Staying close helps joy overtake fear. Source: Juan Moyano / Shutterstock Stephanie Pfeil’s young marriage had the most dramatic high and low a couple could face: A new baby and a grim 8 percent ...

Fear of intimacy is an intense fear of being physically, intellectually, or emotionally close to another person. Also called intimacy avoidance or avoidance anxiety, a fear of intimacy is often caused ...

From intimacy to sexuality to spirituality, publishers are talking S-E-X in upcoming releases. There’s advice on living with differing sex drives, new understandings of what intimacy means, the latest ...

Four examples—literary, biographical, autobiographical and contemporary—illustrate the significance of intimacy as a cultural ideal and why, despite our deep longing for it, intimacy remains elusive ...

Intimacy disorder affects how people connect emotionally and physically with others in close relationships. While it’s not an official diagnosis in the DSM-5, mental health professionals see it as a ...

I’ve recently noticed that I might be a people pleaser. I’ll deny it if you quote me because mostly, I can hide it under a veneer of I don’t care! Co-dependency is a pattern of behaviour where a ...

Stephanie Pfeil’s young marriage had the most dramatic high and low a couple could face: A new baby and a grim 8 percent chance of her survival from a rare, aggressive cancer. Her oncologist warned ...