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Different Ways to Create Intimacy in Your Relationship

September 12, 2024
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What is Intimacy? When we hear or think about the word intimacy, we are often met with the idea of sex. While this can be true, intimacy is very multi-dimensional and can mean many different things. Intimacy is defined by the American Psychological Association as “an interpersonal state of extreme emotional closeness such that each party’s personal space can be entered by any of the other parties without causing discomfort to that person…and requires the parties to…

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4 Risks of the Infidelity Trap

July 22, 2019
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After a review of the latest research on affair risks for committed relationships (those that are exclusive sexually and romantically), the most thought-provoking discovery was not the research itself. Instead, it was the presentation of the infidelity statistics as “highly variable” and having much “uncertainty.” As an example, when consolidating research findings, Gottman (2017) notes a “cautious conclusion” stating infidelity rates are “probably about 20% for men and 15% for women.” The author’s use of such vague…

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