hugh anthony, certified lifestyle speaker · author · lifestyle coach
I have had the honour to write the Foreword for The Refined Player: Sex, Lies and Dates by Stevel Marc, a seminal publication on relationships gleaned from the author interviewing over 800 individuals globally and interwoven with his own lived experience. The book provides insights and inspiration for men and women to be more empowered and have more meaningful relationships.
“In a culture where almost everyone is afraid to face their true self, Stevel Marc breaks down what it means to be in love, while hitting nails on the head in the most ‘real’ way. Very few authors have the courage to be honest within their art, but Stevel is not that guy.”
Steve Whyte, Author of The Love Manual
Finally, a seminal work of art that is iconic. A hard-hitting open, provocatively honest, forthright coffee table ‘must have’ on any reading list. This narrative espoused to be an unabatedly, conscious masterpiece that will make conversational rounds over dinner, drinks, the hallowed halls of our ‘love nests’, church pews, lunch rooms at work, brunch, high tea, the bromance hangouts, and the player’s pariah of ‘the girls’ night out’ conversations.
Stevel Marc, through the lens and liminal ties of an interwoven tapestry, brings a unique perspective through his sojourns from continents lived, traveled and worked. A kaleidoscope of thoughtful self-reflections-of a man, his partners, friends and even strangers whose encounters and experiences of love, loss, longing are intimate intersections for the ‘genteelman’ who wants to be and do more for his woman.
The Refined Player: Sex, Lies, and Dates celebrates the essence of our existence, the nurturer of our souls – women – who have now been given a resounding affirmation as being self-aware, deeply connected, sexually attuned, emotionally wired, and exceptionally caring; however much they are still emotionally misunderstood by men. Stevel Marc’s gleanings are as fluid as they are vivid and soul-stirring.
The Refined Player: Sex, Lies, and Dates is inspirational contextually. It informs those of us who may not have experienced the perspectives shared in the chapters. The author’s encounters and experiences can better help us understand ‘self’ in the dynamics of ever-changing pressures on our relationships. The Refined Player: Sex, Lies, and Dates gives more than you would have come to expect, in an agile, concise and purely conversational tones capturing the voices gleaned with intentionality, eruditeness that intersects cross-generational understanding. The insights on expectations (communicated and uncommunicated) and to the author’s point of view on relationships from committed, enriching, superficial and unhappy; brings us to the uncomfortable truths about ourselves. The biting honesty about fears in relationships is delved into and dissected. Stevel Marc’s psycho-spiritual lens is thoughtful yet, disturbingly truthful through the voices that gets you uncomfortable with mediocrity in relationships, without judgment; but more so through our search for fulfillment.
“A wisdom filled expression truth clothed in inspiration.”
SteveWhyte
For more information on The Refined Player: Sex, Lies and Dates visit –
Available on Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com and iBooks
Follow us on Twitter @TRPSLD @Stevelmarc
Creative MagEzine 