
It Starts with You!
Improving Intimacy, Book 2
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Hayden Lee
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Dr. April Brown
About this listen
In this second book of the Improving Intimacy book series, you will learn exclusively how to cultivate a meaningful relationship with yourself and your inner spirit in order to further manifest more intimate, more authentic relationships with loved ones. It Starts with You! couldn't be closer to the truth! This book offers another quick yet detailed listen about the following and more:
- "Spirituality for beginners!" - How to create a relationship with your inner spirit
- The fundamentals of inner child work
- How to interpret your own emotions
- How to blend productivity and fun by choosing the right activities
- The significance of choosing the right community
- Develop an unwavering confidence about your purpose in life
- And thus, learning how to authentically live this purpose every single day
You will soon learn that the backbone of Dr. April Brown's counseling principles is undoubtedly based in self and spiritual intimacies. Dr. April Brown believes that the integrity of the relationships we cultivate with loved ones is directly correlated to the strength of the relationship we have with ourselves, our own unique inner spirits, and our higher power. It is imperative that we take the time to trust in our higher power that our existence is meaningful in itself. We do not need to spend a lifetime searching for meaning or for purpose. We just need to quiet the noise. We need to replace confusion with trust. Our purpose is already within us. All we have to do is listen.
This is Improving Intimacy: It Starts with You!, the second book of the Improving Intimacy series.
With the Improving Intimacy book series, you will learn how to shamelessly bring back the passion in your relationship. Dr. April Brown uses only the best, most reliable research and professionally tested methods to guide you back to intimacy by explicitly defining:
- Self Intimacy
- Spiritual Intimacy
- And some of the greatest forms of partner intimacy
- How to communicate vulnerably and thus, more effectively
- The secret equation to priceless, hypnotic sex
- And best of all, an immeasurable number of little big ways to improve intimacy today
Intimacy is not taboo, nor should it cost a fortune. Dr. April Brown has put together this invaluable and inexpensive seven book book series that is easy to understand yet profoundly impactful. Do not let your circumstances plague your relationship any longer.
Bonus: Within this series, you will also find an extensive list of Dr. April Brown’s intimacy, relationship, vacation counseling, and self-intimacy coaching services and much, much more.
Welcome to Bringing Intimacy' Improving Intimacy book series, where intimacy is real and well within your reach.
Look forward to the full Improving Intimacy book series:
- Improving Intimacy: Self, Spirit & Spouse
- Improving Intimacy: It Starts with You!
- Improving Intimacy: Everyday Expressions
- Improving Intimacy: Great Sex
- Improving Intimacy: Intimate Connections with Your Parents as Children
- Improving Intimacy: Intimacy with Friendships & Community
- Improving Intimacy: Intimate Connections in Business Across a World of Cultures
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