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A Better Normal: Your Guide to Rediscovering Intimacy After Cancer
“This book has been a life saver. I know my quality of life is better. Every cancer patient should be gifted this book” S. Cancer survivor.
"Omg!!!! Your book changed my life and is saving my relationship! Thank you so much for making me feel like a woman again!!!!". P.M Cancer survivor.
“This book is so wonderfully written and full of such helpful information I cannot recommend it highly enough, I would give it 6 stars if I could! .” K.V, cancer carer.
Changes in sexuality from cancer treatments is one of the most common challenges people face, yet is one of the most under-addressed. Cancer can impact all aspects of our sex and intimate lives, so why is no one talking about sex and cancer?
If you’ve received a cancer diagnosis, or are the loved one of someone who has, this book is for you. A Better Normal offers support and solutions to recover and increase connection, intimacy, sexuality and sex, during and after treatments. Simply put, this is the #1 'sex and cancer' manual.
Jam-packed with practical ways and easy-to-do strategies for how to improve things like; low libido, changes in body image and body confidence, when things are ‘dry & sore’, dating, the more direct side-effects treatments can have on our body and ways to heal and work around them like pain, fatigue, when sex hurts, low sex-drive and so, so much more. This book is a must-have for anyone impacted by cancer who may need support, because we all deserve love and connection.
Written by a sexuality clinician and educator, who's also had cancer, this book is filled with practical information (and quite a few laughs) so you can reconnect with yourself and/or a partner, from someone who’s literally been there.
Divided into easy-to-read sections, Devèze is no fluff and no fuss, with down to Earth humour mixed in with a dash of neuroscience. A Better Normal offers a positive path to your intimacy recovery, so what you thought was sexually impossible, becomes possible.
"Omg!!!! Your book changed my life and is saving my relationship! Thank you so much for making me feel like a woman again!!!!". P.M Cancer survivor.
“This book is so wonderfully written and full of such helpful information I cannot recommend it highly enough, I would give it 6 stars if I could! .” K.V, cancer carer.
Changes in sexuality from cancer treatments is one of the most common challenges people face, yet is one of the most under-addressed. Cancer can impact all aspects of our sex and intimate lives, so why is no one talking about sex and cancer?
If you’ve received a cancer diagnosis, or are the loved one of someone who has, this book is for you. A Better Normal offers support and solutions to recover and increase connection, intimacy, sexuality and sex, during and after treatments. Simply put, this is the #1 'sex and cancer' manual.
Jam-packed with practical ways and easy-to-do strategies for how to improve things like; low libido, changes in body image and body confidence, when things are ‘dry & sore’, dating, the more direct side-effects treatments can have on our body and ways to heal and work around them like pain, fatigue, when sex hurts, low sex-drive and so, so much more. This book is a must-have for anyone impacted by cancer who may need support, because we all deserve love and connection.
Written by a sexuality clinician and educator, who's also had cancer, this book is filled with practical information (and quite a few laughs) so you can reconnect with yourself and/or a partner, from someone who’s literally been there.
Divided into easy-to-read sections, Devèze is no fluff and no fuss, with down to Earth humour mixed in with a dash of neuroscience. A Better Normal offers a positive path to your intimacy recovery, so what you thought was sexually impossible, becomes possible.
297 pages, Paperback
Published September 27, 2021
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October 20, 2021
This book is so powerful - I read it in the bath and snorted with laughter and cried too. Both my step parents have struggled with cancer, so it is a topic very close to home for my family. Tess approaches this book with so much love, empathy and common sense. She is a cancer survivor, a sex educator and an occupational therapist - her work and personal experiences make her the perfect person to write this book.
Buy it for yourself, your partner, family members, friends and workmates.
It’s for anyone experiencing cancer - as a patient, a partner, a family member. If you are close to cancer, make sure this book is close to you.
It’s life changing. Tess is amazing. Thank you, Tess.
Buy it for yourself, your partner, family members, friends and workmates.
It’s for anyone experiencing cancer - as a patient, a partner, a family member. If you are close to cancer, make sure this book is close to you.
It’s life changing. Tess is amazing. Thank you, Tess.
December 15, 2021
This book is wonderful. Warm, open, insightful. There is so much wonderful information, tips and conversation starters, all presented in a really accessible way. Anyone could benefit from reading this book, I am not a cancer patient myself, but found it really helpful in understanding what others go through, and lots the intimacy information is relevant to everyone.
Buy it for yourself, or a great present for someone undergoing treatment (or their partner)
Buy it for yourself, or a great present for someone undergoing treatment (or their partner)
February 25, 2022
Reading this book was a great first step for me when I didn't know what to do about post-cancer treatment libido loss. It's an easy read and is easy to understand and well organized. It's inclusive respectful and great for individuals and/or couples. Overall, a great book and I'm very grateful for it!
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