Dr. Gina Ogden - a podcast by Unknown

Dr. Gina Ogden is a twenty-first century pioneer in sexuality and spirituality?combining her career as a sex therapist and researcher, with her ongoing practice as a leader of inspirational retreats and workshops. Her nationwide survey, ?Integrating Sexuality and Spirituality? (ISIS) brings sex survey research light years beyond traditional notions of function and dysfunction?3,810 respondents reveal that the core power of sexual connection is its ability to transform our lives?at any age, whether or not you have a partner.

Her latest book is The Return of Desire: A Guide to Rediscovering Your Sexual Passion. This book is receiving rave reviews.
?From Esther Perel: ?probes the intricacies of female sexuality with subtle depth and understanding....?
?From Ian Kerner: ?to read this book is to bask in the radiance of the wisest of sexual guides....?
?From Riane Eisler: ?Gina Ogden lifts the language of desire from competition and dysfunction to caring, empathy, and a powerful new consciousness.?

Gina?s 2006 book, The Heart and Soul of Sex was featured by Dr. Christiane Northrup in the recent blockbuster PBS Special, ?The Wisdom of Menopause.? In 2007, Shambhala released a new edition of Gina?s beloved classic: Women Who Love Sex: Ordinary Women Describe Their Paths to Pleasure, Intimacy, and Ecstasy?Library journal writes: ?All libraries should have this book.?

Gina lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and conducts workshops and trainings around the country. These powerful events demonstrate that it?s possible to open to the profound wisdom of our own bodies, minds, hearts and spirits. It all begins with self-esteem and willingness to move beyond negativity and beyond the limiting notion that sex is all about performance.
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a board-certified sex-therapy diplomate, a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the International Society for the Study Women?s Sexual Health, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. She is an associate professor of sexology at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, and is a consulting editor for Contemporary Sexuality, the journal of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. She has served as a consultant for the 1998 and 2005 editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves and for the U.S. Surgeon General?s 2001 ?Call to Action for Healthy Sexual Behavior.? She?s written for consumer magazines such as Parade, Ms., Ladies Home Journal, Fitness, New Woman, and New Age and has been on the media from talk radio to Oprah. Her research has appeared in numerous academic books and journals. A peer-reviewed paper on the ISIS survey, ?Sexuality and Spirituality in Women?s Relationships,? was published by the Wellesley Centers for Research on Women (www.wcwonline.org.).

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