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	<itunes:summary>Bring the Passion back to your Relationship with these podcasts by Clinical Psychologist and experienced Couples Counselor, Dr. Adam Sheck.  Each recording will give you ideas to increase the Passion, Romance, Intimacy and Sensuality of your Relationship.  Dr. Sheck has a private psychotherapy practice in Los Angeles, California and also coaches couples through teleseminars and through the Internet.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>What Are YOUR Relationship Resolutions?</title>
		<link>http://passion101.com/blog/2011/12/what-are-your-relationship-resolutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drsheck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are YOUR Relationship Resolutions? As the &#8220;Passion Doctor&#8221;, my work is to help couples have more romance, more passion, more sexuality and more intimacy in their live.  And around the time of the new year, the question of relationship resolutions is an important one to reflect upon. I&#8217;ve reviewed my previous Passion 101 blog [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://passion101.com/blog/2011/12/what-are-your-relationship-resolutions/newyear2012/" rel="attachment wp-att-4302"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4302" title="Relationship Resolutions" src="http://passion101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/newyear2012.jpg" alt="Relationship Resolutions" width="200" height="143" /></a>What are YOUR Relationship Resolutions?</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As the &#8220;Passion Doctor&#8221;, my work is to help couples have more romance, more passion, more sexuality and more intimacy in their live.  And around the time of the new year, the question of <em>relationship resolutions</em> is an important one to reflect upon. I&#8217;ve reviewed my previous <span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Passion 101 </strong><span style="color: #000000;">blog</span></span> posts and I&#8217;ve compiled five relationship resolutions that will definitely benefit you, even if you practice only one of them.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And while I&#8217;m real not a huge believer in New Year&#8217;s resolutions, I do believe that setting an intention to improve your relationship is critical to having your partnership grow. Whether you set this intention now, when there is a general agreement in the world to do so on January 1 or do it another day (or EVERY day!), just do it!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #993300;">1. Recommit to your relationship!</span></strong><br />
One of the biggest passion killers is taking your relationship for granted.  <span id="more-4299"></span>We make a commitment to our partner and then &#8220;life&#8221; gets in the way and we lose focus and assume our relationship will still be around when we &#8220;get to it&#8221;. So, today (and each day, actually) is a good day to officially and formally recommit to your relationship. Make it fun, make it serious or make it official, just make it!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><strong><span style="color: #993300;">2. Create your shared relationship vision.</span></strong><br />
</strong>In addition to recommitting to your relationship, another major relationship resolution is to create a shared relationship vision.  I&#8217;ve written extensively on how to do this on another post, <a href="http://passion101.com/blog/2010/05/do-you-share-a-relationship-vision/" target="_blank">Do You Share A Relationship Vision?</a> Click the link, read it, and DO IT!  As couples, we need common goals and a common vision to make it happen.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 800;"><strong><strong><span style="color: #993300;">3. Find a new shared activity/hobby.</span></strong><br />
</strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Monotony and routine are the enemies of passion!  Find something new to do with your partner.  A dance class, a sailing class, a kissing class (I think I will offer one in 2011), something that will give you regular, ongoing time together each week in something new and novel.  Newness ignites that spark!</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #993300;">4. Share one sexual fantasy this year.</span></strong><br />
Again, newness is what creates passion.  And if you want to stay passionate in your current relationship (which is always my recommendation), it&#8217;s time to share one of your fantasies with your partner!  This may be challenging for you, either to connect to your fantasies or to share them.  Fortunately, I wrote a post on this that you can click and read: <a href="http://passion101.com/blog/2010/11/how-to-share-your-fantasies-with-your-partner/" target="_blank">How To Share Your Fantasies With Your Partner!</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #993300;">5. Look in each other&#8217;s eyes and say, &#8220;I love you!&#8221;</span></strong><br />
Many couples counselors will tell you that &#8220;communication&#8221; is the biggest problem that couples face.  My belief on this is that it is &#8220;connection&#8221; that is the problem.  So PLEASE, take a moment, RIGHT NOW if you can, hold your partner&#8217;s hands, look in their eyes and say, &#8220;I love you!&#8221;  You will be glad that you did.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I look forward to being of service in the New Year and helping you to create the relationship of your dreams!</p>
<h2><strong>Dr. Adam Sheck</strong></h2>
<p><em>Another great way to start off the New Year with more romance, more passion and more intimacy is to download my Free Special Report, &#8220;20 Rituals For Romance!&#8221; at </em><a href="http://freepassiontips.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #993300;"><em>http://freepassiontips.com</em></span></a></p>
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		<title>Passion Tip: Pumpkin Pie Can Improve Your Sex Life!</title>
