Quiz: What’s the lowdown on your libido?

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HIGHER Body Talk/LOWER Brain Baggage:
Your brain and body appear to be in sexual harmony, both nicely on track. We’re not sure why you bought this book! Maybe your problems are more logistical; you want to have sex, but you just can’t seem to make it happen. Or maybe the sex you do have is dragging a bit or boring. Keep taking care of yourself physically and mentally, and check out chapters 5 -7 to figure out how to make date night work and put some spice in the sack. Look for the quickie in each moment, and recruit friends and family to take the kids out so you can stay in and have some fun.

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HIGHER Body Talk and HIGHER Brain Baggage:
Your body may say yay, but your mind is saying nay! Keep taking care of yourself physically, but now you need to pay special attention to your heart and mind. Time to weigh your emotional baggage: clear the path to naughtiness with a good talk-sesh. Open up to your partner, a friend, or therapist about what’s going on for you and how you to let it go.

HIGHER Body Talk and MODERATE Brain Baggage:
Lookin’ good! Your body says yay, but your mind says, sorta yay. Just work out some of those emotional kinks and you’ll be on your way to kinky again. Clear the path to naughtiness with a good talk sesh. Open up to your partner, a friend, or therapist about what’s going on for you and how you to let it go.

MODERATE Body Talk and LOWER Brain Baggage:
Lookin’ good! Your brain appears to be on board but your body is not quite ready to back you up. You don’t have to choose sleep over sex, you just have to figure out how to get enough of both! Start with a physical check-up to rule out wacky hormones or other health problems. Line up some super sleep time, get regular exercise, and work on eating something besides left-over kid food.

MODERATE Body Talk and HIGHER Brain Baggage:
Physically you may be dragging your heels a bit, but mentally you’re headed for a screeching halt! While it might be good to see a doctor to pin down any physical problems, you most likely would benefit more from a head check. Are you burned out? Feeling undersupported? Hung up on sexuality for some reason?

MODERATE Body Talk and MODERATE Brain Baggage :
Don’t you just love being moderate? So safe and simple, right in the middle. Just “fine.” But it’s a slippery slope from “just fine” to “so-so” to “kinda sucky.” Check out chapters 5 - 7 to work on finding more passion in your life and see how your libido lights up.

LOWER Body Talk and LOWER Brain Baggage :
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is as weak as Heidi’s knees when she’s deep in a good Johnny Depp fantasy. Your body is a temple, and yours needs a most honorable check in — let your doctor rule out any real problems and rule out wacky hormones.

LOWER Body Talk and MODERATE Brain Baggage:
While mentally you may be dragging your heels a wee bit, physically you’re headed for a screeching halt! See above answer for getting physical with your physician and ditch extra brain baggage with a chummy chat. Line up some super sleep time, get regular exercise, and work on eating something besides left-over kid food. Remember, you don’t have to choose sleep over sex, you just have to figure out how to get enough of both! Clear the path to naughtiness with a good talk sesh. Open up to your partner, a friend, or therapist about what’s going on for you and how you to let it go.

LOWER Body Talk and HIGHER Brain Baggage:
Well, here we are, in the land of the lost libido. But you already knew that! If your partner is here too, then maybe the two of you can hole up in your non-sexual nest and take your own sweet time to figure things out. However, if you find yourself mismatched, miffed and deep in Bickerland about the sexual state of things, there’s only one thing to do — KEEP READING THIS BOOK!

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Quiz: What’s the lowdown on your libido?