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| Author | : Karen Finley |
| Publisher | : Running PressBook Pub |
| Total Pages | : 329 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 9781560252931 |
A Different Kind of Intimacy will bring together for the first time a collection of performance artist Karen Finley's texts, performances, short stories, essays, op-eds, art and photographs, creating a unique memoir of a woman whose life and career have embodied the urgent cultural conflicts of our time. The writings include text from the infamous performances that brought her to the Supreme Court in Finley vs. NEA, a battle that became a mainstay of the culture wars and which has made Finley an icon in the struggle for freedom of speech. Included in this volume will be the never before published, Obie Award-winning The American Chestnut for which she received a Guggenheim; such works as We Keep Our Victims Ready, A Certain Level of Denial, The Return of the Chocolate Smeared Woman, and an excerpt from her forthcoming film Shut Up and Love Me. Also appearing will be previously unpublished short stories, photos, artwork, and an essay on censorship. In 1998 Finley was named Woman of the Year by MS. magazine; she posed for Playboy the following year. She has appeared in numerous films including Philadelphia, and will soon be directing her own first feature film, Shut Up and Love Me, produced by Forensic Films. She has recorded albums including a collaboration with Sinead O'Connor. Finley is a regular on Politically Incorrect and can be seen giving her opinions on Exhale, a new show hosted by Candace Bergen on Oxygen. She will be hosting The Naked Players, a "nude Candid Camera" as well as Shock Video, both on HBO. Finley has written four books: Shock Treatment, Enough Is Enough, Living It Up, and Pooh Unplugged. "We need Finley: she doesn't duck the bullets, she keeps her eyes peeled on the artillery aimed at women, and she continues to push against her own boundaries as an artist" -- MS. Magazine
| Author | : Alex A. Avila |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 358 |
| Release | : 2015-06-19 |
| Genre | : Intimacy (Psychology) |
| ISBN | : 9780692462010 |
Relationships are complex. Sometimes couples don't know what went wrong or how to begin fixing it. And people's perceptions about the quality of their romantic relationships strongly affect many other areas of their lives. So, the most important relationship is always worth investing in. Intimacy is more than sexual engagement. This intimacy guidebook helps couples: -Expand their awareness of couple intimacy -Build intimacy fluency as they pay attention to their connection -Experience a deeper sense of closeness in their relationship. Single people as well as couples who are just launching their relationship, who have been together many years, and who feel distant and stuck in conflict cycles will all benefit from this groundbreaking approach to learning the DNA of healthy, intimate relationships! The 40 Forms of Intimacy book provides a realistic, strengths-based approach to help couples become and stay closely connected in the specific ways that work for them. Readers will learn how to live the language and lifestyle of intimacy and experience oneness through a variety of expressions. There is no specific pathway that applies to all relationships. Since everyone responds differently to the various expressions of love and intimacy, the insights found throughout this book are designed to help couples personalize their bond rather than following a prescribed list of steps. The author has identified 40 significant areas that couples face together including trust, sex, finances, communication and many more, all of which provide multiple opportunities each day to leave couples feeling either distant or connected. This in-depth examination of couple intimacy will help couples draw awareness to the many ways they are already connecting. And they will learn many new areas in which they can enhance their couple intimacy. "Knowledge and familiarity are knowing about. Intimacy is knowing throughout. Intimacy is an ongoing process of knowing each other and sharing life together." - Alex A. Avila It is inevitable that couples will drift apart if they do not take regular steps to enrich their connection. But as they begin paying attention to and shaping their connection, they can feel a genuine sense of hope in creating and enhancing a deep relationship bond that lasts a lifetime! Even couples who feel incompatible can shift from a seemingly hopeless romance to a realistically hopeful romance. And reading this book as an individual will still help! Sometimes relationships can experience significant positive change with only one partner choosing to do something differently. Written by an expert couples therapist passionate about helping couples connect, 40 Forms of Intimacy is packed full of rich insights that address the reality of major relationship issues. With over 200 Connection Points(TM), couples can put into action their preferred Forms of Intimacy to begin changing their relationship reality right away!
| Author | : Osho |
| Publisher | : St. Martin's Griffin |
| Total Pages | : 191 |
| Release | : 2007-04-01 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 1429907665 |
One of the greatest spiritual teachers of the twentieth century shares his wisdom about building loving relationships in Intimacy: Trusting Oneself and the Other. “Hit-and-run” relationships have become common in our society as it has grown more rootless, less tied to traditional family structures, and more accepting of casual sex. But at the same time, there arises an undercurrent of feeling that something is missing—a quality of intimacy. This quality has very little to do with the physical, though sex is certainly one possible door. Far more important is a willingness to expose our deepest feelings and vulnerabilities, with the trust that the other person will treat them with care. Ultimately, the willingness to take the risk of intimacy has to be grounded in an inner strength that knows that even if the other remains closed, even if that trust is betrayed, we will not suffer any permanent damage. In this gentle and compassionate guide, Osho takes his readers step-by-step through what makes people afraid of intimacy, how to encounter those fears and go beyond them, and what they can do to nourish themselves and their relationships to support more openness and trust. Osho challenges readers to examine and break free of the conditioned belief systems and prejudices that limit their capacity to enjoy life in all its richness. He has been described by the Sunday Times of London as one of the “1000 Makers of the 20th Century” and by Sunday Mid-Day (India) as one of the ten people—along with Gandhi, Nehru, and Buddha—who have changed the destiny of India. Since his death in 1990, the influence of his teachings continues to expand, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world.
| Author | : Matthew Kelly |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2005-11 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0743265114 |
We All Crave An Authentic Experience Of Intimacy. Though our hearts crave intimacy, though our minds understand our deep need for it, the self-revelation it requires is often too daunting a task. Complete and unrestrained sharing of self exposes the deepest human fear of being rejected for being ourselves. InThe Seven Levels of Intimacy,Matthew Kelly both acknowledges and calms our fears, while teaching us how to move beyond them to experience the power of true intimacy.Matthew reveals that each relationship is built upon a pattern of interaction. In the beginning stages, we rely on casual interactions, gaining familiarity by focusing on superficialities and facts. We grow closer and begin to share our opinions, learning to accept each other and embrace the growing relationship despite the difference in our experiences and viewpoints. Once our differences and opinions are shared and accepted, we feel safe enough to reveal our hopes, dreams, and feelings, developing trust. With this trust, we open ourselves and are able to share our legitimate needs, becoming liberated from carrying the burden of our real needs alone. At last, we are deeply intimate and both willing and able to reveal our deepest fears. We are beyond judgment and feel trust and acceptance. By moving through and building upon each level of intimacy, we find comfort and gain trust in our partners and ourselves until, by developing and deepening our intimacy within each level, we are able to fully open ourselves, finally opening to the possibility of truly being loved. It is through mastering the seven levels of intimacy that we will break through to fully experiencing love, commitment, trust, and happiness.The Seven Levels of Intimacyis a brilliant and practical guide to creating and sustaining intimacy, whether you are looking for a deeper sense of connection with your spouse, looking for more fulfillment in your relationship with your boyfriend or girlfriend, trying to improve your relationships with your children, or simply wondering what you should be looking for in a partner.With profound insight and the use of powerful, everyday examples, Matthew Kelly explains how we can nurture the intimacy in our relationships.The Seven Levels of Intimacyredefines how we view our interactions with others. This new understanding leads us to successfully create the strong connections, deep joy, and lasting bonds that we all long for.
