Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the Thursday, February 26, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: How do nations defend secrets when intimacy is still used as a ...

Four examples—literary, biographical, autobiographical and contemporary—illustrate the significance of intimacy as a cultural ideal and why, despite our deep longing for it, intimacy remains elusive ...

Psychoanalyst Atlas (Emotional Inheritance) delivers a probing and compassionate examination of how childhood wounds shape adult relationships. Drawing from patient case studies, attachment theory, ...

How we see sex and intimacy on screen has profound effects on how we learn to love each other. But, what we see on-screen is based on a myth rather than reality. Dr Orna Guralnik, who hosts the hugely ...

Imagine feeling deeply connected to the people in your life, knowing that you are understood, valued, and loved for who you are. This sense of connection comes from intimacy—a crucial element in ...