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Articles about emotional intimacy (0-50 of 327)
- Is Emotional Intimacy Within Marriage Important? "€" 3 Signs That Emotional Intimacy Is Breaking Dow
By: Julio Gomez | - Just as sexual intimacy between couples is the glue that holds the fabric of marriage together, we ask the question, is emotional intimacy within marriage important? For most people, emotional intimacy and connection is absolutely necessary to thrive. Generally, couples lacking healthy emotional intimacy do not understand the problem, but they do realize something is wrong in their marriage. Here are some signs that emotional intimacy is breaking down.
1) Communication breakdown
Tags: emotional intimacy, turn marriage around, loveless marriage
- How Often Should Married Couples Make Love? (do You Have The Va Va Voom?!)
By: Maya Silverman | - There's a good chance that men and women will have a different answer when asked this question, as most men would love to do it various times throughout the day, while a lot of women might say a few times a week, or with some couples, once or twice a month is enough. This isn't always the case, some women want to make love more often than men, but typically it seems to be the males with the higher sex drives. Now it's important to note that some couples refer to 'making love' as simply having se ...
Tags: how often should married couples make love, sensual lovemaking, erotic sensual massage, better sex
- Overcoming The Major Causes Of Low Self Esteem
By: GregFrost | - In this day and age, it is not surprising to see how pervasive low self esteem has become. In an age where girls and women alike suffer from some form of eating disorders brought on by issues with their self image, self esteem related problems have definitely become a major issue. In America alone, 20 percent of college women suffer from bulimia. This is the age where many feel the need to be slim and trim and beautiful in order to be accepted by society at large.
The truth is, low ...
Tags: causes of low self esteem, eating disorders, emotional insecurity, manipulative
- Overcoming The Major Causes Of Low Self Esteem
By: GregFrost | - In this day and age, it is not surprising to see how pervasive low self esteem has become. In an age where girls and women alike suffer from some form of eating disorders brought on by issues with their self image, self esteem related problems have definitely become a major issue. In America alone, 20 percent of college women suffer from bulimia. This is the age where many feel the need to be slim and trim and beautiful in order to be accepted by society at large.
The truth is, low ...
Tags: causes of low self esteem, eating disorders, emotional insecurity, manipulative
- Overcoming The Major Causes Of Low Self Esteem
By: GregFrost | - In this day and age, it is not surprising to see how pervasive low self esteem has become. In an age where girls and women alike suffer from some form of eating disorders brought on by issues with their self image, self esteem related problems have definitely become a major issue. In America alone, 20 percent of college women suffer from bulimia. This is the age where many feel the need to be slim and trim and beautiful in order to be accepted by society at large.
The truth is, low ...
Tags: causes of low self esteem, eating disorders, emotional insecurity, manipulative
- Overcoming The Major Causes Of Low Self Esteem
By: GregFrost | - In this day and age, it is not surprising to see how pervasive low self esteem has become. In an age where girls and women alike suffer from some form of eating disorders brought on by issues with their self image, self esteem related problems have definitely become a major issue. In America alone, 20 percent of college women suffer from bulimia. This is the age where many feel the need to be slim and trim and beautiful in order to be accepted by society at large.
The truth is, low ...
Tags: causes of low self esteem, eating disorders, emotional insecurity, manipulative
- Overcoming The Major Causes Of Low Self Esteem
By: GregFrost | - In this day and age, it is not surprising to see how pervasive low self esteem has become. In an age where girls and women alike suffer from some form of eating disorders brought on by issues with their self image, self esteem related problems have definitely become a major issue. In America alone, 20 percent of college women suffer from bulimia. This is the age where many feel the need to be slim and trim and beautiful in order to be accepted by society at large.
The truth is, low ...
Tags: causes of low self esteem, eating disorders, emotional insecurity, manipulative
- Overcoming The Major Causes Of Low Self Esteem
By: GregFrost | - In this day and age, it is not surprising to see how pervasive low self esteem has become. In an age where girls and women alike suffer from some form of eating disorders brought on by issues with their self image, self esteem related problems have definitely become a major issue. In America alone, 20 percent of college women suffer from bulimia. This is the age where many feel the need to be slim and trim and beautiful in order to be accepted by society at large.
The truth is, low ...
Tags: causes of low self esteem, eating disorders, emotional insecurity, manipulative
- Overcoming The Major Causes Of Low Self Esteem
By: GregFrost | - In this day and age, it is not surprising to see how pervasive low self esteem has become. In an age where girls and women alike suffer from some form of eating disorders brought on by issues with their self image, self esteem related problems have definitely become a major issue. In America alone, 20 percent of college women suffer from bulimia. This is the age where many feel the need to be slim and trim and beautiful in order to be accepted by society at large.
