Restore the Real

Leaning Into Discomfort: How We Stopped Fighting Ourselves and Found Each Other


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In this raw and deeply personal episode of Restore the Real, Dr. Randy is joined by his wife Jen for the most honest conversation they’ve ever shared publicly. This is a story of marriage, identity, and the unconscious patterns that kept them emotionally distant for 15 years.

They explore how their attachment styles—his avoidance and her anxiety—created cycles of silence, resentment, and disconnection, especially around business, religion, and intimacy. What began as small miscommunications grew into years of emotional withdrawal, performance-based worth, and spiritual confusion.

But everything started to shift when they stopped pointing fingers and began looking inward. Through breathwork, psychedelic healing, nervous system awareness, and radical vulnerability, they started dismantling the habits that had kept them stuck—and slowly rebuilt a new kind of relationship rooted in consent, pause, connection, and presence.

Whether you're in a strained marriage, struggling with emotional intimacy, or trying to break generational patterns, this episode offers a window into what healing can look like—messy, sacred, and worth it.

🔑 Key Takeaways

  • How attachment wounds silently shape relationship dynamics
  • The moment they stopped blaming and started healing
  • Why discomfort is often the door to deeper intimacy
  • How nervous system regulation and “the pause” changed everything
  • What it really means to rebuild trust, one moment at a time


Memorable Quote

“Discomfort was the doorway. We thought we had to fix everything. But first—we had to feel it.”


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