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147. Sex As A Litmus Test: What Sexual Chemistry And Emotional Intimacy Reveal About Your Relationship

The Intimate Marriage Podcast, with Intimacy Coach Alexandra Stockwell, MD

Release Date: 10/11/2023

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Alexandra Stockwell, MD explores how sex acts as a litmus test for relationships and how your sexual chemistry reveals deeper truths about your emotional connection.

No matter how good a relationship seems, when sex falls short, or is lacking, it's often a sign of underlying issues. Alexandra shares that, most of the time, improving emotional intimacy can naturally reignite passion. This episode challenges you to embrace the importance of emotional connection and offers guidance on how to communicate with your partner about your desires and needs. It's an invitation to seek more, increase vulnerability, and enhance both emotional and physical intimacy in your relationship.

Also in this episode: 

  • Sex As A Litmus Test: Just as litmus paper indicates the pH of a solution, sex can serve to assess the quality of a long-lasting, committed relationship.
  • Importance Of Emotional Intimacy: Communication, self-expression, and vulnerability, are foundational elements for a fulfilling sex life.
  • Role Of Emotional Rapport: Enhancing the emotional connection between partners is often the first step in addressing issues related to sex in a relationship.
  • Sexual Fulfillment And Connection: A satisfying sex life, where both partners look forward to it and feel closer afterward, is a sign of a healthy and fulfilling marriage.
  • Toleration vs. True Intimacy: If a couple is not fully satisfied with their sex life, despite getting along well in other aspects of the relationship, they may be in a toleration relationship and can make changes to activate the full potential of their intimacy.
  • Permission To Want More: Couples need to have open discussions about their sexual desires and strive for more intimacy, connection, and fulfillment in their relationship.

 

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About Alexandra Stockwell, MD

Known as “The Intimacy Doctor,” Alexandra Stockwell, MD is a Relationship and Intimacy Coach and an Intimate Marriage Expert who specializes in coaching ambitious, successful couples to build beautiful, long-lasting, passionate relationships. She is the bestselling author of “Uncompromising Intimacy,” host of The Intimate Marriage Podcast and creator of the Aligned & Hot Marriage program. 

For over two decades, she’s been guiding men and women to bring pleasure and purpose into all aspects of life— from the daily grind of running a household to creating ecstatic experiences in the bedroom—all while maintaining extraordinary professional success!

 

This Podcast Is Produced, Engineered & Edited By:  Simplified Impact

 

The Intimate Marriage Podcast, With Intimacy Coach, Alexandra Stockwell, MD