In this episode I bring back on my friend Jess Cumming and we have a riveting dialogue about conscious relationships drawing from a combination of personal experience, other podcasts or the occasional audio book reference.
I want to be clear, my experience here isn't comparable to Jess's; she has been in the counselling field, as well as the conscious relationship world, for much longer than I. I truly value her perspective on the topic, and it was quite challenging for me to open up about my thoughts/opinions around relationships, but I felt safe exploring it with her.
If you'd like to learn more about her business, "By the Stars Counselling" you can follow her on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/bythestarscounselling/
Or you can learn about her on Psychology today:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/therapists/by-the-stars-counselling-north-vancouver-bc/1465211
Podcasts referenced:
Aubrey , Vylana and Alana:
Heartbreak Alchemy: Alaska Wolfe:
Andrew Huberman and Esther Perel:
Susan McConnell, Somatic IFS:
https://www.amazon.com/Practitioners-Guide-Somatic-IFS-Therapy/dp/1623174880
Subtopics that arose:
- Performance vs healing attachment
- Is there a "new paradigm" in conscious relationships?
- The "panacea" of conscious relationships
- Reality versus spiritual bypassing
- Attachment wounds and fearful Parts
- Acceptance of our partner's Parts
- Love and Desire
- Values and relationships
- Demonizing our partner through the lens of our pain
Song in the intro- "Light of the Mountain" by Brandon Tilt
I acknowledge that I learn, grow and heal on the unceded ancestral lands of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm , the Katzie, the Stó:lō and the Tseil-Watuth First Nations. These lands were never abandoned nor surrendered by those with the ancestral rights to steward and protect these lands.
I honour and respect the elders, the children, the land stewards, the land protectors, the medicine keepers, and the men and women of all Indigenous nations.
Huy ch q’u (thank you) to those who support the indigenous communities and actively decolonize their minds and spirits.
Aho Mitakuye Oyasin, All my relations.
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