By Amy Barrett

Published: Monday, 24 January 2022 at 12:00 am


Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week’s episode, we talk to Dr Michelle Drouin.

She’s a professor of psychology at Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne, and the author of Out of Touch: How to Survive an Intimacy Famine.

She tells us all about why intimacy, both physical and emotional, is essential for our mental health.