Why Intimacy Requires Seeing Your Spouse In This Way

True intimacy can’t exist without equality.

If you see yourself as smarter, more capable, or somehow “above” your spouse, it’s going to leak out in your tone and your words. Even if you never say it directly, the message is clear: “You’re beneath me.”

And when your partner feels condescended to or patronized, they shut down. They don’t open up. They don’t feel safe enough to share their heart—and without that safety, intimacy dies.

So before you blame your spouse for not connecting, ask yourself: How do I see them? Do I truly view them as my equal?

When you shift your perspective and honor your spouse as an equal partner, you create the environment where emotional and physical intimacy can flourish.

That’s the work we focus on in Marriage in Bloom—my six-month marriage intensive designed to help couples rebuild trust, repair communication, and create the kind of intimacy that only comes from true partnership.

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