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Awakened Intimacy is a podcast for anyone awakening to the deeper dimensions of truth and love — where relationships held safety and honesty create depth and growth.Hosted by Greer & Aaron Christos, therapeutic coaches and founders of Intimacy for Couples, each conversation explores how real relationships become both sanctuary for connection and a catalyst for change — the place where we meet our wounds, dissolve old patterns, and discover intimacy as a path of spiritual awakening.Through lived stories, psychological insight, and embodied wisdom, we explore themes such as:• Safety & the nervous system — “No safety, no intimacy.”• Seeing the mirror in your triggers — learning to meet yourself through what arises between you.• Love as sanctuary & catalyst — how safety and challenge evolve love into something deeper.• Polarity & play — Keeping things alive and fresh in long term connection.• Awakening through conflict — “Every rupture is a doorway to deeper truth.”These episodes are not just teachings but transmissions — an invitation to slow down, listen, and remember that every contraction and challenge in love is a doorway to expansion.✨ Learn more about our services at https://intimacyforcouples.com

  1. Jul 8

    Ep.14 | More Than Chemistry: Expanding Polarity Beyond the Bedroom

    Most people hear "polarity" and "masculine/feminine dynamics" and think it's just about sex. But it's so much more than that. Polarity is the current running underneath why you fight the way you fight, why silence can feel like abandonment to one of you and nothing at all to the other, and why the most intense relationship you've ever had might have been running on old wounds instead of real chemistry. Damien Bohler and Katie Taelos, founders of Evolve Relating, join us to pull polarity apart from the bedroom and show where it actually shows up: in conflict, in nervous system responses, in what makes one partner feel loved and the other feel completely unseen by the exact same gesture. We dive into their own relationship, the moments they realised they were running on "dirty fuel" instead of the real thing, and what they do t remember they're not each other's enemy. If you've ever wondered why the same argument keeps circling back, or why one of you shuts down while the other one escalates, this episode carries a whole new perspective for you. This one covers: How Damien and Katie met, and the inner readiness that had to land in both of them firstThe four seasons every relationship moves through, and why winter isn't a sign something's brokenWhy one partner going quiet can feel completely benign to him and like abandonment to her nervous systemThe single word used mid-conflict to remember the pattern is the enemy, not each otherWhy we've had decades of a personal development movement and still don't have a relational oneThe difference between wounded polarity — "dirty fuel" — and the real, consciously created thingThe "great polarity flip," and why integration is a phase, not a destinationWhat actually happens to a relationship once the honeymoon hormones wear offWhy conscious relationships and relational skills are a necessity, not a luxury, for us to survive and thrive as a speciesConnect with Damien & Katie: Website: evolverelating.com Instagram: @evolverelating

  2. Jun 23

    Ep.13 | They Almost Lost It All — And Now They Help Couples Find Their Way Back - Interview with Michael and Amy Stuth

    If you've been carrying this relationship for a while, wondering if your partner will ever really get it — this episode is for you. Michael and Amy Stuth have been together for over 20 years. There was a time when they were deeply disconnected, lonely inside their own marriage, going through the motions of a life that looked right on paper but felt hollow underneath. Amy was resentful, exhausted, and couldn't find the words. So she wrote a letter. What happened next — and what they each had to do separately before they could come together — is what this conversation is really about. In this episode, Aaron and Greer sit down with Michael and Amy to talk about the season when a relationship gets to make or break, what it actually takes to come back, and why the individual work isn't optional — it's the foundation. What comes up in this conversation: The letter Amy wrote when she had nothing left to lose — and why the way she wrote it made all the differenceWhy Michael didn't get defensive when he read it, and what that tells you about how to reach a partner who's gone quietThe year they spent doing their own work separately — and the one conversation that told them something had genuinely shiftedWhy vulnerability isn't just a nice idea — it's the only thing that actually rebuilds a bondWhat safety really means in a relationship, and why no real intimacy is possible without it firstThe nervous system piece — how the past keeps showing up in the present, and what to do when it doesWhat it looks like when one person is growing and the other isn't — and the ceiling that eventually hitsWhy two people who've lived through rupture often make the most honest guides for other couplesIf you've been wondering whether it's too late, whether the distance has gone on too long, whether your partner is even capable of going there — this episode has value for you. Michael and Amy Stuth are relationship coaches, podcast hosts, and founders of The Reconnected Union. Together for over 20 years, their work is shaped by their own story — a relationship that looked right on the outside but was quietly falling apart underneath. Rather than accepting disconnection as inevitable, they did the hard work of rebuilding, and what came out the other side was deeper than what they'd had before. Today they help couples move beyond resentment and recurring conflict toward real connection — through coaching, retreats, workshops, and the Thrive Again Podcast. website: michaelandamy.com.au For more from Aaron and Greer: intimacyforcouples.com

