Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It can be fun to pull inspiration from different media, but, as the adage goes, it’s wise not to believe what you see on TV. It’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although it's way less taboo to talk about sex these days, it's still a topic that some people might not feel comfortable openly ...

She’s 70 and has lived alone her entire adult life. But when she told the world this was by choice — and that she was happy and fulfilled — the response was overwhelming. Her personal story, and more ...

Think about the most memorable sex scenes from the last few years, and the chances are they involved Ita O’Brien. Connell and Marianne having sex for the first time in Normal People? Yep. Aimee ...

Last-minute gifts. Delayed travel. Family drama. Yes, the holiday season is full-steam ahead. So much so that sex and intimacy are often the first things to go in favor of crossing more pressing items ...

With all the mystery of a tiny seed, emotional intimacy encloses you and your beloved into the smallest of spaces. There the two of you, defying the mathematical logic of one plus one, inexplicably ...

In my practice as a psychotherapist, I’ve observed a remarkable pattern in the lives of people who are striving for a life filled with healthy intimacy. As I describe in my book Deeper Dating, this ...

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 ...

Dating later in life often brings a different understanding of connection, where emotional closeness can become just as important as physical attraction.

Intimacy is much more than a physical connection. It’s a bond built with another person (or even yourself), and though it’s often formed through physicality, that’s not the only way to achieve ...

Breast cancer has confronted me with a lifelong tension I’ve carried quietly: the pull between intimacy and solitude. I’ve ...

In my practice as a psychotherapist, I’ve observed a remarkable pattern in the lives of people who are striving for a life filled with healthy intimacy. As I describe in my book Deeper Dating, this ...