Chapter 3 Guided Meditation from forthcoming 'Nothing Is Off The Table’ Book
Introducing Dr Tiffany Stanley’s forthcoming book 'Nothing Is Off The Table’ Book Illustrator
Emily Garrett began their digital artwork and illustration business in 2022, specializing in acrylic paintings across both canvas and digital mediums. Their work seeks to capture the strength, emotion, and authenticity reflected throughout this book’s celebration of women’s sexual health.
Endorsement of Dr. Tiffany Stanley's Guided Meditation for Enhanced Desire received by Dr. William Granzig
Dr. William Granzig was the former President and Life Founding Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Sexologists, a Sexologist Diplomate and President of The American Board of Sexology, and former President of The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, AASECT. He was also the president of the Sixth World Congress of Sexology.
Dr. William Granzig’s endorsement statement:
“Tiffany Stanley has created the best guided imagery resources that I have heard for anyone struggling with sexual desire / interest and sexual distress concerns. I recommended it without hesitation.” – Dr. William. A. Granzig, Ph.D., MPH, FAACS.
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Heal your Life Workshops
Heal Your Life workshops and seminars are based on the principles of the book, “You Can Heal Your Life®”, by Louise L. Hay and have been attended by many thousands of people worldwide. The 2 day Love Yourself, Heal Your Life® workshop developed by Louise Hay is a powerful program that has participants raving about the life changes it has helped them make. The workshop includes sections on the principles of this philosophy, the mind-body connection, inner child work, mirror work, releasing old emotions, forgiveness, and creating positive affirmations for a new life. Seminars offer an overview of the philosophy and the life changes that can occur when it is practiced.
EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
EMDR was developed in the late 1980s by Francine Shapiro, a psychologist who noticed—while walking through a park—that her distressing thoughts seemed to soften when her eyes moved back and forth. Intrigued, she began studying the phenomenon and eventually created a protocol that combined eye movements with structured recall of troubling memories. Her early research showed promising results, particularly for people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Since then, EMDR has been widely studied, endorsed by organizations like the World Health Organization and the American Psychological Association, and has become a mainstream, evidence-based treatment for trauma.
Some useful links:
- EMDR Information Handout >
- EMDR and AfterCare >
- What Does EMDR Treat >
- Brain Scan Images Show the Transformative Power of EMDR Therapy >
Scientific information describing the merits of Dr. Tiffany Stanley's Guided Meditation for Enhanced Desire
“Dr. Tiffany Stanley’s guided imagery recordings and guided imagery program have proven to be effective in helping women with sexual desire concerns. A 27-participant study was administered, using Dr. Tiffany Stanley’s guided imagery recording and daily journal exercises, over an 8-week time frame. The results indicated that the guided imagery recording had a significant improvement in the participant’s levels of perceived sexual desire/interest and lowered sexual distress, following treatment. A 50-point assessment scale was used to measure participants levels of sexual interest and desire before and after the guided imagery recording program. The scale measured the levels of sexual desire and interest for each participant. The assessment indicated that the participant’s levels of sexual interest and desire improved/ increased by at least 10 points. Participants also self-reported significant reduction in their distress symptoms, such as fewer symptoms of anxiety and depression and an increase in feelings of happiness and relaxation, following completion of the guided imagery program. The efficacy of the guided imagery program was clearly validated as a useful resource for low sexual interest and desire.”
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The Proustian Memory Effect
The Proustian memory effect describes those sudden, vivid, and deeply emotional flashes of the past that hit you without warning or any deliberate effort to remember-triggered by a seemingly ordinary sensory cue, most powerfully by taste or smell.
Explore the Proustian Memory Effect:
- Chu, S., & Downes, J. J. (2000). Odor-evoked autobiographical memories: Psychological investigations of Proustian phenomena. Psychological Bulletin, 126(4), 511–532. Read article here >
- Herz, R. S. (2004). A naturalistic analysis of autobiographical memories triggered by olfactory, visual, and auditory stimuli. Chemical Senses, 29(3), 217–224. Read article here >
- Willander, J., & Larsson, M. (2006). Smell your way back to childhood: Autobiographical odor memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13(2), 240–244. Read article here >
Chapter 4 Guided Meditation from forthcoming 'Nothing Is Off The Table’ Book
Sexual and Relationship Therapy
Sexual and Relationship Therapy: Wakefield, C. (2014). In Search of Aphrodite: Working with Archetypes and an Inner Cast of Characters in Women with Low Sexual Desire. Vol. 29(1), 31–41.
GUIDE To Sexual Health & STDS in Retirement Homes
Sexual health and STDs are often associated with the younger generations. However, contrary to popular belief, they’re an issue that also affects older people, especially those living in retirement homes. Senior living communities encourage seniors to socialize and build relationships with other residents, so it’s inevitable that sexual partnerships develop.
