We often think that sex leads to intimacy, and while this can be true, it's more often the case that it's the other way ...

The first, and probably most well-known form of intimacy is sexual. As you can probably guess, this can be achieved through engaging in sexual actions with another party. But physicality isn’t the ...

Marriages have their ups and downs. This is a normal part of being married to someone for several years. One major downside a married couple may experience is a lack of intimacy, whether emotional or ...

There’s a lot of confusion about intimacy, what it really is, and how to make it happen. There are couples married decades that can be physically close but don’t know how to be emotionally intimate.

Four examples—literary, biographical, autobiographical and contemporary—illustrate the significance of intimacy as a cultural ideal and why, despite our deep longing for it, intimacy remains elusive ...