Sex Over 50 (Updated and Expanded)

by Block., Joel D.

• ISBN13: 9780399534362
• ISBN10: 0399534369
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-05
• Publisher: Perigee Trade

Summary

You are on the threshold of a richer, more deeply fulfilling sex life than you've ever enjoyed-or even imagined-before. Believe it or not, you may just now be reaching your sexual peak. Sex Over 50 divulges hundreds of sizzling sexual secrets that will turn your deepest sexual desires into realities.

Author Biography

Joel D. Block, Ph.D., is a nationally renowned psychotherapist, working extensively with couples and individuals in his private practice on Long Island, New York. The author of five books, including Secrets of Better Sex, he is also a diplomat of the American Board of Professional psychology and a supervisor on the staff of the Human Sexuality Center of Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Best Years of Your Sex Life	p. xi
Create a Sexy Frame of Mind	p. 1
The 12 Myths About Sex Over 50-And the Corresponding Truths	p. 2
Overcoming the Mental Obstacles to Great Sex	p. 7
Removing Boredom from Your Life	p. 9
Tying It Together	p. 13
Five Tips for Creating a Sexy Mind-Set	p. 14
We're Still Sexy	p. 15
The Building Blocks of Passion	p. 17
Tear Down the Old Foundation and Create a Positive Sex Foundation	p. 19
How to Build Sexual Self-Esteem	p. 20
Four Sexual Self-Esteem Exercises	p. 24
Why Enthusiasm Encourages Passion	p. 26
The Hidden Sexual Potential of Optimism	p. 26
Five Tips for Making Sex More Playful	p. 28
Conquering the Three Emotions That Sap Sexual Energy	p. 28
Overcoming Five Fears That Steal Passion	p. 29
Sex Play	p. 31
Take Charge of Your Sexuality	p. 33
The Sex and Stress Connection	p. 34
Seven Sexy Stress Busters	p. 36
The Intimacy Fear	p. 37
Let Go of the Need to Control	p. 39
Ten Tips for Creating an Electric Sexual Atmosphere	p. 40
How to Become an Erotic Consumer	p. 41
Develop Your Own Erotic Lesson Plan	p. 43
The Take-Charge Lover	p. 46
Games for Mature Lovers	p. 48
Reading Your Partner's Sexual Rhythms	p. 49
How to Flirt Shamelessly with Your Mate	p. 49
How to Behave Like a Teenager in Lust	p. 50
Be a Tease	p. 51
Improving Her Oral Lovemaking Skills	p. 53
Improving His Oral Lovemaking Skills	p. 56
How to Give Your Partner Manual Pleasure	p. 58
The Joy of Mutual Masturbation	p. 62
Five Top Vibrator Tips	p. 63
The Love Game	p. 65
Improving Intercourse	p. 67
Seven Tips for Hotter Loveplay	p. 68
The Intercourse Positions	p. 69
The Dynamics of Thrusting	p. 75
Her Coital Dynamic Power	p. 77
Six Secret Hot Spots-And How to Ignite Them	p. 78
Four Additional Ways of Enhancing Intercourse at Midlife	p. 80
Take Me, I'm Yours	p. 83
Don't Have Sex, Make Love	p. 85
First, Clear the Emotional Air	p. 86
Awaken Each Other's Senses	p. 88
Create Erotic Trust	p. 91
Master the Art of Surrender	p. 95
Turn Up the Emotional Heat	p. 96
The Love Encounter	p. 99
The Power of Midlife Sexual Fantasies	p. 101
Why Fantasies Have Such Erotic Power	p. 102
Top Ten Midlife Sex Fantasies	p. 105
Should You Share Your Fantasies?	p. 107
Should You Act Out Your Fantasies?	p. 108
Erotic Role Playing	p. 110
Seven Steps for Connecting Fantasy to Reality	p. 113
Overcoming a Negative Fantasy Experience	p. 114
My Secret Sin	p. 116
