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Are you ready to build a strong financial future together? Smart Money Management for Newlyweds: Building a Strong Financial Future Together is your essential guide to navigating the complexities of joint finances while fostering a deeper connection with your partner. This comprehensive book provides you with the tools and insights needed to align your financial goals, create a solid financial foundation, and achieve long-term financial security as a couple. Discover the importance of financial unity and trust in your relationship, and learn how to set common financial goals that will guide...

Whether in front of the camera or behind it, Candice Vadala understood herself as both an artist and an entrepreneur. As Candida Royalle (1950–2015)—underground actress, porn star, producer of adult movies, and staunch feminist—she made a business of pleasure. She helped crystalize the broader hedonistic turn in American life in the second half of the twentieth century: a period when the rules of sex were rewritten; when the white-hot “sex wars” cleaved feminism and realigned American politics; when Big Freud, Big Drugs, and Big Porn all came into looming focus.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by pregnancy-related anxiety, struggling to cope with the uncertainties that come with impending parenthood? Do hormonal changes, body image issues, and the pressure of societal expectations leave you feeling anxious and stressed? It's time to transform fear into joy and embrace the journey of pregnancy with confidence and mindfulness! In "From Fear to Joy: Conquer Pregnancy Anxiety with CBT and Mindfulness," we delve into empowering techniques that will help you navigate the emotional rollercoaster of pregnancy and embrace this transformative phase of your life....

If you’re looking for fun things to do alone at home with your spouse or partner – while you’re both completely naked – then this book is for you. Picture this: you and your significant other, sans clothing, embarking on a whimsical adventure through the realm of shared and fun experiences all within the confines of your home. From cooking up a storm in the kitchen to engaging in impromptu dance parties in the living room, the possibilities are as endless as the laughs are infectious. So why not kick off your shoes (and everything else) and join your partner on this delightful ...

In this bold and intimate memoir, Ariel Anderssen charts her journey from a strict religious upbringing as a Jehovah’s Witness to her current position as one of the most widely recognized BDSM performers in the world.

"Into My Hands" is an intimate and inspiring memoir that delves into the life of a passionate midwife, tracing her path from childhood to her fulfilling career in midwifery. This poignant narrative was born from a transformative moment in the author's early twenties, following a traumatic birth experience with her own daughter. It was then that she resolved to put an end to birth trauma and dedicate her life to supporting women during the sacred journey of childbirth.

In Smitten, Rodney Hessinger examines how the Second Great Awakening disrupted gender norms across a breadth of denominations. The displacement and internal migration of Americans created ripe conditions for religious competition in the North. Hessinger argues that during this time of religious ferment, religious seekers could, in turn, play the missionary or the convert. The dynamic of religious rivalry inexorably led toward sexual and gender disruption.

Mit ihrem Projekt „hallohebamme“ machen Marie Kuon und Anja Stern tradiertes Hebammenwissen einer jungen Generation zugänglich - verständlich, auf den Punkt, mit viel Substanz. In ihrem Buch führen sie diesen Ansatz nun fort. Im Vordergrund stehen darin Fragen, die man sich wirklich stellt in dieser aufregenden Zeit. Wie klappt das Stillen – und was, wenn ich gar nicht will? Welche Mittel aus der Naturheilkunde haben sich bewährt? Pipi, Kacka, Ohrenschmalz – was gilt es beim Neugeborenen zu beachten bei Farbe, Konsistenz und Menge?

Das Hörbuch zum Buch VULVINA intersektional - Körper • Macht • Empowerment ist ein aktuelles zukunftsweisendes Werk des modernen, rassismuskritischen Feminismus über Identität und Sexualität, Sprache und Mythen sowie Trauma und Empowerment, in einer noch nie da gewesenen Art und Weise. VULVINA intersektional ist ehrlich, frech, witzig, unverschämt und voller Liebe. Beim Hören werden wir von Souzan AlSabah an die Hand genommen und mit einer ehrlichen, klugen und witzigen Art eingeladen, die Komfort-Zone zu verlassen.

Sex is rarely about sex. If it were, everyone would be having loads of it. The sex you’re having—or not having—tends to be a reflection of everything going on in your complicated and busy life. Your sex life may be: In a rut. Or nonexistent. Or a thorny, emotional mine-field. Or forgotten after a long season-of-life, like pregnancy or perimenopause. Or flat-lined and you wouldn’t miss sex if it never happened again.

