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From Estero, 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 858-8-765663 or send us an email to Hugs at One Extraordinary Marriage.com.

In today's episode, we're talking about what happens when one spouse is trying to be intentional,

and yet the other spouse experiences that intentionality as pressure.

And there's a quote from Arnold Glazow that says,

the key to everything is patience.

You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.

I'm going to tie that into today's episode as we go forward.

But first, we start every episode with a hug.

And this hug came from an email that we

received that said, I want to tell the two of you how much I enjoy your podcast. The way you guys

interacting are so transparent. I love it. Also, all the different tools and encouragement

you give for marriage have been really helpful for us. It's transforming our lives. We've been married for 40 years and we are

older than 65 and we are rediscovering our intimacy together. God bless your ministry.

Excellent. I love it. And whenever somebody says intimacy, I always love to just say,

when we talk about intimacy here at One Extraordinary marriage, the true definition is closeness and connection. Yes, it can include sexual,

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