To some degree, everything is in relationship.

But when it comes to personal relationships, what we are really talking about is closeness. Proximity. How much space exists between you and somebody else, and how much of that space is being created by what you are unwilling to reveal.

In this episode I talk about the distance we create in relationships, how that distance is built through fear, shame, self-judgment, and the need to control how other people see us.

I get into openness, honesty, vulnerability, self-acceptance, and why so many relationships feel close on the surface but still aren’t truly intimate.

Because if you cannot be fully yourself with somebody, if you cannot say what you feel, think, or fear, then the relationship is always going to be limited by that.

This is really about learning to accept yourself enough to be seen, and understanding that real relationship can only exist where there is openness.