Our Nature: Conversations about the relationship between nature, spirituality, and well-being

The Relationship Series Part 1: Planting the Seeds of a Conscious Partnership Featuring Alyssa Benjamin and David Sleininger

Episode Summary

Welcome to the wild ride that is the Relationship Series. In this conversation, my partner David and I embrace radical honesty to share our often challenging journeys with romantic relationships and how these experiences have shaped our relationships with ourselves and each other. P.S. - stay tuned to the end of the episode for a big announcement ;)

Episode Notes

This week, my partner David and I are chatting about….drumroll, relationships! Specifically romantic relationships. This episode is very different from the type of content I usually have on this podcast, but when I started this show in 2019, my intention was to uncover how each of us could live in harmony with the natural world and thus be able to care for ourselves, our communities and ultimately, the earth. The dynamics that surface in romantic relationships are often a mirror, and therefore, a catalyst for our personal growth and evolving consciousness. So in the spirit of believing that we can transform the world by first transforming ourselves, I thought it would be interesting to explore this topic.

Resources:

• Tickets for Project Utopia at The Line Hotel in LA
• David’s episode about healing for Our Nature
• David’s somatic healing episode
• Tara Brach podcast
• Chances With Wolves
• Subscribe to the Our Nature newsletter!

Show Notes:

• David reveals the patterns that shaped his past romantic relationships
• Alyssa shares some of her [many] romantic relationship patterns that caused her to fear commitment
• How chronic illness and relationships can co-create and perpetuate a cycle of stress and challenge
• David’s period of celibacy - his intentions for this period of time and what he learned as result
• Alyssa’s biggest heartbreak that became a breakthrough
• The surprising relationship that transformed and healed Alyssa’s experience of romantic partnerships
• The story of how David and I met, and how a loaf of bread brought us together
• What we were able to recognize in each other when we met that helped us turn towards one another
• In praise of the slow burn and how to recognize it for yourself
• Why it’s ok to feel unsure at the beginning of a relationship
• How I manifested David ;)

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