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Episode 14: Blocks to Intimacy


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INTIMACY = “Into ME” “I see”

For intimacy you would need the following ingredients, steps, or skills:

1. Self-awareness: what’s happening inside/outside

2. Self-reflection: what’s working/not working

3. Self-regulation:

  • How to down regulate or up regulate
  • Differentiation, Self regulation, & Attachment - Ability to hold onto Self (David Schnarch, author of Intimacy & Desire: Awaken the Passion in Your Relationships)
  • 4. Self-expression: Ability to articulate/verbalize aspects of your internal world, in a calm, clear, energetically clean manner & ideally to be received as such.


    INTIMACY WITH OTHERS

    • It gets more complicated & challenging when bringing your Self to share with the “other” that matters to you.
    • Trust, safety, & respect are prerequisites for intimacy.
    • Taking your armor off or laying it down, exposing your heart, & allowing for your Self to be seen requires a safe context & sufficient skill set.

    • BLOCKS TO INTIMACY 

      1.  Cultural

      2. Personal/Relational


      “U Turn” & #connectinside

      · What are you thinking, feeling, sensing, doing?

      · What need, fear, wound, or dream is at stake?

      · What “usual suspects” are coming up to protect you? Can you tend & befriend them? Their energy, emotion, & message is a gift.


      When intimacy is shaky, get curious about what is driving behavior (yours or theirs).

      · Are you resonating with fear?

      · Are you resonating with the present moment? Here, here, now, now, what is possible?

      · Are you connected to your heart, your truth?

      · Are you in a state of contraction or expansion?

      · Do you need time/space to “rest & digest” & have you communicated that?

      · Are you focusing on growth, co-creation, & empowerment?


      SUMMARY

      There is a shift happening across generations. Old patterns of living & relating are being questioned, assessed, & when needed or desired, updated. You may not have learned the basic skills, steps, or ingredients of intimacy & you CAN now. To explore this topic further or to grow your relational skills... reach out to #reset!


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