Adoptada como una niña de Colombia y criada en los Estados Unidos, Mariela Andersen siempre ha tenido curiosidad por su raíz biológica. Ella quiere saber acerca de su familia biológica y se pregunta si alguna vez piensan en ella. Cuando un agente de búsqueda la ayuda a localizar a su familia biológica y se revela el misterio de su pasado, descubre más de lo que podría haber imaginado. Mariela comparte la historia de su familia biológica y su viaje a Colombia para conocerlos.

When Rachel Somerstein had an unplanned C-section with her first child, the experience was anything but the “routine” operation her doctor described. A series of errors by her clinicians led to a real-life nightmare: surgery without anesthesia. The ensuing mental and physical complications left her traumatized and desperate for answers about how things could have gone so wrong. In the United States, one in three babies is born via C-section, a rate that has grown exponentially over the past fifty years.

Con su experiencia en la consulta terapéutica y la divulgación, conocimiento de los más recientes estudios sobre el tema y mucho sentido del humor, el psicólogo y sexólogo César Galicia responde a 51 preguntas comunes (y no tan comunes) sobre los recovecos (ejem) de la sexualidad humana. El deseo, el placer, las prácticas que nos gustan y las que no, la salud, el cuidado y todas nuestras actitudes ante el sexo tienen su espacio en este audiolibro, que te dará una mirada abierta, informada y refrescante sobre eso en lo que todos pensamos, pero que no todos sabemos cómo decir.

When celebrated BDSM educator Tina Horn first launched Why Are People Into That?!, publications from Vice to Buzzfeed heralded it as one of the best sex podcasts around. Each episode centered around a different fetish or fantasy, thoughtfully examining why, exactly, different strokes work for different folks. From sex workers and scientists to artists and activists, Tina’s wide range of guests helped educate fascinated listeners across the world on the wide spectrum of humanity’s appetites.

This three-in-one pregnancy audiobook covers the first, second, and third trimesters and uses guided meditation and affirmations to help listeners achieve inner peace, reduce stress, and experience limitless enthusiasm. You will learn about the many ways in which meditation may help you achieve inner peace and harmony throughout the first trimester. Listeners learn to cultivate awareness and overcome stress, anxiety, and negative thinking habits via a sequence of guided meditation activities.

Pregnancy may have left you feeling that there’s no way to fix common postpartum symptoms, such as pelvic floor issues, exhaustion, and burnout, and lactation woes. But that's simply not true. With this revolutionary resource in hand, you’ll learn what happens to the body during pregnancy and childbirth, common changes in function and feeling, and solutions for healing. Your Postpartum Body was written with expertise by a pelvic floor physical therapist who'll empower you so that you can feel like yourself again—physically and mentally.

"A Black Woman's Guide to Pregnancy" by Jasmine Wright is a comprehensive resource designed to empower and support Black women on their pregnancy journey. From understanding the unique experiences of Black maternal health to advocating for your rights in the healthcare system, this guide offers essential knowledge and practical advice for a healthier pregnancy, stronger self-advocacy, and deeper cultural connection.

Did you know that up to 90% of women experience menstrual abnormalities or pelvic problems in their lifetime? Yet these issues are overwhelmingly misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or dismissed. At a turbulent time when global health, reproductive, and human rights are under siege, Dr Tang is determined to revolutionise how gynaecologic health and pelvic pain are treated by the medical community. This book will be part of the fight for the healthcare all people with uteruses deserve - healthcare that is intersectional, gender-affirming, validating and hopeful.

With acuity, humor, and respect for human diversity, The Shortest History of Sex reveals where the many facets of our sexuality—chemical, anatomical, behavioral, social—come from. Chasing down our evolutionary family tree, from the first aquatic creatures to primate societies, David Baker sheds light on our baffling array of passions, impulses, and fetishes, and guides us toward a clear understanding of one of the deepest, most abiding forces of human nature.

With acuity, humor, and respect for human diversity, The Shortest History of Sex reveals where the many facets of our sexuality—chemical, anatomical, behavioral, social—come from. Chasing down our evolutionary family tree, from the first aquatic creatures to primate societies, David Baker sheds light on our baffling array of passions, impulses, and fetishes, and guides us toward a clear understanding of one of the deepest, most abiding forces of human nature.