intimacy

Fake Humans and the Problem of Emotional Intimacy

By Dr. Jordan / September 6, 2025 /

Emotional intimacy is the healthiest form of human relationship. Interpersonal health and healing are significant in an emotionally intimate relationship. When an interpersonal relationship is not emotionally intimate it is driven by other motivations beyond love and closeness. Getting people to do things is a common source of interpersonal relationship especially when the objectives are…

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Love After The Pandemic

By Dr. Jordan / April 18, 2020 /

  Remember the phrase, “we are at our best when we are at our worst.” I believe our best is the love that is possible between people. Our worst is the sickness, death, and grief that occurs when we are living through a global pandemic. So what does this really mean? Why aren’t we at our…

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The ‘One Night Stand’

By Dr. Jordan / June 16, 2013 /

What is a ‘one night stand’ and is it good for your love life? The most common definition of a ‘one night stand’ is sex without really knowing one’s sexual partner. The one night stand can occur with someone completely unknown in a first time encounter, or with someone who has been met previously but…

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Dating Rule: No Sex For 90 Days?

By Dr. Jordan / July 21, 2012 /

Pardon the photo, but I had to find something that made the point of this post. And don’t get carried away by the gender implication, the ideas apply to both genders. Someone told me that a contemporary dating rule out there in the single world reads ‘no sex for 90 days’ when you start dating…

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Love-Life Tip: Relationship Built For Two

By Dr. Jordan / April 15, 2012 /

As the photo suggests, some things are built for two people and they require cooperation to work. A bicycle built for two is one of them, a love relationship is another. Despite the common separation of work and romance, if you adopt the value of ‘working’ on your love relationship you’ve discovered one of the…

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