#18. Alexandra Stockwell: On Long-Term Relationships, Intimacy, Passion & Sex

I thoroughly enjoyed my interview with Alexandra Stockwell, and I'm sure you will also. Her advice on the importance of cultivating long term relationships is so refreshing to understand and implement. A wife of 25 years and a mother of 4, Alexandra believes the key to passion, fulfillment, intimacy and success isn’t compromise--it’s being unwilling to compromise--because when both people feel free to be themselves, and know how to love and be loved for exactly who they are, the relationship is juicy, nourishing, and deeply satisfying. Alexandra Stockwell MD is a Luxury Love and Intimacy Mentor, who helps couples build beautiful, stable, long-lasting, sexy relationships.  She is the bestselling author of “Uncompromising Intimacy,” the creator of the Aligned and Hot Marriage Program, and host of the highly acclaimed The Marriage Podcast. Alexandra has been featured in the Huffington Post, USAToday, Cosmopolitan, Business Insider, FOX NEWS NYC, and many other publications.For over 20 years she has shown men and women how to bring pleasure and purpose into all aspects of life--from the daily grind of running a household, to clear and intimate communication, to ecstatic experiences in the bedroom.You can find her here:https://www.facebook.com/alexandra.stockwell.7https://www.facebook.com/alexandrastockwellcoach/@alexandra.stockwell.intimacyhttps://www.instagram.com/alexandra.stockwell.intimacy/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrastockwell/ www.alexandrastockwell.comHere are her Key Takeaways:Relationships can continue to improve - they don't have to plateau or start to diminish. Having fantastic relationships is a completely learnable skillSex is the final delicious frontier that comes with self knowledge, self acceptance, and the capacity to develop emotional intimacyThere are 3 different types of intimacy 1) emotional 2) sensual 3) erotic. Emotional and sensual intimacy forms the basis for erotic intimacy The best way to cultivate Emotional intimacy  is to 1) asking open ended questions, and 2) be more vulnerable When we are in the "doing" mode that is the antithesis to passion because passion is not about doing its about a state of beingIn the context of a long term relationship, everything that isn't sex, is foreplayConscious partnership is when we treat our relationships as vehicles for personal transformation - its essential for our own reinventionAt the point in which we are not triggering one another - then we're not growingIt's not an instant cure - it's a way of life. It's ongoing growth and learning with yourself and your relationship as long as you live. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate and review. Share with your friends - it means the world to us!Sign up for our free community at: https://powerpurposeplay.ca/contact-us/Join our private Facebook Group, Power Purpose Play Global: https://www.facebook.com/groups/345142570007158https://www.facebook.com/power.purpose.playhttps://www.instagram.com/power.purpose.play/ https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8943313/Reach out to Kavita directly at: [email protected]  for suggestions, or if you know someone with a story of reinventionContact us if you'd like to be placed on our waiting list for our signature program: "It's My Time Now - how to rediscover yourself in midlife" _________________________Take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and find out which of your four Ikigai dimensions may be out of alignment.Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with KavitaNew episodes every Monday and Thursday.This podcast explores career and life transitions, helping women find clarity, confidence, and purpose through Ikigai and self-discovery. We cover navigating change, overcoming self-doubt and limiting beliefs, finding your purpose-driven career, and building the courage to start your next chapter - whether you're facing a career transition, life transition, or midlife reinvention.itsmytimenowcoaching.com | LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube