Contents
Cover
Title Page
Introduction
No Wonder Most People Don’t
Part One
Telling the Truth About Sex
1. What Do People Say They Want from Sex?
What Do They Really Want?
2. Am I Normal?
Why Focusing on “Normal Sex” Undermines Sex
3. What Is Sexual Intelligence? Why Does It Matter?
Part Two
Components of Sexual Intelligence
4. Your Brain
Information and Knowledge
5. Your Heart
Emotional Skills
6. Your Body
Awareness and Comfort
Part Three
Implications and Applications
7. Letting Go
Obstacles to Developing Sexual Intelligence
8. New Focus, New Approach
Developing Your Sexual Intelligence
9. Embracing the Inevitable
Health and Aging Challenges
10. Creating Sex That Can’t Fail (or Succeed)
Using Your Sexual Intelligence
Appendix 1
For Couples Therapists, Psychologists, and Physicians
Appendix 2
Hand Massage: An Exercise
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Praise
Other Works
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher
Footnotes