In this episode of the Secrets of Happily Ever After podcast, I share tips on how you can increase recreational intimacy with your partner. Recreational intimacy refers to the bond that is created and strengthened by having fun with your partner. What hobbies or activities do you like to do together? Do you share any inside jokes? How do you make each other laugh? I share my own answers to these questions and more.Show Highlights:[04:21] Why recreational intimacy with your partner is importan...

Ep 195 - How to Super-Charge Your Recreational Intimacy with Fun and Laughter

Have you ever wondered what makes the difference between those couples who absolutely LOVE to be together and the ones who merely tolorate each other in their old age? I always want to run up to the cute old couples who still hold hands while walking down the street and ask them all their secrets to relationship success. This podcast gives me the opportunity to do just that!

I'm Monica Tanner, wife to a super hunky man, mom to 4 kids, weekly podcaster and relationship and intimacy expert/enthusiast. I help couples ditch the resentment and roommate syndrome and increase communication, connection and commitment, so they can write and live out their happily ever after love story.If that sounds like something you want, this podcast is absolutely for YOU!&nbsp;

Each week, I'm teasing out the principles that keep couples hopelessly devoted and intoxicatingly in love with each other for a lifetime and beyond. I'm searching high and low for the secrets of happily ever after and sharing those secrets with you right here.New episodes release every Wednesday morning and I promise to keep them short and to the point. Sound marriage advice for couples who want to live happily ever after and achieve a truly intimate friendship, because an awesome marriage makes life so much sweeter. Let's get to it!

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Ep 195 - How to Super-Charge Your Recreational Intimacy with Fun and Laughter

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