Showing results by publisher "Phoenix Books" in Relationships, Parenting & Personal Development

Part advice manual and part memoir, The Late Show is truly an insightful guide to growing old, presented in candid, unyielding, and often humorous form by Helen Gurley Brown. Focused on such topics as emotional security, marriage, money, sex, beauty, exercise, health, and work, Brown explains her philosophy and shares personal experiences. She also draws on contributions from several of her friends, including Diane von Furstenberg, Raquel Welch, and Ali McGraw. Brown's honest and provocative views reflect those of the era in which she thrived as a pioneer of the sexual revolution.

The authors of the best selling Girlfriends share their secrets for great relationships with boyfriends. They explore what they honestly think about men, the agony and ecstasy of dating, falling in and out of love, what long-term relationships really offer us, and how to travel blissfully along the road of male-female relationships. From recognizing the right man to deciding when to get serious, surviving infidelity, and dividing household chores, you'll get some insights to the perpetual question: What makes a great relationship?

Want to have more fun in and out of the sack? Could you use some help when it comes to exciting foreplay and afterplay? Would you like to know more about erotic techniques like tantric sex and sexual massage? Let noted sex educator Sari Locker show you how to explore your sexual responses, make more rewarding sexual choices, and enhance your sexual pleasure

You're no idiot, of course! But if the dating game is making you feel down, take heart. Best-selling author Dr. Judy Kuriansky can help put you in top form with this audio program. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dating is loaded with information on how to meet interesting people, break the ice, keep conversations going, and find the relationship of your dreams. As host of the nationally syndicated radio call-in show, "Love Phones," Dr. Judy knows the dating game inside and out—and she can help you develop the confidence and self-esteem that make dating fun!

The country is in a sexual funk, so what can we do about it? Discover the all-natural alternative that can improve sexual health safely—at any age. Authors Stuart W. Fine, M.D., and Brenda D. Adderley, M.H.A., examine the causes of decreased sexual desire in men and women and offer a simple 4-step plan for recapturing vigor and improving the sexual health of you and your mate. They offer practical advice to those suffering from sexual desire disorder, discuss the causes of the ailment, and suggest therapeutic techniques designed to reawaken sexual interest.

How do we look to each other as we grow older? This uplifting collection asks men and women to answer this provocative question. The answers, in the form of evocative poetry and prose, reveal the pleasures of growing older and teach us how to remain active and proud, living out our older years to the fullest potential. You'll delight in learning how the changes that we experience in later life can provide wonderful benefits and newfound happiness.

This vibrant, provocative collection from the publishers of the best selling, award-winning When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple is a compelling anthology of poems and short stories through which women candidly reveal their hidden feelings about their bodies. They delve into such compelling topics as budding sexuality, childbirth, physical strength and weakness, menopause, and aging.

Are you ready to make your family the most important part of your every day? Best selling author Judy Ford delivers practical wisdom and advice for building strong, healthy families, speaking to every family member about how they can contribute to this important goal. Whether yours is a traditional or nontraditional family, Ford's prescription will sustain families with such vital tools as love and laughter.

Are you so accustomed to feeling just "okay" that you've forgotten what it's like to feel really great? Would you like to feel your very best, each and every day, now and for the rest of your life? If the answer is yes you are a candidate for the Medical Makeover. Developed by Dr. Robert M. Giller and presented by Olympic Gold Medalist Bob Seagren, the Medical Makeover is a revolutionary approach to health care.

Chicken Soup for the Soul joins forces with top doctors to provide cutting-edge medical information and positive inspiration—everything you need to thrive. Each recording features true stories from actual patients and advice about diet and lifestyle adjustments. Also included are overviews of diagnoses, medical tests, and procedures, as well as information about caregiving and emotional concerns—all from the medical sector's most informed experts.

As a star safety for the Los Angeles Rams, Johnnie Johnson's personal approach to the game of football helped him to excel for 10 years. Today, Johnson uses that same personal approach to get ahead in the business world, where he owns 2 companies - a personal development firm and a highly successful real estate agency. Find out the secrets of Johnson's method in this powerful, engaging account, which shows how to take immediate control of your life.

Although it sometimes seems as if we're merely walking the same path as thousands of people before us, everyone walks it their own unique way. Every person we meet, thing we touch, and situation we encounter bears the mark of our distinctive individual selves. This life-affirming guide is for people who are struggling with their direction in the face of constant changes in the family, society, and workplace. The author offers provocative insights and practical advice to help seekers evaluate who they are, what they're doing, and where they'd like to go.

In Mind Power, Dr. Gini Graham Scott shows how you can harness the power of your mind to achieve success and overcome challenges. Through a series of powerful mental imaging exercises, you will learn how to eliminate career-threatening time pressures, accomplish more in less time with fewer mistakes, and improve both your professional and personal relationships.

Intuition is that flash of insight that comes out of nowhere when we least expect it. This language of the soul arises from beyond the world of cause and effect as we understand it, and speaks to us directly from our innermost selves. In Living Intuitively, author Bruce Way, an inspirational speaker, writer, consultant, and practicing clairvoyant, shows the listener how to use intuition to enable growth and release creativity. His program includes a series of guided workshops, practical exercises, and meditations.

We are now able to lengthen our lives, prolong our healthy and vital years and reduce the risk of chronic, debilitating illnesses that have come to define old age. In this amazing book Dr. Stuart Berger describes his breakthrough anti-aging discoveries and tells what they can do for you. You will be able to repair the damages of age and in some cases actually reverse the aging process. You can keep your heart, vascular system and brain young and vigorous.

The country is in a sexual funk. What are we to do about it? Discover the all natural alternative that can improve your sexual health safely at any age. Authors Stuart W. Fine, M.D., and Brenda D. Adderley, M.H.A. examine the causes of decreased sexual desire in men and women and offer a simple 4-step plan for recapturing vigor and improving the sexual health of you and your mate.

Award-winning writer Dan Wakefield reveals how writers, artists, musicians, and creative people of all kinds can unleash the principle of creativity within so that it can infuse every aspect of our lives. Wakefield challenges the belief that to be creative, one must be alienated, neurotic, irresponsible, and a failure at relationships. Drawing on examples from religion, philosophy, and literature Creating from the Spirit teaches us that the key to creation is clarity of body, mind, and spirit.

For decades Dr. Brothers was a sage, down-to-earth voice of reason to the millions who read her books and newspaper and magazine columns and heeded her advice on television and radio. Here, she takes everything she learned and applies an innovative strategy to help listeners overcome self-destructive behaviors and achieve an improved self-image. The behavioral changes she advocates may seem small and subtle, but they can dramatically affect how we perceive ourselves.

Women often find themselves the caretakers of their men—and not just of their relationships. When the men in their lives resist managing their own well-being, women are forced to take on this challenge. They learn how to understand the health of their men and how it differs from their own. This guide empowers women with the most effective ways to facilitate changes—tools that will prolong and improve the lives of the most stubborn males and get them to listen!

The marriage revolution is at hand—it's going on right now—led by straight-shooting, brutally honest, gloves-off contemporary “Married Girls.” So, what makes the marriages of these women different from those of their mothers? The answers lie within Sex & the Married Girl, a smart, sexy, and candid guide that reveals the most intimate confessions of married women. With her fifteen years of experience at top women's magazines, Mandi Norwood speaks to this generation of women who crave independence and adventure just as much as they crave commitment.