Are You Missing the Sex in Your Marriage? Bring Back the Passion Today!

By Paul Tisdell 

Are you missing the sex in your marriage? Are you having trouble remembering the last time you and your husband were intimate? Well, don't worry; you definitely aren't alone in this department. In fact, recent studies have shown that thousands of couples all over the world "suffer" from a sexless marriage and would give anything to learn how to bring back the passion and rekindle the spark in bed. If you want to learn how to bring back the passion in your own marriage, then read on.
There are various reasons as to why marriages end up losing their passion. Through time, some couples may become more interested in other activities and hobbies, for example. Other times, one of the people in the marriage may just lose interest in sex altogether. Then there are some cases, where the couples merely believe that losing interest in sex is all a part of growing up. All of these reasons are quite common. However, if you are already going for too long without sex in your marriage, then you will need to do something to bring back the passion to ensure that you don't end up getting a divorce.

Remember: sex is vital for your marriage to stay strong and healthy. If you don't have sex, then you may just as well be friends that are living together. If things keep going this way, then one of you might even become dissatisfied in your marriage and end up straying, causing even bigger problems altogether.
There are a lot of different factors that might have scared the sex away from your marriage, as well, such as depression, financial trouble, job issues or having a lot of young children running around the house.
So, how should you go about things, then? Well, for starters, you have to make sure that you aren't being too obvious when you try and bring back the passion by seducing your husband. If your husband senses that you have something up your sleeve, then he might feel like the sex is forced, and this wouldn't be a good thing.
Ideally, you should just start things slow. Create an environment that simulates the first few dates that you went on, for example, and bring back those great memories from your past. This should light up the spark and the passion in your marriage in no time and help you become more intimate once again.

10 Steps to Saving Your Marriage

By Leroy Scott

1. Get Help
Most couples make the mistake of getting professional help too late in the game. The earlier you begin counseling with a professional, the better outcome you will have.
2. Take responsibility for what you are doing wrong
Most couples blame each other for the problem of the relationship. But in most cases both parties play a major role in the problem the relationship is having. It is easier to see the blame in your partner, but more difficult to see the blame in yourself. When couples begin to take responsibility for their role in the problem, things begin to turn around. Maybe you haven't done what your partner has done, but you have done something.
3. Increase your time together
Marriage problems push couples away from each other, just as depression kills the appetite for food. I often tell people who are depressed to schedule their times to eat and eat even if they are not hungry. The same is true for relationships. You have to schedule and increase your time together because the problems you are having will force you to be apart.
4. Have conversations about when you met and what you felt
You hooked up for a reason. You liked what you saw and you decided to lock yourself into what you felt. Go back to when you met and just be there for a moment without discrediting the experience as though you were wrong about what you felt. Treat that incident with the honor and respect it deserves. Something magical happened between the two of you. Rekindle that flame.
5. Be open to criticism
A marriage doesn't have to be in trouble to bring criticism. Criticism comes with the territory of being married. Marital Criticism is not always constructive and can sometimes be hard to accept. Be less defensive of your partner's criticisms and take a good look at yourself to see if they could be right. In most cases they are.
6. Don't have talks with other people of the opposite sex about your marriage problems
When you are having marriage problems you are vulnerable. Don't put yourself in situations that may further complicate your life and your marriage. If you need comfort during the course of your marital challenges find that comfort in a close friend of the same sex and stay away from situations that are unhealthy. You know what those relationships are for you; stay away from them.
7. Be patient
It takes time to heal the wounds of a marriage so don't rush things, but be assertive.
8. Discuss you reasons for wanting to stay married
Everyone has to have a reason to want to stay married. Identify what your reason is and begin to convert that reason it to personal will power to make it work. Sometimes you need more than just love to carry you through. You need a reason to make this work. Find yours.
9. Commit to having healthy conversations and make eye contact
Look you partner in the eye. Have close up conversations. No throwing hands and stumping feet. You've got to have "in your face" talks that are respectful and meaningful. Step-up your conversation game and learn how to talk and listen without having temper-tantrums. It works.
10. Envision a future together 10 years from now
When your marriage is dying you can't just talk about the present. You have to create a life beyond today. You have to be able to see yourself together doing something 5- 10 years down the road. It is important to dream of a future when you seem to be losing hope in the present. It is harder to dream when you're struggling, but it is necessary. So, stop for a moment and begin to imagine and discuss your life after this thing is all resolved. Dream first! Then address the issues that are hindering your marriage.

Is There Such a Thing As True Love?

By Brandon Michael Stephen 

Just what exactly is true love? And what are the rudiments that can properly define it?

