Intimate relationships

This powerful piece invites you to reconnect with your body through the transformative rituals of grief, pleasure, and devotion. In a world that teaches us to shrink, hide, and punish our bodies...

There’s a quiet truth many high-achieving women carry but rarely speak aloud: the more competent, efficient, and “in control” we become, the more elusive intimacy can feel. Not just sexual intimacy...

There is a sentiment that echoes in therapy sessions, intimate conversations, and those rare moments of vulnerability when someone finally voices their inner struggle: You are not alone in this.

Recently, I found myself in a deep conversation with two friends, each of us standing at a different threshold of relationship commitment. One friend is in the midst of a separation, wrestling with the question...

You’ve heard the whisper: “My god, what is wrong with them!? Look at what they’re into, who would want to do that to themselves?”

In an era where loneliness has reached epidemic proportions, as highlighted by former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, marriage counselors and relationship coaches must explore innovative ways to help couples...

We’ve all felt it. The heavy chest. The racing thoughts. The sleepless nights. That dull ache and emptiness that follows you everywhere after a breakup or the loss of someone you love.

Velvet Thunder, The Love That Dared to Remember is a powerful exploration of memory, identity, and the kind of love that transcends time and silence. Through tender reflection and unapologetic...

Many of us are taught that expecting nothing from love is a sign of strength, detachment, or even spiritual enlightenment. But what happens when that belief collides with the lived...

There comes a point in many relationships where love starts to feel more like a shared calendar than a shared soul. The to-do lists grow longer, but the eye contact shortens. You remember you love...

In a culture often driven by instant gratification, performance-based sex, and transactional intimacy, sensual massage stands apart as a tender, intentional, and powerfully healing practice.

What if folding laundry or doing the dishes could actually bring you and your partner closer, way closer? The “Sex Chore WOD” flips mundane household tasks into playful, sensual rituals that build...

When my future mother-in-law asked how long I’d been with her son, I smiled and said, “Three beautiful years.” She leaned back, gave me a kind yet knowing look, and replied, “Ah, don’t worry, the...

If you've ever found yourself in a familiar cycle where one partner withdraws and the other pursues harder, you're not alone. What feels intensely personal – "He doesn't love me," "She's too much" – is often not about love. It's about biology.

“A somato-spiritual version of a cutting-edge therapeutic modality. Honestly, this has been an experience like no other to understand myself. It goes deep and it is absolutely life changing”. This is the testimonial that one of our most loyal customers, the head of advertising of the fastest growing social network...

There's a quiet ache in so many of my conversations across my practice, my communities, and even the most private moments in my heart. It often starts as a question laced with shame...