  3. Jun 3

    Ep.12 | What It Takes To Go From 'On The Rocks' To Rock Solid - Interview with Jasper Brown & Nathalie Plass

    What does it actually take to turn a relationship around? Most couples hit a rocky phase at some stage. For most, it means an ending — or settling for a stable kind of misery. But what does it take to transform the conflict patterns, the pain and disconnection into something real, safe, and deeply intimate? In this episode, Aaron and Greer are joined by two very dear friends and colleagues: Jasper Brown (Awakened Evolution) and Relationship Coach Nathalie Plass, both of whom have built their life's work around helping men and women wake up, grow up, and show up — and, most importantly also live that commitment inside their own relationship. Their story is not a smooth one. It began in a high-control group disguised as a yoga school which included infidelity, eroded trust, and years of accumulated pain. What brought them through it wasn't luck or simple compatibility — it was the willingness to do the work, together and individually, without knowing if the work would even keep them together. In this conversation, we go deep on: - Whether you can truly heal relational patterns on your own — and where the ceiling is - The real reason blame never creates the accountability we're hoping for - Shame vs. guilt — and why that distinction is everything in repair - What it looks like when one partner does the work and the other doesn't - The moment Natalie stopped staying for potential and finally chose herself - How to name the pattern so you stop fighting your partner and start fighting the dynamic - The difference between containment and collapse — and why both matter - What "relationality" actually means and how it transforms conflict - Why intimacy is a path of awakening This episode is for couples who have been through something hard, for the partner who's doing the work and wondering if it's enough, and for anyone who's ever felt like the person they love most is somehow, in one instant, their greatest enemy. If this conversation has stirred something and you're ready to understand the patterns running your relationship, book a Relationship Clarity Call with us at 50% off the full price. We'll map the dynamic, name what's driving it, and show you what it would take to shift it: https://www.intimacyforcouples.com/clarity  Find Jasper: https://www.instagram.com/awakened_evolution/ Find Nathalie: https://www.instagram.com/nathalie.nimah/

  4. May 20

    Ep.11 | Walled Off & Boundaryless: Getting Underneath Unhealthy Attachment

    Why do couples keep falling into the same dynamic — one pursuing, one distancing — no matter how much they understand the pattern? In this episode, Aaron and Greer go underneath the pursuer/distancer cycle to explore what's actually driving it. They also unpack why they tend to avoid using typical 'attachment theory' language. Because conflict and avoidance aren't just communication problems. They're the surface expression of something much deeper. This episode covers: — Why walled off and boundaryless are more useful frames than anxious and avoidant — The two types of love avoidant — and why one is far easier to work with than the other — How the amygdala creates associations that hijack the relationship (and what to do about it) — The role of self-concept, shame, and relational certainty in fuelling the cycle — What boundarylessness actually looks like — including the kind that doesn't look like weakness at all — Why one person growing can create more friction, not less — and what that means for your relationship — The difference between a wall and a boundary — and why it matters Aaron and Greer also navigate a live moment of the dynamic playing out between them mid-episode — and use it as a real-time teaching on containment, repair, and coming back to the same team. If you haven't listened to the shame episode yet, we recommend starting there — it's the prerequisite for everything covered here. — Aaron & Greer | Intimacy for Couples intimacyforcouples.com.au

  5. May 6

    Ep.10 | The Hidden Driver Beneath Distance and Disconnection

    Nearly every couple that reaches out to us says the same thing: "We just need to communicate better." And they're right. But communication tools don't work when something deeper is running underneath them. That something is shame. In this episode, we go somewhere most relationship podcasts won't. We share our own shame; openly, somatically, in real time and walk you through why shame is the hidden driver behind so much conflict, distance, and disconnection in relationships. You'll learn the difference between toxic shame and healthy shame, why shame almost never shows up wearing its own face, and why your relationship is actually the most powerful container for healing it. This is the episode that has to come before the communication tools. Because if you don't know what's actually happening underneath, the pattern just keeps repeating. Dare to go deeper. 🎙️ Awakened Intimacy Podcast | Episode 10 For more free resources visit or to book a Relationship Clarity Call visit: intimacyforcouples.com

  6. Apr 14

    Ep.09 | Keeping The Spark Alive — Masculine Feminine Polarity and The Secret To Long-Term Desire

