Gender Magic: Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy, and Step into Your Most Authentic Self - Softcover

McDaniel MEd LCPC CST, Rae

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472148304 ISBN 13: 9781472148308

Publisher: Robinson, 2023

Synopsis

'Rae McDaniel is a leader in their generation, matching compassion with clear-sighted vision for a sex-positive future' Emily Nagoski, PhD, author of Come As You Are and Burnout

Taking everything they know from more than a decade of working with the queer and trans community, their personal journey of gender exploration, and clinical best practices, licensed therapist, coach and speaker Rae McDaniel created the Gender Freedom Model. A uniquely supportive narrative for gender exploration and transition grounded in queer joy, their nine-pillar model has helped thousands of transgender and nonbinary individuals explore gender through play, pleasure and freedom. And now, it can help you too.

Whether you're transgender, non-binary, cisgender or still exploring, this compassionate and practical guide will help you experience your gender in new, expansive ways by teaching:
· How to move from anxiety, self-doubt, and fear to a confident, proactive state of mind.
· How to navigate discomfort and celebrate your inherent worth as you develop genuine self-love.
· How to design relationships, community and a sex life that lights you up.
· Practical tools to align your gender identity and expression with your most authentic self through play, pleasure and possibility.

Brimming with warmth, celebration and practical advice, Gender Magic is essential reading for anyone who yearns to step into their fullest self and imagine a life beyond gender binaries. Because you - yes YOU - are magic.

About this title

About the Author

Rae McDaniel is a non-binary therapist, certified sex therapist, coach and transgender diversity and inclusion educator. They are founder and CEO of Practical Audacity, a gender & sex therapy practice in Chicago and an international speaker on gender freedom. As an expert in sexuality and gender exploration, they have been featured in places such as The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Time, Women's Health, Well+Good, Refinery 29, Bustle, Elite Daily, Entrepreneur and The Independent. Rae holds degrees from DePaul University, University of Michigan, and is certified by AASECT. They live in Chicago with their dog Gizmo, who might actually be a gremlin.

From the Back Cover

'Rae McDaniel is a leader in their generation, matching compassion with clear-sighted vision for a sex-positive future' Emily Nagoski, PhD, author of Come As You Are and Burnout


A first-of-its-kind practical guide to achieving gender freedom with joy, curiosity and pleasure for transgender and non-binary individuals, gender explorers and those who love them.

Taking everything they know from more than a decade of working with the queer and trans community, their personal journey of gender exploration, and clinical best practices, Rae McDaniel created the Gender Freedom Model. A uniquely supportive narrative for gender exploration and transition grounded in queer joy, their nine-pillar model has helped thousands of transgender and nonbinary individuals explore gender through play, pleasure and freedom. And now, it can help you too.

Whether you're transgender, non-binary, cisgender or still exploring, this compassionate and practical guide will help you experience your gender in new, expansive ways by teaching:
· How to move from anxiety, self-doubt, and fear to a confident, proactive state of mind.
· How to navigate discomfort and celebrate your inherent worth as you develop genuine self-love.
· How to design relationships, community and a sex life that lights you up.
· Practical tools to align your gender identity and expression with your most authentic self through play, pleasure and possibility.

Brimming with warmth, celebration and practical advice, Gender Magic is essential reading for anyone who yearns to step into their fullest self and imagine a life beyond gender binaries. Because you - yes YOU - are magic.


Rae McDaniel is a non-binary therapist, certified sex therapist, coach and transgender diversity and inclusion educator. They are founder and CEO of Practical Audacity, a gender & sex therapy practice in Chicago and an international speaker on gender freedom. Rae holds degrees from DePaul University, University of Michigan, and is certified by AASECT. They live in Chicago with their dog Gizmo, who might actually be a gremlin.

Edition details

• Publisher: Robinson
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472148304
• ISBN 13: 9781472148308
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304