		<link>http://passion101.com/blog/2011/11/passion-tip-pumpkin-pie-can-improve-your-sex-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drsheck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pumpkin Pie Can Help Your Sex Life! As &#8220;The Passion Doctor&#8221;, I&#8217;m always on the lookout for ways to create more passion in your relationship.  And around the Holidays, we often overindulge in food, which can leave us more like beached whales then sex machines. So you&#8217;ll love this passion tip, especially between Thanksgiving and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://passion101.com/blog/2011/11/passion-tip-pumpkin-pie-can-improve-your-sex-life/pumpkinpie/" rel="attachment wp-att-4291"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4291" title="Pumpkin Pie" src="http://passion101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pumpkinpie.jpg" alt="Pumpkin pie turns up your sex life!" width="200" height="150" /></a>Pumpkin Pie Can Help Your Sex Life!</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As &#8220;The Passion Doctor&#8221;, I&#8217;m always on the lookout for ways to create more passion in your relationship.  And around the Holidays, we often overindulge in food, which can leave us more like beached whales then sex machines.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So you&#8217;ll love this passion tip, especially between Thanksgiving and New Year&#8217;s Day.  Believe it or not, research from the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Center shows that the smell of pumpkin pie arouses men.  In a study of 40 odors, the smell of pumpkin pie combined with lavender <strong><em>increased blood flow to the penis by an average of 40 percent.</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In addition, consuming <span id="more-4290"></span>pumpkin seeds, which are high in zinc, may increase testosterone production and be helpful with erections.  The study was performed on men ranging from 18 to 64.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Other smells that give a strong response in men are vanilla and strawberry.  Vanilla creates a strong reaction in older men and a strong response to strawberry is given by men who rate their sex life as most satisfying.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In another study, women responded the best to the smells of Good &amp; Plenty candy combined with cucumbers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So, what are you waiting for, start experimenting and let me know if <em>pumpkin pie can help your sex life!</em>  Leave me a comment with the results!</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Adam Sheck</h2>
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		<title>Are More Dominant and Attractive Men Better In Bed?</title>
		<link>http://passion101.com/blog/2011/07/are-more-dominant-and-attractive-men-better-in-bed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drsheck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are More Dominant and Attractive Men Better In Bed? This has been a fascinating question that has been open for debate for a long, long time.  It&#8217;s probably only second to the &#8220;does size really matter&#8221; question.  From a biological perspective, it certainly would seem that the more &#8220;dominant&#8221; males will be better breeding stock [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><a href="http://passion101.com/blog/2011/07/are-more-dominant-and-attractive-men-better-in-bed/maleattractivedominant/" rel="attachment wp-att-4238"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4238" title="maleattractivedominant" src="http://passion101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/maleattractivedominant.jpg" alt="male attractive dominant" width="164" height="236" /></a>Are More Dominant and Attractive Men Better In Bed?</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This has been a fascinating question that has been open for debate for a long, long time.  It&#8217;s probably only second to the &#8220;does size really matter&#8221; question.  From a biological perspective, it certainly would seem that the more &#8220;dominant&#8221; males will be better breeding stock and so will be more desirable to females.  On the other hand, our more &#8220;civilized&#8221; society would like us to believe that a more sensitive, caring man would make a better lover.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Well, wonder no longer, Penn State University completed a <strong><a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513811000250" target="_blank">study</a></strong> of  110 heterosexual couples to find out the quality of female orgasm (a big factor in promoting conception) as a function of male dominance and attractiveness.  And the results are in!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The male partners were rated according to <span id="more-4233"></span>objective attractiveness (face symmetry) as well as observer and partner rated scales of attractiveness, masculinity and dominance.   The study  &#8221;found that women reported more frequent and earlier-timed orgasms when mated to masculine and dominant men&#8221;. Women reported experiencing orgasm more often during or after male orgasm when with these &#8220;high-quality&#8221; men.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">What does this mean for relationships?  Since the &#8220;average&#8221; woman will be with an &#8220;average&#8221; man with &#8220;average&#8221; attractiveness and dominance, does this mean that they will have an &#8220;average&#8221; sex life with &#8220;average&#8221; orgasms?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">While this study validates some of my experience in working with couples over the last twenty years, it doesn&#8217;t have to be a &#8220;death sentence&#8221; for relationships and passion.  What it means to me is that while it is important for us to recognize our genetic and biological factors in the context of relationships, there are also <strong>OTHER</strong> factors that are important as well.</p>
<p>Yes, we are &#8220;predisposed&#8221; with certain biological imperatives and tendencies.  <strong>AND</strong>, we also have certain psychological tendencies as well that often compete with our biology (see my article, <strong><a title="Which Side Of The Bed Do YOU Sleep On?" href="http://passion101.com/blog/2011/06/which-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/" target="_blank">&#8220;Which Side Of The Bed Do YOU Sleep On?&#8221;</a></strong>).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is good to be aware of our biology in this case of &#8220;better in bed&#8221; just as it is important to consider biology in the case of monogamy and commitment in relationships.  <strong>AND</strong>, we also have choice and free will.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We CAN choose to be more intimate emotionally and sexually with our partner.  We <strong>CAN</strong> choose to be better lovers and learn how to express ourselves more fully in this important area of relationship.  That is a big part of why I created the <strong>Passion 101 Blogsite</strong> and why I continue to work with couples to create more passion in their relationships.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">What do <strong>YOU</strong> think about the Penn State study?  What&#8217;s <strong>YOUR</strong> experience of attractiveness, dominance and being good in bed?  I&#8217;d love to hear your comments.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Thank you so much,</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Adam Sheck</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>If you&#8217;d like to know more about my work keeping the passion alive in your relationship, please download my Free Special Report, &#8220;20 Rituals For Romance!&#8221; at</em><em><a href="http://freepassiontips.com" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #800000;"><strong>www.freepassiontips.com</strong></span></a></em></p>
