Resources Categories: Intimacy and Connection

The renowned marriage expert explains that couples build trust in the small moments of a relationship, when we're emotionally attuned to our partner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgWnadSi91s

This book explores sexual rights of older people, highlighting stigma, prejudice, and invisibility, offering an evidence-based framework for policy reform and awareness. Routledge, 2018.

📌 What makes this resource valuable? Covers 80+ key topics and definitions in an easy-to-read, engaging format Provides expert-reviewed insights for confident, informed choices Encourages self-discovery and healthy conversations

This book examines consensual nonmonogamy among elders, addressing relationship dynamics, joys, challenges, and aging complexities like caregiving, health issues, and retirement. Rowman & Littlefield, 2022.

Offers a meditative approach to sex, promoting deep connection and sustainability into old age. Destiny Books, 2011.

Explores how race, gender, and class shaped sexual behavior over the past 200 years. University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Libido is your unique, personal, sexual psychic force. Because we are only semiconscious of this force, our conscious minds are not completely in control of the psychic force . Although we are always in control of how we act in response to libido, it is the less-than-conscious aspect that accounts for why it feels pushy, or external. People use the word ...

Answers many questions people over 60 might have about living a fulfilling sensual life. Seal Press, 2011.

Promotes a healthy, pleasure-based approach to sexuality for aging couples, challenging myths and emphasizing intimacy over performance and stereotypes. Routledge, 2022.

Explores reclaiming sexuality after loss, sharing stories and practical advice for navigating intimacy and self-care during grief. Mango, 2021.

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This book promotes hormone replacement therapy to reduce aging symptoms, improve sexual wellness, and reclaim youthful vitality, proving that great sex never gets old. Kimberly Cunningham, 2023.

Babies are Born Aware and Expecting a Relationship Between babies and their parents, social and emotional intelligence and connection will grow through physical contact (such as skin-to-skin contact) and though speech and language. The Trajectory for Good Development Involves Many Factors The capacity to love is a reciprocal trust building bet ...

This book empowers readers to embrace their sexuality at any age, fostering self-care, open conversations, and overcoming obstacles to enjoy a fulfilling sex life. Independently published, 2023.

In the history of sexual anatomy, the clitoris has long been dismissed, demeaned and misunderstood. Here is a view of the clitoris you’ve probably never seen. https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/the-clitoris-a-reveal-two-millennia-in-the-making/

A practical, approachable guide with tips on enjoying intimacy at any age. Cleis Press, 2014.

A holistic sexuality education curriculum for older adults. Comprehensive and progressive, this program addresses sexuality with sensitivity and respect for older adults’ wisdom and life experience. Unitarian Universalist Association, 2019.

The easiest way to improve your relationship is to pay attention to your partner during life’s small, everyday moments. This video shows you how. As relationship researcher Logan Ury explains, you can choose to TURN TOWARDS your partner in these moments and accept their bids to connect, or TURN AWAY and ignore their bids. Every time you choose to tur ...