According to Newsweek, 15 to 20 percent of couples have sex less than 10 times a year, which is defined as a sexless marriage. Although I do not specialize in sex therapy, I have counseled individuals who were in sexless marriages. One of the many problems that I often address in therapy is the difference between love and intimacy. 6 Tips for Creating Sexual Bliss in Your … [Read more...]
3 Vital Pieces to Restoring Intimacy When All Else Fails
You’ve done it all. The date nights, the back rubs, the conversations. You’ve transformed your bedroom into a sensual sanctuary. You’ve done all you can to be warm and caring and loving and taken all the practical steps to improve your intimacy with your spouse and somehow, something is still missing. That intimacy is not there. You still have not been able to find … [Read more...]
Men: At Last, the One Simple Thing that Women Really Want
Listening to music today is totally different from years ago. Romance has been replaced with role reversal, explicit sex, and stories of unhealthy relationships. Somewhere between the promiscuity and the perceived lack of good men, relationships have gone astray. Both sexes are complaining about the other and it appears that more division, than unity is taking place. In the … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Restore Intimacy After a Life Changing Diagnosis
Couples often unconsciously sacrifice intimacy as they struggle with juggling careers, kids, and finances. The daily stress caused by these challenges slowly begins to decrease the passion, spontaneity, and romance in their relationships; which ultimately create small intimacy road blocks. If these road blocks go unchecked, over time, they turn into full blown intimacy … [Read more...]
4 Rules for Building Amazing Intimacy in Your Relationship
Animal attraction and unbridled passion are in abundant supply at the beginning of a relationship. The feeling of his strong embrace, the warmth of her beautiful smile, the scent of her intoxicating fragrance can instantly fill your lover with uncontrollable desire for you. However, as time progresses and life begins to creep into the relationship; intimacy starts to move … [Read more...]
Changing Our Perspective Can Change Our Relationship
Our view of the world is what we hold to be true. Unfortunately our perceived truths can cause us to be judgmental, jaded, and detached. Over the course of our lives; our perceived truths provide numerous opportunities for us to accumulate a shipyard filled with the carnage from a lifetime of wrecked relationships, friendships, and partnerships. Simply put, our perceptions … [Read more...]