Anybody who has following my work through the years is aware of that discovering actual, lasting, love has not been straightforward for me. Although 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 great youngsters, however we couldn’t efficiently navigate the challenges of affection and life. A second, re-bound, marriage was short-lived. Earlier than making an attempt once more, I took a break to noticeably look at my life, my household wounds, and determine what was getting in the way in which of getting the connection I longed to have. I discovered an excellent therapist who helped me get trustworthy and go deeper.
I finally did kind issues out, met my current spouse Carlin, and he or she and I’ve been collectively now for 43 great years. We wrote about our journey in my ebook, The Enlightened Marriage: The 5 Transformative Levels of Relationships and Why The Greatest is Nonetheless 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 mix of the Dalai Lama and Dr. Ruth.” Terry Actual, bestselling creator of Us: Getting Previous You & Me to Construct a Extra Loving Relationship, says, “From my thirty-five years as a therapist, I can say Shana James is the actual deal.”
After studying Shana’s new ebook, Sincere Intercourse: A Passionate Path to Deepen Connection and Preserve Relationships Alive, my spouse, Carlin stated, “Shana took me by the hand, put aside my snorkeling gear, re-outfitted me with scuba gear and we explored collectively some much less aware ranges of consciousness. Diving into deeper realms like professional scuba divers, she expertly coaches, guides and moms my willingness to open to extra emotional honesty, revealing and accessing unfathomable magnificence and playfulness.”
After studying the ebook I concluded, “As a wedding and household therapist for greater than fifty years, that is the ebook I’ve been ready my entire profession to present to my shoppers.”
I caught Shana on her busy tour to do an interview. I wished to know:
- How did you come to jot down the ebook?
- What’s mature honesty and why is it the muse for conserving connection and keenness alive?
- You write within the ebook, “We aren’t who we expect we’re and neither is our accomplice.” What do you imply by this and why is it useful?
- How can vulnerability be a doorway to deeper intimacy?
- What’s intercourse really and the way does an expanded definition of intercourse assist folks enhance their intercourse and love lives?
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