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How Can We Get The Spark Back? Strategies for Long-Term Relationship Intimacy

How Can We Get The Spark Back? Strategies for Long-Term Relationship Intimacy15 Apr56 min

Dr. Lindsay Cavanagh, psychologist and marriage expert, joins Kristie and Felicia to unpack the strategies for long-term intimacy. They discuss the emotional aspect of desire: how mental load and systemic stressors can make or break the spark in parenthood.

Some takeaways:

• Why spontaneity fails when it meets the exhausting logistics of parenthood.

• The difference between intentional pursuit and weaponized incompetence.

• How to start integrating emotional safety into your connection.

• How mental load influences your libido more than "lost attraction" does.

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