With the concept of love having a myriad of meanings based on a person's culture, religion, and ideologies built from the people they interact with and their experiences, it definitely is difficult to boil down into one definition. This is why love in itself is subjective, and to understand true love, I believe there are a few concepts to acknowledge before conceptualizing what you really think it means.

Finding It within Yourself

I think that if you want to express a greater affection towards others, you have to appreciate yourself. Simply because if you don't know how to understand that your self-worth never dies, how can you practice respect and kindness to others? Life is definitely not an easy thing, with everything becoming fast-paced and it's easier to get distracted from the smaller things that actually matter.

There are many ways to find love inside of you, but usually most methods require a mentality of optimism, and usually, that cannot be sustained forever obviously. Things like writing what your desires are on a piece of paper can help you break down into your core values because things will usually be specific, and then will become rudimentary and broad.

Ultimately, I think that the first part of this endeavor in finding appreciation for you and doing the same for others, going into introspection for that cause is definitely a step in the right direction. So what's the next step really after you found love within you?

Analyzing How You React to Situations

When we get a bit better breaking down those mental filters that prevent us from unlocking the truth from within, understanding how to handle situations accordingly is other important concept to acknowledge. The reason being is that again, it increases the likelihood that you appreciate all emotions that you emit in waves; no emotion is forever, it comes back after the other, and some people are just better at maintaining what is most likely to come to them.

So take a honest analysis on how you interpret people you meet, what you do if there's an argument between someone you're with, or even watching someone else argue with another person. It's these simple things that we are usually passive about that gets us into knowing our unique meaning of true love.

Does the personal show unconditional affection or conditional affection? Do they have a strong desire to protect the person they consider important and of genuine value? There are so many things that are categorized for specific results, but picking just a few is more than enough.

So what exactly is my meaning of what true love really is? It's definitely abstract in its actual content within, but overall, it's pretty straightforward.

To understand yourself and appreciating what you have to do here, which is to spread love and happiness the best way you can while managing other thoughts that try to challenge it. To then take that acknowledgement and sustaining your will to keep spreading as much love as you can, whether it's to other people, your hobbies, or anything else.

And finally, being able to understand how you react to a given situation with a clear and practical mindset will help you see things in a more positive way. There are definitely many rough ends in life, but it doesn't mean it's the end of the world. When we conquer these fears and anxiety, we can have better awareness of the situation, and then we can become satisfied with our own meaning of what true love really is.

What is your meaning of true love?

Brandon Stephen is a blogger expressionist who always seeks to improve and learn more things and expand to appreciate the values of this life and beyond.

Balancing Emotions and Reason In a Relationship

By Hannah E Fairfield 

Is it better to follow logic or impulse in a relationship? Should you go with your gut or should you analyze every little detail? It can be very tempting to let your feelings lead you at every turn, but your mind can loom over you and make you wonder whether you're making the right decisions or saying the right things. Our society doesn't provide very clear guidance; romantic media always portrays the idea that love wins out over all, but logic prevails in day-to-day situations. So which should you choose? How should you act in your relationship?

Using Your Heart
You can't go through life without listening to what your heart is telling you. Feelings are strong and going against them can be all too difficult at times. Often there is a reason for this. Your emotions are instinctual and instinct exists for a reason. There's a saying, "The heart wants what it wants." This is very true, and a lot of times there is no reasoning yourself out of what you are feeling.

All of that said, following your feelings exclusively can be disastrous. Emotions are driven by desire, which can lead to selfishness and illogical decision making. By no means should you ignore what your heart and your gut are telling you when dealing with men, but exclusively trusting your emotions to lead you down the right path in love will never work out.

Think About It First
Any intelligent woman will question the relationship she is in. It's smart to put thought into whether or not you should date a certain man, whether you should be the first to drop the "I love you" bomb or whether you should continue in a rocky relationship. It's important to think things through before making decisions, even if your heart is pulling you in the opposite direction.

Be wary of being overly analytical, however. If you spend too much time thinking about every little move he makes, obsessing over what you wear for your dates or pre-planning each word you say, it can easily drive you crazy. Being logical and aware in a relationship is important, but don't let your mind completely take over your dating life. After all, you are looking for love!

Find a Balance
Keep in mind that men are just like us - they battle with emotion versus reason on a regular basis, too. Choosing one or the other should not be the case; acknowledging both your emotions and your sense of reason can help you look at decisions from multiple sides, and thus make choices that are better for your relationship. It's not a matter of following your head or your heart, it's learning how to blend the two!

