Reality Check My Life | Table Talk | S2E8: Intimacy Without Overexposure

There’s a belief many sensitive people have absorbed without question:

If you’re not fully transparent, you’re not authentic.

In this episode of Table Talk, Gin gently dismantles that idea — and offers a steadier truth: intimacy is not the same thing as exposure.

Being deeply known does not require being emotionally naked everywhere.
And sharing everything is not the same as being held.

This conversation explores intimacy as mutual regulation, not disclosure — and reframes vulnerability through the lens of safety, containment, and nervous-system wisdom.

Inside this episode:

• How transparency became confused with intimacy

• Why overexposure feels connective at first — and exhausting later

• The difference between truth and safety

• Why lineage-sensitive people are most vulnerable to over-sharing

• What safe intimacy actually feels like in the body

• How to be deeply known without bleeding

This episode offers relief for anyone who has shared too much, too fast — hoping to be understood — and walked away feeling raw instead of connected.

This is Table Talk: conversations about relational design, where safety matters more than spectacle and intimacy is something you inhabit, not perform.