Before you can achieve intimacy, you must know and understand what it is.  Intimacy is sharing.  It's about sharing; about being emotionally close to your partner.  That closeness you feel only with your man/woman.  Intimacy: a bond and trust that can't be broken or infiltrated. It's about being able to let your guard down, because your partner knows what makes you tick.  So that the real and true you can come to the forefront.  Intimacy is also being able to accept and share in your partner's thoughts and feelings.  We all have an "inner world" of feelings and experiences, the world of our day dreams, hopes, fears, hurts and memories, the world of our "inner-most" thoughts.  To be able to share our "inner-world" with a partner we love, and to be able to share our partner's experiences, is one of the most rewarding aspects of a relationship.

Intimacy is a journey of discovery in a relationship. Many couples start out their relationship sensing they have achieved a new dimension of intimacy which they have not experienced before.  They are in love, it’s exciting, and they can’t imagine a greater degree of intimacy.  Intimacy is the tie that binds and sustains loving relationships.

October column includes:

• Intimacy's the Frosting on the Cake
• What Is Intimacy
• The 5 Sides of Intimacy
• How Chokkk would define Intimacy?
• Intimacy IQ Test
• "Intimacy's Impeccable Design" an original poem from Chokkklit