Note: This series was originally created as a Masterclass for The Times and Sunday Times Life Lessons Festival in London, UK 2022.
Why are intimate relationships so intense?
Why is love so hard to find?
And once found so hard to keep?
And once kept so hard to survive, never mind thrive in?
From the disappointment of endless dating and constant swiping, to the destabilizing precariousness of early stage relationships, to the imminent frustration and tedious boredom of long term love.
We might begin to ask ourselves if intimate relationships are even worth it.
And then we remember what they promise.
If we could meet real love in a way that feels natural and easy, love that gives a sense of trust, safety and security in a challenging and ever changing world.
If we could feel the nourishment of deep, meaningful connection, and the richness and excitement of learning and growing together.
If we could experience the deliciousness of passion and the sparkle of erotic desire that adds so much aliveness and dimension to life
Then yes, we would answer that relationships are absolutely worth it.
But all of that is no small ask.
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In each of the 3 parts of this series we’ll consider…
PT 1: FINDING LOVE
- What it takes to find love on or offline.
- How to meet your person in a way that feels natural and easy
- Dissolving the things from the past that keep us from meeting our person.
PT 2: KEEPING LOVE
- The delicate dance of closeness and distance in intimate relationships
- Preparing your body, heart, mind and soul for long-term love
- What ‘healthy’ looks like in intimate relationships
PT 3: THRIVING IN LOVE LONG-TERM
- The skills and tools needed to make love and passion last over time
- How self-awareness and self-knowing allow for healthy adult relating
- And how to attain the awareness, skills and tools that long-term love asks for
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About Andrea:
Andrea Balboni is a certified Sex Love and Relationship Coach and founder of Lush Coaching. She helps smart successful heart-centered humans experience pleasure and fulfillment in their personal intimate lives and romantic relationships. From finding real love naturally and easily, to keeping it and deepening into healthy relationships, to thriving in passion and pleasure over the long-term, Andrea supports individuals and couples in all phases of love and relationships.
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Ep. 8 Surviving Intimacy : a 3 part series on finding, keeping and thriving in love – Introduction
Why are intimate relationships so intense?
Why is love so hard to find?
And once found so hard to keep?
And once kept so hard to survive, never mind thrive in?
From the disappointment of endless dating and constant swiping, to the destabilising precariousness of early stage relationships, to the imminent frustration and tedious boredom of long term love.
We might begin to ask ourselves if intimate relationships even worth it.
And then we remember what they promise.
If we could meet real love in a way that feels natural and easy, love that gives a sense of trust, safety and security in a challenging and ever changing world.
If we could feel the nourishment of deep, meaningful connection, and the richness and excitement of learning and growing together.
If we could experience the deliciousness of passion and the sparkle of erotic desire that adds so much aliveness and dimension to life
Then yes, we would answer that relationships are absolutely worth it.
But all of that is no small ask.
I'm your host, Andrea Balboni, and welcome to the lush love podcast series on surviving intimacy.
Intimacy is indeed intense and complex. And yet no one has taught us to navigate it all. Not our friends, not our families, not at school nor, and our professional lives. Instead we're told that with the right person, it will all just happen from romantic, beginning to sunset ending.
And when it doesn't, we feel like we've failed. so what can we do? Our healthy long-term relationships, even realistic. Is it really possible to find love easily, to stay steady through its ups and downs and to sustain passion and desire over time? If the answer could be yes. What would it take to actually make it happen?
These are some of the questions that I asked myself over the past 20. for the 15 years that I was single and looking for love in the past seven years. And my professional work as a sex love and relationships coach and in conversations with hundreds of people looking for finding and being in love. It is my belief that intimate relationships do indeed offer us the unique opportunity to know ourselves each other.
And the world in ways that no other type of relationship can. So what can we do to create them this three part series on finding, keeping and thriving in love begins to speak to this. I invite you to listen in ponder and explore for yourself what it means to thrive in intimacy.