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What Are the 6 Types of Intimacy?

January 22, 2025

Intimacy is so much more than just sex. We talked about this earlier in season two with Dr. Juli Slattery, and today’s episode builds on this conversation. Genee Francis, assistant director of content and programming at WinShape Marriage is back on The WinShape Marriage Podcast to break down the six different types of intimacy with Rob Philo. They are spiritual, emotional, intellectual, creative, experiential, and physical. Learn what each one means and practical ways you and your spouse can begin growing and continue growing in your intimacy with one another.


Time Stamps:

(1:38) Definition of intimacy 

(4:07) Spiritual intimacy 

(6:30) Emotional intimacy 

(8:33) Intellectual intimacy 

(12:30) Creative intimacy 

(14:59) Experiential intimacy 

(18:13) Physical intimacy 

(20:47) How the six types of intimacy work together 

(24:14) How to balance the different types of intimacy  


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