The theft of pleasure -- The sexual route to understanding pleasure -- The core emotions in the brain's basement -- Rebalancing your seeking system : liking what you need -- Hot-tempered and afraid : taming our defenses -- Care, grief, and play : using our affiliative emotions to enhance pleasure -- Operational intelligence and creating a new way to be -- Sex as a tool for transformation -- Good sex versus great sex : embracing your sexual potential

"A sex therapist and neuroscientist describes anhedonia, the inability to feel a satisfactory amount of pleasure-and provides the pathway back to fully enjoying sex, food, time with family and friends, and other pastimes, while also staving off depression, anxiety, and addiction"--