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Mind The Gap

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What to expect

Did you know that there is an orgasm gap of around 30% between heterosexual couples when they have sex?

In Mind The Gap, Dr Karen Gurney, a clinical psychologist and certified psychosexologist, explores not just this gap, but the gaps in our knowledge of so much of the most important new science around sex and desire.

In this audiobook, you will learn that nearly everything that you've been led to believe about female sexuality isn't actually true. And that, despite what you might think, it is possible to simultaneously feel little to no spontaneous desire and have a happy and mutually satisfying sex life long term.

Exploring the mismatch between ideas about sex in our society and what the science tells us, Mind The Gap also explains how this disconnect lies at the root of many of our sexual problems.

Combining science with case studies, practical exercises and tips, this is an audiobook for anyone who wants to better understand the mechanics of desire and futureproof their sex life, for life.

(P)2020 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

Critics Review

This book taught me so much about female desire. A must read!
Cherry Healey
Reveals how you can supercharge desire in a long relationship
Daily Mail
Mind The Gap by Dr Karen Gurney reveals the essential factors that drive women's desire and explains how you can harness them to achieve brilliant, satisfying sex long into old age.
Red
Lots of nuggets.
Evening Standard
Nothing stays the same as we age, and that includes our sex lives. But how we approach intimate moments can mean the difference between satisfaction and disappointment. That's the premise behind Harley Street psychologist Dr Karen Gurney's debut book Mind the Gap.
Sheer Luxe
[one of] the best books of 2020 to shop now...
Glamour Magazine
Mind the Gap sets out to dispel some long-held sexual myths.
Vogue
Drawing upon her clinical experience, certified psychosexologist Dr Karen Gurney lays bare the history of sex, its role in society, bedroom inequality and libido - alongside actionable advice on how to have the kind, and frequency, of sex you want.
Women's Health
I thoroughly recommend Dr Karen Gurney's book Mind The Gap if you'd like to explore more about how sexual desire isn't something we should expect to be constantly present so long as we 'love' or 'fancy' someone, but is actually dependent upon all sorts of additional contextual factors, and how understanding all these - and to some extent, planning around them - can aid us in fostering greater desire if we wish to.
Alix Fox, Grazia
For couples wanting practical help
Recommended by Kate Moyle, GQ Magazine
Author Dr Karen Gurney
Narrator Dr Karen Gurney
Duration 8 hours and 57 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781472267115
Format Audiobook
Publisher Headline
Genre Dating, relationships, living together and marriage: advice and issues, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Sex and sexuality: advice and issues
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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