Using a Sex Toy Does Not Cause Addiction Issues
Myths And Misogyny: Why Using A Vibrator Does NOT Make You Lose Sensitivity. By Steph McCartney
MedAmour - Solutions for Intimate Wellness
MedAmour is passionate about sexual health and its importance in our overall quality of life. Here, you’ll find information on sexual health conditions and the products that can help you cope, recover, and renew your passion. By offering a nurturing, safe and unintimidating environment to assist with individuals’ sexual health needs, MedAmour makes it possible for individuals to become educated about their bodies, themselves, and their partners. They provide ongoing education, body-safe natural products, and discreet shipping.
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Hay House - products and Resources That Empower, Educate, and Inspire
Hay House was founded in 1984 by Louise Hay. Today, Hay House is one of the fastest-growing mind-body-spirit and transformation enterprises in the world, selling our products and services in more than 35 countries. Hay House is committed to delivering products and services that empower and educate the individual, while helping to heal our planet. The areas covered by Hay House reflect an eclectic assortment of interests: self improvement, mind-body-spirit, inspiration, health & healing.
The Impact of the Nervous System and Sexual Experiences
The nervous system is the master conductor of sexual experiences, coordinating desire, arousal, genital responses, and orgasm through a precise interplay of parasympathetic (for relaxation and blood flow) and sympathetic (for intensity and climax) pathways, while brain regions handle emotion, reward, sensory processing, and temporary inhibition of self-control. Sexual activity, in turn, powerfully reshapes the nervous system by releasing dopamine, oxytocin, endorphins, and other chemicals that reduce stress, boost mood, enhance bonding, improve emotional regulation, and support long-term brain health—though negative or traumatic experiences can dysregulate these circuits and impair future intimacy.
Explore the Impact of the Nervous System and Sexual Experiences:
- RCCS Centro Neurolesi. Neuroanatomy and function of human sexual behavior: A neglected or unknown issue. Read article here >
- Department of Psychology, Rutgers University. How Does Our Brain Generate Sexual Pleasure? Read article here >
- Goldstein, I. The Central Mechanisms of Sexual Function. Read article here >
How to Ask For What You Desire and Why it is Never Too Much
How to Ask for What you Want and Why it is never too much, by Dr. Tiffany Stanley.
Sexual Archetypes & Imagination
Sexual Archetypes & Imagination, by Wakefield, Chelsea
Psychotherapist Chelsea Wakefield has examined how guided imagery and archetypal work can broaden women’s sexual identity, using the concept of an internal “cast of characters” to help clients move beyond restrictive sexual scripts and patterns. I find this quote particularly meaningful:
“Many problems in life can be reduced to a failure of imagination. We get stuck in scripts and stories that are too small for the vastness of our souls… The sexual psyche and the range of sexual archetypes available to women are a realm of great potential, largely unexplored.”
In this article, psychologist Chelsea Wakefield explores the idea that many of our intimate challenges stem from “a failure of imagination”—from living within internal scripts too small for who we truly are. She introduces the concept of sexual archetypes and the “inner cast of characters” that shape women’s sexual experiences, highlighting how accessing this deeper imaginative landscape can lead to greater desire, creativity, and self-understanding.
Guided Imagery For Sexual Desire Concerns
Guided Imagery is a simple, self-awareness relaxation technique that uses positive words, images, sounds, and smells to evoke your inner creativity and activate feelings and experiences in your mind’s eye. It uses your inner creativity so that you can change how you are feeling and reach a desired goal.
Sexuality through the years (Maiden/Mother/Crone)
Context-dependent sexual changes during women’s midlife transitions. By Amber Watts and Sarah Jen
On cultural transformations of sexuality and gender in recent decades. By Volkmar Sigusch
Centerpointe - Meditation and Personal Growth
Centerpointe Holosync is a resource for a variety of meditations that use powerful, proprietary brainwave technology. The Centerpointe Holosync technology strengthens the “executive function” (willpower, focus, creativity) of your brain, while it calms the areas that create stress, impulsive behaviors and procrastination, simply by listening to soothing nature sounds with stereo headphones. Embedded under the nature sounds, the Centerpointe Holosync brainwave stimulator, literally enhances your brain power (safely and effectively) for tremendous (positive) changes in how you feel, think and behave.The idea of using precise sounds to alter a listener’s state of mind. Dr. Stanley has been using the Centerpointe Holosync technology since 2006 and highly recommends it’s mediation benefits.
Dr. Tiffany Stanley's Guided Meditation for Enhanced Desire awarded by the German Society for Social Scientific Sexuality Research (DGSS)
Dr. Stanley’s research and guided meditations were awarded the prestigious honor of being presented at the 2018 German Society for Social Scientific Sexuality Research (DGSS) Conference in Munich, Germany. Presentation: “The impact of relaxation and sensory-focused guided imagery on perceived female low sex desire/interest and sexual distress”.
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Circle + Bloom - Guided Fertility Meditation Programs
Guided meditation programs that are under 25 minutes. The programs can be listened to daily or when you need them to activate your desired health goals and influence your specific circumstances. The guided meditation topics include Increasing Fertility, Get Pregnant, Heal after Cancer Treatment, and Improve General Health.
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