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How to Close the Receiving Gap

Is there a hidden gap in your marriage? Like a hole in a bicycle tire, some gaps in a relationship can be hard to see. At times, you’ll intuit them: something is off balance.The ride feels harder than it should be, but you can’t quite put your finger on what’s wrong. How do you deal …

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Are You Married and Lonely?

Feeling Lonely Hurts & Is Bad For Your Health Loneliness can make you feel like you’re dying inside. But it’s also been shown to contribute to premature death. Experts are now saying that loneliness is a risk factor as bad as smoking, obesity, or alcohol. Many lonely people increase their risk by trying to self-medicate …

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How to Use Discipline to Increase Desire

We grow up learning that discipline is part of how we achieve excellence. Yet we rarely consider being disciplined about how we explore and develop our sexuality. We may feel ashamed of not feeling sexual or of wanting to be more sexual. Or we may judge sexuality as wrong, troublesome, dangerous, or unimportant. We may …

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Are You Struggling with a Sexual Desire Mismatch?

It’s ten o’clock at night. You’re happily married to a wonderful man you love. You brush your teeth, put on your pajamas, and crawl into a cozy Queen-size bed. Your kids are asleep in the next room. Your husband closes his book, takes off his glasses, and turns off the light, then scootches down under …

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