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Criticism Is the Toxic Habit that Can Slowly Ruin Your Relationship

By Kelsey Borresen — 2019

Experts say this common communication issue can push couples apart.

Read on www.huffpost.com

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Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray

First published in 1992, Helen Fisher’s “fascinating” (New York Times) Anatomy of Love quickly became a classic.

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Helen Fisher
2025
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A Natural History of Love

The bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses now explores the allure of adultery, the appeal of aphrodisiacs, and the cult of the kiss.

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Diane Ackerman
1995
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Tony Gaskins on Leading with Love, Relationship Roles, Making Love to the Mind + More

Author and life coach Tony Gaskins stopped by to talk about leading with love and making love with the mind.

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Tony Gaskins Jr.
2019
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Unf*ck Your Intimacy: Using Science for Better Relationships, Sex, and Dating

Explore your relationships and sexuality, with yourself and with others, with this new book by Dr. Faith, author of bestselling Unf*ck Your Brain.

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Faith G. Harper
2019
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Intimacy & Desire: Awaken the Passion in Your Relationship

Many couples begin marital counseling with Dr. David Schnarch with their sex lives in shambles, wondering what’s wrong with them, and considering divorce. One partner will complain that the other doesn’t desire him, the other complains that she’s married to a sex maniac.

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Dr. David Schnarch
2020
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The Joy of Intimacy: A Soulful Guide to Love, Sexuality, and Marriage

We all crave intimacy. It’s essential to our emotional and spiritual health, and without it we don’t feel whole. Yet today our culture faces an intimacy crisis. Many of us, even when we’re in a committed relationship, still feel painfully alone.

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Manis Friedman, Ricardo Adler (contributor)
2018
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The Seven Levels of Intimacy: The Art of Loving and the Joy of Being Loved

We all yearn for intimacy, but we avoid it. We want it badly, but we often run from it. At some deep level we sense that we have a profound need for intimacy, but we are afraid to go there. Why? We avoid intimacy because having intimacy means exposing our secrets.

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Matthew Kelly
2015
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Better Intimacy for Her, Better Sex for Him & Vice Versa | Amy Color | TEDxStanleyPark

Sex is not intimacy.

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2018
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Who Initiates Sex and Why It Matters So Much

The issue of who shows an interest in having a physical relationship in a couple might be mistaken for rather trivial; after all, what counts is that it happens, not that one or the other party initiates.

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2018
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The Secret to Desire in a Long-Term Relationship | Esther Perel

In long-term relationships, we often expect our beloved to be both best friend and erotic partner. But as Esther Perel argues, good and committed sex draws on two conflicting needs: our need for security and our need for surprise.

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Esther Perel
2013
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Criticism and Rejection