In this episode, Anya hosts NY based psychotherapist Michael Shawe. Michael’s passion for helping people heal their traumas so they can create meaningful connections is infectious. He’s currently spending a lot of time coaching couples as well as leading a men’s group.

What I originally thought would be a conversation about unpacking what’s behind the term mama’s boy, we went much deeper. We ended up going on a hero’s journey where we unearthed what it means to actually love a person in their wholeness. We talk about how the key to making real connections is through our dark sides and how similar we all are in our experiences.

We talk about mama’s boys, emotionally absent fathers, power dynamics, and how sex and our wounds are inextricably linked until we make the subconscious conscious.

With plenty of personal references, anecdotes, and examples; this conversation is an invitation for everyone, man or woman, to ask themselves some important questions about their truest desires for love, sex, and connection.

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