In the busy busyness of life and relationships, it can be easy to lose intimate moments like the one this captures. As time progresses, we may forget that early physical closeness and sense of connection to each other. I often sit with couples who care deeply, but feel distant as the relationship grows. Not because they don’t love each other, but because they have become caught in patterns that leave them both feeling unheard or misunderstood. The same conflicts happen again