This year on Valentine’s Day, we’re encouraging you to make it about more than just flowers and chocolate. So much emphasis is put on the Hallmark qualities of February 14th, but celebrating in this way once a year is not going to have a notable impact on your relationship. Our resident Certified Sex Therapist, Marina Voron, says: Make Valentine’s Day your Sexual New Year! Think about the motivation you felt on January 1st. It likely felt like a clean slate, a fresh opportunity to tackle your goals for 2020. Do you have a similar checkpoint for your intimate relationship? An annual (or semi-annual) habit of touching base with your partner to explore what’s working, what’s not, and how you’d like to enhance your sexual relationship moving forward? If not, it’s time to start. Setting intentions with your partner for physical intimacy is a great way to prioritize this area of your relationship. You can take the time to share openly about what each of you enjoy and are interested in and then co-create a plan for making it a pleasurable year. If you’d like to learn more about this process, be sure to listen to this week’s episode. Marina is sharing her process for setting Sexual New Year intentions and tips for communicating with your partner about this topic. P.S. Meredith hosted a FREE online workshop, Feel More Loved in One Hour a Week, and it’s available for download. This one hour workshop will walk you and your partner through: >> The benefits of having consistent rituals of connection in your relationship>> Identifying your most impactful activities across three crucial categories (friendship, emotional intimacy, and physical intimacy)>> Integrating rituals of connection into your daily, weekly, and monthly routines>> Troubleshooting issues that may arise as you create these new habits If you’re interested, download here!