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.
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And if that’s not enough, you can hear even more from Michelle on Instant Genius Extra.
On this subscription-only show, available on Apple Podcasts, we take a deeper dive into the topics covered on Instant Genius. In this episode, she explains how we can get more intimacy in our day-to-day lives.
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