Want - 8 Steps to Recovering Desire, Passion, and Pleasure After Sexual Assault (Recovering from Sexual Abuse or Assault, Healing PTSD)

In this genuine, vulnerable, and deeply personal account, Julie tells her story of getting through the devastation of sexual assault to living a full life in eight sometimes challenging, often bumbling, and occasionally totally delightful steps: Survive, Feel, Rage, Forgive, Pleasure, Eat, Sex, and finally Love.

One in six women is the victims of sexual assault; using her own hard-won wisdom, author Julie Peters shows how to heal, regain adn reclaim your whole self.

About the author

Julie Peters is a yoga teacher, writer, and yoga studio owner in Vancouver, BC. She has been practicing yoga and other forms of movement and mindfulness for over 20 years. Her first book, Secrets of the Eternal Moon Phase Goddesses: Meditations on Desire, Relationships, and the Art of Being Broken (SkyLight Paths 2016) explored a set of Tantric moon goddesses who invite us to think about the messier aspects of life, including desire, anger, loneliness, and heartbreak. Julie has an MA in English Literature from McGill University. Her essay, “Why Lying Broken in a Pile on Your Bedroom Floor is a Good Idea,” went viral, with 504,641 views and 25,033 shares on Facebook in 2017 alone and counting.. Also a spoken word poet, Julie has twice represented Vancouver in the Women of the World Poetry Slam and was a part of the Vancouver Poetry Slam Team. She frequently collaborates with dance artist Olivia C. Davies on poetry and dance projects exploring themes of love, connection, heartbreak, and the stories that live in our bodies.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Peters, Peters Julie
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781633539648
• ISBN: 978-1-63353-964-8
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 215 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 324 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Healing / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction, HEALTH & FITNESS / Healing, SELF-HELP / Abuse, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Sacred Sexuality, SELF-HELP / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Sexual abuse and harassment, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Sex and sexuality: advice and issues