Have you ever asked yourself questions like these about a relationship that you’re in? What happens to my physical and mental health when our relationship is struggling? Why do I...
If you have a significant relationship in your life, then you’ve probably experienced a negative cycle. Negative cycles are any repeated pattern of interaction that leaves you (and your partner!)...
What Do Emotional and Physical Intimacy Have To Do With Each Other? So many couples struggle to understand how to “spice up” their sex life. Other couples experience fluctuations in...
If someone were to “cook up” a successful, happy, long-term relationship, they would need to gather a lot of ingredients. Maybe they’d start with a big, heaping cup of love....
Last week, I was sitting in a park with a lot of people and dogs running around. There was a lot of commotion and conversation happening, but as I was...
Did you know that your brain responds the same way when you’re in physical pain and when you’re feeling disconnected from an important relationship? Both scenarios are threats to our...
In our work with couples and from decades of relationship research, we know that intimacy is essential to build and sustain happy relationships. Here are our Top Five Ways to...
Understanding why your partner might want to try using sex to reconnect "How could you want to have sex when we aren't getting along?" We often look at sex as...
What happened to my sex drive? Movies and TV are great at showing images of sex and intercourse. What they're not great at is sex education about what's normal and healthy....
How can I increase intimacy in my relationship? In our last post, Be Smarter than a Smart Phone, we emphasized how crucial it is to “disconnect yourself” from social media....