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A review by daniobsessivelyreads
Sex Magic: Take Your Body, Mind, and Relationship to the Next Level with Spectacular Intimacy by Laura Berman
emotional
medium-paced
5.0
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Release Date: June 24, 2025
5βοΈ3πΆ
I'm pretty sure this is the first ever self help book that I've reviewed, but the topic of conversation should be no surprise. Dr. Laura Berman has been a sex therapist and psychologist for many years, and many of her techniques for better connection and communication can be applied to everyone.
Many of the techniques for connecting with your sexual self can be done by yourself or with a partner. Dr. Bremen is also good at explaining how different types of drama, whether it be mental or physical, can manifest in your physical body and how in manifests in your sexual relationship with yourself and others. Then she goes on to give some techniques and examples on how to work through this trauma or at least recognize that it's there.
I found a lot of the things I learned in this book had more to do with mindfulness and self awareness than sex specifically. Essentially, this book explained meditating and mindfully meditating to move your energy to different parts of the body to help connect with yourself and your emotions.
She also gives lots of patient examples where the different techniques she used were applied. For example, a mother of 4 who grew up as the eldest of 7 had a lot of resentment for being the mother figure to everyone in her life including her siblings and parents. This book explained how she talked this mother through her anger and how to meditate to let go of that anger and become a better mother and partner for her family.
Another patient example was a father who had a history of drug and alcohol abuse. He and his wife had been distant for several years even though he had been sober for the past 3 years. Dr. Berman explained how even though he had been sober that he still felt that his past wrongs made him undeserving of love and affection and that feeling and resentment toward himself was causing problems in his marriage and his relationships with his family.
This book was very eye opening and helpful. Several of these mindfulness and meditating techniques I will have to try in my own life. Some of the techniques in the book can also be found on Dr. Berman's website listed below.
Berman's Website:
https://drlauraberman.com/sexmagic/
Another useful website for finding techniques and therapists for healing trauma of all kinds:
https://traumahealing.org/
Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this audiobook! @netgalley
Themes/Tropes:
πConnect to your energetic body to master the pleasure that is available to you
πConfidently create deeper arousal and pleasure in yourself and your partner
πBuild more sexual energy and desire within and between you and another
πApply accessible strategies for improving emotional and physical intimacy
πRemove the blocks of trauma and inhibition standing in the way of maximum pleasure
πMove pleasurable sensations throughout your body to achieve mind-blowing orgasms
πUse ancient techniques for sexual healing and manifesting your dreams
TW:
β¨Explicit Spicy Content
β¨Talk of Therapy Techniques
β¨Examples of others
β¨Talk therapy
β¨Couples therapy
β¨Sexual therapy
Release Date: June 24, 2025
5βοΈ3πΆ
I'm pretty sure this is the first ever self help book that I've reviewed, but the topic of conversation should be no surprise. Dr. Laura Berman has been a sex therapist and psychologist for many years, and many of her techniques for better connection and communication can be applied to everyone.
Many of the techniques for connecting with your sexual self can be done by yourself or with a partner. Dr. Bremen is also good at explaining how different types of drama, whether it be mental or physical, can manifest in your physical body and how in manifests in your sexual relationship with yourself and others. Then she goes on to give some techniques and examples on how to work through this trauma or at least recognize that it's there.
I found a lot of the things I learned in this book had more to do with mindfulness and self awareness than sex specifically. Essentially, this book explained meditating and mindfully meditating to move your energy to different parts of the body to help connect with yourself and your emotions.
She also gives lots of patient examples where the different techniques she used were applied. For example, a mother of 4 who grew up as the eldest of 7 had a lot of resentment for being the mother figure to everyone in her life including her siblings and parents. This book explained how she talked this mother through her anger and how to meditate to let go of that anger and become a better mother and partner for her family.
Another patient example was a father who had a history of drug and alcohol abuse. He and his wife had been distant for several years even though he had been sober for the past 3 years. Dr. Berman explained how even though he had been sober that he still felt that his past wrongs made him undeserving of love and affection and that feeling and resentment toward himself was causing problems in his marriage and his relationships with his family.
This book was very eye opening and helpful. Several of these mindfulness and meditating techniques I will have to try in my own life. Some of the techniques in the book can also be found on Dr. Berman's website listed below.
Berman's Website:
https://drlauraberman.com/sexmagic/
Another useful website for finding techniques and therapists for healing trauma of all kinds:
https://traumahealing.org/
Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this audiobook! @netgalley
Themes/Tropes:
πConnect to your energetic body to master the pleasure that is available to you
πConfidently create deeper arousal and pleasure in yourself and your partner
πBuild more sexual energy and desire within and between you and another
πApply accessible strategies for improving emotional and physical intimacy
πRemove the blocks of trauma and inhibition standing in the way of maximum pleasure
πMove pleasurable sensations throughout your body to achieve mind-blowing orgasms
πUse ancient techniques for sexual healing and manifesting your dreams
TW:
β¨Explicit Spicy Content
β¨Talk of Therapy Techniques
β¨Examples of others
β¨Talk therapy
β¨Couples therapy
β¨Sexual therapy
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content