PART TWO OF A TWO PART SERIES

Author and Relationship Expert Maryanne Comaroto is back to delve a little deeper into what we MUST ask men BEFORE we jump into the sack with them! She says, “We just don’t want to know; we would rather live in a fantasy and be lead on than deal with what is actually going on right in front of our eyes” - touche!

Maryanne details for us highly useful tools and information from her new book HINDSIGHT: What You Need to Know Before You Drop Your Drawers, such as the SHOMI method of taking a few quiet minutes everyday to really tap into what our bodies and spirits are trying to tell us.

Don’t miss this lively and all important interview with America’s Leading Relationship Expert who is willing to call BS on many of the unconscious and dysfunctional patterns that exist today in the modern world of dating, relationships and sex!  Here is a little teaser:

Maryanne Comaroto: But here is the thing that keeps happening; men keep coming and orbiting into your life, so the other thing I recommend and what this part of the program I think we’re going to talk a little bit more about is here I am going along with my little self-care practice, feeling good about myself, taking myself for walks, bubble baths, sending myself flowers, and all of a sudden I go out and there he is and that goes out the window and next thing I know my underwear are around my ankles, I’m doing, you know, the rumpy pumpy with some guy I just met because I’m sure he’s the one. Now this is not an unusual story. Why does that happen and why is that so dangerous? Well, you know, Alissa we could look at some of the statistics out there. Lets start in college. Date rape is on the rise. Being a single mother is on the rise. The divorce rate, lets keep moving along, is on the rise.

Alissa Kriteman: Not to mention domestic violence…

Maryanne Comaroto: That’s right. On the more dramatic end of the scale, death. Next year, 2009, between two and four thousand women are going to die as a result of domestic abuse, okay. These things are nothing for us to sneeze at. So on the very extreme left, lets call it, you need some skills and tools when you meet someone just for your very safety, okay. Chemistry is going to probably try to talk you into not using those tools and skills. You get close enough to somebody whose had some problems, gets an STD… I know gals who tell me all the time, “Oh my gosh, I have herpes. I can’t tell the guy.” Well how do you think you got it, you know?

 Tune in today! 

I love when men want to share their insights with us on how to be a Modern Goddess. This is a very touchy subject for me and I maybe you too, so I take care to pick authors and experts whose hearts I can feel while they are delivering their content to us. I like Dr. Alex Benzer, with a BA from Harvard and a MD from UC San Diego, he has probably spent more time getting an education than he has spent doing anything else so I really wanted to hear what he has to us.

What I get is this: The whole world is changing rapidly. With the economy the way it is, now more than ever we need to practice mental clarity and stay focused on what we want versus what we don’t have or don’t want. This skill completely translates into intimate relationships.

Dr. Alex talks to us about his new book, The Tao of Dating for Women, The Smart Woman’s Guide to Embracing your Inner Goddess and Finding the Fulfillment you Deserve. We hear about “Bad Boys” and what we can expect from their behavior which might look like romance, spontaneity and love on the outside but could really be an indicator of serious trouble ahead.

We talk a lot about busting up fantasies about how life or our lovers should be. We discuss characteristics of the Modern Goddess and why men are aching for this type of woman in their lives. Of course it wouldn’t be a complete show if we didn’t talk about sex, so Dr. Alex tells us what men’s secret fears about sex are, as well as the importance of our own sexual know how in the bedroom. Tune in and turn on your awareness!

Hey Ladies,

Wouldn’t you love to learn how men think about and relate to women?  Well in this seminar, the great work of Alison Armstrong, they will cover just that and a whole lot more! I loved this eye-opener and the best part about it - it’s free!
The next seminar in the Bay area will be held in San Rafael on:

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm

Embassy Suites San Rafael

101 McInnis Parkway San Rafael, CA 94903

(415) 499-9222

Parking at this hotel is complimentary

Making Sense of Men is a seminar for women only. To make reservations, call 800-418-9924, ext. 2, or go to http://www.understandmen.com/makingsense/register.php

Send this email to the women in your life and invite them to this FREE, 3-hour seminar for women only. If you are a graduate of Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women, inviting your friends to Making Sense of Men is a wonderful way to share a taste of your new world. If you have not yet participated in Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women, this is how you can find out what our workshop offers.

Making Sense of Men delivers tons of useful information that helps end the confusion for both single and married women. You will learn:

* How to tell when a man is really attracted to you… what he actually says and does.

* The 2 types of attraction men experience - the one that makes him cherish and adore you… and the one that will have him thinking only of how to get you into bed!

* Which qualities are the most attractive to men… and why they are essential to satisfying long-term relationships.

* What causes the “downward spiral” in relationships… and how to have the “upward spiral” instead.

At the end of the evening, there will be an opportunity to register into the Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women weekend workshop and to purchase products. A discounted price and a bonus gift will be offered to all those who register while they are at Making Sense of Men.

