Sex advice with Suzi Godson: Distraction can help you find a way back to intimacy

My husband and I are going through a stressful patch in our lives, and our sex life has suffered. We know it’s important to be physically close and we miss the intimacy. I think I am more affected by it than him. What can we do?

When you are experiencing a difficult time, the last thing you want to do is turn “having sex” into yet another thing you feel stressed about, so I think that you should cut yourselves some slack.