The Return of Desire: A Guide to Rediscovering Your Sexual Passion
Drawing on three decades of experience as a sex therapist and sex researcher, Dr. Gina Ogden shows you how to:\ • Open up to the four energies that spark desire\ • Create heart-to-heart communication with your partner\ • Transcend guilt, shame, and "good-girls-don't" messages\ • Help heal the sexual wounds of abuse, addiction, affairs, and low self-esteem\ • Enjoy sexual pleasure...
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Drawing on three decades of experience as a sex therapist and sex researcher, Dr. Gina Ogden shows you how to: Open up to the four energies that spark desire Create heart-to-heart communication with your partner Transcend guilt, shame, and "good-girls-don't" messages Help heal the sexual wounds of abuse, addiction, affairs, and low self-esteem Enjoy sexual pleasure throughout your life span—from new love, to parenthood, and into your golden years
Introduction: Refocusing the Conversation about Desire viiDiscovering the Many Faces of Sexual DesireOpening Yourself to Sexual Desire 3The Four Energies That Spark Sexual Desire 13What's "Normal"? 23The Quest for Partnership 37Menage a Moi 51Why Women Say No to Sex-And How to Find Your Way Back to YesLosing Yourself in Your Partner 65Are Men the Problem? 81Bringing Up Baby 97Beyond Monogamy 113Living Curly in a Straight Culture 131Abuse and Trauma 147Expanding Your Beliefs about Sexual DesireSacred Union 169What Women Want 183Afterword: Like Fine Wine-When Desire Ripens with Age 191The Extragenital Matrix 194Suggested Readings (and Viewings) 196Resources 203Appreciations 206Index 208About the Author 214
