Why emotional intimacy matters in relationships and simple ways to build deeper trust, connection, and real communication ...

She notices a single offhand comment about her body, and everything inside her tightens. What felt private and safe now feels exposed, and she begins to pull back from the closeness she once welcomed.

Intimacy Suffers: When men feel "parented" by their partners, they are 19% less likely to be interested in sex and 24% more likely to feel sexually anxious. The "Parent Traps": Relationships often ...

Partner yoga has been shown to enhance communication, build trust and improve flexibility through coordinated movement and reliance on each other during poses. Couples looking to feel a little naughty ...

DEAR ABBY: I’m in an open relationship with my partner. We both enjoy hooking up with other people, but only if we agree on the person. It was going great; I still got my one-on-one time with my ...

Dear Eric: I am a 50-year-old woman who reconnected with a 41-year-old man I dated years ago. Before we moved in together, the physical intimacy slowed, becoming maybe once a week to every other week.

Dear Abby: I’m in an open relationship with my partner. We both enjoy hooking up with other people, but only if we agree on the person. It was going great; I still got my one-on-one time with my ...

Sextimacy is the effort to find emotional intimacy through sex. I use the term to facilitate communication in therapy because other generalizations-- promiscuous, fast, wild, hooking-up--miss the ...

Parallel relationships are an increasingly recognized phenomenon but how can you tell when you are in one? Is you and your partner's day a consistent grind of getting the kids to school, cooking meals ...

The idea that you can fake a sexual response is often parodied in film and TV. As I discussed in an earlier blog, there are 6 identifiable reasons for women to fake orgasm. But when they do, they put ...

Herpes, one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections worldwide, often goes undetected, leaving many unknowingly carrying the virus. For those in relationships where one partner has herpes ...

Peyronie’s disease may make sex painful, which can cause a strain on you and your partner. Discover ways to keep your ...