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Articles about intimacy (0-50 of 1628)
- How To Save A Marriage Without Intimacy "€" Bring Back The Passion
By: Julio Gomez | - When one partner ceases to be sexually intimate with the other, it can become extremely stressful, as the partner on the receiving end often feels unwanted and unloved. This can often evoke feelings of frustration, resentment and even anger and if the situation is not rectified then it can end up in a marriage breakdown. If you are in this situation and you don't know where to turn then you need to find answers on how to save a marriage without intimacy.
Most people believe that wh ...
Tags: marriage without intimacy, lack of intimacy, fix relationship
- I Need Sexless Marriage Help "€" 3 Steps To Get Your Partner To Want You Again
By: Julio Gomez | - Living in a marriage without sex can be stressful. Feelings of anger, frustration and even resentment all come to the fore. If you are in this situation then you certainly are not alone. Latest statistics show that as many as 18% of couples make love less than ten times per year. So if you are in the situation where you need to shout out "I need sexless marriage help" and you need it fast, then here is some essential advice that will start to bring a powerful change to your marriage.
Tags: sexles marriage help, lack of intimacy, get marriage back on track, get love life back
- 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 To Fix Intimacy Problems In A Marriage "€" Common Causes You Probably Didn't Expect
By: Julio Gomez | - If you are faced with a partner who does not want to be intimate with you, it can feel like your world is falling apart. Especially if you know that there are no medical problems surrounding this issue. Understandably one of the first things that people assume when faced with the dilemma, how to fix intimacy problems in a marriage, is that their partner no longer fancies them, or that they have found someone else. However research has proved that nine times out of ten this is truly not the case. ...
Tags: intimacy problems, fix your relationship, marriage advice
- How To Fix Lost Intimacy Marriage Problems "€" 3 Route Causes That Are Not What You Might Think!
By: Julio Gomez | - Sexual intimacy within a marriage is said to be the glue that holds the whole thing together. It not only strengthens the bond between loving couples but enhances their relationships as well. A healthy sex life is a great thing to have, but what if one half of your relationship has a loss of libido? It can lead to feelings of frustration, anger and resentment. If you can relate to this then you are not alone, more couples than you think suffer from lack of intimacy within their marriage and it i ...
Tags: lost intimacy, marriage problems, get sex back,
- Essential Advice For Women In Sexless Marriages - Good Advice You Really Need To Know
By: Julio Gomez | - Being intimate with your partner is part and parcel of a good well balanced relationship. So when one person suddenly stops being intimate, it can cause feelings of guilt, anger and rejection. This can and often does have a detrimental effect on your marriage. So is there a way forward when your partner doesn't want to have sex with you? Well here is some essential advice for women in sexless marriages that might just help answer this question.
Firstly you should know that it is po ...
Tags: advice for women, sexless marriages, lack intimacy,
- 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,
- 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
- Your Top 4 Secret Fears And Anxieties About Dating
By: Judy H. Wright | - What if she doesn't like me? What if she thinks I am dumb? What if he expects me to pick up the tab for dinner? What if I say the wrong thing and she laughs at me? What if she says no? What if she says yes?
Not only is dating filled with anxiety anyway, it is especially hard if you are just going back to the dating scene after a divorce or breakup in a relationship. it is hard enough to be confident when you feel secure and strong, but when you are vulnerable it is especially diff ...
Tags: relationship advice, dating advice, fear of intimacy, fear of rejection, dating tips, anxiety
- Book Review: "don't Worry About A Thing, Dear" Why Women Need Financial Intimacy
By: Bonnie Jo Davis | - Title: "Don't Worry About A Thing, Dear" Why Women Need Financial Intimacy
Author: Helga Hayse
Publisher: Primelife Publishing, San Mateo, CA, USA
ISBN: 0-9778368-2-7
Price: $14.95, Date: 2006, Page Count: 195
Purchase at: http://www.financialintimacy.com
"Don't Worry About A Thing, Dear" is a softcover book geared towards women contemplating marriage or those who are already married. The cover image is an appropriate illustration by Edwa ...
Tags: book review, financial intimacy, financial planning, estate planning, women, marriage, death, widowhood, married, Helga Hayse, husband, husbands
- Learn The Secrets Of The Kissing Cure
By: William Dorich | - Great sex does not begin with rotten kisses. Most people do not usually think about the proper way to kiss, when it comes to the lip tango, most just wing it. However, each of us probably has encountered enough slobbers, peckers, and tonsil divers to know that there are right ways and wrong ways to kiss.
Think about it this way. The average person spends over 500 hours of their life kissing. At an approximate length of one minute each, that is over 30,000 kisses. It is therefore w ...
Tags: kissing, intimacy, sex, relationships, foreplay, intercourse
- Your Future In-laws: How Many People Are You Marrying?
By: Alison Sardelli | - When a couple begins their journey toward falling in love and that long walk to the altar, they seldom stop to think of the negative aspects that too often come with uniting families. Growing to greatly admire and respect your partner may help you to over look some of the less appealing aspects of a relative's personality, but even love can only get you so far.
