How to Make Intimacy a Priority This Year (Both Emotional & Physical): Episode 374
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
No one gets married to feel like roommates, so let's talk about being romantic partners. In this episode, we're diving into how to reignite the spark, stay emotionally connected, and make intimacy a priority—even in the midst of busy schedules, kids, and daily responsibilities.
By listening you'll hear practical ways to overcome complacency, keep the romance alive, and create moments of connection that strengthen your bond. Whether it's through small gestures or intentional conversations, you'll leave with actionable tips to feel closer and more in love with your partner this year. Don't miss this conversation—it's one every couple needs to hear!
Relationship Resources:
Sign-up for the SPECIAL EDITION 30-day couples challenge "The Best of Us" which starts January 1st (and will be closed the rest of the year!) This challenge is designed to reignite the spark in your marriage with Intimacy Activities, Connection Prompts, and Appreciation Gestures.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Empowered Couples podcast where here you get modern, non-boring |
| 0:06.1 | relationship advice for you and your partner to communicate like pros, fight smarter, and stay |
| 0:11.7 | on the same team no matter the challenge that you face. I am one of your host, Jocelyn Freeman. |
| 0:16.5 | And if you're a frequent listener, you can tell that it's going to be just me today, not with my husband, Aaron, which is kind of funny, given that we're talking about intimacy today. |
| 0:26.7 | But the reality is we're on holiday break. |
| 0:30.3 | Our daughter's school is closed. |
| 0:32.5 | We've got family in town. |
| 0:34.1 | And that's real life. |
| 0:35.7 | So we're having to divide and conquer, but at the same time, |
| 0:40.5 | we're talking about intimacy and it still can be a priority. And so I've got a lot that we're |
| 0:46.8 | going to cover because for us personally, this is a top priority for us in 2025. Of course, |
| 0:53.8 | intimacy is always a focus of our life, of our years, but we always set goals or intentions, and not that we have a specific like number of a goal, but we have an intention to have our intimate life, both emotional and physical, be more of a priority than any year, right? |
| 1:16.9 | Because we can have our attention go in all these different places. |
| 1:21.1 | And so if you haven't already listened to some of our prior episodes where we talk about |
| 1:24.8 | intention setting and getting on the same page. We have an entire |
| 1:27.9 | family meeting guide where you can really establish what your focus is going to be for the year |
| 1:33.2 | as a couple in terms of your relationship. So I've got a lot that I want to cover for you. |
| 1:38.6 | Let me just kind of give you a quick breakdown of the sections. So I'm going to cover first |
| 1:43.3 | why it's important for a marriage. |
| 1:46.3 | What is intimacy really, especially the longer that you're together? Ideas that get in the way |
| 1:52.7 | of intimacy and how to make it a priority practically. Again, real life because we're real people, |
| 1:59.3 | we're parents, we're running a business, we've |
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