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		<title>Want To Revive Her Drive?</title>
		<link>http://passion101.com/blog/2011/07/want-to-revive-her-drive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drsheck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[81.7% Of Married Men Surveyed Are Frustrated, Dissatisfied And Want To Improve Their Sex Life As the &#8220;Passion Doctor&#8221;, I&#8217;ve been writing the Passion 101 Blog for over three years to help committed couples in long-term relationships keep that spark of romance and passion alive.  A big part of my work with couples is to [...]]]></description>
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<h2 align="center">81.7% Of Married Men Surveyed Are Frustrated, Dissatisfied And Want To Improve Their Sex Life</h2>
<p>As the &#8220;Passion Doctor&#8221;, I&#8217;ve been writing the <span style="color: #993300;"><strong>Passion 101 Blog</strong></span> for over three years to help committed couples in long-term relationships keep that spark of romance and passion alive.  A big part of my work with couples is to reignite their relationship and I&#8217;ve created a number of teleseminars as well as my ebook, <strong><a href="http://passion101.com/blog/products/" target="_blank">&#8220;101 Ways To Bring Back The Passion!&#8221;</a></strong> to achieve this.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="center">I&#8217;ve recently become aware of a new home study course to support this goal and to help men to rekindle the romance and passion in their relationship.  It&#8217;s called <strong><a href="http://2f4db6vin7ji7qdptiojj9kjfb.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">Revive Her Drive</a></strong> and it is completely in alignment with my beliefs and my work with couples.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="center">After analyzing results from <span id="more-4207"></span>a large sexual satisfaction survey and consulting with a dozen relationship/sex experts, Personal Life Media created this self-paced, online training program that gives men in relationship the tools they need to reawaken the passion within their sex life to enjoy more predictable, frequent lovemaking.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="center">The Program is divided into four easy-to-follow guidelines called the <em>“4 Elements of Revival.”</em>  A woman’s arousal begins in her heart and mind and <strong>Revive Her Drive</strong> teaches men the romance and seduction strategies to which women respond most quickly and appreciatively. The tools are based on what women biologically and emotionally crave, which is often puzzling for men to figure out.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="center">The program includes eBook instructions and audio interviews with these dozen experts on the exact steps to take a couple’s intimacy to new, upward spirals of pleasure and connection.  What&#8217;s great is that you can review the course materials online OR you can download them to play at your convenience. AND, there are complete, word-for-word transcriptions of the audio interviews!</p>
<p>Some of the audio topics included are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sustaining Attraction</li>
<li>Surrender &amp; Trust</li>
<li>Erotic Communication</li>
<li>4 Keys to Seduction</li>
<li>Lifelong Passion</li>
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<p>I have pretty high standards and I&#8217;m telling you that this is an extremely professional and well presented package that will give you some great tools to reignite your relationship.  AND, because the product is early in its launch, you can receive it now at an incredible price, less than the investment in a single couples counseling session!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="center">I don&#8217;t endorse very many products, so please take my word on this and find out more about <strong>Revive Her Drive</strong> and the <em>&#8220;4 Elements of Revival&#8221;</em> by:</p>
<h2><strong><a href="http://2f4db6vin7ji7qdptiojj9kjfb.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">Clicking Here!</a></strong></h2>
<p>Please let me know your thoughts on <strong>Revive Her Drive Program</strong> and if there are other types of programs that would benefit you.</p>
<p>Thank you so much,</p>
<h2>Dr. Adam Sheck</h2>
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		<title>Practice The Seven Kinds of Sex</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drsheck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do You Practice The Seven Kinds Of Sex? One of the main reasons couples choose to work with me in counseling of telephone/Skype coaching is that they are having issues &#8220;in the bedroom.&#8221;  Not enough sex and/or not the &#8220;right&#8221; kind of sex are big issues that I work with every week in my private [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://passion101.com/blog/2011/01/3-tools-to-reignite-your-relationship-by-valentines-day/reignite/" rel="attachment wp-att-3416"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3416" title="reignite" src="http://passion101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/reignite.jpg" alt="seven kinds of sex" width="250" height="191" /></a>Do You Practice The Seven Kinds Of Sex?</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">One of the main reasons couples choose to work with me in counseling of telephone/Skype coaching is that they are having issues &#8220;in the bedroom.&#8221;  Not enough sex and/or not the &#8220;right&#8221; kind of sex are big issues that I work with every week in my private couples counseling practice.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Part of my work is providing education about the <strong><a href="http://passion101.com/blog/2010/10/three-stages-of-relationship/" target="_blank">Three Stages of Relationship</a></strong> and how to keep the passion going once a couple is out of the &#8220;honeymoon stage&#8221;.  And part of this education is explaining that there are different kinds of sex and that each &#8220;kind&#8221; has a place in the relationship.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> In no particular order, the seven kinds of sex are:<span id="more-421"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>1. Married or &#8220;Comfortable&#8221; Sex.