Join me as I explore the importance of boundaries in relationships and how they contribute to better sex, intimacy, and overall connection.

In this episode, I define boundaries as guidelines that help others understand how to interact with us, emphasizing that honoring our own needs is a sign of self-respect.

The fears and vulnerabilities associated with asserting boundaries are also explored, noting that well-practiced boundaries foster trust and deeper connections.

The episode continues with a guided meditation to help listeners feel and practice both internal and external boundaries, promoting self-care, self-respect, and healthier relationships.

During the practice, our listeners are guided to imagine a semi-permeable, golden shell surrounding them, symbolizing their boundaries.

This shell allows them to control what emotions or energies enter their space while also containing their own strong emotions until they are ready to process them.

Join me as I dive deep with Michele Paradise, a trauma informed therapist and a relationship coach specializing in supporting people in intimate relationships with narcissists.

From sex as performance to please you, to sex as transactional to placate you the trajectory that intimacy takes with a narcissist is similar to the one your intimate relationship as a whole will take. 

Michele shares insights about this trajectory including the dynamics of narcissistic relationships and the patterns of love bombing, devaluation, discard, and hoovering, and the impact on individuals involved.

She discusses childhood experiences that may lead to narcissistic behaviors and the importance of awareness, acceptance, consciousness, and choice in healing and personal growth.

Michele offers a 30-day awareness journal: https://findingparadise.gumroad.com/l/30-days-to-self-awareness

This journal will help listeners build self-awareness and emphasizes the value of seeking support and community in the healing journey.

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Join me as I guide you through an embodiment practice designed to connect you with and explore your feminine side.

Society and culture tends to value more masculine or yang forms of expression such as efficiency, productivity and focus to name a few. And so many of us feel well in touch with this aspect of ourselves.

An over-emphasis on the masculine or yang, has lead to a de-valuing of the feminine or yin form of expression that is experienced as empathy, compassion, and collaboration, again to name only a few.

And so this practice encourages embracing the feminine so that we can reconnect with the part of ourselves that is a different kind of strength than that of the masculine. By doing so we come to a greater sense of wholeness and we feel more alive and complete as a result.

The practice, which takes the format of a meditation, involves envisioning oneself as a queen or goddess, defining her unique qualities, and then brining them into your day to day life by embodying them through the five senses.

In doing so, you’ll cultivate self-love, confidence, and a deeper understanding of your feminine side.

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Join me as I engage in a profound conversation with Mark Cusack, an ICF certified specialist integrative coach.

Mark shares his personal journey and professional insights on complex orientation, which encompasses gender, identity, relationships, sex, mental health, and self-confidence.

He discusses the challenges and rewards of navigating these intricate aspects of human experience, emphasizing the importance of authenticity and self-discovery.

He also delves into the concept of relationship anarchy, advocating for a more fluid and personalized approach to relationships.

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Join me as I share a body-based movement practice to help listeners shift from feeling stuck to experiencing flow, particularly in the realm of sex and intimacy.

Inspired by life and leadership coach Tania Carriere, the practice involves recalling the feeling of stuckness, noticing the associated emotions and bodily sensations, and allowing the body to adopt a shape reflecting that stuckness.

Through deepening into this shape and then slowly unravelling, listeners can release tension and move towards a state of flow and ultimately pleasure.

Andrea guides listeners through the practice, encouraging them to reflect on their experience and connect with her for additional support if needed.

Practice inspired by Tania Carriere at Advivum Journeys

https://www.advivumjourneys.ca/

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Join me as I discuss the common experience of feeling stuck in sex with Dr. Julia Kukard of Aephoria. Discover how stuckness is a cycle, that it’s rooted in old wounds and unresolved issues, and how shame holds it in place. Learn how to leverage your body's wisdom and become literate in discussing sex to enhance sexual fluidity and become unstuck. Embrace the cyclical nature of growth and how experiencing both stuckness and fluidity in sex is normal for everyone. 

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Join me and guests: Luisa Kos, a couples therapist passionate about modern relationships, and Suzanne Todd, a top family lawyer with Withers Law Firm and noted 'conscious uncoupler.' Today, we explore conscious uncoupling, bridging the realms of therapy and law. Dive into Suzanne's experiences and the intersections of Andrea's and Luisa's expertise, as we unravel the nuances of dignified and compassionate separations. Learn, reflect, and be inspired to approach relationships with heightened consciousness and empathy.

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In part 3 of Surviving Intimacy, we explore what it takes for love – and passion – to endure over time. We want a depth of connection and quality of desire like we never had before. And we want it to last. 

Join me and discover what it takes to create an exceptional relationship that endures. 

And what you can do to begin to live this kind of life in love.

In part 2 of Surviving Intimacy, we explore what it takes to keep love steady, especially in the early phases of relationship when we’re getting to know someone new. 

I share a story about how one woman overcame her fear of intimacy and begin to date with confidence and joy – yes, even joy! – for the first time in her life. 

And you’ll be left with some questions to sit with about what it is that would keep you, in love.

In part 1 of Surviving Intimacy, we explore what it is that keeps us from finding love. 

I share a story on how I broke through the walls around my heart. And eventually found love after more than 15 years of being single. 

And you’ll be left with some questions that will prompt you to think differently about what might be keeping you from finding the love that you want.