Lindsay Goldwert

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Lindsay Goldwert •

Author, writer, & sex educator.

Feelings & finance.
Sex & shame.

Taboo topics with warmth, kindness, and over two decades of knowledge.

I start conversations about sex, money, and getting what you want (maybe for the first time). I’m also a finance writer and certified sex educator with a fierce commitment to self-exploration and discovery.

I’ve written about all of this for The New York Times, NYmag, Marketwatch, Fast Company, and many more. My book Bow Down: Lessons from Dominatrixes on How to Be a Boss in Life, Love, and Work was a Glamour Best Book of 2020.

My new book, The Midlife Plot Twist: How to Reboot Your Life Without Burning It Down (Even If You Really, Really Want To) explores how to to reframe your relationships to sex and money with humor, compassion, and determination.

I’m a podcaster, a speaker, and a journalist. I love to talk and I love to listen.

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Book cover titled 'The Middle Plot Twist' with a pink background, featuring a large black title, yellow script for 'the Middle,' and a graphic of a lit matchstick in white, pink, yellow, and black. The subtitle reads 'How to Reboot Your Life Without Burning It Down,' with the authors Lindsay Goldwert and Gabrielle Moss credited at the bottom.
Book cover titled 'The Middle Plot Twist' with a pink background, featuring a large black title, yellow script for 'the Middle,' and a graphic of a lit matchstick in white, pink, yellow, and black. The subtitle reads 'How to Reboot Your Life Without Burning It Down,' with the authors Lindsay Goldwert and Gabrielle Moss credited at the bottom.

“The Midlife Plot Twist’s cracking wit leapt off the page and chased me around the room.

I laughed, I cried, and I know it is not the hormones. I’m buying two copies, one for each eye.”

—Karen Duffy, former MTV DJ and bestselling author of Wise Up: Irreverent Enlightenment from a Mother Who’s Been Through It

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Bow Down

Book cover for 'Bow Down' by Lindsay Goldwert. The cover features a black silhouette of a woman's head and neck against a red background, with white and red text.

** A Glamour Best Book of 2020.

Bow Down explores how the growing mainstream acceptance of BDSM reflects broader conversations about power, confidence, and personal agency. Journalist Lindsay Goldwert interviews women within the BDSM community to examine how principles like clear communication, negotiation, boundaries, and consensual power exchange can translate beyond the bedroom into careers, relationships, and everyday life. The book argues that these lessons can help women become more assertive, challenge traditional power dynamics, and build greater self-confidence as BDSM culture becomes increasingly visible in mainstream media and fashion.

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