The truth is, low ...
Tags: causes of low self esteem, eating disorders, emotional insecurity, manipulative
- Overcoming The Major Causes Of Low Self Esteem
By: GregFrost | - In this day and age, it is not surprising to see how pervasive low self esteem has become. In an age where girls and women alike suffer from some form of eating disorders brought on by issues with their self image, self esteem related problems have definitely become a major issue. In America alone, 20 percent of college women suffer from bulimia. This is the age where many feel the need to be slim and trim and beautiful in order to be accepted by society at large.
The truth is, low ...
Tags: causes of low self esteem, eating disorders, emotional insecurity, manipulative
- Can Women In A Sexless Marriage Stay Positive/happy
By: Julio Gomez | - All long term relationships go through the "honeymoon phase" and this is great. But when the sex starts to become less frequent many people may see this as a real problem. However for some couples, living in a sexless marriage doesn't have to spell disaster. So with this is mind, can women in a sexless marriage stay positive/happy? Read on to find out more.
In order to answer this question, it is a good idea to find out why this happens. Generally speaking one of the main reasons ...
Tags: sexless marriage, positive happy, get intimacy back,
- Sensual Massage For Couples : Discover Deep Physical, Emotional And Spiritual Pleasure
By: Maya Silverman | - Sensual massage is the perfect way for couples to develop intimacy and grow closer together both physically and emotionally. Too often couples dive right into the sex act without giving any time or attention to foreplay and preparation. 'Getting in the mood' is essential to providing a positive foundation for any sexual experience.
Traditionally it has been thought that foreplay was only important to women but it is equally important to men to feel relaxed and to lose the desire t ...
Tags: tantric orgasm, tantric massage, sensual massage techniques, sensual arousal
- The Dangers Of An Emotional Affair
By: John Knight | -
An emotional affair can cause couples to separate. Many have gone their opposite ways after an affair was discovered. If this kind of relationship is allowed to occur in a marriage, the results are inevitably devastating.
If a person habitually confides intimate emotional matters to a not his or her spouse, that is an affair of the heart. Everybody could use a friend. Everyone needs another person to talk to intimately.
But when one gets extra close to another pe ...
Tags: emotional affair, emotional affairs, emotional cheating
- Sensual Massage For Couples : Discover Deep Physical, Emotional And Spiritual Pleasure
By: Maya Silverman | - Sensual massage is the perfect way for couples to develop intimacy and grow closer together both physically and emotionally. Too often couples dive right into the sex act without giving any time or attention to foreplay and preparation. 'Getting in the mood' is essential to providing a positive foundation for any sexual experience.
Traditionally it has been thought that foreplay was only important to women but it is equally important to men to feel relaxed and to lose the desire t ...
Tags: tantric orgasm, tantric massage, sensual massage techniques, sensual arousal
- How To Experience Pleasure And Sexual Healing Through Sensual Touch
By: Maya Silverman | - There's nothing that erotic touch and loving can't do for a successful, fulfilling and healthy sexual relationship. Be prepared to experience sensual nirvana, and a powerful force to rev you and your lover up for a second (or more!) round of exciting play.
Erotic and sensual touch can not only improve and supercharge your relationship and satisfaction; it can reduce stress, increase energy, tone the body and add to your emotional health! The touch of a lover can also be incredib ...
Tags: sensual touch, sensual arousal, sensual seduction, how to give her pleasure, how to please a man, tantra
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 Are You Ever Worried That Your Husband Is Having An Affair? Shared By: BabyBoomersNews - Developing emotional intimacy builds strong bonds that are not easily torn down. It’s important to nourish an emotional intimacy that will keep the...
 Prisoner of my own emotional soul Shared By: pee_marie - I long for a stable relationship, one with emotional and mental intimacy and not just physical intimacy..still waiting for that someone who will fill...
 Shyness and Emotional Intimacy « Topologies Shared By: libraryraven - Shyness and Emotional Intimacy Posted in relationships by Cal Stockton on December 6, 2009 Axe recently (okay, about a month ago) wrote about a reader...
- Sexless Marriage - How To Stay Positive/happy In A Sexless Marriage
By: Thomas Tyler | - Although sexless marriages may appear on be on the outside to most people unhappy and unfulfilling - for many couples living this life this is not so. These couples have learnt how to stay happy/positive in a sexless marriage by finding other ways to be intimate with each other.
Most of the time it is not a subconscious decision - over time couples find that their sex life begins to decline due to varying reasons such as routine, children, work and lost libido. For these couples the ...
