it’s so ingrained in everyone that  it’s extremely difficult to undo its wicked web. That’s exactly what shame is— a wicked web. It’s a trap that captures unsuspecting people and holds them down indefinitely. How did this happen? Where did we learn shame? It’s likely we picked it up from our parents, our friends, and our environment. Shame is born out of words spoken over you. It’s not always intentionally heaped on you by anothe ..read more

Part 2 of my interview with Barefoot Rob features candid conversation about his sweet wife. It’s a very special video. Warning: Video includes nudity. A transcript is provided below. An associate pastor at church found a Twitter post that I had posted, and he questioned me on it. He actually thought my Twitter account was hacked. And he called me and told me that my account must have been hacked, that there was a nudist post on there. And I said, No, that wasn’t a hack. And so he wanted me to come in and talk with him. So I did. Two days later, I was in his office and we spoke for about 90 m ..read more

Rob is a dear friend that we got to meet in person last summer. Yes, it’s taken quite a while to get these videos edited! But it’s worth the wait. Here is part 1 of my interview of Rob. Stay tuned for part 2 and 3 coming soon. Warning: Video obviously contains nudity. The transcript is available below. Hi, I’m Rob Linger. I go by Barefoot Rob online. I’ve been a Christian since the age of nine, and I’ve been enjoying a nude life since about that same time. Grew up in a house that had some property that ended up having some private spaces in my backyard. And as a nine-year-old, I was finding o ..read more

Hi friends of Aching for Eden, This week and this week alone, there is a sale for the Kindle version of “Surprised Into Freedom- the effortless obliteration of lust and body shame.” Today, you can snag it for just 99 cents! In 56 hours the price goes up to $2.99 and then 56 hours after that $4.99.The best time to get it is now. Own it already? Get it on Kindle as well as a resource on your phone or tablet! Help us spread the word about this sale by sharing this link with a few words about it: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C8C5PH6L What is the book about? Surprised Into Freedom is the sto ..read more

At Aching for Eden, we want to be a resource that provides helpful information to people wherever they are in their journey. Many of our naturist friends find themselves in the difficult spot of being a solo naturist in their marriages. It is often very hard for wives, especially, to adopt the naturist attitude and mindset. Both society and religious conditioning are very strong and often antithetical to the wholesome values of ethical, non-sexual social nudity. What can be done when a spouse is reluctant to even consider understanding naturist principles and philosophies? We, of course, would ..read more

The other morning, as I was running around preparing for another day, something caught my attention out the window. The sky was a mixture of the most amazing colors! (I wish a picture could do it justice.) Hues of orange, pink, purple, blue and yellow met my eyes and caused me to stop in my tracks! It literally took my breath away! It held my gaze for about 5 seconds and then I had the thought, “I have to tell everyone!” I told my daughter. I ran to Phil who was still in bed and pulled up the blinds on the window and said “you have to see this!” His response was, “WOW!” I immediately got on a ..read more

I had the honor of being interviewed by the one and only Frank Stone in the podcast “Naked, Nudists, and Naturists” recently. It’s a wonderful podcast put on by a great team of passionate individuals. I’ve enjoyed listening to several episodes and heard interviews from many of the who’s who of the naturist world. That’s why I say it’s an honor to be featured this way. This time, we had a brief but productive discussion about Christian naturism and my book. Next time, a few months from now, we’ll have a longer two-part hour-long conversation where I can get into more of our story. For now, here ..read more

My friend and former pastor, Jim S., speaks candidly about his past struggles with a pornography compulsion and shares about how the practice of naturism has enhanced his faith. You don’t want to miss part 1 of this interview! Watching the video is always best because you can see people’s expressions and hear their intonations, etc. However, if you want to read the transcript, I’ll post it below the video. I am a Christian naturist. I was a person who had a pretty significant porn compulsion. Um, and so I was looking for porn one day, cruising the internet, and I came across a website called ..read more

Jeff Foxworthy is most known for his comedic bits where after he describes a funny scenario he says his famous tagline as only he can, “…you might be a redneck.” In the same spirit, I asked a few of my friends what they thought would be scenarios where we could also say, “…you might be a naturist.” Thanks to everyone who contributed. Here are the results. Feel free to add more in the comments section! You might be a naturist if you remove the wardrobe to make the bedroom bigger. You might be a naturist if you give a fellow naturist a gift voucher from a clothing shop just to wind them up and s ..read more