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>2. Quickie Sex.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>3. Romantic Sex.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>4. Adventurous or Risky Sex.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>5. &#8220;Take Me&#8221; Sex.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>6. Kinky Sex.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>7. Vacation Sex.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Let&#8217;s go over them one at a time and see the advantage of each of the seven kinds of sex.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993300;"><strong>Married or &#8220;Comfortable&#8221; Sex</strong>: </span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This is that predictable yet comfortable kind of sex that many couples fall into and consider to be a &#8220;rut&#8221;.  You know exactly what &#8220;move&#8221; you or your partner will use to initiate sex, and it&#8217;s usually the same time and the same day each week (quite possible Saturday night at 10pm?).  It generally consists of five minutes of kissing, ten minutes of foreplay, eight minutes of intercourse, an “I love you” and a snore. You can set your clock by it!  And, it&#8217;s not a bad thing to have something reliable, predictable and comfortable to look forward to.  Unless it&#8217;s the <strong>ONLY</strong> kind of sex you have to look forward to!</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #993300;">Quickie Sex:</span></strong></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">An expression of pure, animal lust, this is hard and fast, down and dirty sex.  You want it, you need it and you&#8217;re going to have it.  Not much romance, yet full of passion, this is hair-pulling, clothes tearing, &#8220;yeah, baby&#8221; sex at its finest.  Immediate gratification and release, the surge of hormones can provide an instant bonding experience.  It might happen the minute you walk in the door after work, it could a surprise in the middle of the night or it could be somewhere surprising (see Adventurous Sex).</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993300;"><strong>Romantic Sex</strong>:</span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This is more of what you probably experienced when you initially began to have sex with your partner during the &#8220;courting&#8221; part of your relationship.  It was well thought out and orchestrated.  There were probably candles, music, a bottle of win and an overall sensual atmosphere.  You paid attention to what you wore or didn&#8217;t wear and grooming was de rigueur!  It was about seduction and foreplay and enjoyment.  You took your time and savored the moment.  It&#8217;s still a wonderful form of sex and usually gets lost in the hustle and bustle of our over-scheduled lives.  Plan for it at least once per month to keep the passion going!</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #993300;">Adventurous or Risky Sex:</span></strong></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This is sex that is exciting because of the novelty or risk factor involved.  When your relationship was young and you just HAD to have your partner right then and there!  Perhaps it was in the bathroom at a friend&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s party?  Perhaps it was in the car watching Fourth of July fireworks?  Perhaps it was in your office with the door locked, fifteen minutes before your next client was due to arrive?  It is somewhat related to &#8220;Quickie Sex&#8221; though the goal is making that connection, not necessarily completing the act in record time.  The risk factor adds to the passion for sure!</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993300;"><strong>&#8220;Take Me&#8221; Sex: </strong></span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">This is where one of you chooses to &#8220;run the show&#8221; during the lovemaking session. This might be a shared decision or it might be a unilateral one, but it will definitely create a passionate reaction one way or the other. Don&#8217;t be frightened by the idea of domination here, it doesn&#8217;t have to become extreme and get into full bondage and domination (b&amp;d) unless you&#8217;d like to experiment.  It can be as simple as deciding who is going to initiate sex this time or who is going to be &#8220;on top&#8221;.  Yet there is something pleasurable and passionate for both men <strong>AND</strong> women when on occasion you know that your partner will be in charge and you just have to just relax and let them do the work, let them be the aggressor.  We all enjoy being told or shown what to do now and then, and we might be surprised what a turn on it actually is to have our partner be a little more dominant, a little more forceful.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large; color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Kinky Sex:</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Believe it or not, a survey of over 2000 Cosmopolitan readers  revealed that 70% were &#8220;game to try&#8221; and 21.5% were &#8220;excited&#8221; by the idea of adding kink to their lovemaking.  Now before you start running out of the house, I&#8217;m not taking about &#8220;hardcore&#8221; kink involving b&amp;d, sadomasichism (s&amp;m) or fetishism, though there is nothing wrong with any of that between consenting adults.  For my uninitiated readers, I define kink as any sexual activity that <strong>YOU</strong> find unusual or different and that enhances your sexual intimacy and passion.  For the context of this article, I&#8217;m talking about what <strong>YOU</strong> consider experimenting with your sexuality, so take away your judgments.  This can range from playful spanking, to role-playing, to introducing sex toys into your lovemaking, to making a videotape to anything that <strong>YOU</strong> have been wanting to try.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993300;"><strong> Vacation Sex:</strong></span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You are in a new, different, possibly exotic locale and this novelty factor definitely makes the sex hot.  Perhaps you&#8217;re overlooking the ocean or have a beautiful mountain view or have an oversized jacuzzi tub in your bedroom!  You have time, you don&#8217;t have the usual distractions of work, finances, the kids.  You are <strong>FREE</strong> and can do what you want, you&#8217;ve got carte blanche to engage in all kinds of sexual exploits!  You can practice <strong>ANY</strong> of the other types of sex described previously.  Go for it!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So now that I&#8217;ve described the seven kinds of sex, what does that mean to you?  