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Emotional Intimacy
Emotional Intimacy
Emotional intimacy involves connecting with your spouse through the sharing of your thoughts, vulnerabilities, and feelings. It creates a deep sense of security within the relationship, allowing both partners to feel heard and cared for.
Examples of how you can build emotional intimacy with your spouse include:
- Being fully present when spending time together, setting aside distractions to listen and share about your day.
- Creating rituals of connection, such as a morning hug, regular relationship check-ins, or a weekend breakfast date.
- Expressing appreciation frequently to avoid taking each other for granted and to make each other feel seen.
- Consistently engaging in everyday gestures that increase feelings of emotional safety in a marriage. This article has a list of suggestions for the “little things” that you and your spouse can do for each other.
