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Welcome back to "Straight Couch Talk Podcast" with Hosts Rachael Kulei and Erik Castillo! Tonight we will be talking about "Being Vulnerable" in relationships. This is key having healthy relationships.

When it comes to the big, scary, emotional stuff, being open and honest isn't always so simple. But why is it that it can be so hard to open up and be vulnerable in a relationship, even if you feel like you trust your partner?

"There is this idea that being vulnerable means opening ourselves up to attack," Gwendolyn Nelson-Terry, MA, LMFT, tells Bustle. "Within a relationship, though, it is necessary to be vulnerable in order to build intimacy with your partner. Being vulnerable in a relationship means allowing your partner to know you fully: your thoughts, feelings, challenges, weaknesses. It can be scary to show those sides to our partners out of fear of being judged."

It's not always easy to reveal all the parts of yourself to someone you care about, but being able to open up in a relationship is crucial if you want to be able to build intimacy and form an intimate connection that lasts.

"It is important to be able to open up to our partners because in order to achieve intimacy our partners need to know all parts of who we are and accept all of those parts, the good and the bad," Nelson-Terry says. "This is how true intimacy is achieved. We are known, accepted, supported and loved. We dare show who we are and in turn our partner acknowledges, accepts, and supports all of those pieces."

There's nothing better than feeling totally loved and accepted by someone, and the more your partner gets to know the real you, the more they'll be able to accept you. If you're having trouble being vulnerable with your partner and you want to open up, here are seven expert tips that can help you on your journey to becoming more vulnerable in your relationship. (Keep in mind that if you don't feel ready to open up about something, that's OK, too: take your time and don't force it.)

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Happy New Year! Welcome 2021!! Join Erik Castillo and Rachael Kulei as they go live and talk about the things they are doing to help them go into the new year with drive and focus. Theses are things Rachael has been doing for many years to get her and Erik where they are today and where they are headed together.

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Welcome back to the Straight Couch Talk Podcast with your hosts Rachael Kulei and Erik Castillo. We are hopping on tonight to talk about the proposal on Christmas Eve. We will take you behind the scenes on how everything went down. It was funny and amazing. Be warned, your heart strings may or may not get pulled as we share Christmas Eve 2020 with all of you.

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Welcome back to Straight Couch Talk Podcast with Hosts Rachael Kulei and Erik Castillo! Tonight we will be talking about "Understanding the Past". In relationships in can be hard to talk about past relationships in new relationships. Both Erik and I know what it feels like to not be able to talk about your past without it being held over your head. In the beginning of our relationship, we both chose to be vulnerable and transparent about our past relationships. Being able to share your past in a relationship helps eachother grow and understand more about the other person and their story. If we had not been open from the beginning, things could have led us to walking away from our relationship. But by being able to both talk about our pasts; we were able to overcome obstacles that were thrown our way.

Join us as we dive further into the lessons we have learned and why this is key and important to having a healthy relationship and being able to create a stronger bond so outsiders can't sabotage your relationship.

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Welcome back to Straight Couch Talk Podcast with Rachael Kulei and Erik Castillo. Join us live for as we talk about "Cutting Cords with the Past".

Join us as we talk about the trauma's from Rachael's past relationship that hit her hard this past week. She will be talking about her Native American Healing Ceremony that she went through last week to cut and remove cords/curses/blocks from her ex. Erik will be sharing his side and how he was able to help and support Rachael as she was healing from her past trauma.

It's not always easy to talk about past relationships. It's not easy to be open, honest, vulnerable, and show our scars and open wounds. But it's worth it. When you are able to talk about things, traumas from your past, and truly be there for each other; there is a beautiful bond of trust, love, understanding, compassion, respect and loyalty that you will start to both have for each other. The more vulnerable and transparent you are able to be, you will be able to love the broken pieces of one another and put them back together. You will learn how to love them even more by understanding each others stories. You can help each other heal from the wounds from before.

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Welcome back to Straight Couch Talk Podcast with Hosts Rachael Kulei and Erik Castillo.

"Skeletons in the Closet Part II". We will be continuing from where we left off on our last Podcast.

In the beginning when we started dating. On the second date, we talked about the skeletons in both of our own closet. Join us as we talk about the importance of being vulnerable and up front from the get go of a relationship/dating verses opening the door to your skeletons in the closet later down the road and how that can actually set you up for failure in the long run. So grab your cup of Joe, tea or hot coco and tune in as we take you on the Journey of "Skeletons in the Closet Part II".

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"Skeletons in the Closet" Straight Couch Talk Podcast with Hosts Rachael Kulei & Erik Castillo

Welcome back to Straight Couch Talk Podcast with Hosts Rachael Kulei and Erik Castillo.

The topic is going to be "Skeletons in the Closet". In the beginning when we started dating. On the second date, we talked about the skeletons in both of our own closet. Join us as we talk about the importance of being vulnerable and up front from the get go of a relationship/dating verses opening the door to your skeletons in the closet later down the road and how that can actually set you up for failure in the long run. So grab your cup of Joe, tea or hot coco and tune in as we take you on the Journey of "Skeletons in the Closet".

See you on the other side!

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Welcome back to Straight Couch Talk with Hosts Rachael Kulei and Erik Castillo. 

In tonight's episode is "Before the Meetup". On last episode, we listened to Erik's story before the meetup... So tonight will be Rachael's side of the meetup before meeting Erik. 

You won't want to miss this! Grab your cup of tea, coffee or hot coco and snuggle up with a warm blanket and get ready for tonight's Podcast "Before the Meetup".

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Welcome to Straight Couch Talk with Rachael Kulei & Erik Castillo.

What is "Straight Couch Talk"? Join us today as we talk about what "Straight Couch Talk" is and how the idea of this Show came to life. You won't want to miss this. Grab your cup of coffee and tune in as we take you on a Journey behind the scenes.

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