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Not all relationships are made to last forever. Sometimes what starts as a beautiful friendship or productive partnership turns toxic, or one-sided, or unhealthy - and the best solution for both parties is to end it. In How to Break Up With Anyone, relationship expert Jamye Waxman has written a much-needed guide to every step of a non-romantic breakup. Drawing from her own experiences, Jamye provides strategies for disengaging from a friend, family member, community, or even former version of oneself, addressing both practical and emotional concerns. While ending a relationship can be painful, Jamye's positive message focuses on the ultimately liberating aspects of putting unhealthy relationships to rest.Chapters include:Breaking Up Versus Taking a BreakBest Friends Forever No MoreBreaking Up With FamilyKissing Community GoodbyeRelabeling Your Sexuality and GenderBreaking Up With Your CareerBreaking Up With Anyone ElseBeing Broken Up WithHow to Break Up With Anyone provides the tools for anyone to initiate a breakup, the encouragement to get through it, and the wisdom to recognize that they don't have to settle for anything less than productive, healthy relationships. Covering a variety of relationships, How to Break Up With Anyone is a timeless resource for people of all ages.



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Jamye Waxman

In addition to being a sex writer, author, blogger, video host, producer and director, Jamye Waxman, M.Ed., is a well-known and sought after educator and lecturer in the field of human sexuality and relationships. Jamye utilizes her Masters in Sex Education from Widener University and her recent SFSI certification to demystify female pleasure, arm the public with accurate information, and empower people with the ability to pursue fun and freedom in their sex lives.

Waxman's career as a sex educator began as at world-famous sex toy shop Babeland in New York, and since she has gone on to be internationally recognized for her contributions to the sex and media community. In 2005, Wired.Com dubbed her "the nexxxt generation of sex educator," and she has gone on since to live up to that title.

Jamye is the CGO of gasm.org, a website devoted to female sexual pleasure, health and orgasms. She has created her own adult education and erotic films in addition to her collaborations as a producer and co-writer with adult film pioneer Candida Royalle. Her three-part video series, Personal Touch, was put out by Adam and Eve Pictures in 2007, and her latest educational film, 101 Positions for Lovers (Sensual Couples) has received praise from Fleshbot and author of The Guide to Getting It On, Paul Joannides, Psy.D. In addition to posting her own "reality" videos on her Youtube channel. Waxman's sex advice videos appear on Cherry TV's Fresh Advice, Sex Health Guru and FortheGirls.

Jamye has also served as the sex advice columnist for various publications including LA Weekly (After Dark website) , Playgirl Magazine ("Sex.Ed.") and Steppin' Out Magazine ("Hot Wax") . She regularly acts as a consultant, and has been interviewed and quoted in both printed and online publications such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Women's Health, Men's Health, Zink, AVN, Forbes, Xbiz, RealitySandwich, Jane, Zug, Heeb, Time Out New York, The NY Daily News, and YourTango. Her writing can also be found at her own blog, Jamye Waxman: Sex Matters.

She is the author of several books, including the award-winning book Getting Off: A Woman's Guide to Masturbation (Seal Press) and Women Loving Women: Appreciating and Exploring the Beauty of Erotic Female Encounters. She also contributed to the book Naked Ambition: Women Who Are Changing Pornography. JamYe recently collaborated with Emily Morse (of Miss Advised) to create Hot Sex: Over 200 Things You Can Try Tonight, and the two are currently working on an e-book that will offer essential sex tips to straight men. She is also in the process of researching and writing her next book on the proverbial female biological clock, The Wake Up Call.

Back in the day, Jamye was a radio producer for the likes of Joan Rivers, Alan Colmes, Joey Reynolds, Bob Berkowitz and Chaunce Hayden. She is a former TV Producer on Naked



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