Vanessa Marin

And in particular, I like a six-second kiss and a 20 to 30-second hug.

We actually have research showing that those are the specific timeframes it takes for our body to release oxytocin, the bonding hormone, the trust hormone, makes us feel close to each other.

And then the third thing, eye contact.

It is wild how few couples make eye contact with each other.

And I think that there is no greater tragedy than being in a long-term relationship with somebody, but feeling literally and emotionally unseen by them.

So those three things, you can do those three things in under a minute every single day, and those will make such a big impact.

Thank you so much for having me.

I'm so excited to be here.

Yeah.

And I just want to say I really appreciate you being willing to open up this conversation.

It's a tough one for so many people.

And, you know, what I can say, having been in this field for over 20 years and talking to hundreds of thousands of people, I think so many of us are desperate people.

for more from our relationships.

We want more connection, more closeness, more intimacy.

And so many of us are wondering, like, what happened to that couple who is madly in love, who couldn't keep their hands off of each other?

Like, what have we become now?

And so I've really made it my mission to try to bridge that gap in relationships, to try to help save relationships.

So the good news is there are a lot of really practical things that we can do to recreate that intimacy.

So my goal is that by the end of this episode, your audience is going to feel inspired, they're going to feel motivated, and they're going to have a couple of practical tools that they're excited to start putting to use right away.

We might have to open some of them.