intimacy is displayed when two people know and care for each other. before you can work on intimacy in marriage, it’s important to understand the four main types: emotional, intellectual, sexual, and experiential intimacy. but as we get closer and more comfortable with the other individual, that intimacy can die down. with that in mind, one of the best ways to improve intimacy with your spouse is to revel in new experiences. or, you might consider adding a new member …

emotional intimacy is a universal component of interpersonal relationships. we feel a degree of emotional intimacy with our parents, best friends, professors, coaches and significant others. by emotional intimacy, i specifically mean the “perception of closeness to another that allows sharing of personal feelings, accompanied by expectations of understanding, affirmation, and demonstration of caring.”  emotional intimacy is highly dependent on trust between individuals. unfiltered sharing of one’s true self undoubtedly leads to feelings of closeness which can be expressed via …

this means that there is a feeling of closeness if you’re intimate with another, which doesn’t really have to be with your spouse. if your bond with your friend or platonic intimacy isn’t what it used to be, don’t worry. perhaps the one type of intimacy people think of when they think of intimacy; sexual intimacy is when you form a bond with someone through, well, sex. it doesn’t have to be the cliché of having candles in the room …

but this iwd, i’d like to celebrate the phenomenon that is platonic intimacy. painfully shy, navigating the world of other people felt like a big and terrifying ask. i still feel lucky to have known that feeling of rightness and connection with my friends, and especially so to still feel it. it might not always be, but to have it centred there right now does not feel like any kind of consolation prize, but a gift. it has given me …

to use it you learn the physical steps in a relationship and move gently through them with your partner. the first step in the stages of physical intimacy in a relationship is ‘eye to body’. the second step in the stages of physical intimacy in a relationship is ‘eye to eye’ – if you’ve made it past the first step, and now you are looking into each other’s eyes, congratulations!

if your person of interest doesn’t touch you back and …