This article was reviewed by Kelly Brown MD, MBA. Does intimacy relieve stress? And can intimacy help with anxiety? Absolutely. As it turns out, the stress relief-intimacy connection is one that is ...

Relational maturity means meeting your partner at eye level. Believing you’re more or less emotional is often a clever way to ...

Emotional intimacy is a cornerstone for healthy and connected relationships and is related to our overall happiness and emotional health. While there are several common types of intimacy, such as ...

Building and maintaining intimacy in a relationship requires dedicated effort and understanding. While many couples share deep love, they often struggle to connect on more profound levels. Intimacy ...

“There was absolutely a void of a practitioner to support intimate content,” O’Brien tells me when we speak to mark the release of her new book, Intimacy, which takes readers behind the scenes of her ...

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 ...