Learning to work the room not only means knowing how to start conversations, but how to end them as well. If you’re at a networking event where the goal is to meet a lot of people, try not to monopolize anyone too long. Suggest that you meet for coffee later in the week when you […]
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Compassionate Listening Enhances Trust
Emotional intimacy requires a high level of trust, and trust is established over time. When we have superficial sex, typically early in a relationship, there can be no trust and therefore no real intimacy. When we commit to sane sex, we’re willing to invest the time it takes to build trust, and one practice we […]
Safety and Trust Encourages Emotional Intimacy
A definition of intimacy that I offered in Worth Waiting For: Sane Sex for Singles was “a close relationship rich in familiarity, understanding, and confidence formed in a quiet atmosphere where detailed knowledge and private utterances could be exchanged.” Given this definition, it makes sense that when you’d like to become emotionally intimate with someone, […]