Get the first chapter of Hot Sex & Healthy Intimacy free and discover how so much of what women have been taught about sex disconnects us from our own desire, pleasure, and bodies.
In Hot Sex and Healthy Intimacy, sex educator and relationship coach Amaya Shiva Ot- to-Combs reveals the impact of the sex education you never signed up for and the man-wom- an dynamics that were modeled for you. Most of your patterns in sex and relationships come from Hollywood, social conditioning, and a whole lot of shame about your true desires- and as rocketing divorce rates and plummeting relationship satisfaction illustrate.. This isn’t working.
But be careful! This book will forever change how you connect with yourself and your be- loved-in the best possible way. Whether you are single, dating, or in a long-term relation- ship, it’s time to stop wondering what is wrong with you and start learning the skills and science you need to get what you really want from your intimate life.
"The world we know would change if everyone could do this work on themselves."
"Working with Amaya has been an eye opener in how relate to men and how ball busting! have been and can be. By understanding men better and changing perspectives, I've seen positive shifts in different types of relationships with men: personal, friends, family."
“While this is technically a book about sex, intimacy, and relationships, to me, it’s really a book about consciousness. Sex just happens to be the vehicle…. It isn’t just teaching people how to have better sex. It’s teaching people how to have a better relationship with themselves and, by extension, with another person.”
"I came to Amaya because my relationships were suffering and I needed to know why. Why was I so anxious asking for what I wanted? What was holding me back? As a bisexual (or omnisexual, maybe even demisexual) woman in a heterosexual marriage, I was navigating gay panic, thought loops, internalized shame, and a sexuality I was only beginning to understand. My relationships felt ingenuine and Amaya led me to the discovery that I didn't know who I was or what I wanted. I needed more than a coach. I needed a container. And Amaya built that.
Through IFS practices, somatic work, and exercises that meet you exactly where you are, Amaya helped me drop into my body, feel my feelings, and vocalize what I actually want — without guilt, without restraint. She helped me recognize when I'm spiraling, when I'm not speaking from my heart, and what's really at the root of my thought loops. She also connected me with shibari instructors and teachers in the tantra space, and my community has genuinely grown tenfold because of her.
Amaya guided me toward being better at love. She helped me understand my communication patterns, taught me how to express my needs and desires more effectively, and even sat with me to help craft a "I have a crush on you" text that I'd been frozen on for weeks. I sent it. The response was better than I ever imagined.
Amaya is neurodivergent, gentle, firm, and zero-bullshit. She's a no-judgment zone who will also tell it to you straight — always with awareness of your emotional bandwidth. She makes Eastern philosophy accessible in our Western world, connects the dots on relationship dynamics, and makes you feel seen as a whole person deserving of love and forgiveness. She works with you to set realistic goals and doesn't waste your time.
Amaya (and her clients, me included) are shifting culture around sex toward enthusiastic consent, pleasure, and knowing yourself. She taught me things I wish I'd learned growing up. I will be a student of Amaya's for life — and I'm so grateful I found her this early."
"When I first started working with Amaya, I honestly wasn’t sure a truly fulfilling romantic or sex life was still in the cards for me. I had shut down emotionally and physically, and I had no idea how to find my way back to myself.
Three and a half years later, the transformation is almost hard to believe.
Amaya has a rare combination of warmth, wisdom, and the willingness to lovingly push you right to the edge of your comfort zone - and then help you discover that the edge is actually where the good stuff begins.
She challenged me, held me accountable, and gave me the tools to do the work. I brought the willingness; she brought the expertise and a remarkable ability to know when I needed a nudge, when I needed support, and when I needed to get out of my own way.
Through our work together, I’ve learned to communicate my needs with far more clarity and confidence, both in my romantic and non-romantic relationships. I’ve become more comfortable asking for what I want, setting boundaries, navigating intimacy, and making much more room for pleasure, play, joy, and spontaneity.
The biggest transformation, though, has been realizing that I didn’t need to become someone else to have the kind of relationship and sex life I wanted. I needed to become more fully myself.
Today, I’m in a loving partnership with someone I’m able to truly meet - and allow to meet me. That wouldn’t have been possible without the work I’ve done with Amaya.
If you’re willing to get honest, get uncomfortable, and actually do the work, Amaya is the coach for you. She will push your edges and help you discover all the juiciness that is available to you."
"Working with Amaya has been deeply transformative for me. Through our relationship coaching and her women’s book club I gained a powerful new perspective on men and relationship dynamics. What we learned completely changed how I relate to men— by seeing male behavior as misunderstood rather than malicious and learning to honor the heroic nature in men.
With Amaya’s guidance, I’m working through my attachment patterns and learned how to express my wants and desires with vulnerability and clarity. Instead of operating from old defenses, I’m building security within myself and that has changed the quality of the connections I attract. I went from feeling super frustrated in connections that activated my anxious attachment and left me super stressed out, to truly, confidently single for the first time in my adult life! I’ve also been attracting super loving men who take really good care of me and leave me feeling secure in myself. I also have a new group of amazing women friends!"
Amaya Shiva Otto-Combs is a sex educator and relationship coach who has supported thousands of singles and couples from around the world. She is the host of the Your Sexual Revolution podcast and loves coaching women and couples on how to create the intimate lives and relationships of their dreams.
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