Tags: how to stay happy/positive in sexless marriage, sexles marria
- Building Intimacy In A Christian Marriage
By: Dave Allen | - Intimacy is vital for any marriage to flourish and a Christian marriage is certainly no different. However, the word intimacy can mean different things for different people, and it's interpretation can vary greatly depending on whether you are speaking with a man or a woman.
For many men, intimacy is just another word for sex. Ask most any man if he is intimate with his wife and he will likely assume that you are referring to their sexual relationship. It is, unfortunately the dir ...
Tags: intimacy, christian intimacy, emotional intimacy, spiritual intimacy
- Relationship Help: Is This Intimacy Or Dependency?
By: Richard Nicastro | - Couples often seek marriage counseling because of difficulties with intimacy. Why are so many couples struggling with intimacy? In order to fully connect with your spouse/partner, you need to share the deepest parts of yourself while maintaining a separate sense of self. This balancing act isn't always easy and there may be times when it feels like you've given so much of yourself that you feel lost or that the old you is nowhere to be found.
A deep emotional connection needs to i ...
Tags: relationship help, intimacy, intimate relationship, marriage and intimacy, relationship and intimacy
- What's On Your Lover's Mind?
By: Alison Sardelli | - Whether you're at the very beginning of a relationship, have already invested a great many years or haven't even committed to the idea that you are, in fact in one yet, it's important to pay attention to your partner.
Understanding that during the physical interactions that two people share the mind does not simply shut off is important and even more so might be having some idea of what's going through your partner's mind when this is happening.
Why should you ...
Tags: physical intimacy, intimacy help, bedroom help, bedroom tips, sex tips, emotional problems
- Breast Massage Instructions - The Lovers Guide To Sensual Breast Massage Pleasure
By: Maya Silverman | - Breast massage instructions should be part of male (and female) everyday learning. It's that important.
Not only is sensual breast massage a great way to increase energy and circulation of the breasts, but it is also a way to nurture self (breasts are a very maternal and emotionally charged area), and a great way for a man to give pleasure, healing and intimacy to his partner.
Breasts are wonderful things, fascinating to men and women alike. Unique, powerful and sy ...
Tags: breast massage instructions, sensual breast massage, couples breast massage, breast massage, erotic female massage, female sensual massage, intimate massage
- Don't Let These Common Intimacy-blockers Ruin Your Marriage
By: Richard Nicastro | - Experiencing a deep, loving connection (intimacy) is one of the most meaningful aspects of a healthy relationship. But achieving and maintaining this connection isn't always easy. You (or your partner) can have a strong desire for closeness and yet inadvertently push each other away at times. This is actually more common than you might think. Let's see why this might be the case.
Relationship Problems: Are you being held back by these 3 intimacy-blockers?
1. Fe ...
Tags: intimacy, relationship problems, marriage help, relationship advice, marriage advice
- Do You Have Intimacy In Your Relationship?
By: laptop8 | - Do You have Intimacy in your relationship?
www.marriageintimacyis4u.com
What Is Marital Intimacy ?
Intimacy is the feeling of closeness within your relationship with your spouse --spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, sexually, and many other ways. Intimacy is the journey that should last throughout your marriage. Marriage and family researchers Schaefer and Olson (1981) tell us that attaining intimacy is "a process that occurs over time and is never completed or full ...
Tags: relate to the feelings to each other, and express concern of their feelings to each other
- Love, Laughter And Marriage: Why Laughter Is Vital To A Healthy Relationship
By: Richard Nicastro | - Two happily married couples, together for over fifteen years:
"If I had to pick out one thing that has made the difference in our marriage, I guess it would be that he makes me laugh." ~Sarah
"We just enjoy each other's company. We're playful and tease each other in a light-hearted way. Life can be so hard, and finding ways to make each other smile seems to be the antidote for us." ~Hal
Two couples struggling to stay together:
"We us ...
Tags: marriage help, relationship problems, marriage and laughter, intimacy, relationship advice
- Aspects Of Intimacy In Relationships
By: Francis K Githinji | - When you get into a relationship, you feel very happy and very close to the person you love. When you are close to someone like this, you become intimate with them. Intimacy opens spiritual and emotional doors where you get to know each other in a deep way. Intimacy in relationships is fundamental if you want the relationship to last long. Most people are looking for intimacy and in marriages; however this closeness can prove elusive. It is vital for you to know some of the steps you can take so ...
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- Marriage Help: How The Latest Research Can Transform Your Relationship
By: Richard Nicastro | - Think back to the time when your love was new, when you had just fallen in love:
How did you know you were in love? Maybe you couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, couldn't concentrate on work or chores or anything that didn't involve your love object. Maybe you felt like a totally different person, unrecognizable even to yourself. Even those who have long-standing fears of intimacy find deep connections in the initial throes of love--under love's umbrella, emotional intimacy magically be ...
