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#338 🔸 Why past experiences dictate what you believe you deserve in love without you realising it

1 Jul 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman

  The absorbed taboos I wrote about last time shape our expectations about what is possible and permitted in intimate life. But beyond taboos, there is something even more specific and personal that shapes our perception of relationships: the intimat...

#337 🔸 The unwritten rules about sex you absorbed without knowing and that control your intimate life

30 Jun 2026 3 minute read 2 comments luciman

Sexual energy spills over into all areas of life, as I wrote last time. But this energy is often blocked or distorted by something we absorbed long before we understood what we were absorbing: taboos. Not those declared explicitly, but the implicit o...

#336 🔸 What your sexual life has to do with how well you perform at work and in society

29 Jun 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman

Self-love reflected in sensuality, which I wrote about last time, does not remain contained within private life. It manifests in the way you are present in the world, in the quality of your presence towards others, in the energy you bring to any soci...

#335 🔸 How the relationship you have with yourself shows up in every touch and every intimate moment

29 Jun 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman

  Conscious presence in intimacy, which I wrote about last time, requires something I have not said explicitly until now: to be well enough with yourself to be genuinely there. To not be so preoccupied with how you look, how you are perceived, or wha...

#334 🔸 What happens in the brain and the heart when you are truly present in intimacy

28 Jun 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman

  The balance between pleasure and responsibility, which I wrote about last time, is only possible when you are genuinely present in what you are experiencing, not on autopilot and not behind a wall of self-censorship. And precisely this conscious pr...

#333 🔸 Why pleasure without responsibility destroys and responsibility without pleasure suffocates

27 Jun 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman

  Fantasies and desires in intimate life, which I wrote about last time, show us that sexuality is a territory of inner freedom. But freedom, in any domain of life, has a dual face: it does not exist in the absence of responsibility. And precisely th...

#332 🔸 What your fantasies say about you and what to do with them in a relationship

27 Jun 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman

  Freedom in intimacy, which I wrote about last time, is not only the freedom to be yourself in the other's presence. It is also the freedom to have a rich inner life, including fantasies, desires, images, and scenarios you have not lived and may not...

#331 🔸 Love's greatest paradox: how to be free precisely because you are bound to someone

26 Jun 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman

Sensual play, which I wrote about last time, is only possible where something deeper exists: a sense of safety. Not the safety that produces passive comfort, but the safety that liberates, that allows you to be more yourself than you would be alone....

#330 🔸 Why couples who play together never end up boring each other

25 Jun 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman

  Vulnerability, which I wrote about last time, deepens connection and reactivates desire. But there is another face of this openness, one that is lighter, less explored, and equally important: play. Sensual play, play within intimacy, the capacity t...

#329 🔸 Why people who truly show themselves are more attractive than those who seem perfect

25 Jun 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman

  Sexuality as a path of self-development, which I wrote about last time, requires showing yourself, being curious, and remaining present even when it is uncomfortable. And precisely this showing, this deliberate exposure of something real in you, is...