This book is one woman's honest confession, written in dedication to figuring out her "relationship" with men. At times verbose, other times briefly telling the truth as written in code, all because I felt shame about my obsession with sex, the difficulties I encountered with others, and the...
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This book is one woman's honest confession, written in dedication to figuring out her "relationship" with men. At times verbose, other times briefly telling the truth as written in code, all because I felt shame about my obsession with sex, the difficulties I encountered with others, and the deeper emotions which surround sex in human form. I am not a journalist. I am not a doctor, a research scientist, nor a trained therapist. I'm just me. That's all I've ever wanted to be. I wrote this book for me and because over the years many girlfriends and women I met in this world begged me to make public my thoughts on the subject. I've written in a diary since I was twelve. It was a great relief valve from the very beginning. I found if I wrote long enough about whatever problem I was having, an unassuming wisdom came through with advice on how to handle my situation. Before I ever knew what an orgasm was, something about writing honestly exactly what I couldn't talk about with family or friends - felt deliciously uplifting in a righteous yet tantalizing way. I've always been more interested in the artist's biography than their body of work. What made them tick? What motivated them to create? What kept them going in spite of hardships, conflicts, or opposition with negative forces?As a child I seriously asked God to give me a mission. I wanted my very own calling. I knew by 19 what I wanted to do but it embarrassed the H out of me. I let people talk me out of my public dreams, all the while hiding away, more and more each year to write in private what obsessed me and made me tick.When I was young my father said, "Love making is an art form." My first book, COURTING ME(N): Juggling Love, Lust, and Listening Within is about what gets in the way of expressing the art that everyone can create.Lisa Guest, a guest on the planet, has been a leader, an explorer, a healer of sorts and a teacher to some. Born and raised in Southern California, this UC Berkeley graduate backpacked alone in Europe at 20 and lived for a time in the Washington DC Metro area. She's a licensed massage therapist currently focusing on infant massage as The Baby Whisperer. Previously she brought her fascination with political psychology into the field of on-site stress reduction. Reticent to bring her private writing and realizations forward, over the years she slowly tested the waters on Huffington Post, other websites and publications. The political psychologist in her would love to be writing with Aaron Sorkin on THE NEWSROOM. From your mouth, to God's ears.
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