• Sex and intimacy issues are the #2 cause of divorce (money is #1). Daily intimacy helps divorce-proof your marriage.
• Out of 1,440 minutes in every day, focusing on your spouse for at least 5 minutes helps prevent feelings of neglect.
• Physical Benefits: lowers stress, improves mood, improves physical fitness, improves sleep, improves heart, immune and brain health, can extend life up to 8 years.
• Relationship Benefits: increases bonding by the releasing of oxytocin hormone, reduces likelihood of infidelity, increases happiness, increases feeling of love, increases feeling of trust, increases relationship satisfaction.

• Allow as much bare skin contact as possible to enhance physical connection
• The request can’t be for house chores as this exercise is a personal focus, intended to strengthen the couple’s physical connection
• The acts can be alternated from one spouse one day to the other the next or 5 minutes on both spouses every day
• You can experiment on how you pick the actions and use the one that works best for both parties (flip a coin to see who chooses, alternate, receiver chooses, giver chooses, Click here to generate a random number to do from ideas tab, etc). You can switch up each week to keep it interesting.
• The receiver can’t complain or be angry if the giver stops at 5 minutes
• Must choose full intercourse and complete the act at least once per week (if not physically capable then do the maximum that you can do)

15 Physical Intimacy Ideas: (Do not limit yourself to these- Please be creative!)

1. Back Massage
2. Shoulder massage
3. Long Hug
4. Feet massage
5. On top cuddle
6. Rear facing cuddle (spooning)
7. Slow dancing
8. Tender Kisses and neck hug
9. Manual genital stimulation with hands
10. Oral stimulation
11. Intercourse
12. Bathe partner in bubble bath or shower
13. Chair straddle embrace
14. Blindfold and trace body with fingertips or feather
15. Can substitute intimate conversations if apart due to travel