I&#8217;ve always believed that knowledge is power, so perhaps you&#8217;ve got a little bit more of both than when you began reading this.  Since we are truly &#8220;novelty-seeking&#8221; creatures, if your intention is to sustain a long-term, monogamous relationship (which is true for many of my readers) than I suggest that you mix it up.  Commit to practicing the different kinds of sex and perhaps add one or two types into your repertoir if you&#8217;ve been feeling stagnant.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The sexual connection between a couple is an incredible opportunity to bond, to share, to become closer in a physical/emotional/spiritual way.  I also believe that it is one of the major ingredients in the “glue” that keeps couples connected.  I encourage you all to commit to expanding your sex life and please share the results with me, below.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Thank you so much,</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Adam Sheck</h2>
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		<title>Summer of Love &#8211; Romance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drsheck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was a recent presenter for the &#8220;Summer of Love&#8221; series sponsored by my friends  Nancy Burke Barr and Deb Stevens at Smart Biz Builders. My topic was ROMANCE and in addition to giving you three tools to bump up the romance in your relationship, I also shared how to sustain your love affair with your BUSINESS! [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">I was a recent presenter for the &#8220;Summer of Love&#8221; series sponsored by my friends  Nancy Burke Barr and Deb Stevens at <a href="http://smartbizbuilders.com" target="_blank">Smart Biz Builders</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My topic was <span style="color: #993300;"><strong>ROMANCE</strong></span> and in addition to giving you three tools to bump up the romance in your relationship, I also shared how to sustain your love affair with your <span style="color: #993300;"><strong>BUSINESS!  </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This is the first time I&#8217;ve applied my ideas to business and marketing and I&#8217;m so pleased to be able to share the full recording with you below.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Thank you so much,</p>
<h2>Dr. Adam Sheck</h2>
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		<title>Is Doing Your Best Good Enough In Your Relationship?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drsheck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is &#8220;Doing Your Best&#8221; Good Enough In Your Relationship? In the humanistic school of psychotherapy, we often take the perspective that our clients are &#8220;doing the best they can with the resources they have available to them.&#8221;  These resources include  their childhood upbringing, their genetics, their support system and all of the experiences that have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://passion101.com/blog/2011/07/is-doing-your-best-good-enough-in-your-relationship/mens-category-105kg/" rel="attachment wp-att-4139"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4139" title="doing your best" src="http://passion101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/doingyourbest.jpg" alt="doing your best" width="250" height="161" /></a>Is &#8220;Doing Your Best&#8221; Good Enough In Your Relationship?</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In the humanistic school of psychotherapy, we often take the perspective that our clients are &#8220;doing the best they can with the resources they have available to them.&#8221;  These resources include  their childhood upbringing, their genetics, their support system and all of the experiences that have gotten them to this point in time.  We&#8217;re talking about  both nature <strong>AND</strong> nurture.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">While I subscribe to the humanistic school and believe that using it is important to good psychotherapy, at the same time, I don&#8217;t believe that it is enough.  In the beginning <span id="more-4135"></span>of individual treatment, it is important to &#8220;meet the client where they are&#8221; and accept them &#8220;unconditionally&#8221;.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">However, as treatment progresses, I believe that there is a big distinction between &#8220;doing the best that I can&#8221; and &#8220;doing whatever it takes&#8221; to move forward and have the life that we desire.  Often &#8220;the best that I can&#8221; becomes a cop-out and a defense to expanding, growing and trying out new, more beneficial behaviors and ways of viewing and coping with challenges.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">At some point, a good psychotherapist will challenge their client and encourage them gently and sometimes push them not so gently into confronting their complacency and their psychological defenses.  From my perspective, this point comes much sooner than later when working with couples.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Unlike individual psychotherapy, which can often be less structured and more relaxed about agendas and time frames, couples usually  enter counseling because they are bleeding (metaphorically speaking) and in a make-or-break crisis.  They are in great pain and generally will not continue as a couple unless something shifts during the treatment and it  relatively quickly.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The research indicates that long-term couples enter couples counseling after struggling with key issues for over six years!  They&#8217;ve often reached a breaking point or critical mass and my job as a couples counselor is to help them  when one or both partners may believe that it&#8217;s too little too late.  No pressure there!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And so, I will generally explore the couple&#8217;s commitment to the process very early on in treatment.  I will ask couples, “What are you willing to commit to, in order to have a better relationship, to actually have the relationship of your dreams?”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As you may imagine, one or both of the partners may be somewhat ambivalent in their commitment.  One or both may answer, &#8220;I&#8217;ll give it my best&#8221; or &#8220;I do the best that I can.&#8221;  Though this is socially acceptable in many situations, in a counseling situation, this is not a very high state of intention.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Sometimes, the couple will express a greater willingness and respond to my question of commitment with the answer “I&#8217;ll do whatever it takes!”  