<p>Still in print & more timely than ever!  With the AIDS epidemic & the crisis in relationships from indiscriminate sex, sexual restraint is now appreciated for reasons of health, intimacy & love.  CHALLENGE TO LOVE by Mary Shivanandan, MA, CFLE, STL, shows how waiting for sex can help a relationship.  Most couples think sexual intercourse the best way to intimacy.  Surprisingly, couples report greater intimacy when practicing periodic abstinence.  Now in its third edition & seventh printing, this book explores the experience of couples who have discovered a new way of living & loving.  On first publication as Natural Sex (1979), Publishers Weekly wrote:  Shivanandan writes lucidly--& with a conviction she transfers to readers--on a subject of vital interest to millions."  Frank Valcour, Washington psychiatrist, describes the book as presenting "an integrating vision of human sexual life" & the Madison Review of Books calls it "such a warmly written medical, psychological, emotional & spiritual experience that ... every couple would find enlightment."  Consultant to government & private agencies on natural family planning, Shivanandan wrote "the psychology of abstinence" for nursing & medical student manuals.  Former contributing editor of Marriage & Family Living, she has authored scholarly papers & lectured nationally.</p>

Challenge to Love

Shivanandan, Mary

Parenting & Relationships

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