Sex.Love.Power.: Sacred Sexuality, Conscious Polarity, and Waking Up In Love
Our pleasure can be the fuel for abundant, sustainable work, service, and play throughout our long lives.
Our sexuality can be a wholesome pillar of our daily experience.
Our marriages can be fueled by desire rather than duty.
Monogamy can be the hottest place on earth.
It’s a confusing time to be a heterosexual, monogamous couple. The love and passion you desire may be more an inner urge than something you really see people around you living. But there are a growing community of devoted couples creating monogamy as a conscious spiritual crucible. There are couples using their marriages to fuel their leadership and service and activism. Welcome to Sex. Love. Power. where we convene the conversations that unlock new possibilities in your life and relationship. I’m your host Michele Lisenbury Christensen. Over the past 26 years, I’ve helped thousands of couples create the love and sex they desire. Kurt and I, in 23 years of marriage and adventures together before that, have suffered, avoided, dared, and triumphed in countless ways. Now, I’m here to help you get more peace, more connection, and more passion in your days and nights, so you’ve got the energy and attention left over to be the change you wish to see in the wider world. Everything you want in love and sex and beyond starts with YOU, and it starts right now. Let’s tend your flame.
Sex.Love.Power.: Sacred Sexuality, Conscious Polarity, and Waking Up In Love
The Heart of Intimacy, The Root of Conflict
This is a different kind of episode. Often, I record podcast episodes about things that have come up with clients recently or I initiate out of conversations that I feel like we need to have in the culture that we haven't been having. Today's episode is about a topic that is blowing my mind right now, because I didn't think of it this way until I was reading this amazing book, "The Audacity to Be You" by Brad Reedy. In this episode, I want to talk about Reedy’s concept of the “three circles” because I believe that this concept is at the heart of intimacy. And it's also at the root of most conflict, especially between two people.
As you listen to this episode, you'll discover:
- Brad Reedy’s “three circles model” and how it ties in with what I am learning about myself
- How we get walled off from one another or tangled up in each other's selves
- How we can use the three circles model to better know ourselves and our partner
- Where to start to create more of a sense of self and healthier intimacy with other people
- How this can apply to many of your relationships- whether it’s your spouse, children, or friends
And more.
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“The inner work of being an adult is to find those pieces of ourselves that we've disowned, that we thought weren't lovable, that we thought that no one could both see and care about us and to bring those backup.”
-Michele Lisenbury Christensen
Hot Moments in This Episode:
- What it means to keep people out of your circle (6:34)
- The two jobs you each have in your relationship circle (8:46)
- What I do when my husband’s bad mood causes me anxiety (13:31)
- The messages we learn from childhood about our true selves (16:09)
RESOURCES OR LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
The Audacity to be You by Brad Reedy
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