Sentences with phrase «only emotional intimacy»

For women, only emotional intimacy mediated these associations.

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Only within this intimacy does the life of faith receive the emotional energy and concrete guidance required to move beyond childhood to maturing.
Commitment, then intimacy, comes only after a physical, mental, and emotional connection has been made and consistently demonstrated over time.
«True emotional intimacy, and especially sexual intimacy for me (I've learned) can only exist when I am open to being my authentic self.
According to the Intimacy Index conducted by the Berman Center for Women's Health in Chicago, couples who «kiss regularly and spontaneously not only have a closer emotional connection than those who skimp on cuddling outside the bedroom, but also decreased levels of stress.»
It's not the only similarity: in order to thrive, both physical and emotional intimacy require a couple to act with vulnerability, honesty and compassion.
Generally speaking, women have emotional intimacy with their friends and their partners and most men only have it with their partners.
Only the ministrations of his wife, Elizabeth, (a marvelous Helena Bonham Carter) bring him to Lionel, who, believing emotional intimacy is curative, insists on addressing the rankled Prince as «Bertie,» the family nickname.
As someone who's not in a relationship, I read Dr. Mayer's book in hopes of understanding the meaning of emotional intimacy, not only in who I choose to marry but how I can become a better (someone day) wife / mother, friend, co-worker, daughter, etc..
Watch as Dr. Ginger and Dr. Bill sit down with Carol Alt of Fox News to explain how to use Pillow Talk to provide a boost not only to your sex life but to your emotional intimacy as well.
The Timberlawn study, as well as landmark studies by Judith Wallerstein and others, found that divorce not only hurts both parents and children, but that children suffer long term consequences including emotional difficulties, poor school or job performance, and difficulty in achieving intimacy in their own relationships as adults.
Only three in ten of their bids for emotional connection were met with intimacy.
Keeping the emotional connection strong not only helps to buffer the stressors of new parenthood, but also allows for greater passion and intimacy.
Yes, the physical engagement that can only be achieved through sexual intercourse is also a special part of intimacy, but without the emotional partnership, it really is just sexual intercourse rather than an act of love.
This isn't only limited to women either; men crave emotional intimacy from their spouse too.
The subsequent breakdown in communication, emotional and sexual intimacy and shared positive experiences together (often including any sense of feeling appreciated by their partner) can lead one or both members of the couple to think that divorce might be the only solution to an «emotionally dead» relationship.
It's not the only similarity: in order to thrive, both physical and emotional intimacy require a couple to act with vulnerability, honesty and compassion.
Shavana works only with couples around sexuality issues interwoven with emotional intimacy.
The word intimacy includes not only physical affection and a strong emotional bond, but also a supreme level of trust where we can share our thoughts and feelings with one another as we navigate life's many paths together.
Although intimacy anorexia can affect other relationships as well, marriage is the only relationship that demands as much emotional, spiritual and sexual intimacy on an exclusive, committed basis over a prolonged period of time.
Couples» attachment styles were associated with each domain of women's intimacy, but emotional intimacy was the only type of intimacy for females that was related to conflict outcomes.
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