Getting in Sync with Your Partner Again	p. 118
Accept Being Out of Sync	p. 120
How Being Out of Sync Affects Sex	p. 121
The Relationship-Synchrony Quiz	p. 124
Common Midlife Situations That Get in the Way of Sex	p. 126
How to Reconnect in Bed	p. 130
Five Steps for Getting in Sexual Sync	p. 131
How to Use Afterplay to Improve Your Relationship	p. 135
Making Time for Love	p. 136
Stretching Your Sexual Boundaries	p. 138
Measuring Your Sexual Boundaries	p. 139
The Sexual-Boundaries Quiz	p. 140
How to Have More Sex	p. 141
Ten Steps for Increasing Desire	p. 143
How to Put the Sex Back in a Sexless Marriage	p. 144
How to Get in the Mood for Love	p. 146
Exploring Alternative Forms of Loveplay	p. 147
Ten Places to Have Sex Out of Bed	p. 155
The Bonds of Love	p. 158
The Unlimited Potential of Midlife Orgasm	p. 160
The Midlife Orgasm	p. 161
The Orgasm Quiz	p. 162
How to Build New Pathways to Orgasm	p. 163
Extending Your Orgasm Time	p. 166
Multiple Orgasms at Midlife	p. 167
How to Have an Extragenital Orgasm	p. 174
How to Have a Spontaneous Orgasm	p. 175
How to Have the Ultimate Orgasm: A Full-Body Orgasm	p. 176
The Simultaneous Orgasm	p. 177
Is One Orgasm Better Than Another?	p. 179
Come Again	p. 180
Sex and Hormones	p. 182
How Hormones Affect Sexuality	p. 183
Conquering Common Hormone-Related Sex Problems in Women	p. 185
Evaluating Hormone-Replacement Therapy for Women	p. 191
Testosterone-Replacement Therapy	p. 196
Younger Love	p. 200
Overcoming erectile Dysfunction	p. 202
What Erectile Dysfunction Is-And Isn't	p. 203
The Sexual-Response Assessment	p. 204
Seven Ways of Preventing Erectile Dysfunction	p. 207
Four Steps to Restoring Sexual Function	p. 209
How a Woman Can Help	p. 210
The Causes of Erectile Dysfunction	p. 211
Erectile Dysfunction Remedies	p. 215
Beyond Intercourse	p. 228
Sex and Health	p. 230
The Sex Diet	p. 230
How Exercise Influences Sexuality	p. 232
The Health Benefits of Sex	p. 233
The Sexual Effects of Illness and Disability	p. 235
Why a Hysterectomy Doesn't End Your Sex Life	p. 242
Overcoming the Sexual Side Effects of Medications	p. 245
Rejuvenating the Mind-Body Connection	p. 247
Regaining Desire Lost to Illness, Disability, or Physical Signs of Aging	p. 249
Makeover Sex	p. 252
Making the Dating Scene	p. 254
New Beginnings	p. 255
Getting Out There	p. 256
Going Online-Or Not	p. 257
Other Dating Options	p. 260
Ten Great Conversation Starters	p. 262
Eight Safety Precautions	p. 264
Be Real, Stay Real	p. 265
Dating Success	p. 268
Hotel Date	p. 272
Love With Another Partner	p. 274
Six Keys to Staying Sexual Alone	p. 275
How to Become Sexually Active Again with a Partner	p. 276
Overcoming the Obstacles to a New Sexual Relationship	p. 280
How to Avoid STDs	p. 285
The Late Affair	p. 286
Should You Have an Affair?	p. 293
Consequences of the Affair: Should You Leave Your Partner?	p. 295
New Beginnings	p. 300
Keeping the Romance Alive Forever	p. 303
Friendship: The Hidden Component of Romance	p. 304
What Romance Is-And Isn't	p. 305
The Romance Quiz	p. 307
Ten Steps to Rediscovering Romance	p. 308
How to Keep the Romance Alive	p. 310
How Some Couples Never Lose the Magic	p. 312
The Last Words	p. 315
The "Like" Connection	p. 316
Conclusion: You're Still Sexy	p. 318
Index	p. 323
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