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Sexual Intimacy in Marriage: How to Connect or Reconnect With Your Spouse, Grow Together, and Strengthen Your...
As a writer on
sexual intimacy in marriage, Sheila Gregoire has been such a positive and needed voice!
I know, I know, we are big fans of The 5 Love Languages at Verily, but according to Dr. Kevin Leman, author of Sheet Music: Uncovering The Secrets of
Sexual Intimacy in Marriage couples who keep sexual chemistry alive and well in marriage know that foreplay starts outside the bedroom.
I've found that couples who ignore the loss of
sexual intimacy in their marriage run the risk of emotional distance, sexual affairs and maybe divorce.
The loss of
sexual intimacy in a marriage is often part of the motivation for couples to seek and begin marriage counseling here in Fort Lauderdale.
Many couples want more
sexual intimacy in their relationship but struggle with how to start the conversation.
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Read her recent article about a lack of
sexual intimacy in a marriage.
Sexual intimacy in marriage (and committed relationships) is a powerful expression of the love you feel and want to share with your spouse / partner.
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The loss of
sexual intimacy in a marriage is often part of the motivation for couples to seek and begin marriage counseling.
She specializes in the area of Christian Sex Therapy by helping to enhance and restore healthy
sexual intimacy in their relationships.
In fact, we've recently learned that men's body satisfaction is associated with their own and their partners» reports of
sexual intimacy in the relationship.1, 4 Men who report greater intimacy in their relationship also report greater body satisfaction (even after controlling for their actual body size).
Romantic or
sexual intimacy in a long distance relationship can involve everything from e-mail flirtation to saying «I love you», and from sending teasing «sext» messages to sexual video encounters.
Today we talked about how to have more
sexual intimacy in your relationship.
This is the best way to have more
sexual intimacy in your relationship and a deeper emotional connection.
Fusion 5: The Combustion of Passion Learn about growing
the sexual intimacy in your marriage.
Sometimes when sex isn't working the way you'd like it to, it feels easier to just let go of
sexual intimacy in your relationship.
Wisconsin About Blog The mission of The Forgiven Wife is to encourage Christian wives as they work to grow in their approach to
sexual intimacy in their marriages.
My name is Julie Sibert and I speak and write on
sexual intimacy in marriage.
Before you carry on
your sexual intimacy in your relationship, ensure that your partner is taking right medication as suggested by medical professional.
I find myself banging my head against the wall with the lack of
sexual intimacy in my life.
In a social context where the default position of most people is a crude mixture of utilitarianism and relativism, we need to reiterate the intrinsic wrongfulness of certain actions (e.g. killing the innocent), and the intrinsic goodness of other actions (consensual
sexual intimacy in marriage).
Moreover it needs to be carefully explained that the promotion and use of artificial contraceptives encourages an exploitative attitude to
sexual intimacy in which the generation of new life is seen as a «failure», a «disaster», something to be avoided at all costs.
Not exact matches
For most people, though,
in most times, it means
sexual intimacy within marriage.
In his patronizing dismissal of abstinence programs, Saletan speaks of «mating» ¯ meaning
sexual intimacy ¯ as an unstoppable force of nature.
Voskamp's use of imagery [
in the last chapter of One Thousand Gifts] to show the
intimacy of our relationship to God, has raised the question, «If we, as Christians, were supposed to think about our relationship with God
in sexual terms, wouldn't God have made that clear
in His word?»
[His] close friendships with women... lived
in an
intimacy that was not
sexual but was quite real,... helped Karol Wojtyła / JP II give a fresh new articulation to the ethics of love and responsibility (to borrow 1 of his book's titles).
Those who confine
sexual intimacy to the infertile times of the month are not engaging
in contraceptive practices.
Dear brothers and sisters, Blessed John Paul II reminded us that «man is called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the dimensions of his earthly existence, because it consists
in sharing the very life of God».4 The
sexual intimacy of marriage, the most intimate kind of human friendship, is a pathway to sharing
in God's own life.
Further,
in the
intimacy of the bhakti relationship the male bhakta, by experiencing himself as female partner violates his primal
sexual demarcation as a male.
The Bible limits the scope of moral
sexual intimacy to heterosexual intercourse
in marriage.
(28) The general pattern of
sexual intimacy established
in the earlier years tend to be maintained
in the advancing years.
Even
sexual intimacy,
in some marriage manuals, is made so antiseptic and complicated that the essence of
sexual enjoyment — spontaneity, playfulness, lusty experimentation — evaporates.
In the midst of what sometimes seems to be a national obsession with sex, it is often difficult for a couple to discover and cultivate the power of
sexual intimacy which is so vital a part of marriage.
Sexual intimacy can be a reality
in the middle and older years.
To deepen
sexual intimacy, a couple needs to enjoy sex
in ways that will cause it to feed their love.
The firm sense of personal identity which is a prerequisite for
intimacy in marriage and
sexual relationships, is also strengthened and affirmed by experiences of interacting constructively with a person of the complementary sex.
These words of Rollo May describe the element of mystery and wonder
in sexual intimacy which
in a good marriage pervades all facets of the relationship.
Understanding the differences as well as the likenesses
in the
sexual responses of men and women, and
in the particular man or woman one is married to, stimulates the growth of
intimacy.
They also have the right to expect that the moral and social context within which the programme is taught is clearly Catholic, that children come away with a clear understanding of social relationships and the moral context
in which
sexual intimacy should occur, and an understanding of why the Catholic Church teaches what it teaches about the human body, sexuality, and friendship.
The special friendship
in which couples share
sexual intimacy is marriage about which the programme has a lot of very good things to say.
While natural law and Augustine's moral theology might be difficult for some, the rules derived from them were understood by ordinary Catholics:
Sexual intimacy is permissible only
in a sacramental marriage between one man and one woman, and the purpose of marriage is the procreation and education of children.
In general, a biblical perspective on the power of physical
intimacy suggests that the
sexual bond between two persons can be a force for good or evil because it is full of mystery, grace, and the fascination of the unknown.
In the Song of Solomon, a man's and woman's desires for healthy
sexual intimacy are celebrated.
We have not yet come to terms with
sexual intimacies among peers
in the clergy.
Christian and Anastasia (for all the «Fifty Shades» fans) won't discover heart - deep
intimacy in whips, chains, pain and
sexual intensity.
I agree, however, as a matter of moral conviction, that marriage is the only context
in which
sexual intimacy should be enjoyed, and I believe that marriage itself is incapable of legitimating all
sexual arrangements.
However,
in the absence of genuine
sexual intimacy (best defined as «
in - to - me - see»), we settle for
sexual intensity: erotica, pornography, an office romance, an extramarital affair or whatever strokes the ego and provides the
sexual high we crave.
It is also a second - chance stage, when partially unfinished developmental tasks may be completed as a foundation for the life tasks of the three adult stages —
intimacy (emotional and
sexual)
in young adulthood, generativity (being a generator or creator)
in the middle years, and ego integrity (making peace with life)
in the older adult years.