interview with Cindy Sharkey: Podcast for Pleasure, Sept 2021.
Sometimes as women we feel like we need permission for pleasure.
I’ve been working as a nurse for 35 years, and I’ve worked...
Just What Is Intimacy?
Reposted and used with permission from Awesome Marriage
Often when I am talking with couples they use the words “intimacy” and “sex” interchangeably. In the past as a counselor, I have done the same thing. The problem is that “intimacy” and “sex” are not the same thing and I needed to know how to communicate that distinction clearly if I was to expect couples to understand the differences.
Intimacy can certainly lead to sex but it can stand on its own as something that draws a couple closer together. Communication can be intimate. Praying together can be...