Today’s Solutions: November 21, 2024

Healthy Connections and Intimacy

In honor of Valentine's Day 2022, we're covering the best tips and practices to make sure our connections and intimate moments of life are healthy.

Rethinking “consent” part

Rethinking “consent” part II—offering a sexy gift

In part one of this two-part series, we discussed the limitations of consent as a concept when applied to sexual engagements. We dove into senior research scholar and philosophy professor at Georgetown University Rebecca Kulka’s essay “Sex Talks” to explore how extending sexual invitations is Read More...

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How to break up with your phone

It’s dawning on many of us that the way we engage with our phones simply isn’t healthy. According to data from Moment, a time-tracking app with almost five million users, the average person spends four hours a day on their phone. To make matters worse, according to a recent Pew Research Center Read More...

Best friends, lovers, or both?

Best friends, lovers, or both? Relationship experts on defining a romantic relationship

While some people might believe that being best friends with their romantic partner is the relationship ideal, not everyone agrees. To others, a best friend and a romantic partner are and should be two different relationships. However, according to relationship experts, the answer to this question Read More...

Putting the moves on your own

Putting the moves on your own self — 6 benefits of masturbation

In light of Valentine’s week, we’re exploring all aspects of intimacy and love here at The Optimist Daily, so of course we had to write a feature on that most important of all love relationships — our relationship with our own self. It is perhaps the first sexual relationship you ever had, Read More...

Rethinking “consent” part

Rethinking “consent” part I—extending a sexy invitation

In terms of sexual relations, the idea of consent and consent education has been picking up speed in recent years, with things like the #MeToo movement and the rise of women’s rights and empowerment propelling its progress forward. While this is certainly moving along the right trajectory, there Read More...

How to embrace a single life t

How to embrace a single life to the fullest

Following the theme of healthy relationships and intimacy this week, this article is for people who are embracing single life. Our culture is steeped in subliminal messaging that having a partner is a must. With a "happily ever after" with the perfect match being the end goal. However, this Read More...

Understanding your own sexual

Understanding your own sexual boundaries—a crucial step for healthy sex

  Establishing boundaries is an essential part of leading a healthy, satisfying, and fulfilling sex life. We’ve shared stories in the past about setting boundaries when it comes to personal relationships, and for work (a prevailing issue for many of us, especially as more and more people Read More...

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Here are some tips to enrich your sex life

When it comes to the topic of speaking up about your needs in the bedroom, many of us don't feel like we can,  leaving us unsatisfied.      The cause of this is complex, with problems stemming from societal influences, self-esteem, less than satisfactory past experiences, Read More...

A 3-step guide to mindful mast

A 3-step guide to mindful masturbation

Intimate pleasure is certainly not reserved for those who are coupled up. Even though much of the public conversation centers on commercialized date nights for couples celebrating their love, intimate pleasure actually starts with the single self.  Masturbation shouldn’t be considered only a Read More...

3 tips to bring more intimacy

3 tips to bring more intimacy into your relationship

Intimacy is a crucial part of any healthy, fulfilling relationship and goes beyond what happens in the bedroom. Whether you're looking to reconnect with a long-term lover or discover more about a new partner, here are three ways to boost intimacy in your relationship. Learn your love Read More...