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The 4 most Important Phrases for Intimacy intimacy relationship Jun 11, 2024

When it come to intimacy between lovers, it helps to imagine a garden. Intimacy changes, grows, has season and certain times where only specific flowers and vegetables can grow. There is a continual tending to intimacy. A gently watering, if you will. For couples, there are 4 very important...

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Emotion & Long-Term Sexual Satisfaction better sex intimacy sex May 11, 2020
Recently a reader wrote in:
 
I very much enjoyed your article, 10 Things Sexually Connected Couples Do. My biggest question is around emotional intimacy in long term relationships. What role does emotion have in long-term sexual satisfaction? Can emotional closeness be a part of...
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Sexual Energy Through The Ups & Downs of Life intimacy relationship sex Apr 22, 2019

It’s happened to all of us at some point.

Day in, day out, you’re living a nice, predictable life with all your ducks in a row. Then, life throws you a curveball that changes everything, including your sex life.

In 2017, I fell off a horse and broke my leg (Click here for all...

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My Horse Accident intimacy keeley rankin relationship sex Apr 18, 2019


When I hit the ground, I thought “No, this is not happening.

In my years of riding, I have fallen off more horses than I can count.

I’ve been rolled on, stepped on, thrown into fences, trees - you name it.

Almost every situation you can imagine to go wrong in horse riding, I...

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Intimacy | Relationships | Charnel Ground intimacy john welwood relationship Oct 09, 2017

My teacher John Welwood was recently published in post about love and relationships for Lion's Roar. The work was adapted from a talk given at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. The whole article is fantastic and you can find it here on John's page or here from Lion's...

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Sex, Intimacy and Commitment: The Modern Relationship better sex commitment intimacy relationship sex Sep 21, 2017

When a couples shows up in my office and we start exploring where things went wrong and how can they fix the issue or issues at hand, I lean into the three main facets of the modern relationship that most people have come to expect without consciously realizing it. While many times the answer for...

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