Save Your Relationship With Touch

By Tarisha Tourok 

Ecstatic love-making is all about taking one's time and exploring new ways of being and interacting.

The following practice will take you on a journey of pleasure and sensual awakening. The most essential key for this practice is to be fully present with yourself and your partner when you are receiving or giving touch.

In our modern busy lives we are so engrossed in doing and achieving that our senses are quite often dulled.

• Do you feel connected to your body?
• Do you savour your food?
• Are you fully present when you relate to others?
• Do you listen attentively and really hear what the other is saying?

We are capable of so much pleasure! Are you ready to fully step in your body and become an ecstatic pleasure Goddess?

Touch is one of the greatest ways to step into this experience. Do you know that babies don't survive if they don't get at least some touch?

Human beings love to be touched, and for most people an intimate relationship is the only place where the crucial need of touch can be satisfied.

So many of my clients start crying when I simply put my hand on their head and heart with the intention to nourish. They say "my partner rarely touches me like that. I so need it. Just a loving warm touch. I miss touch and I don't understand why we stopped doing it."

• Do you get enough touch?
• Do you give a lot of sensual loving touch to your partner?

Conscious Sensual Touch Practice

I invite you to practice conscious and sensual touch with your lover. As you are the one reading this article, I suggest that you give the touch first. And then, after your lover is bathed in love and connected to his body, you can ask him to do the same for you.

You will need several things for this practice:

1. Feathers
2. Soft silky sheet or a piece of fabric
3. Some fur
4. Your warm loving hands

Make sure that the room is really warm and invite your partner to undress and lie on his tummy. Soft music will help you to create relaxing and romantic atmosphere.

Start feathering over the whole body, and do it very, very slowly. Repeat minimum 5 times.

Then cover the body with a soft silky sheet and move it slowly over the body, pulling it in different directions and sliding across the whole body.

Then you can touch your lover with fur, again do is slowly and be fully present.

Then, touch slightly the whole body with your fingertips, slowly and sensually.

At the end, massage the head with your hands and ask your partner to turn over. Do the same sequence on the other side of the body.

Remember to stay fully present, actively sending love to your beloved. Enjoy the touch, enjoy giving love to the other, it will fill you up as well.

The secret here is, do everything very slowly. It will allow your partner to experience many more sensations, fully relax into pleasure and let go.

Now it's your turn to awaken your senses and enjoy slow sensuous touch!

This practice has a capacity to create so much more intimacy in your relationship. Enjoy!

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How Do You Know If He's In Love?

By Hannah E Fairfield 

Are you trying to figure out whether the guy you're seeing is as interested in you as you are in him? Does he act like he loves you, but he never says it? So you just want to hear those three simple words, but they just won't come out of his mouth! What do you do? Learn to read his signs!

Men communicate with actions far better than they do with language. They are physical creatures and are not as verbal as us women. If a guy truly cares for you, he will show it in his own way. It can be very discomforting for a man if you constantly question whether or not he cares for you, so it is important to be able to decode his actions and discern this for yourself. You can easily hurt his feelings by claiming that he doesn't care about you, and a hurt man is a man who won't want to be around you!

While he may not say the words out loud, he will undoubtedly behave differently when he loves a woman. Does he go the extra mile to make you smile? Can you tell that he's putting effort into planning dates or trying to make you feel good about yourself? These are his ways of showing that he loves you and you should take them as a sign that he cares.

Acknowledging your ideas, opinions and preferences is something a guy will do when he cares about you. He'll want your input on lots of things. Does his new sweater look good? What movie do you want to see? Does the dinner he made for you need more salt? When a guy is in love, he will instinctually want to please you. Asking for your thoughts on various scenarios is a good indication that he loves you.

Does he support you in all that you do? Whether it's resolving an argument with your sister or planning a project when you're up for a big promotion at work, if he cares about you, he will be by your side. He doesn't want you to be upset or sad, and he will stand by you. He will do what he can to help you succeed, and be proud of you when you do.

Sensitivity to your feelings is another good way of discerning whether your man genuinely cares for you. Does he make sure that you know he is there for you? If you are angry after a bad day at work or depressed after an unpleasant conversation with a friend, is he willing to listen and try to make you feel better? Being there for you emotionally means he loves you.

Does he shy away when you talk about taking your relationship to the next level? Whether or not that's committing to being in an exclusive relationship with you, moving in together or popping the question, it is important to know whether or not he's in it for the long haul and not still wondering whether or not you are the girl for him.

Love and relationships are never simple - and what fun would it be if they were? Just open your eyes and pay attention to your guy's behavior. You'll be able to figure out where his heart lies from a few little signs.

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