Cupid's Challenge: Embracing, Restoring Love, Affection, Intimacy and Respect Through the Challenges of Chronic Pain

How can partners achieve a happy and fulfilling sex life when one or both are living with chronic pain?

Over 100 million people, including tens of millions of couples, in the United States alone suffer from the far-reaching effects of chronic pain. Cupid's Challenge literally uncovers how chronic pain slips into the bedroom and touches relationships physiologically, psychologically, relationally, and sensually. The arrows provided in this book are practical, powerful tools anyone can grasp and use to stimulate and enjoy their sexual relationship.

Keep your sex life sparkling with:

• a positive and sound approach to pain management and sexual pleasure.
• focused and effective responses that you can tailor to meet your unique challenges.
• strategies for reconnecting with your partner and overcoming pain issues together.
• techniques that can help you communicate about a very delicate subject in a loving, respectful way.

The author, Dr. Liza Leal, knows firsthand the devastation of chronic pain- and that restoration IS possible. She continues to thrive despite the rheumatoid arthritis that bound her to a wheelchair in medical school. As an EverydayHealthHacker(TM) she looks for what works, what helps, and what can help her patients change in their lives today for a brighter future tomorrow.

Cupid's Challenge is your guide to learning to live well, learning to thrive in the midst of chronic pain and fulfilling a joyful intimate sex life.