I usually take this with a grain of salt, as if the couple were really willing to do &#8220;whatever it takes&#8221; they would have done what they needed to do a lot sooner and probably before they even got to my office.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Again, there are exceptions to this and I really do come in with an open mind and give my couples the benefit of the doubt.  In my twenty years of experience though (and I don’t mean to be cynical), &#8220;whatever it takes&#8221; usually means, “whatever it takes, as long as I don’t have to be uncomfortable or take any actions that I don’t want to take.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So what do I think it &#8220;takes&#8221; to have a better relationship for the couples that come into my office (and all couples actually)?  First, let me say that relationships <strong>ARE</strong> challenging.  They bring up all of our unresolved issues, all of our triggers, and all of our childhood wounds.  And that is a <strong>GOOD</strong> thing, as all of this surfaces so that we can resolve our issues and heal our wounds!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I totally admire and support <strong>EVERY</strong> couple that comes to me for help.  Yes, they all come in with their defenses and challenges, but that&#8217;s what makes them human.  It&#8217;s what makes all of us human.  And I do love a challenge and I do love to help people, that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m in this field.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Relationships offer us an incredible opportunity for healing of ourselves and for our partner.  And yet, the adolescent fantasy that it “should” always feel good and always be “warm and fuzzy” is not realistic.  And when it becomes challenging and we’re not sure what to do, we are often quick to label the relationship as “bad” or “wrong” and we leave it.  And then we find another person to love and start a new relationship and repeat the pattern.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>In MY opinion,</strong> &#8220;what it takes&#8221; is a willingness to examine our own issues and how they intertwine with our partner’s issues.  I’ve written about this before (read<span style="color: #993300;"><strong><a href="http://passion101.com/blog/2010/10/imago-why-we-choose-our-partner/" target="_blank">Imago: Why We Choose Our Partner</a></strong><span style="color: #000000;"> to find out more</span></span>).  &#8220;What it takes&#8221; is the ability to delay gratification in the short term to have deeper connection and happiness in the long term.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;What it takes is&#8221; the willingness to communicate when it’s not comfortable and when you know that neither of you will enjoy the process in the moment, yet it still needs to be done.  &#8220;What it takes&#8221; is a commitment to working through whatever needs to be worked through and the willingness to discover/find/create the tools needed to make this happen.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">People committed to &#8220;what it takes&#8221; are the ones that I choose to work with in my relationship coaching practice.  If they are single, I help them to heal their past heartbreak and relationship “failures” and understand their relationship patterns.  In this way, they can literally have a “fresh start” and create a better relationship with themselves and attract a similarly committed partner to create a better relationship with as well.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The same holds for the couples that I work with.  They are committed and motivated to create a better relationship.  They take the tools I teach them and run with them.  They carry out the assignments I give them and want more!  These are the couples that create more romance, more intimacy and more passion in their relationships.  It is a pleasure to work with them and share in their growth.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">What I definitely have learned over the years is that 100% of the couples and singles that I work with that <strong>AREN’T</strong> committed to the process and <strong>DON’T</strong> use the tools I teach them, <strong>DON’T</strong> get the results they want and <strong>DON’T</strong> create a better relationship.  I have learned to ask them this question before we even begin our work together, so that I can save them and myself time and energy better spent on other endeavors.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The question then, is <strong>WHO</strong> do you want to be in your life and in your relationship?  And, what are you <strong>TRULY</strong> willing to commit to, in order to have it? If you believe that you have that motivation and that commitment, <strong>CONGRATULATIONS</strong>!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And if you believe that I can help support you in your journey towards a better relationship, I want to extend a special offer to you, to have a complimentary <strong><span style="color: #000000;">Relationship Coaching Strategy Session</span></strong> with me via Skype or telephone.  Please <strong><span style="color: #800000;"><a href="http://passion101.com/blog/relationship-coaching-strategy-session/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000;">click here</span></a></span></strong> to schedule the session, if what I’ve written makes sense to you and you are ready for <strong>RESULTS</strong>!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Thank you so much,</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Adam Sheck</h2>
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		<title>Which Side Of The Bed Do YOU Sleep On?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drsheck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which Side Of The Bed Do YOU Sleep On? Who controls the &#8220;climate control&#8221; while you and your partner are driving?  Who&#8217;s in charge of the remote control while watching television?  Who decides where you sit while dining at home?  At a restaurant? I know that these all seem like trivial questions, yet they speak [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><a rel="attachment wp-att-4115" href="http://passion101.com/blog/2011/06/which-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/coupleinbed-2/"><img class="size-full wp-image-4115 alignleft" title="which side of the bed?" src="http://passion101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/coupleinbed1.jpg" alt="which side of the bed?" width="250" height="167" /></a>Which Side Of The Bed Do YOU Sleep On?</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Who controls the &#8220;climate control&#8221; while you and your partner are driving?  