Advice Goddess Radio -- Tonight, 7-8pm PT, 10-11pm ET: Michele Weiner Davis -- How To Put The Sex Back In Your Relationship
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NOTE: A word on the "Best of" replays, including tonight's. I'm in the final weeks of working absolutely insane hours to complete my next book. This is the only reason I haven't been doing live weekly shows, and I will soon be all-live every weekend, featuring some very exciting researchers and their books.

This week, better sex! My guest is marriage therapist Michele Weiner Davis, author of the extremely helpful book, "The Sex-Starved Marriage," which I've referenced in my advice column.

This is not only a show that explains how to bring the sex back into your relationship but how manage things if one of you wants it more than the other (or if one of you wants it and the other wants it not at all).

Unlike all of those "sexperts" who basically tell you that one of you just has to throw on a nurse's uniform before you have at it, Michele Weiner Davis gives real, practical, pragmatic solutions for this problem -- ones that take into account how people really are and how life actually works.

Listen live (on tape) at this link at 7 p.m. Pacific, 10 p.m. Eastern, or download the podcast afterward:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2013/07/08/michele-weiner-davis-put-the-sex-back-in-your-relationship

Don't miss last week's show with social psychologist Dr. Roy Baumeister, busting all sorts of myths we believe -- to our detriment -- about willpower, which is key to success in numerous facets of life, from relationships to one's career.

An example of one of these myths is the notion that it makes sense to have New Year's resolutions, plural. In fact, willpower is easily depleted, and Baumeister, based on the research, explains that you should have ONE resolution and explains how to eliminate cognitive stress that decreases your chances of sticking to it.

One of the most practical and helpful self-help books I've read recently is the one featured on this show, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength, by Baumeister and John Tierney -- on an issue we all have issues with: Improving our self-control.

Many of the studies in the book are from Baumeister's own lab, and he is fascinating guest. I've already improved my life with insights from the book, and I can't imagine that anyone who listens to this show will come away without tips for how they can improve their life -- and be a little more relaxed about the stuff they anguish over related to self-control.

Listen at this link or download the podcast:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2013/07/01/dr-roy-baumeister-the-science-on-increasing-your-willpower

Join me and my fascinating guests every Sunday, 7-8 p.m. Pacific Time, 10-11 p.m. Eastern Time, here at blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher.