Is it HOT in here, or am I just HOT? [Paperback]

Sunny Hersh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2, 2007

This is no time to play the blushing virgin -- this is your time to claim the passion and pleasure you ve been putting into everyone else's life! Wellness educator Sunny Hersh is ready to support and guide you to the secrets of romantic, sensual joy and more meaningful sex. Funny, provocative, and empowering, Sunny will help you find your Libido Loca, make love with the lights on, and get your man to think outside your box. You will learn that Astroglide is not an amusement park ride and know the secrets of Viagra and other quicker picker uppers. Quoting top sexperts, Hersh reflects the humor and Oprah-style empowerment of hit boomer books like I Feel Bad About My Neck and The Wisdom of Menopause. She supplies tips on topics from Tantra to testosterone, exploring some erotic cinematherapy, and using games and simple strategies to communicate your desires to your lover. Sunny's you-go-girl attitude will have you laughing as you learn to pump up the passion and share a sizzling sex life with the one you love best!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Pick this book up and prepare to laugh yourself right into a better sex life! Sunny Hersh is one of the girls, and her laugh-out-loud chapter titles are the insightful introduction to how you can enjoy your life-long gifts of sexuality and pleasure. Regardless of the age of your relationship (or if you're considering one), this book gives you fresh eyes to see it and some very fun work to do." --L. Lou Paget, Best-Selling Author Of Hot Mamas and How to be a Great Lover

"Midlife sex is a topic seldom handled with the reality, grace, and empathy Sunny Hersh shares in this refreshing book. Beyond the practical information---and there's plenty of that---Hersh offers something of even greater value: the reassurance that 45, 55, 65 or wherever, sex can be fun and we can feel gorgeous." --Victoria Moran, author of Younger by the Day: 365 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Body & Revitalize Your Spirit

About the Author

What happens when a woman who talks health and motivation for a living hits menopause with a bang? That's what happened to wellness educator Sunny Hersh, and she decided that when the going gets tough, the tough do research. Combining her experience in inspiration with her expertise in health and relationships, Sunny has written two extraordinary digests of wisdom for those over 40 -- Is it HOT in here, or am I just HOT? and Midlife Mamas on the Moon. Quoting midlife mentors and sex-perts, she captures the highlights of hundreds of books and websites and combines them with her own special shortcuts to maximizing a woman's mind, body, and spirit. Sunny's fiercely honest, you-go-girl style makes it easy to laugh at the psychotic mood swings, uncontrolled periods, sexual changes and frustrating doctor visits of those in their 40's, 50's and beyond. Her useful checklists and no-nonsense resources reflect her business background, cutting through the fluff to the core benefits of targeted lifestyle change, bioidentical hormones, better sex-communication, and cutting-edge energy and libido boosters. In her TV, radio, newspaper and online interviews, she sells women on the important choices they can make to function at the highest level. Sunny enlists the professional review of top experts in supplementation, men's midlife changes, careers, and medicine in her online newsletter Boomer Bites and her lectures, seminars, and workshops for women's groups. Practical observations from the front lines of a 33-year marriage and raising two successful young adults lend an authentic, proactive slant to her advice on transforming your relationships. Sunny's robust and energetic style will convince you that over-40's aren't over the hill, they've moved the hill back!

Product Details

• Paperback: 233 pages
• Publisher: Fast Forward Publications (April 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974309338
• ISBN-13: 978-0974309330
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,290,843 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get your "mojo runnin", May 4, 2007

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Todd Hawley (San Francisco CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Is it HOT in here, or am I just HOT? (Paperback)

While reading this book, I thought back to when my widowed mom was in midlife and how much society and ideas about women in midlife have changed, thankfully for the better in the three decades since then. This book points out so many myths about midlife that have been proven untrue and the author joyfully debunks so many of them. Midlife may not be a "bowl of cherries," (then again what part of life is?) but it absolutely doesn't have to be a drag either. And midlife guys, while this book may be written for our wives and/or girlfriends there still are a few chapters you would be well-advised to read too.

The author touches on so many different topics in this book and so many of them really hit home with me. Topics like "the big O," or how midlife male health issues (balding, bifocals, enlarged prostate) and/or stress-related issues can lead to less sex in the relationship. This book offers suggestions for dealing with these and other issues. There's also talk about one issue that used to strike fear in men young and old -- menopause. I remember back when Premarin seemed to be the drug of choice to help with menopause and thankfully now there are so many other options. The author also talks about exercise as not only a good idea health wise, it can also give you more energy for "bedroom playtime," always a good thing. Another topic near and dear to my heart was "dating in midlife," along with advice on how to successfully find another partner. Her advice for meeting potential dates is solid. I'm reminded not only of some of my dating experiences, but those of my mom who was a widowed, single mom for years before remarrying.

As a midlife male, this book gave me a bit of insight into women in midlife and also gives out the strong message that midlife is not a time for anyone (male or female) to make excuses about being "too old" or "too achy" or "too tired" to get out and enjoy life.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally enjoyed it!, April 13, 2007

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Midlife in Maryland (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Is it HOT in here, or am I just HOT? (Paperback)

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The author tackles topics that probably every woman over 40 has wanted to talk about, but many are too afraid/embarassed to discuss. It's nice to know that I'm not the only person wondering about these topics - everyting from sex toys to sex in the tub to jump-starting your sex life after age 40! And she presents it all with humor and class - how refreshing! It's an easy read, and really makes you feel good about yourself.

Signed, Midlife in Maryland

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sunny tells it like it is---, January 30, 2008

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Myra Auster "Young Middle-Ager" (East Meadow, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Is it HOT in here, or am I just HOT? (Paperback)

Sunny bypasses wishful thinking and goes right to how to motivate yourself to do what you have to do to be heaalthier (and sexier). She gives you such a great understanding of what your husband is thinking and going through and what to do about it. The book gives the nitty gritty of how to wake up your libido and covers everything that touches your sex life-PMS, prostate, parents, hormones, sexy movies. It's all here in a funny, friendly way. You realize that we're all going through this stuff, it's normal, and there are things we can do about it!