On my recent week long sabbatical from HMA I got the opportunity to catch up on a few books. Tony DiLorenzo sent me a copy of his and his wife Alisa’s new book, Stripped Down: 13 Keys to Unlocking Intimacy in Your Marriage. I already like Tony & Alisa, and follow their blog. You might remember them from their sex challenges for married couples. So who more fitting to teach us about unlocking intimacy than the two of them.

In Stripped Down, Tony & Alisa take turns talking about the reality of after the wedding, the “newness” wearing off. The fire and passion that once engulfed your relationship only steadily gets reduced to that less than a wet matchstick due to the day to day of life. In this book, Tony & Alisa bare it all and put their relationship on the table for us as an example of how intimacy can slip away. I notice with lots of couples, newlyweds included, that they are sometimes ashamed to admit that the fire isn’t there like it used to be because of how “over the moon” they were before marriage. They fail to realize that every couple goes through this. This is why I like the DiLorenzo’s candidness. Their openness is refreshing and not only gives the reader something to relate to, but also shows them that (with intention) a couple can bounce back.

In Stripped Down the DiLorezno’s give us 13 keys for unlocking this intimacy. And as a person that reads lots of marriage resources, I can tell you that not all of the 13 are typical. For instance, one area that Thea and I are going to adjust is how we will decorate/re-design our bedroom space. (You’ll have to get the book to understand what I’m talking about.) So I recommend Tony & Alisa’s book, which you can get here or the link below.

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