Sex Comes First: 15 Ways to Help Your Relationship - Without Leaving Your Bedroom [Paperback]

Joel D. Block (Author), Kimberly Dawn Neumann (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 18, 2009

?He works too much.?

?She expects me to know what she?s thinking.?

?We don?t trust one another.?

There?s a lot that gets in the way of a happy relationship?work, jealousy, and communication issues, just to name a few. However, one thing definitely brings a couple together: sex. Relationship experts Dr. Joel Block and Kimberly Dawn Neumann teach couples how to use sex to build and strengthen their relationship. This new approach shows couples how to use sexual intimacy to conquer obstacles outside the bedroom. The authors identify fifteen of the most common problems couples run into and offer their sexual solution to each one. Sex Comes First will leave everyone satisfied?in every way possible.

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About the Author

Joel Block, PhD (Melville, NY), is an award-winning psychologist, practicing couple and sex therapy in New York and offering couple-relationship seminars throughout the United States. Dr. Block has appeared on the Today show, Good Morning America, and CBS Morning.

Kimberly Dawn Neumann (New York, NY) is a Broadway performer and highly credited dating/sex/relationship writer. Her work has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Marie Claire, Maxim, and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (April 18, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598699717
• ISBN-13: 978-1598699715
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #405,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kimberly Dawn Neumann is a popular New York City-based writer who frequently covers the dating/relationship/sex beat. A Summa cum Laude graduate of the University of Maryland School of Journalism, her advice articles have appeared in such magazines as Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Marie Claire, Maxim, Health, Women's Health and regularly for online sites at msn.com, AOL, iVillage and Match.com. As a dating/relationship expert and certified coach, she has given online dating advice to TV/radio audiences from Seattle to Australia, and helped launch Match.com's "It's Okay to Look" ad campaign by working with their featured members to help them craft a perfect profile. In collaboration with relationship therapist Joel D. Block, PhD, she released her first book in December 2008, The Real Reasons Men Commit: Why He Will -or Won't--Love, Honor and Marry You and her second book, Sex Comes First: 15 Ways to Save Your Relationship - Without Leaving Your Bedroom landed on the shelves in May 2009. In February 2010 she launched www.DatingDivaDaily.com in an effort to return the "fun" and "feminine" factor to dating via a lifestyle interactive blog-zine where women can commiserate about their foibles searching for Mr. Right in a supportive cyber community while also enjoying advice on everything that makes a gal feel worthy of a quality relationship. A seasoned Broadway performer in addition to being a writer, she has seen (and experienced) more than a little relationship drama making her privy to first hand information on the dating and relating scene. For more: www.KDNeumann.com

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I wish I'd read this book YEARS ago, November 7, 2010

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Siobhan M. Johnson (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sex Comes First: 15 Ways to Help Your Relationship - Without Leaving Your Bedroom (Paperback)

For the honest woman, and presumably the honest man, this book is a must read if you want to work on having a successful relationship. Read it, then read it again. Be honest with yourself. Recognize the parts of the book that really speak to you and listen. Ask your partner to read the book too. If you truly want a mature, adult relationship, this book will help you.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No BS advice, January 12, 2011

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blondewriter99 "blondewriter99" (New York) - See all my reviews

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I normally don't read relationship books, but Kimberly Dawn Neumann's other writings have always intrigued me, and we have become friends. She writes in a breezy but concerned and helpful way, and listening to her is like listening to a wise but friendly and down to earth girlfriend. I found that the advice in here-- mostly about relationships with significant others-- could apply to any relationship in your life. Nor was it all about sex, as the title suggests. The cover also makes it appear that the book isn't that serious, however, there was some very insightful advice, not at all along the cliches of the "improve your sex life" lists usually begotten in women's magazines. Not all of the answers are easy, but they are always informative and enlightening.

1 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Please See My Review of The Real Reasons Men Commit, March 17, 2010

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Dirck Storm - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sex Comes First: 15 Ways to Help Your Relationship - Without Leaving Your Bedroom (Paperback)

Check out my review of The Real Reasons Men Commit by the same authors.

Dirck Storm