The tradition of meeting your future spouse's parent is often an enormous step in the relationship; this is not only ...
Tags: in laws, relatives, getting married, meeting parents, mother in law, father in law, intimacy
- Rotten Kisses And Their Cure
By: William Dorich | - Improvement is not even a fleeting thought to the other. When your partner says something like, How was that? Try saying, Not as good as it could be. Find out what happens.
1. Correct Kissing Is a Team Effort.
It takes both of you, not just one. If something goes wrong on your end (and it will), no biggie. Your partner will also make mistakes. Just note it in your head. Learn and move on.
2. Discuss Kissing.
Specifically the effect each kiss has on ...
Tags: intimacy, sex, intercourse, kissing, foreplay
- The Power Of Emotions
By: Susie Heath | - THE POWER OF EMOTIONS
Your emotions are purely an indicator of what you are focussing on. They are pure feedback from life. Emotions dont have any power in and of themselves; all of your power is in your choice of thought. Every time you experience a negative emotion, all it is saying is youre holding onto a fearful belief that is holding back the ow of your real essence and energy. Fear gets you in so many ways; if you feel fear, your mind will have ...
Tags: women, happiness, stress, well-being, family, intimacy, work, love, relationships, power, women entrepreneurs, coaching, intimacy, inspirational
- Nudges From Life
By: Susie Heath | - You know those times when things have gone wrong in your life, when your boss started to criticise you or your relationship wasnt so good? More often than not, this is your life saying to you, Are you on the right track? Are you being all you can be? Are you doing what makes your heart sing? Are you thinking the thoughts that you love? Are you with the people you love and who truly love you? Are you fullling your hearts desire? Are you doing what youre he ...
Tags: women, happiness, stress, well-being, family, intimacy, work, love, relationships, power, women entrepreneurs, coaching, intimacy, inspirational
- The Limitation Of Beliefs
By: Susie Heath | - We tend to think that our beliefs are set in stone and unchanging, whereas in fact your belief is only a thought that you keep thinking, which leads to an unconscious reactive way of behaving. When we re-act (act the same way over and over again) it becomes a thought habit, yet some of these habits are buried so deeply that we are not aware of
their existence. It is almost impossible to act contrary to your beliefs, because your unconscious (or subconscious) will not allow you to. ...
Tags: women, happiness, stress, well-being, family, intimacy, work, love, relationships, power, women entrepreneurs, coaching, intimacy, inspirational
- 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
- Marriage Counseling Won't Create Intimacy In Your Marriage
By: Paul Friedman | - If your marriage is lacking intimacy and you go to a psychologist for marriage counseling, you will be very disappointed. A quick look at divorce statistics will show you the reality that marriage counseling usually leads to an appointment with either a mediator or a divorce lawyer.
The "Art" of Marriage Counseling is Primitive and Dangerous
Before 1940, a person was statistically better off not going to a doctor if they suffered from any one of countless maladies. Doctors didn' ...
Tags: marriage counseling, marriage intimacy
- 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
- Marriage Help: Why Falling Out Of Like Is Dangerous To Your Marriage
By: Richard Nicastro | - A recent marketing book I read touted the importance of getting potential clients to "know you, like you and trust you." It seems that marketing and romance have more in common than meets the eye: In the world of marketing you're trying to convince someone your product or service is worthwhile; in the world of romance you're trying to do the same for yourself.
If you and your partner didn't like each other, your relationship probably wouldn't have survived for any significant le ...
Tags: marriage help, relationship advice, marriage problems, relationship help, intimacy
- 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 ...
Tags: Intimacy In Relationships
- 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
- Pheromones Attract Women - Best Pheromones To Attract Women
By: Adam Quilt | - Looking for an answer whether pheromones attract women? I too was in your position, I found that there were no reliable sources to find my answer. I decided to purchase and test several pheromones to come to my own conclusions. Here is an overview of the most effective pheromones found in today's pheromone products.
Androstenone -- This pheromone is found in both men and women, is predominantly known as a male pheromone. Users wearing androstenone typically project a dominating, m ...
Tags: pheromones, dating, intimacy, relationships
- The Lack Of Intimacy In Internet Dating
By: Shawn Wilson | - Internet dating services offers an opportunity to meet and connect with people from all around the world instantaneously. Never before have we had the possibility to discover intimate relationships so quickly and with seemingly little or no effort.
For the most part, we are left with little or no intimacy with others. There is no real connection that we make, save for the small percentage of individuals who actually follow-up with a physical encounter.
The individ ...
Tags: Intimacy, Dating, Relationships, Internet Dating, Love, Romance
- How Do You Enjoy Your Love And Intimacy.
By: Francis K Githinji | - People who get attracted to each other are people who have things in common. We even unconsciously choose partners who resemble us physically. When a relationship is advancing we use every shared experience to test our compatibility. The shared moments are indications of how well two people can cope with each other. For example if you share the same interest in music, sports and love of nature? If your partner hates country music and you love it to death there might be some fights in which your ...
