{"id":1364,"date":"2016-08-18T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2016-08-18T06:18:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T11:48:00","slug":"two-hidden-ways-to-sustain-romance-and-intimacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/two-hidden-ways-to-sustain-romance-and-intimacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Hidden Ways to Sustain Romance and Intimacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/86530738.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-614\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-614\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/86530738.jpg?resize=506%2C338\" alt=\"Cheerful couple\" width=\"506\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/86530738.jpg?w=506&amp;ssl=1 506w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/86530738.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Creating a healthy long-term relationship is a complex process and sometimes can be a challenge. Beyond initial attraction, couples often have differing life perspectives, perceptions, and goals.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing pleasant everyday moments has been found to be essential for couples that wish to forge long-term, healthy bonds of intimacy and connection, according to recent research.<\/p>\n<p>Many opportunities may be found in everyday moments &#8211; such as sharing something humorous, or expressing appreciation or gratitude for the partner, or for the partner\u2019s gesture or behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Couples who laugh together frequently perceive themselves as more similar to one another, and more supported by one another. These behaviors, when regularly practiced, positively impact the relationship\u2019s health, generating a sense of mutual love, and of connection, as well as relationship longevity.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/the-new-resilience\/201607\/two-hidden-ways-sustain-romance-and-intimacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two Hidden Ways to Sustain Romance and Intimacy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating a healthy long-term relationship is a complex process and sometimes can be a challenge. Beyond initial attraction, couples often have differing life perspectives, perceptions, and goals. Sharing pleasant everyday moments has been found to be essential for couples that wish to forge long-term, healthy bonds of intimacy and connection, according to recent research. Many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-relationships-2","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}