Tags: Relationship advice, marriage help, relationship help, intimacy, relationship problems
- Fear Of Intimacy: Discover How A Fear Of Intimacy Affects Your Relationship
By: Richard Nicastro | - Intimacy is a lot like trying to get warm on a cold winter night. You wrap yourself up in your favorite blankets and settle in for sleep, but at some point overnight you may feel too warm and constrained by the blankets. So you disentangle yourself from them and push them away. But after a few hours of blanket-freedom you may feel chilled again. So you reach over to find the discarded blankets and wrap them around you again, basking in the warmth and security they bring...that is, until you feel ...
Tags: intimacy, fear of intimacy, marriage help, relationship advice, relationship problems, marriage
- Intimacy 101: How Emotional Vulnerability Enhances Intimacy
By: Richard Nicastro | - Lasagna, the earth's crust, and people--what do they have in common?
They're all made of layers.
Our layers are certainly more complicated than pasta and cheese, and very different from the planet's natural stratifications, but as thinking, feeling humans, we're complex, layered individuals. Our outer layers are easily accessible and shared with many people throughout the day, while our inner, personal layers are kept protected for the most part and only shared w ...
Tags: intimacy, marriage help, relationship advice, marriage problems, love advice, emotional intimacy
- Build A Better Relationship: Use Your Emotions To Deepen Intimacy
By: Richard Nicastro | - Whether or not you consider yourself an "emotional" person, there's no doubt about it: emotions play a central role in your relationship and in building a deeper level of intimacy. When you share your feelings, you communicate directly about your needs and the deepest parts of yourself.
Feelings aren't random--your feelings are in response to something. Think of your emotions as messengers, letting your partner know what is important to you, what is already working in the relatio ...
Tags: marriage help, relationship advice, communication, marriage problems, love advice
- How To Deepen Intimacy Through The Power Of Empathic Listening
By: Richard Nicastro | - "I hate having to compete with the TV or computer for my husband's attention. He used to be such a wonderful listener. I feel like I'm not important enough to him anymore." ~Jennifer
"It's really frustrating. I'll tell my girlfriend something and by the next day, she's forgotten what I said. I've given up trying." ~Marcel
The Importance of Listening in Marriage
Speaking is easy. The real challenge for couples is listening.
We all want ...
Tags: marriage help, relationship advice, communication, listening skills, empathy
- Emotional Affairs: The Need For Significance
By: Brandon Grittini | - Emotional affairs usually start in friendships. While friendship is one of the most beautiful and pleasant relationship, an emotional affair, though beautiful and exciting, comes packaged with pain and misery too! You will do yourself a lot of good by guarding yourself from getting entangled in emotional affairs.
Generally, emotional affairs do not necessarily include sexual intimacy. You may feel a strong emotional attachment to a certain person, usually of the opposite sex even ...
Tags: Affairs, Cheating Spouses, Adultery, Infidelity, Love and Marriage, Relationship Advice
- 5 Surprising Consequences Of Emotional Eating
By: Mike Smith | - Everybody knows about the health risks of overeating. What some people don't know is that emotional eating is the biggest factor in overeating. Without understanding emotional eating, losing weight is virtually impossible.
Overeating and emotional eating, however, have many hidden consequences. Below are five you should consider.
1. It Can Damage Your Relationships
Relationship stress is one of the most common triggers for overeaters. When there's tension, or ...
Tags: bingeing, emotional eating, how to end emotional eating, psy
- Want A Closer Relationship Try Dance Of Intimacy
By: Margie Sharpe | - A Loving connection is a committed relationship where a couple goes to find ways to remain emotionally close to one another as they navigate the complexities we run into daily.This is a part of the human many do not want to nurture and be vulnerable as it is the emotional part of us we do not always understand.
Susan, describes the emotional connection she shares with her husband.
It is like we are dancing to our favorite song.When things are going well our steps are in tun ...
Tags: relationships, intimacy, partners, understanding your partner, stress in relationships
- Advice On Infidelity
By: Alex Archer | - There is a lot to consider if you believe your spouse or significant other is being unfaithful. Infidelity brings up a lot of strong emotions, and may change your relationship permanently. It is key that careful reasoning and sound judgement guide your decision-making as you decide how to best act on your suspicions.
Counseling, whether for yourself or for you as a couple, can help work through issues related to your marriage. You may decide that the infidelity mandates the end of ...
