How to Grow Emotional Intimacy in Your Marriage

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This article explores the characteristics of emotional intimacy and what you can do to improve your connection with your partner. 0 seconds of 1 minute, 51 secondsVolume 90%

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What Is Emotional Intimacy?

A strong marriage helps you to be better as both as a spouse and as an individual, as well as being an amazing husband.

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What Emotional Intimacy Looks Like

– Talking to each other about the things that happened at work, with each person helping the other feel safe and validated.

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– Being willing to try new things that your partner suggests, even if it isn't something you would normally do, such as watching a new movie, trying a new restaurant, or going to a concert.

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What Is a Lack of Emotional Intimacy?

Relationships that lack emotional intimacy are often characterized by a lack of trust, poor communication, secrets, and hidden emotions.

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How to Increase Intimacy

If your marriage seems to be lacking in emotional intimacy, there are a number of things that you and your partner can do to strengthen and deepen emotional intimacy.3

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Be Emotionally Available

After years together, couples inevitably learn what might hurt their partners. Kind and loving partners who avoid hurting each other help each other feel loved

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Unfortunately, many people have experienced hostility from those who they trusted, felt unloved, or learned bad relationship habits.

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Read a Book Together

The fact that you are reading together and talking about what you read can strengthen the trust and communication aspects of emotional intimacy

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Put Together a "Fun List"

Counselor Dr. Tony Ferretti recommends that couples assemble a list of things that the couple enjoys doing together,

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