In this episode we bring you the story young love, two people starting a life together without knowing who they really were. Adam and Caitlin share their journey of both reinventing themselves and their relationship, all while confronting their own childhood trauma and juggling the demands of paying the bills and raising a family. Follow their story as they transform from two people playing a role they inherited, learning to drop the masks, and bravely facing the pain that comes with authentic awakening. They share what it takes to find ourselves without losing each other. Let this story bring hope and challenge the narrative that young love cannot grow into a mature relationship!


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In this episode, April sits down with Chad for a deeply personal conversation about the twists and turns that shaped his life. From the reality of addiction and the long road of recovery to rebuilding his identity through the working with Men, Chad shares how choosing courage over and over again led to deep healing and opened doors he never expected.

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Their story eventually intersects in a way that feels both serendipitous and intentional: two people doing their individual work who found belonging, partnership, and the spark that became this podcast. Together they reflect on what it means to create a relationship rooted in safety, accountability, and emotional maturity and why their shared mission through Safe to Love
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In this episode of Safe to Love, Chelsea talks with April and Chad about the history of marriage, the cultural forces that shape intimacy, the impact of religion on relationships, and what her research shows about connection, safety, and healing within partnership.

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Chelsea Shields is a biological and cultural anthropologist who studies how culture, belief, and social connection shape the human body and our most intimate relationships. Raised in a traditional Mormon family, she became curious about how symbols, expectations, and suggestion create real physiological change. This focus led her to earn dual PhDs from Boston University in Biological and Cultural Anthropology. For over a decade, Chelsea led an international field school and conducted long term research with Asante Indigenous healers in Ghana, examining ritual, group entrainment, polyrhythmic drumming, and the link between social pain and social healing. Her work with mentors including Dr. Ted Kaptchuk at Harvard Medical School revealed new insights into social susceptibility and sociocultural placebo effects.

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On the debut episode of Safe to Love, we bring you a story that captures the heart of our mission to help the world believe in love again. Scott and LaRae Wright join us to share a relationship built on healing, honesty, and the courage to begin again later in life.

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Scott and LaRae first knew each other in high school, but life took them in separate directions. He got married, raised a family, navigated divorce, and spent a decade losing himself in the party lifestyle. She moved to New York, achieved great success in business, and experienced relationships that were powerful and exciting, but lacking in tenderness and depth. Thirty years later, their paths unexpectedly crossed, and what followed became a powerful example of how love can return when two people have done the inner work to receive it.

In this episode, they open up about their 50 years of life before they found each other again, and the beautiful 15 years they have shared since. Scott speaks candidly about his intense spiritual journey, including confronting his struggles with pornography and the deeper emotional patterns beneath it. LaRae shares what it took to choose love with clarity and boundaries, and how the two of them built a partnership rooted in accountability, devotion, and real emotional presence.

We explore how identity shifts throughout adulthood, especially for men in corporate culture, and how both Scott and LaRae eventually let go of their attachment to traditional roles to build something more aligned with who they truly are. They even host their own podcast together, “The Observatory,” a space for authentic discussions, dedicated to helping people discover – or rediscover – meaning in their life. 

This conversation is about healing. It is about what actually works. And it is about choosing love – not just once, but continually, with intention and practice.

Welcome to Safe to Love. Let this first story remind you that it is never too late to start again.

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