Remember those first amazing weeks and months together as a couple? You only saw the best parts of each other. But now, has that all-consuming intimacy faded away? Did it take your love life down into ...

Stress and anxiety, be they temporary or ongoing, can significantly influence a couple’s emotional connection and level of sexual activity, with both positive and negative effects. While things like ...

Marriages have their ups and downs. This is a normal part of being married to someone for several years. One major downside a married couple may experience is a lack of intimacy, whether emotional or ...

For most of us, the word “romance” conjures up images of candlelit dinners, thoughtful gifts, and heartfelt sentiments of romantic love. Others, like one of my clients, go much, much farther with ...

Building intimacy in a relationship is a complex process and believe it or not, there are many different types of intimacy. Intimacy with another person requires self awareness, compassion and ...

When it comes to matters of the heart, we tend to throw around a lot of terms to try to describe and define the many, many different shades of romantic connections and experiences we might find ...

Music serves as a powerful catalyst for emotional connection, with research consistently showing its ability to strengthen bonds between partners. Recent studies in relationship psychology demonstrate ...

In this episode, Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond sits down with Dr. Thalia Gigerenzer on the impact of technology and dating apps on modern interpretations of intimacy as well as exploring love as a ...

Earlier this year—Valentine’s Day weekend, to be precise—I found myself sitting on the floor of a loft in downtown Los Angeles with eight other adults, learning how to fake an orgasm. We had been told ...