Awareness Sucks

Danielle brings the most accurate and difficult questions about intimacy in this episode. You will want to tune in to the answers.

When people use the word intimacy, they often refer to sexual intimacy. Description of Intimacy in this episode will introduce you to the energetic and emotional aspects of intimacy.

The dialogue with my guest about connection in relationship takes amazing directions in this episode.

Every living thing longs for connection. What is connection in a relationship? How can it be nourished and maintained? What are some obstacles to connecting with your partner? Tune in…

Key points are made in this episode about ways that finances should be handled among partners so that conflict around money, budgeting, spending etc. can be eliminated.

Our guest brings examples of disharmony that most of us can relate with and the discussion in this episode leads to some amazing realizations.

We yearn harmony because we all have experienced the unpleasant feelings of living in disharmony with a loved one, sometime or other. This is because disharmony is a natural part of harmony. So, let's explore how disharmony forms and perpetuates to be able to handle it better.

My guest brought questions on Acceptance which are on most people's mind.

So much has been written and said about the crucial role of Acceptance in relationships. However, how does one put Acceptance to practice? How do you accept something or someone that you disagree strongly with? Understanding your “charged feelings of disagreement” is the key before you are able to move on to accepting. Tune in.

Harmeet visits this episode with the most amazing statements and questions about one's vulnerability. This turned out to be one of the longest episodes due to the sensitive nature of the topic. We could have kept on going…

What is Vulnerability? No, it is not weakness! It is present in every human being, but not understood or handled well by all. It is a state to be honored and shared with care with people we feel safe with. But it is also so much more. Tune in to enrich your relationships by adding new ways of carrying and expressing this precious state of our being.

In this episode Bianca visits with challenging questions and comments about our previous episode on Conflict. Her questions are questions that most people have and are either not clear who to ask or do not dare ask. Take a listen.

Conflict in a relationship is NOT the behavior that indicates problems. Often the opposite is true, lack of conflict maybe what indicates serious underlying problems. In this episode Yolanda talks about the “art” of clearing conflict so the problem can be resolved, and the relationship can move on.

Our listener Patrick returns to our podcast with questions to understand more clearly what communication is and what it is not. Through his questions additional material is shared by Yolanda, enriching the art of clear communication, ensuring that what is received by our partner is identical to what we send in the first place.

Lack of communication is the “king” reason many couples enter therapy. But what does Communication mean? Is it when your partner doesn't agree with you, is it when you feel they do not understand what you are talking about or is it when their response to your sharing always circles back to themselves and you are left out in the cold? We are often told that Communication involves give-and-take. However, most humans tend to have exceptional expertise in how to “give”, meaning talk, talk, and talk, and are quite clueless in how to “take”, to listen. Let's “listen” to what this episode has instore about the art of talking and listening.

Our podcast listener and frequent guest Patrick joins Yolanda in this episode. Together they taggle questions and explore further Yolanda's last presentation about the curious phenomenon of Opposites Attract. How and why we first get attracted to people who carry opposite habit patterns from us but then developing dislike or even disgust for those same patterns we once admired.

Opposite patterns, habits, beliefs, and personalities may attract in the beginning but if not understood clearly and handled carefully, they often are the main reasons why a relationship “dies”. This is a key episode in Season 2 because Yolanda explains the most basic aspects of a relationship: what do opposites represent, reasons they are unavoidable in all relationships, why opposites attract at the onset of a relationship but later transform into the causes of serious difficulties. She presents several practical ways to help partners navigate through their opposite ways of thinking, acting, and responding.

Opposite patterns, habits, beliefs, and personalities may attract in the beginning but if not understood clearly and handled carefully, they often are the main reasons why a relationship “dies”. This is a key episode in Season 2 because Yolanda explains the most basic aspects of a relationship: what do opposites represent, reasons they are unavoidable in all relationships, why opposites attract at the onset of a relationship but later transform into the causes of serious difficulties. She presents several practical ways to help partners navigate through their opposite ways of thinking, acting, and responding.

Our listener Mary joins us with challenging questions about the role of love in relationships. Tune in to expand, enrich and transcend your awareness and experience of loving and being loved.

Is Love necessary for harmony in your relationship? Find out in this daring episode where Yolanda talks about the role of love in relationships. She presents the number one action which is guaranteed to erode love. During this episode Yolanda presents clear experiential ways to expand your ability in protecting and nourishing the love you have.

Our listener Bianca brings her questions on the Trust part I episode. These are questions you will want to hear the answers to. These are questions you might have had yourself. Tune in to expand your awareness and especially your ability in building or repairing trust in your close and important relationships.

