Sexual rejection can feel like a brutal judgment on your worth, especially if you learned to equate sex with love, validation, and safety. In this encore episode, I explore how that conditioning shows up, why resentment so easily takes over, and what it actually takes to rebuild closeness without pressure or blame. You'll hear a powerful story about "Andrew and Andrea"—two partners who who started their relationship with fireworks, hit a wall with unmatched needs, and then learned to see each...
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Sexual rejection can feel like a brutal judgment on your worth, especially if you learned to equate sex with love, validation, and safety. In this encore episode, I explore how that conditioning shows up, why resentment so easily takes over, and what it actually takes to rebuild closeness without pressure or blame. You'll hear a powerful story about "Andrew and Andrea"—two partners who who started their relationship with fireworks, hit a wall with unmatched needs, and then learned to see each...
Is It Love or a Trauma Bond? How to Tell the Difference
Men on the Path to Love
15 minutes
1 month ago
Is It Love or a Trauma Bond? How to Tell the Difference
What if the rush you think is love is actually your nervous system trying to get relief from pain? It could be trauma bonding, where intense emotional highs and lows, fear, inconsistency, or manipulation create a powerful attachment that feels like love… but isn’t. In this episode, I explore the difference between real love and trauma bonding. I share my own experience of a trauma bonding relationship as well as "Eric's" story, a rollercoaster relationship that went from soul mate promi...
Men on the Path to Love
Sexual rejection can feel like a brutal judgment on your worth, especially if you learned to equate sex with love, validation, and safety. In this encore episode, I explore how that conditioning shows up, why resentment so easily takes over, and what it actually takes to rebuild closeness without pressure or blame. You'll hear a powerful story about "Andrew and Andrea"—two partners who who started their relationship with fireworks, hit a wall with unmatched needs, and then learned to see each...
