Annelisa

John Welwood saw intimate relationship not as a refuge from life’s difficulties but as a crucible for awakening. “A relationship...

From Projection to Presence John Welwood often described intimate relationship as a crucible of transformation. “Relationship is a fierce...

Facing The Unbearable ™ John Welwood gave us a phrase that continues to ring with truth: spiritual bypassing . He described it as the...

There’s a fantasy that we’re supposed to know what to do with our lives. And if we do not then this is clear evidence that something is...

If You Want Me To Stay By Sly and The Family Stone https://open.spotify.com/track/2BydLQAh7CUIFvSEqAMc4x?si=fe63718be5604730If ...

You did not come here to fold your wild soul into a shape someone else could name. You did not come here to bargain with your ache, to...

We are taught to repair relational rupture with the language of goodwill. Apologies. Acknowledgments. Promises to do better. And for many...

By the time couples realize they’ve drifted, the dance is already well-rehearsed. Not necessarily in words or fights or silence, though...

The Drift They’ve done the work. They’ve been to therapy; maybe even trained as therapists; often both of them are therapists. They can...

Hold Yourself Here By Jai Chand & Grayson https://youtu.be/47InqDaF-sE?si=CBX0TmU7-IQG2Ffs https://open.spotify.com/track/4rc0uH9giNLO4To...

With Nothing but Everything Your love should weep for you when you lie and say you are not afraid. They should spill wine upon your robe...

The Myth of Self-Sufficiency . . . Need, Support, and Intimacy Somewhere along the way, many of us internalized a lie: If you were truly...

There is a moment in every conflict . . . a split-second pivot point . . . where we either lean toward connection or toward protection....

When We Can’t Respond . . . The Disappearance of Self We can't really respond to ourselves, let alone anyone else, if we’re not fully...

The Emerald Podcast , hosted by Josh Schrei, is a visceral, mythic journey into the intelligence of the body and the living world. Rooted...