With a dose of good humor, Dr. Gail Saltz explains how women can approach their sexuality from the inside out and create a ripple effect that will change how they think, feel, and behave in every aspect of life. Every day in her private practice, best-selling author Gail Saltz helps women change the way they think about themselves so they can live their best lives. Now, in The Ripple Effect, she draws on that expertise to show women how to free themselves from their personal stories and develop the confidence to know and like who they are so they can live life more fully. According to Dr. Saltz, the key to being a self-assured, magnetic force in every aspect of life is to know one's sexual self. How a woman sees herself sexually reflects how she thinks, feels, and behaves in almost every aspect of life; it creates a ripple effect that emanates outward in every direction, impacting family life, friendships, and work. The Ripple Effect examines the five negative thoughts and stories that typically define a mature woman's sexual identity.

Once she understands where her sexual identity comes from and how it affects her life-once she reunites her physical self with her mental self-a woman can then turn the ripple effect into a positive force for change. The vitality and power one acquires from a positive sexual identity then radiates outward to help a woman become the carefree, confident woman she wants to be.