Why do we chase relationships just to feel something, only to end up feeling bruised, exhausted, and chaotic?

In this raw and uncomfortably honest episode, we strip away the sterile, sanitized version of aesthetic spirituality sold on social media. True spiritual maturity isn’t about transforming yourself into an immovable statue who is completely untouched by human pain. The real test of your inner peace doesn’t happen on a quiet meditation cushion, it is tested in the messy and unpredictable theater of your relationships.

Through hilarious and deeply human stories, including a radically vulnerable boundary that involved retreating into a fetal position on a crowded Thanksgiving couch just to keep from imploding, we explore what it actually takes to protect your nervous system. You’ll learn how to identify your personal compass of integrity so you know exactly when to apologize and when to stand firm, why scrolling Instagram is just a high-dopamine way of numbing out, and how to embrace the liberating reality that you are “not for all market”.

It’s time to stop white-knuckling your way through life, join us as we explore how to stop reacting to the world.

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