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Book: Women's Bodies/Wisdom
Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom
by Christiane Northrup, M.D.

I love, love, love this woman! She is a huge inspiration to me and so many women. This bible of women's health offers straight talk, factual information and support. Sister Goddess Christiane Northrup's personal journey towards health becomes a lens through which we can examine ourselves with the advantage of her perspectives. Check out her other books: Mother-Daughter Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause. Equally brilliant, equally important!
Book: Overcoming Underearning
Overcoming Underearning
by Barbara Stanny

This woman has transformed my relationship with money! She can do the same for you. And yes, we can all be financially free and create wealth. Barbara Stanny has created a series of inspirational tales and exercises that will recreate your relationship with money. Check out her other books: Prince Charming Isn't Coming, Secrets of Six Figure Women and Breaking Through. The whole collection is a great investment!
Book: Extended Massive Orgasm
Extended Massive Orgasm
by Dr. Steve and Dr. Vera Bodansky

If you want to go from zero to a hundred in the fiery red mustang convertible of pleasure, this book is your guide. Mama's best friends and coaches, Drs. Steve and Vera Bodansky have written the definitive work on orgasm, making ecstasy available to anyone who can follow directions.
Book: Illustrated Guide to Extended Massive Orgasm
The Illustrated Guide to Extended Massive Orgasm
by Dr. Steve and Dr. Vera Bodansky

The Icons of Orgasm have done it again! Grab a stack of these-one to study yourself, and the rest to give you away to all your boyfriends or your cranky friends who complain about their sex lives. The world is ready for women to have their way in bed.
Book: Sacred Pleasure
Sacred Pleasure
by Riane Eisler

This grand book puts you in touch with the sacredness and value of being a woman. Sister Goddess Riane Eisler prescribes pleasure as an antidote for the resignation and suffering that afflicts our planet. She draws upon our ancient roots of humanity to tell us about what could be possible in the future. Drink deeply and be revived.
Book: Davinci Code
The DaVinci Code
by Dan Brown

Calling all fans of the Goddess! Dan Brown has done it. Not only has he written a riveting read, but he has had a hand in educating millions of readers in the beauty, the brilliance and the hot throbbing spirituality of the sacred feminine. You can swallow this novel whole, no chewing, but you may want to savor it...
Book: Seductress
Seductress
by Betsy Prioleau

Oh, to wallow in the divine sauciness of what it is to be a woman! Betsy Prioleau has harvested the best, the sassiest, the most reverently irreverent seductresses of the past centuries, and placed them at your fingertips. This book can inspire you to your own brilliance, when you have temporary amnesia. My favorite chapter? The Silver Foxes!
Book: Game of Life and How to Play It
The Game of Life and How to Play It
by Florence Scovel Shinn

You won't believe that this transformational, visionary and inspirational jewel was written in the 1920s. Many of our Sister Goddesses live by the philosophies. It's all about trusting your desire, and it is as good an idea now as it was then.
Book: Courtesan
The Book of the Courtesans: A Catalogue of Their Virtues
by Susan Griffin

Beauty, timing, flirtation, cheek, arousal, seduction, gaiety, rapture, grace and charm. Sister Goddess Susan writes rapturously of women who have changed the course of history with their smile. Uncover your inner courtesan!
Book: Surrendered Wife
The Surrendered Wife: A Practical Guide to Finding Intimacy, Passion, and Peace with Your Man
by Laura Doyle

You gotta love Sister Goddess Laura Doyle. She's willing to lay out how to have your way with the man in your life where you are happy, and he is happy, and you have your way. Suck up your ego, gals, and experiment.
Book: Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy
The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy
by Vicky Iovine

As far as I can conceive, this is the only pregnancy guide a woman should read. The other stuff will scare you and depress you. This book will have you laughing and give you all the information you need.
Book: Continuum Concept
The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development)
by Jean Liedloff

If you have the urge to benefit from your ancestress' wisdom about child rearing and raising a healthy Congo baby, check out this book. Sister Goddess Jean will have you trust your maternal instincts, even if it's your first time and you don't know that you actually know what you are doing.
Book: Woman: An Intimate Geography
Woman: An Intimate Geography
by Natalie Angier

This beautifully written and informative book celebrates the female body. Written with whimsy and eloquence, Sister Goddess Natalie Angier's investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art and literature. She blends biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Read it and dance.
Book: Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
by Inga Muscio

