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From Mastero, Florida, this is a one extraordinary marriage show. We're being busy is overdone.

Romancing is fun and scheduling sex has taken the guesswork out of wondering when you're going to get some. Creators of the Six Pillars of Intimacy, I'm Tony DeLorenzo, your co-host, along with my beautiful wife, Elisa. From coast to coast and around the world, thank you for joining us. It's time to talk sex, love, and commitment. Give us a call or text us on the

hug hotline at 858-8-8765663 or send us an email to Hugs at One Extraordinary Marriage.com.

In today's episode, we're talking about why so many couples struggle to clearly express their

needs in marriage and what's really holding

them back. And there's a quote from Amir Levine that says, effectively expressing your emotional

needs is even better than the other person magically reading your mind. It means that you're an

active agent who can be heard and it opens the door for a much richer emotional

dialogue. I love that. And we're going to be talking about it in today's episode. But first,

we start every episode with a hug. It's an opportunity for us to celebrate you, to celebrate what

you're doing in your marriage, to celebrate how you're being intentional. And this hug comes from

a comment that

was posted in the one family private Facebook group that says, so I was looking for a podcast

on marriage and found yours and loved it. I'm listening to the first one. I noticed you were talking

about the six pillars and I didn't know what they were. So I found your book, The Six Pillars of

intimacy and wow. Reading that book opened a whole new world to me and gave me so much hope to strengthen our marriage. And it has been great sharing with my wife and talking about the cracks in different pillars and how to make them stronger. I love it. I love it. You know, thank you to each and every one of you who has picked up the six pillars

of intimacy, the secret to an extraordinary marriage. We've sold tens of thousands of copies. We

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