Tags: Love And Intimacy
- 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
- 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,
- 10 Methods To Heat Up Your Foreplay
By: matthew lawrence | - Learn and share the methods of spicing up your sexual activities. True enough heat creates fire, and if there is fire, intimacy and passion flares up causing a hot, steamy lovemaking.
Less talk, more Kiss
Never underestimate the power of a kiss; it's where it all started anyway. Some couples just forgot how the intimacy works; kissing is one way of getting more intimate and passionate. Start with a soft, light kiss on the upper lip, then feel the tension he ...
Tags: relationship, tips, intimacy, passion
- Creating Intimacy With Yourself
By: Rhoberta Shaler | - Ann Wilson Schaef has made many interesting contributions to our knowledge of ourselves and ourselves in relationship. She said that: " As long as we are looking outside ourselves for intimacy, we will never have it and we will never be able to share it. In order to be intimate with another person, we have to know who we are, what we feel, what we think, what our values are, what is important to us, and what we want. If we do not know these things about ourselves, we can never share them with ...
Tags: Spiritual Living, spirituality, spiritualism, Humana Center, Rhoberta, Intimacy, Rhoberta Shaler
- Living Without Compromise
By: Lynne Morrell | - What would your life be like if you stopped compromising? What would your day be like if you stopped watering down what you wanted and began listening to what was important to you? What would this moment be like if you let yourself be completely comfy and settled in while reading this article, rather than skimming it and thinking about what you need to do next?
Now let's back up a moment. What do I mean by living a life without compromise? I mean living a life that gives you and ...
Tags: compromise, coach, living, relationship, conflict, resolution, intimacy, free life, self-improvement
- Relationships- How To Make It Last Longer?
By: cdmohatta | - It is tiring to get into new relationships after every few years. Every relationship demands lot of work and understanding. It needs lot of adjustments. Relationships cannot be easily established, but they get broken easily. The results are disastrous for both the partners. How to have longer lasting relationships? That question needs to be addressed and answers found. Let us think about that.
To have a relationship that works, one has to work. Most of us take a relationship for ...
Tags: relationships, intimacy, children, overspend.
- Who's Staying And Who's Bailing: Relationships Using The Sun Sign In Astrology
By: Craig Howell | - Sun signs are known by the date of birth and are the most recognized in popular astrology for prediction in magazines, newspapers and online. They are used because they are such a strong indication of a person's central self and stamina. We can use this as a way to determine how someone deals with relationships, and how long they can or will hang in there.
Sun signs can be supportive of each other, working reciprocally to supply what the other lacks in stamina and strength. Sun si ...
Tags: astrology, relationships, sun signs, intimacy, partner, sign, signs
- She's Just Using Me!
By: Paul Sterling | - All she wants to do is talk to me.
And all she wants me to do is listen to her... and enjoy it.
Let's turn things around, just for a second. It seems to be fine to say, "I feel used," "He just wants me for sex!" or "He just uses me as a sex object."
These phrases became part of the common discourse during the feminist movement of the '70s and were much needed in order for women to move past the thousands of years of oppression they had suffered.
Tags: listening, talking, sex, intimacy, communication, relationship problems, open communication, marriage troubles
- Trusting And Honoring Your Feelings
By: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. | - Do you trust your feelings and take action for yourself based on your feelings? Many of us grew up learning to mistrust our feelings. "Don't be ridiculous," my mother often said to me when I asked her why she was angry. "I'm not angry," she would say with anger in her voice. "Don't be ridiculous" was what I often heard in response to many of my feelings. So I learned to mistrust my feelings. It took me many years of inner work to regain trust in my feelings.
Feelings are informati ...
Tags: self-help, self improvement, personal development, fear of intimacy, relationship, relationship help, effective communication
- Let's Get Intimate
By: Jane Saeman | - If you're wondering, "How is intimacy created?" here are some ideas.
The first thing you might do is leave your partner a sexy or romantic note (not a raunchy one). You might leave it one of several places that include the kitchen, office, living room, car, bedroom, bathroom, garage or even outdoors.
If you know what he or she is going to be putting together for dinner, and especially if you're going to making the dinner together, you could put the note inside the cook boo ...
Tags: intimacy, relationships, dating
- Give Your Sweetheart The Valentine's Day Gift That Lasts All Year!
By: Melanie Allums | - With Valentine's Day just around the corner, many couples will soon be pondering, "What can I do to make my sweetheart feel extra special this Valentine's Day?" Why is it we put extra effort into just one day a year to celebrate our love with our significant other? Sadly, in today's society with busy schedules and life on-the-go, many couples gear up for this one big day, and neglect to celebrate their love continuously throughout the year.
One particular gift that will keep ...
Tags: relationships, love, marriage, romantic, couples, intimacy
- 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
- Improving Marital Intimacy
By: Kalman Heller | - It has become too common a refrain: There isn't enough time. This is the excuse put forth by so many couples that I speak to in workshops and in my office. Wives and husbands are pleading that they are so overwhelmed with the demands of work and children that they simply can't create any space to share intimate moments with their partner. The result is often an increasing sense of disconnection that gets expressed as problems with communication, disagreements over finances, parenting conflicts, ...
Tags: marriage, relationships, intimacy
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