Anyone who has following my work over time is aware of that discovering actual, lasting, love has not been simple for me. Though I’ve been a wedding and household counselor for greater than fifty years, I inform folks in truth that I’ve been divorced twice. Like many, I married early to my faculty sweetheart. We had two fantastic kids, however we couldn’t efficiently navigate the challenges of affection and life. A second, re-bound, marriage was short-lived. Before attempting once more, I took a break to noticeably look at my life, my household wounds, and determine what was getting in the best way of getting the connection I longed to have. I discovered an excellent therapist who helped me get sincere and go deeper.

            I ultimately did type issues out, met my current spouse Carlin, and she or he and I’ve been collectively now for 43 fantastic years. We wrote about our journey in my guide, The Enlightened Marriage: The 5 Transformative Stages of Relationships and Why The Best is Still to Come. That’s after I first met Shana James. She invited me to be a visitor on her podcast.

Shana is a uniquely certified life coach. My colleague, Ed Frauenheim, co-author of Reinventing Masculinity says, “Shana James is a blend of the Dalai Lama and Dr. Ruth.” Terry Real, bestselling writer of Us: Getting Past You & Me to Build a More Loving Relationship, says, “From my thirty-five years as a therapist, I can say Shana James is the real deal.”

            After studying Shana’s new guide, Honest Sex: A Passionate Path to Deepen Connection and Keep Relationships Alive, my spouse, Carlin mentioned, “Shana took me by the hand, set aside my snorkeling gear, re-outfitted me with scuba gear and we explored together some less conscious levels of awareness. Diving into deeper realms like expert scuba divers, she expertly coaches, guides and mothers my willingness to open to more emotional honesty, revealing and accessing unfathomable beauty and playfulness.”

            After studying the guide I concluded, “As a marriage and family therapist for more than fifty years, this is the book I’ve been waiting my whole career to give to my clients.”

            I caught Shana on her busy tour to do an interview. I needed to know:

• How did you come to write down the guide?
• What is mature honesty and why is it the muse for maintaining connection and fervour alive?
• You write within the guide, “We are not who we think we are and neither is our partner.” What do you imply by this and why is it useful?
• How can vulnerability be a doorway to deeper intimacy?
• What is intercourse truly and the way does an expanded definition of intercourse  assist folks enhance their intercourse and love lives?

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