Yolanda begins Season 2 on the theme of Harmony in Relationships by presenting the most basic ingredient for harmony: Trust. Questions such as, What is trust, Why is it essential in a relationship, How does it develop, If lost, how does one get it back, are being explored in this episode.

Catch up with us! We are so happy that so many people were able to enjoy and listen on for Season 1. Season 2 will be done a bit differently so if you want a head start on what we've been preparing for you please give this trailer a listen.

Often Acceptance is mistaken to mean “agreement”. During this episode Kristin and I dialogue about the honorable and difficult state of Acceptance and the surprising results it carries.

How do you rest? What are the main reasons that we “forget” to rest? During this episode we visit the main challenges in Resting and how by being able to create some form of daily rest can eventually add inspiration and fuel to our life.

Silence and its multi-color messages is looked at from various angles during this dialogue with Argy.

Boredom is one significant underlining cause for several self-harming behaviors. What antidotes are there for boredom? How come some people are never bored while others experience boredom often? Ella and I discover that Boredom carries various messages, that once identified and handled can expand one's life.

Ah, the non-ending torturous state when one carries regrets in life. How to resolve them? Linda brings questions leading to a dialogue where we discover surprising skills needed in handling regrets.

What are Emotional Boundaries? How do they contribute to harmonious relationships? How can the lack of boundaries open the door to resentment? Lynn brings questions leading to a dialogue about establishing and strengthening Emotional Boundaries.

The Right Way to Live, is there one? Kevin explores with me this theme during an enliven dialogue, reaching an unpredictable conclusion.

In this episode, Barbara and I delve into the states of Attachment and Detachment. We dialogue about the benefits of moving from attachment to detachment in both the psychological and spiritual realms.

Why do we hate? How does hate form? How can hate be transformed? The dialogue with Argy is revealing and honest. With such harmful consequences resulting every time hate is present, this has been a challenging theme to explore.

Having a tendency to keep Pleasing others carries amazing gifts and serious limitations. In this episode Lisa brings fundamental questions on how to reach a balance between pleasing others and pleasing one-self. Not losing one-self while pleasing others turns out to be quite a task.

Judgement can easily fuel anger and hate. Self-Criticism can become torturous and bring on self-doubt and even depression. However, self-criticism and judgement also carry useful information expanding self-awareness. In this episode the focus is on how one might gain self-awareness through discovering and interpreting their underlining messages.

What makes friendships last? How do you know when a friendship has come to an end? Is there a difference between companionship and friendship? Linda brings questions, wisdom and delightful dialogue during this episode exploring the theme of Friendship.

Is there a way to welcome aging? Dialoguing with Roxanne about helpful adjustments for an elegant and pleasant yielding into this last chapter of one's life. Juggling regrets, memories, gains, losses, and efforts to remain visible during the process of Aging.

People are fearful, neutral, curious, dreading, or excited in anticipating the day of their Retirement. What is Retirement today anyway? Can one prepare? How? Patrick brings the right questions for dialoguing on the gains and losses that Retirement brings.

This has been a daring theme Sharifa brought to the podcast. The word Love is being misused and abused like no other. The state of Love has been defined and redefined since the beginning of time. Yet, it remains a mystery. Tune in to see how this mystery is being “handled” or “mishandled” during this episode.

Ah, the state we all pursue. Wanting to reach, grasp and hold tight. How do you know when “you are happy”? Is joy, satisfaction, and excitement the same as happiness? Satya brings challenging questions taking the dialogue in unpredictable direction.

Self confidence brings deeper satisfaction in life. If you were not able to develop it in childhood what are ways that you can use now to transcend self doubt to Self confidence.

Self-Love. What is it exactly? Do you need to have it before you can love another? What gets in our way? How do we develop this state of being and who benefits from it? Join Angela and Yolanda in a dialogue exploring these questions and more.

Worry - Looking at both sides of worry, how it helps and how it hinders. Then exploring ways to transform worry to free and re direct the immense energy it carries.

The drive to have more, do more, say more, earn more, learn more, become more, while inviting improvement, change, growth when one does not recognize when enough is enough it easily crosses over to dissatisfaction, anxiety, and disappointment. This episode offers practical ways in recognizing when enough is enough.

Ignorance is the root for much of the suffering in life. What exactly is ignorance and how can it be overcome? Mary joins us this week to discuss how we can answer these problems and overcome them.

This episode, through a dialogue with our curious guest Giannis, expands the awareness of why our spirit needs attention and care and offers specific actions to nourish and enliven the spirit so that our everyday life becomes more meaningful.

In this episode, Yolanda talks about awareness, awareness about awareness, and why it all sucks. Join us and make sure to send any questions you would like answered on the show to awarenesssuckspodcast@gmail.com