| Author | : Zoë Kors |
| Publisher | : Hachette Go |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2022-04-12 |
| Genre | : Family & Relationships |
| ISBN | : 0306826615 |
A narrative guide and practical methodology for nurturing and sustaining our relationships with ourselves, others, and the world. “With intimacy as the foundational principle of our existence, we can build a life based on what we truly need, not what we think we need or have been told we need. By embracing the practice of radical intimacy, I can confidently promise my readers a personal revolution of self-acceptance, appreciation, vitality, and confidence. And without fail, mind-blowing, soul-stirring, earth-shattering sex follows.”—Zoë Kors Part practical guide, part client stories, part personal narrative, Zoë Kors draws on her experience as a sex and intimacy coach, thought leader, and relationship writer in sharing her powerful and practical methodology for nurturing and sustaining our intimate relationships over time. She addresses the essential truth that is almost universally missed in discussions of sex and intimacy: We can meet each other only to the extent that we can meet ourselves. Kors guides the reader on a five‑part journey through nine areas of opportunity for deepening intimacy with themselves, their partner, and their world, inviting them to embrace emotional, physical, and energetic self‑mastery, which is required to skillfully relate with others. At the conclusion of each part, there are a collection of experiential exercises which support the reader in embodying the concepts they’ve just read. Voice-driven, accessible, and with the right amount of tough love, Radical Intimacy takes the mystery out of human connection. From academia and science to mysticism and self-development, Kors delivers a rich and varied understanding of human sexuality and intimacy through the lens of the body, brain, heart, spirit, and culture.
| Author | : Lori Heyman Gordon |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 300 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Communication in marriage |
| ISBN | : 0671795961 |
The "intimacy course" hailed by Good Morning America, The Today Show, People magazine and Newsweek contains practical tools to enrich, repair, deepen, or rekindle intimate partnerships. Part of the successfully proven PAIRS Program. Line drawings.
| Author | : Dr David Schnarch |
| Publisher | : Scribe Publications |
| Total Pages | : 449 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 1921640324 |
In this groundbreaking book, Dr. David Schnarch, one of the foremost experts on sexuality and relationships, explains why normal healthy couples in long-term relationships have sexual desire problems, regardless of how much they love each other or how well they communicate. In-depth examples of couples he has counselled reveal his unique understanding of common-but-difficult sexual desire problems that affect couples of all ages. Combining compassion and clinical wisdom, Dr. Schnarch explains how to use his revolutionary Four Points of Balance approach to resolve low desire, mismatched desire, sexual boredom, and the emotional gridlock that accompanies these problems. Intimacy and Desire provides a roadmap for how couples can transform common sexual desire problems into self-exploration and personal development that leads to psychological and spiritual growth, stronger relationships, and more powerful and meaningful desire for each other. It provides time-proven comprehensive solutions that help couples reconnect with each other sexually, and take their intimacy and passion to new, previously unexplored heights.
| Author | : Arno Breker |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 1990-07-01 |
| Genre | : Sculptors |
| ISBN | : 9780914301134 |
| Author | : Judith Sherven |
| Publisher | : Hci |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Emotions |
| ISBN | : 9781558745117 |
Shows how to turn conflict and disappointment in a relationship into opportunities for learning, mutual growth, and intimacy.
| Author | : Bennett W. Helm |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 334 |
| Release | : 2010-01-07 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0191609986 |
Recent Western thought has consistently emphasized the individualistic strand in our understanding of persons at the expense of the social strand. Thus, it is generally thought that persons are self-determining and autonomous, where these are understood to be capacities we exercise most fully on our own, apart from others, whose influence on us tends to undermine that autonomy. Love, Friendship, and the Self argues that we must reject a strongly individualistic conception of persons if we are to make sense of significant interpersonal relationships and the importance they can have in our lives. It presents a new account of love as intimate identification and of friendship as a kind of plural agency, in each case grounding and analyzing these notions in terms of interpersonal emotions. At the center of this account is an analysis of how our emotional connectedness with others is essential to our very capacities for autonomy and self-determination: we are rational and autonomous only because of and through our inherently social nature. By focusing on the role that relationships of love and friendship have both in the initial formation of our selves and in the on-going development and maturation of adult persons, Helm significantly alters our understanding of persons and the kind of psychology we persons have as moral and social beings.