Who&#8217;s in charge of the remote control while watching television?  Who decides where you sit while dining at home?  At a restaurant?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I know that these all seem like trivial questions, yet they speak to a big issue in relationships, that of the <span style="color: #993300;"><strong>POWER STRUGGLE!</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">After a couple has been together for awhile and made it through the &#8220;honeymoon&#8221; stage of the relationship, they enter the power struggle phase.  This is where the &#8220;chemicals of love&#8221; have worn down a bit and we begin to experience who we are actually in a relationship with and we begin to butt heads as we notice our differences (For more on this, see my post, <strong><a href="http://passion101.com/blog/2010/10/three-stages-of-relationship/" target="_blank">&#8220;Three Stages of Relationship&#8221;</a></strong>).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Let&#8217;s return to the original question, &#8220;which side of the bed do you sleep on?&#8221;  <span id="more-3977"></span>No, I&#8217;m not going to analyze what it means if you sleep on the right or the left.  It&#8217;s just an interesting metaphor for your relationship.  Like most things to me, it&#8217;s more about <strong>HOW</strong> it happens than <strong>WHAT</strong> actually happens.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I&#8217;ve been sleeping on the left side of the bed for at least the last twenty-five years, whether I&#8217;m with a partner, a lover, a wife or alone.  It&#8217;s mainly because after a few too many car accidents, it&#8217;s the most comfortable position for me.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Back to the <strong>HOW</strong> though.  In speaking a few months ago to a woman I&#8217;ve spent many nights with, she remarked that from day (or night) one, I just &#8220;took over&#8221; that side of the bed, which had formerly been her side.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I didn&#8217;t ask, negotiate or debate, I just did it.  She laughed about it with me and didn&#8217;t mind at all though.  She felt it was a very &#8220;alpha male&#8221; action and actually appreciated/admired the energy behind it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Now with another person, this might have been the beginning of a power struggle episode.  And if I look back over the many decades and many women that I have shared a bed with, I can&#8217;t remember <strong>EVER</strong> asking about bed side.  I&#8217;ve always just taken <strong>MY</strong> side and it&#8217;s <strong>NEVER</strong> been an issue.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Does this make me an inconsiderate lout or an unevolved caveman?  I don&#8217;t really know.  And if it does, is that even important in this context?  Let&#8217;s compare power struggle with passion and see if we can make sense of this.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The power struggle is fueled by unresolved issues that each partner brings with them from childhood.  I certainly have my share of these childhood issues (why else go to all of the trouble of becoming a psychologist?), we <strong>ALL</strong> do!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In contrast to the power struggle though, <strong>PASSION</strong> comes from strong polarity between the partners.  There needs to be a strong masculine energy and a strong feminine energy to ignite that spark.  We all have both a masculine and a feminine aspect and it can play out in either or both partners.  However, to have that <strong>PASSION</strong>, that strong sexual charge, you need one partner to embody one polarity and one to embody the other.  You can take turns and mix it up, if you are conscious of it.  However, just as a battery needs a positive and a negative pole to create electricity, a relationship needs polarity to create <strong>PASSION</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My preference in general is to choose passion over power struggle.  It doesn&#8217;t always work out that way, yet on the good days, when I&#8217;m a little more conscious of what&#8217;s going on, that&#8217;s where I shape it.  So instead of engaging from my wounds, I prefer to engage from my healthy aspects, from my core.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And on my good days, my strong days, I engage from my core without even being aware of it or of it being a conscious decision.  And it generally results in a win-win situation, where there isn&#8217;t the need for a power struggle.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And while as a psychotherapist, I&#8217;ve got a pretty well developed feminine side, when I&#8217;m coming from my core, it&#8217;s a more masculine essence.  And that is where I would like to believe my &#8220;bed side&#8221; choices and other decisions of that nature come from.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So, please comment below and let me know your thoughts on this issue, as another alternative to the power struggle aspect of relationship.  What&#8217;s <strong>YOUR</strong> experience with beds, remotes, temperature or anything else?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks so much,</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Adam Sheck</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>If you&#8217;d like to know more about my work and avoiding the power struggle, please download my Free Special Report, &#8220;20 Rituals For Romance!&#8221; at</em><em><a href="http://freepassiontips.com" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #800000;"><strong>www.freepassiontips.com</strong></span></a></em></p>
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		<title>Video: Should You Kiss On The First Date?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just released another &#8220;He Said, She Said&#8221; video with myself and cyberdating expert Julie Spira on the question, &#8220;Should you kiss on the first date?&#8221; I&#8217;m so pleased to be able to post it below and hope that you&#8217;ll enjoy our debate and post your comments about the question below. Thank you so much, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">We just released another &#8220;He Said, She Said&#8221; video with myself and cyberdating expert <strong><a href="http://cyberdatingexpert.com/" target="_blank">Julie Spira</a></strong> on the question, &#8220;Should you kiss on the first date?&#8221;  I&#8217;m so pleased to be able to post it below and hope that you&#8217;ll enjoy our debate and post your comments about the question below.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><p><a href="http://passion101.com/blog/2011/06/video-should-you-kiss-on-the-first-date/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Thank you so much,</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Adam Sheck</h2>
