Inviting Desire, A Guide for Women Who Want to Enhance Their Sex Life, is your guide to creating a sexier, more alive and in touch you—at midlife and beyond.It features matter-of-fact, open conversations about sex and sexuality that reflect the reality of midlife women. Using a 30-day format, each day focuses on a topic, using writings, images, and exercises to help women experience pleasure. You’ll explore self-care, sexual health, learning to ask for what you want, and more. Inviting Desire teaches you to enhance awareness of your body and embrace your sexuality. Walker Thornton has crafted a book to give you tools for a more sexually satisfying life.
I wish I'd had this book a few years ago, when I thought I was never going to feel desire again. That I was "past it." (Those of you who know me personally can stop laughing now.)
If that fits you, a lack of desire and juiciness in your life, and you don't like it, this books offers concrete, practical advice on how to invite desire back into your life. Or even, for desire to enter it for the first time.
Disclaimer: I am personally acquainted with Walker, and have long admired her forthright, clear language and advice regarding (older) women's sexuality. No shame, no coyness, no silly euphemisms, and the expectation that women are ENTITLED to a happy and joyous sex life, with or without a partner.
The one thing that might not sit well with some readers is the language used throughout for the woman's partner is he/him. While technically that's correct English usage, I've gotten accustomed to gender neutrality or alternating gender pronouns in my sexual reading material, so I found it a little jarring.
But that's a minor quibble. While written with an eye toward "women of a certain age," the tips and ideas here are practical for ANY woman who wants to feel juicy again. Highly recommended.