Tags: infidelity, , marital affairs, , marital fidelity, , cheating spouses, , marital advice, , emotional trauma, , marriage help, , marriage, , couples, , family, , , , relatio
- Build A Better Marriage: 5 Paths To Deeper Intimacy
By: DR. Richard Nicastro | - The struggle to keep intimacy alive is one of the most important relationship challenges you'll ever face. And you're not alone...
"I love my husband, but lately I feel a distance between us. It's not the way it used to be" - Joan (married for nineteen years)
"We're just not on the same wavelength anymore. It's getting to the point where she does her thing and I do mine" - Eric (living with his girlfriend of four years)
"We only seem to talk ...
Tags: fear of intimacy, emotional intimacy, marriage counseling, relationship help, intimate lessons
- 8 Pillars Of Everlasting Relationship
By: Fortune Ezeoha | - Putting the knowledge of 8 Pillars of everlasting relationship to work will without fail benefit you and your partner for an everlasting enjoyable relationship.
(1). Communication
Virtually every aspect of a relationship is touched by communication. It is of great importance to know how to communicate well and effectively. Every expression makes and impression. Positive comments help to keep relationship alive while negative comments drags relationship t ...
Tags: Communicating with your partner, Intimacy, attention, respect, honesty, trust, commitment, compromise, how to show respect, how to trust your partner,
- Romance Rekindled
By: Stephanie Elms | - What exactly is Romance? Webster's Dictionary defines romance as an emotional attraction. Though somewhat vague, I think all can agree it is definitely an emotion cultivated by love and affection. It begins with a first meeting that draws two people together and then progresses to long walks on the beach or all night talks on the phone. Eventually the emotion deepens to be a more powerful emotionlove. Love takes time and time can take its toll on romance. The newness of the relationship somewh ...
Tags: increase intimacy, increase love, romance, increase romance, rekindle romance,
- Why Ladies Love Outlaws
By: Carolyn Bushong | - Cool and aloof and standing alone in the corner of the bar, he's desired and wanted by every woman in the room. He's attractive, but it's not his looks as much as his attitude that makes him so wanted. He's arrogant and intriguing. He's unpredictable: he dates a woman once and she never knows whether she'll see him again or not. He says he'll call tomorrow, but tomorrow never comes.
Yet, when he's with a woman, he makes her feel special, sexy, feminine. He validates in h ...
Tags: emotional, choose, unavailable, communication, women, womanizers, dating, rejection, self-esteem, loving, give
- Type D Personality?
By: Ainsley Laing | - We have all heard of Type A personality types, but have you heard about Type D, or distress, personality? There was an observation made by, Johan Denollet, a Belgian psychologist, of cardiac patients a while back. Denollet noticed that some patients with extensive cardiac problems were optimistic and went through rehabilitation enthusiastically, while others, who had only mild problems were more pessimistic and did not follow rehabilitation activities well. Denollet was interested in the why o ...
Tags: emotional health, self help, Type D Personallity, heart disease, stress
- 7 Dumbest Relationship Mistakes Smart People Make
By: Carolyn Bushong | - We often find ourselves amid the wreckage of a love gone wrong, wringing our hands and asking, "Why did he or she turn out to be such a jerk?" I'm sure that person made many of the 7 Dumbest Relationship Mistakes, but what you should be asking yourself is, "Which mistakes did I make and how could I have prevented this?"
Sure, it takes two to tango, and if he (or she) was really a jerk, you think you probably couldn't have done anything differently, but you could have. A change ...
Tags: love, intimacy, dysfunction, relationship, marriage, women, men, mate, mistakes, dating, divorce, passion
- Emotional Infidelity - Is It Cheating?
By: EdTal | - The traditional definition of cheating, or infidelity, is
that one person in a committed relationship is physically
involved with someone other than their spouse. Due to a
number of factors, cheating behavior has been reclassified
to include the traditional definition and a more
contemporary definition, known as emotional infidelity.
The Definition of Emotional Infidelity
Emotional infidelity is defined as any infidelity that
Tags: infidelity, infidelity testing, surviving infidelity, signs of infidelity, how to tell spouse cheating, how to catch cheating spouse, extramarital affairs, e
- Want Closeness? ~ Avoid These 11 Intimacy Killers
By: true2you | - As human beings, we all have an innate need to be close to someone. But sometimes the very thing we desire is the opposite of what we have. Some of us subconsciously sabotage the relationships we want because of our fear of intimacy. Sometimes we unknowingly and unwillingly drift apart because of our inability to engage in the delicate dance of intimacy. Others avoid intimacy altogether because the pain of past failures is too great.
Intimacy, physical and emotional closeness, ...
Tags: intimacy, marriage, spouse
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