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Rebuilding Intimacy In Marriage | Nick and Amy McKinlay | #180
A marriage can look “fine” on paper and still feel lonely in real life, especially when emotional connection and sexual intimacy start drifting apart. We sit down with Nick and Amy, creators of the Ultimate Intimacy app with more than one million downloads, to talk about what actually helped them rebuild after some brutally hard seasons. Their story includes financial stress, overload at home, and the moment Amy realized intimacy was starting to feel like a chore even though they were still trying to keep it going.
How Emotional Closeness Builds Better Sex In Marriage | Chelom Leavitt | #178
Most couples don’t struggle because they “stopped loving each other.” They struggle because they stopped feeling emotionally safe and emotionally known and that distance eventually shows up in the bedroom. We’re joined again by Dr. Shalom Levitt, a BYU family scholar who studies relationship connection, sexual satisfaction, and mindfulness, to talk about the link so many couples sense but can’t quite explain: emotional intimacy and sexual intimacy.