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Sex Gets Better With Effort: The Husband's Intimacy Playbook

Sep 17, 2025
Laurie Handlers, a Tantra educator and intimacy coach, shares insights on enhancing long-term relationships. She highlights the importance of intentional effort in intimacy post-honeymoon phase and suggests practical steps like setting date nights. Laurie emphasizes that intimacy should be treated as a skill, advocating for training over guesswork. She discusses the significance of presence and connection in relationships, introducing tools such as breathing exercises and boundary setting. Her empowering message encourages men to prioritize relational growth alongside their careers.
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INSIGHT

Sex Gets Better With Effort

  • Sex improves with intention and effort after the honeymoon and life changes like children.
  • Maintaining intimacy requires new practices, not passive hope.
ADVICE

Get Training, Not Trial And Error

  • Find a course or training to build intimacy skills instead of guessing.
  • Do practices like scheduled date nights, dancing, and conversations about sexuality.
INSIGHT

Complaints Often Hide Requests

  • Women often complain because they were taught not to make direct requests.
  • Complaints usually hide requests and require decoding and conversational training.
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