Showing Gratitude to Enhance Intimacy
Showing Gratitude to Enhance Intimacy 1. Show interest in your partner's life. Use active listening skills by making eye contact, nodding your head, and offering acknowledgement, all while demonstrating that you are listening. Try paraphrasing what your partner says. (Repeat it back to them as you understand it.) Try to imagine what their day has been like and the challenges you both may have come up against. Show understanding and empathy. Be willing to talk about the day to day events, without considering them to be boring or without meaning. If it meant something to a partner or was an important part of their day or week, it's worth understanding why it was significant and what impact it may have had on your partner. 2. Help your partner to relax. If your partner is stressed, give them a relaxing evening. Suggest a bath, or better still, draw a bath for them. Light some candles or perhaps burn some essential oils to add calm throughout the house. Offer a massage or backrub without t