This book swaggers with feminine gutsiness and will have you own your body, especially your cunt, as never before. Sister Goddess Inga's fresh, dazzling approach to womanhood will thrill you, inspire you and saturate you with invaluable information.
Book: Fit From Within
Fit from Within
by Victoria Moran

This little book is so simple, so inspiring and so soothing to the ravages of the dieter's soul. You can devour it in one sitting or nibble on it a little at a time. It is delicious.
Book: Eating In the Light of the Moon
Eating In the Light of the Moon
by Anita Johnson

I have never met a woman who did not have an eating disorder. This book invites us to find the genius, the poet and the divinity in our muddled and jumbled relationship to food.
Book: The Emergence of the Sensual Woman
The Emergence of the Sensual Woman
by Saida Desilets

Saida has a huge love for the sensual unfolding of a woman. Her voice will inspire your journey. I love her invitation to live a life of succulence. She understands that pleasure is the pathway to owning your power as a woman.
Book: The Yoni
The Yoni
by Rufus C. Camphausen

For more excuses to worship yourself, read this book. Rufus takes us on a tour of ancient Yoni worship that will leave you feeling like the Goddess you are.
Book: From Diapers to Dating
From Diapers to Dating
by Debra W. Haffner

For any mom who has wondered how to raise a sexually informed, responsible and self-honoring child, Debra Haffner has created the manual for you. She has so helped me feel comfortable about educating my daughter as she steps closer to becoming a woman. I love her take on "teaching moments."
Book: The Female Brain
The Female Brain
by Louann Brizendine

This book will teach a woman to cherish the unique and powerful and brilliant way that her brain functions-especially as it functions differently from the male. It not only helps you love and respect yourself, but also love and respect the men in your life.
Book: How to Make One Hell of a Profit and Still Get to Heaven
How to Make One Hell of a Profit and Still Get to Heaven
by Dr. John F. Martini

This man gives you a geyser of information and exercises designed to crash through your limitations and open you to the abundance you deserve. And ain't it great to know you won't burn in hell for being rich?
Book: Dear Lover
Dear Lover
by David Deida

This is a beautiful love letter to highlight what is best and most beautiful and irresistible in every woman, from a man's perspective.

Movies Mama Gena Recommends...

Movie: The African Queen
The African Queen
Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn

You are not the only woman alive with a man who resists her desires. Watch Sister Goddess Kate as she uses every trick in the book to turn that man into her hero. She never gives up on her dreams, and neither should you!
Movie: Auntie Mame
Auntie Mame
Rosalind Russell

Life is a banquet, and if you ever forget it, pop in this movie. Sister Goddess Ros Russell is incandescent and inspiring and will remind you to have your way, every day.
Movie: Dangerous Beauty
Dangerous Beauty
Catherine McCormack

The movie that inspired me to create the School of Womanly Arts. "To give pleasure, you must know pleasure." Need I say more?
Movie: Hobson's Choice
Hobson's Choice
Charles Laughton

The best man-training movie ever made. Ever. Watch the transformation: let it inspire you.

Mama Also Recommends...

Sheila Kelley's S Factor:
This work has transformed my body and my relationship to exercise. I would rather give up my coffee than miss my S Factor workout. Who knew that this combination of yoga, Pilates and pole dancing could teach a woman to experience her divinity in movement. You've GOT to check out her work.
www.sfactor.com

Debbie Rosas' Nia:
Wow, Debbie Rosas has created an amazing, revolutionary idea in fitness: pleasure, pleasure and more pleasure in the body. What I adore about Debbie's work is that all ages, body types and fitness levels can be embraced in a class together. Everyone goes at their own pace and falls more and more in love with their bodies through movement. And what a phenomenal workout-with her creative cocktail of martial arts, yoga and dance, she is really onto something! Check out her classes and her DVD's!
www.nianow.com

Barbara Stanny's Workshops:
If money scares you, Barbara Stanny is the cool compress to your fevered brow. I have watched hundreds of my students step into a brand-new relationship with money where they feel capable instead of helpless, deserving instead of pathetic, and proud instead of ashamed. Barbara has changed my life. If you have financial goals that are not being met, as I did, you're going to want to work with her!
www.barbarastanny.com


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