Our guest today has spent years in the publishing business, but it was only when her marriage broke up that she found the inspiration to write a book of her own. Available: A Memoir of Sex & Dating After a Marriage Ends, is a no-holds-barred look at post-divorce rehabilitation and the experiences of a woman on a journey of invention.

“Don’t judge me,” says author Laura Friedman Williams. And that’s one of the central messages in the book. It’s hard to re-engage, to re-ignite after a broken heart. And as much as this book is also a book about re-igniting a broken libido, it’s also very much a book about discovering who you are after you figure out the superficial sex stuff.

This isn’t a book about sexual reinvention. It’s a book about unlocking many, many new doors after sexual rediscovery. We hope this conversation piques your interest enough to explore it on your own. You can find it wherever you buy your books. In the mean time, you can follow her writing on Medium, follow her on Twitter and Instagram, or connect with her on LinkedIn.

• 01:19 - Welcome to How to Split a Toaster
• 01:45 - Intro to Laura Williams
• 02:42 - Learning to Be Open
• 07:19 - What's Happened Since
• 13:18 - Updating Your Emergency Contact
• 15:35 - The Two Women
• 22:08 - Finding Yourself
• 25:15 - Re-Tuning Your Happiness
• 34:17 - Sex as Tool for Re-Discovery
• 39:41 - Communication and Boundaries