If you are like most women and many men, you’ve got body image issues. You’re think that your belly is too large, your breasts are too saggy, or your arms not muscular enough. I tell my patients that it strikes me as normal to have body image concerns in Western cultures. These days, it’s the people without them that stand out as different from the rest. But just because it’s common to have body image issues, doesn’t mean that it’s healthy, or that you should just give in to them and let them wreak havoc in your life.

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Dr. Marianne Brandon, co-author of “Reclaiming Desire” with site Medical Director Dr. Andrew Goldstein, is the author of a new book, Monogamy: The Untold Story. Here is the introduction and excerpt from the book. See Dr. Brandon’s brief bio at the end of the excerpt.

As a clinical psychologist and sex therapist, I have devoted many years to helping people open and feel alive, both emotionally and physically. I myself have walked the same path I assist others in traveling every day. It is clear to me that when we are disengaged from any part of ourselves, including our sexuality, our hearts and bodies close in response. When we close, we stop evolving, and we no longer live and love to our fullest potential. Our lives lack creativity and joy, spontaneity and humor. As a culture, we have supported this unfortunate process in each other by ignoring the realities of our sexual instincts.

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