Table of Contents Part I — The Landscape of Lost Passion The Crisis of Connection — and a Way Back The Real Problem Isn’t Lack of Love Why Modern Love Feels Exhausting The “Sex Recession” as a Mirror of Modern Life Why Passion Matters The Relate Foundation’s Approach A New Definition of Passion Key Takeaways…
A sexless marriage can be a deeply distressing experience, leaving both partners feeling lonely, frustrated, and disconnected. Studies suggest that around 15-20% of marriages are classified as “sexless,” meaning couples engage in sexual activity fewer than 10 times a year. While many assume that a lack of sex signifies a lack of love, the reality…
Sharing a connection with someone close to us is one of the most basic needs any person will experience. This includes closeness with friends, family, peers, and especially another person in a relationship. Being intimate is part of such relationships and expresses things like love, physical contact, trust, and closeness. Being intimate with your partner…
Sex. It’s everywhere! It’s on TV, movies, the internet, magazines. And yet, for many couples, sex remains somewhat a mystery. Many couples enter into sexual relationships assuming that their sex lives will be like what they’ve seen in the media, only to find that *gasp* it’s quite different. So then they turn to magazines and…
Before I got married, I had a lot of people offer me warnings: “You’ll probably fight a lot more,” “There will be little things about him that annoy you” and so on. However, there was one warning that no one gave me, but turned out to be huge. Sleeping with someone when you’re used to…
The questions that always comes up is.. How often should you be having sex? It’s a conflict that comes up in almost every relationship that has managed to last for a year or two (or maybe even just a few months). Sexual intimacy problems cause tension, fights, and hurt feelings. Often both partners feel misunderstood…
Does pornography use have to lead to a broken marriage? Find out where partners with good intentions may be going astray.
Most of us think about sex in a way that sets ourselves up for future or current failure. Here are three ways to…
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