Bow Down: Lessons from Dominatrixes on How to Get Everything You Want
Written by Lindsay Goldwert
Narrated by Lisa Flanagan
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About this audiobook
Popular podcast host and personal finance expert Lindsay Goldwert explores what professional dominatrixes can teach us about confidence, power, and happiness.
Imagine, for a moment, a world where the usual power dynamic is turned on its head. Where women not only stop apologizing, but seize—and enjoy—control. This is the quickly mainstreaming world of BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism)—and it has a lot to teach women about empowerment, negotiation, open-mindedness, and more. Journalist Lindsay Goldwert, intrigued by this seismic cultural shift, traveled across the United States to meet the stars of the subculture, who spoke frankly with her about their lives and work.
In this “lively, funny, thoughtful channeling of wisdom” (Sara Benincasa, author of Real Artists Have Day Jobs), these Alpha women show you how you can reset the power dynamic in any situation to get what you want—whether it’s from a husband, a boss, or partner. They share strategies for revolutionizing not only your sex life, but your career, your relationships, and most importantly, your inner foundations.
With bondage gear popping up on the big screen, the runway, the red carpet, and in celebrity lingerie lines, BDSM is officially moving out of the dungeon and into the sun. Let Bow Down help you learn how to use it. “Whether your fantasies lie in the bedroom or the boardroom, Lindsay will give you the courage to go forth and dominate.” (Sarah Cooper, author of How to Be Successful without Hurting Men’s Feelings).
Lindsay Goldwert
Lindsay Goldwert is the editor in chief of the online love and money magazine Money Date. She’s a journalist and the host of Spent, a money-themed storytelling podcast praised as “unique” by The A.V. Club and “funny and human” by The Globe and Mail (Toronto). She is the former editorial director of the personal-finance app Stash and hosted the Teach Me How to Money podcast. Her writing has appeared in New York magazine, The New York Daily News, ABCNews.com, Quartz, Refinery29, Fast Company, Redbook, Slate, and many other publications. She lives in Queens, New York.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book was informative and mindful communication around intimacy and life it helped me to begin to respect my needs and desires by living in and through my own code of conduct. The power comes from within through our own vulnerability and authenticity. May we all have kindness , open hearts and open minds in ourself discover.