Are you ready for increased intimacy with a loved one during the holidays? We're not just talking about physical intimacy. There's experiential intimacy, spiritual intimacy, intellectual intimacy, and many other ways that we can make ourselves vulnerable to the moment as we explore a greater depth with those we love (including ourselves).Ashley and Sumi tenderly share their practical tips on cultivating deeper intimacy with your loved ones. This heart-opening episode offers advice on how to shift your language to create more space for intimacy and how to take ownership of your own feelings. It's about saying the thing you're not supposed to say, to let out your authentic truth.This episode is also just the tonic single women out there will need to remind them that intimacy comes in so many beautiful forms. Please join us on this loving episode of Women Rewriting the Rules that is softly spoken yet deserving to be heard. To celebrate the launch of the Women Rewriting the Rules podcast, we want to pamper you with the BEST holiday giveaway we could think of! Click here to join."There's also intellectual intimacy, so what is the depth of conversation you can have with the people in your life on a variety of different topics? You have those conversations that go beyond the surface and into being vulnerable and sharing your innermost thoughts, and being open and honest in your views and how you look at things."  ~ Ashley BaxterIn This Episode:- How are you connected to spirit?- Getting outside and thinking about something greater than you- How to cultivate deeper intimacy- How to set up your environment so that it leads to greater intimacy- Creative ways to gather people: specific people for a specific need- Opening the door for your parent to tell you how they feel- Turn your 'you’ statements into 'I’ statements- Hold space for the discomfort that comes when you're trying to build intimacy- Having an openness in your heart while dropping expectationsAnd so much more!Resources:- Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)- 36 Questions for Increasing Closeness- The Art of GatheringConnect with Sumi Krishnan:- Instagram Connect with Ashley Baxter:- Website