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		<title>Do Women Want To Be Ravished?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do Women Want To Be Ravished? As a psychologist and couples counselor, I&#8217;ve been asked this question by men, women and couples for the last twenty years. My specialty is helping couples bring back the passion in their relationship and using fantasy is one way of doing this. And the fantasy of being ravished, being [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><a rel="attachment wp-att-4102" href="http://passion101.com/blog/2011/06/do-women-want-to-be-ravished/dowomenwanttoberavished/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4102" title="dowomenwanttoberavished" src="http://passion101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dowomenwanttoberavished.jpg" alt="Do Women Want To Be Ravished?" width="251" height="306" /></a>Do Women Want To Be Ravished?</h2>
<p>As a psychologist and couples counselor, I&#8217;ve been asked this question by men, women and couples for the last twenty years.  My specialty is helping couples bring back the passion in their relationship and using fantasy is one way of doing this.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And the fantasy of being ravished, being lovingly, yet forcefully taken by her man is consistently in the top five female fantasies, often the number one fantasy.  This is different than the &#8220;rape fantasy&#8221; which has often been misrepresented.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Of course, women don&#8217;t want to be raped, this is an act of violence and power, not one of love.  However, as revealed in the always popular romance novels, the fantasy of a strong, powerful man initiating sex with a woman, not accepting her initial reluctance, and then loving her passionately, is a popular fantasy.  This is not about abuse and power, as in most of these novels (and fantasies), the couple ends up married and living &#8220;happily ever after.&#8221;<span id="more-4092"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So what&#8217;s the truth here, at least from a psychological perspective?  When we first meet someone we&#8217;re attracted to we experience that initial chemistry and go into that &#8220;honeymoon&#8221; period, where our bodies are flooded with chemicals and we are &#8220;walking hormones.&#8221;  To read more about this, you can see my article, <strong><a href="http://passion101.com/blog/2010/10/three-stages-of-relationship/" target="_blank">&#8220;Three Stages of Relationship&#8221;</a></strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">However, this initial chemistry fades over time and we need to take steps to reignite it!  To create sexual passion, there needs to be sexual tension and for this there needs to be strong sexual <strong>POLARITY</strong>.  We need to <strong>CONSCIOUSLY</strong> create this in our relationship.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Polarity comes from strong masculine energy meeting strong feminine energy.  Just like the positive and negative terminals of a battery create electricity, so will the masculine and feminine interact to create <strong>PASSION</strong>!  Now each of us, male and female have an inner masculine and an inner feminine and either sex can express either aspect.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For the heterosexual female &#8220;ravish me&#8221; fantasy though, we&#8217;re talking about the man embodying the masculine and taking charge with those masculine qualities to be focused, direct, relentless in pursuing his goal, in this case, loving his woman into &#8220;submission&#8221;.  This can range from simply initiating sex, to be a little more assertive than usual, to being more aggressive, to being a little &#8220;rough&#8221;, all the way to role play and using restraints and sex toys.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To use a simple example, I&#8217;m 6&#8217;3&#8243; and over 200 pounds and have found that many woman have simply enjoyed the weight of my body pressing into them and found that arousing.  Perhaps that is enough to begin your journey.  I also happen to have large hands (no euphemism here). I&#8217;m usually able to hold both of a woman&#8217;s wrists in one of my hands and even that small step can often be assertive enough to feed into the submission fantasy.  Just consider what <strong>YOU</strong> can do to orient yourself in that direction, it doesn&#8217;t have to be &#8220;whips and chains.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">From an evolutionary psychology perspective, women want to know that their man can take care of them, can &#8220;hold&#8221; them, both emotionally <strong>AND</strong> physically.  I have a female friend who is close to six feet tall and she <strong>LOVES</strong> that her husband can physically hold her, pick her up, engulf her and make her feel like she&#8217;s a little girl sometimes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If we believe that &#8220;form follows function&#8221;, than if a man can open a woman sexually with his dominance, than perhaps he can also metaphorically open her heart with his dominance.  Perhaps there is part of each woman who wants to have her heart ravaged open, even more than her body?  Don&#8217;t we all want our partner to help open our heart and experience more love?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Now on the flip side, there are times when a man enjoys his partner initiating sex in a more dominant and aggressive way as well.  Being stuck in <strong>ANY</strong> role will ultimately diminish passion.  We need to mix it up.  But that&#8217;s a topic for another day <img src='http://passion101.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">These are my thoughts about this question, <em>&#8220;Do Women Want To Be Ravished?&#8221;</em> I would love to hear your thoughts and comments about this and any other ideas for bringing back the passion in relationships.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Thank you,</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Adam Sheck</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If this &#8220;Do Women Want To Be Ravished?&#8221; article interested you and you&#8217;d like to find out more ways to bring the passion back in your relationship, please go to <strong><a href="http://www.freepassiontips.com" target="_blank">www.freepassiontips.com</a></strong> to receive my monthly newsletter as well as my Special Report, &#8220;20 Rituals for Romance!&#8221;</p>
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