Let me know if you attend and what you thought of the program!

xoxo

Alissa

I am really excited to interview Leslie Rice this week who is the CEO as well as one of the lead seminar leaders for PAX Programs.  PAX Programs are the brain child of one of my favorite JFW female guests, Alison Armstrong. We have talked about two important topics thus far:
Does he want to Date you or Marry You? and Understanding Men
Leslie is going to give us an in depth interview about Men and Sex, one of the powerful courses PAX offers to women (only!).  Send me any questions you have and I will be sure to get them answered during our interview! Click the ICON to learn more about the illuminating courses that can be found with PAX Programs and Alison Armstrong, a woman who has dedicated her life to helping the sexes understand each other better!

With laser like focus and whole lot of wisdom about dating, Jordan Harbinger, teacher and dating coach with The Art of Charm, gives us the skinny on how understanding Social Dynamics can be used by both men and women to arrive at that first luscious kiss!  In this interview, Jordan distinguishes for us the difference between Pick Up Artists and Dating Coaches, what “high value” is, why it is really important for us to be nice to men.  A man very comfortable in his own skin, Jordan talks about “The Modern Gentleman” and how The Art of Charm is ushering in a new breed of men (and women!) schooled in intimacy, honesty, communication and confidence.  NICE.  It’s all the information we never learned growing up, brought to us by peers who make it their life’s mission to be better, more loving people.  DOUBLEY NICE.

This is one of four interviews, in a series with The Art of Charm expert teachers and coaches who are brimming with expert information, insight and advice on how to be the best person you can be and attract the opposite from there.

Hey there is great Indy film launching this week in the Bay Area.  It is called Good Dick and I am going to check it out with my like minded homeys this Friday night at the Opera Plaza Theater.
Produced by my friend’s friend’s sister, I am always happy to support Indy films!  It has received great reviews so I am bringing a whole bunch of my friends, who are also relationship coaches to check it out.  I will let you know what I think.  Check it out in a theater near YOU!

“Before working on GOOD DICK, I went through a metamorphosis from an inactive observer and opinionated commentator to an active, courageous participant in my own artistic journey.  I realized that everybody can sing in the shower, but it’s something else to sing in front of a crowd.  The definition of courage includes fear.  If there is no fear, you can’t be courageous.  So I decided that the process of going through fear was preferable to the stagnancy of staying safe and scared. Going through fear is a way for me to stay sane in my life, and this film is part of that sanity and I’m grateful for it.  There are correlations between the journey of the film and my own effort in creating it.

With GOOD DICK, I wanted to show what love can do to someone’s life, and how love and sex can open a closed person.  I wanted to reintroduce the wonder of sexuality; the titillation of not seeing everything, the romance of a film about real people whose sexiness abounds because of their authenticity.  These days sexuality has somehow become associated with all things false, and I think it’s a mirage.  Characters are attractive to me when they are real people.

The story is almost like a knight slaying a dragon to save a damsel in distress, the man believes he is capable of solving all of the woman’s issues. The dragon however is an illusive foe, because in fact it is a part of her.  Her limitations as a healthy person, her sexual antipathy and her depression are roadblocks for him on his quest.  Eventually his courage and positivity give her the necessary tools to slay the dragon by herself, illustrating how his love for her has reverberated in her life and changed her for the better.

I knew the man had to be strong and thereby protective, but not in a stereotypical sense of male strength.  Definitions of masculinity often tend to be deformed in our culture. In the film the man’s power has nothing to do with his physical strength or his social status.  He is masculine in a way that I find to be genuine; this masculinity stems from his lack of chauvinism. His chivalry includes the woman’s own strength and equality.

David Leveaux once posed the following question to me: How much pain can you go through and still remain open?  With the characters in GOOD DICK, I wanted to illustrate growth as I understand it: what makes change happen, what turns evil into good, how can one person help another grow?  Similarly I gave myself the task as the director to follow the light, so to include myself in the question: How much stress can you go through as a director/artist and still remain open?  I don’t think it would work very well to direct a film as a closed person.  Nothing much works well unless I’m open.”

And if you are presently struggling with personal or relationship issues - reach out and connect with me - this is why I am here.

xoxo

Alissa

Episode 57: Cameron Rafati, Relationship Coach, takes us inside the Seduction Community and the World of Pick Up Artists!

Are you wanting more success, love and intimacy with men? In this Just for Women episode we get the “inside scoop” from Relationship Coach, Cameron Rafati about how attract the man who is right for YOU.  We delve into a little-known community called the “Seduction Community” which has gotten a lot of negative attention over the years.  These men now seem to be changing their tune from being “Pick Up Artists” to a more acceptable term called “Social Artists.”  Cameron Rafati tells Just for Women listeners what is going on! Cameron also gives us Four  tips on how to attract the kind of love we want in our lives – from a man’s (former Pick Up Artist) perspective.  Single and Coupled women alike - Do not miss this interview!