    Whether you're on the rocks or rock solid — if you're in a new or long-term monogamous relationship, this episode is for you. Because no matter how much you love each other, passion and desire don't maintain themselves. And the reason most couples lose the spark has nothing to do with compatibility, effort, or how much they care. It has everything to do with polarity. In this episode, Aaron and Greer explore the role of masculine and feminine energy in long-term relationships — what it actually is, why it quietly erodes over time, and what it takes to restore it consciously. What we get into: - The limitations and dangers of how Polarity can be taught  - The impact of 'good boy' conditioning  - The four chapters of polarity — and which one you're probably stuck in - Why the mothering dynamic is a relationship killer - Big daddy energy — and why it's not what you think - The difference between integration and destination - What conscious polarity actually looks like in real life Honest, a little provocative, and genuinely useful wherever you're at. Please drop a comment below with your biggest insight. If you found this genuinely useful, we'd love to hear from you! Book your Relationship Clarity Call at: www.intimacyforcouples.com/services

  7. Apr 1

    Ep.08 | Why You've Become Housemates (And What's Actually Going On Beneath That)

    Is your relationship functional but flat? Are you sharing a life but not really sharing each other? In this episode, Aaron and Greer Christos unpack one of the most common dynamics they see in couples — the slow drift from lovers to housemates — and trace it back to what's actually driving it beneath the surface. In this episode: The housemate spectrum — from vanilla and safe, through co-management, all the way to conflict and resentment — and where you might recognise yourself Why busyness and doing mode collapse the polarity between partners The patriarchy and porn conversation — how conditioning shapes your sex life in ways you probably haven't examined Why sex starts to feel like another thing to do — and what's underneath that The neediness dynamic — what it feels like from both sides and why it pushes partners away Resentment as sediment: how it builds quietly, why it matters, and why you can't desire someone you quietly resent The difference between couples who've lost eroticism and couples who never really had it — and why that matters for the path forward What "business class" and "first class" actually look like in a long-term relationship  — and how to get there Free resource: If this episode landed, your next step is our free video training — Start with Safety.  It's the foundation everything else is built on. Find it at intimacyforcouples.com.au Ready to go deeper? The Awakened Intimacy 8-week program is our signature couples coaching container. Find out more under the Services tab on our website.

  8. Mar 19

    Ep.07 | Why Couples Keep Having the Same Fight

    So many couples find themselves having the same fight, in different forms, on repeat. Different trigger, same loop. And the painful truth is — if you don't understand what's actually driving it, nothing changes.  In this episode we go deep on why the patterns keep showing up, and what it actually takes to break them. What we cover: Capacity — why your nervous system load determines everything about how you show up with your partner; and why even small moments of friction can become big ones when the cup is full. Uncertainty as threat — how threat, whether perceived or real, activates a survival state in your body, and why that state makes genuine connection almost impossible. We also name why uncertainty is so dysregulating and what to do about it. The past in the present — why your partner's behaviour can trigger something that has nothing to do with them; and how that invisible dynamic keeps the same argument alive. Emotional intelligence — the difference between healthy shame and toxic shame, and why not knowing what's actually happening inside you is one of the biggest reasons couples stay stuck. Power — how ego inflation or deflation erode intimacy and safety; and what shared power actually looks and feels like in a real relationship. When couples can see the dynamic clearly — the capacity piece, the nervous system piece, the power piece, the deeper emotional layer beneath the presenting problem — everything shifts. The fight stops being about who's right. It becomes information. A doorway. And the relationship gets to grow through it rather than around it. The invitation: If you're recognising your own patterns in this episode and want help naming what's actually happening, Aaron offers a Relationship Clarity Call — a focused session to identify the dynamic and map a way through. Find it under Services on the website, or send us a message directly. If you're ready to go all in, the 8-Week Awakened Intimacy Program has just opened up space for a new couple. Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear what landed. If there's a topic or question you'd like us to explore, send it through — this podcast is for you.

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Awakened Intimacy is a podcast for anyone awakening to the deeper dimensions of truth and love — where relationships held safety and honesty create depth and growth.Hosted by Greer & Aaron Christos, therapeutic coaches and founders of Intimacy for Couples, each conversation explores how real relationships become both sanctuary for connection and a catalyst for change — the place where we meet our wounds, dissolve old patterns, and discover intimacy as a path of spiritual awakening.Through lived stories, psychological insight, and embodied wisdom, we explore themes such as:• Safety & the nervous system — “No safety, no intimacy.”• Seeing the mirror in your triggers — learning to meet yourself through what arises between you.• Love as sanctuary & catalyst — how safety and challenge evolve love into something deeper.• Polarity & play — Keeping things alive and fresh in long term connection.• Awakening through conflict — “Every rupture is a doorway to deeper truth.”These episodes are not just teachings but transmissions — an invitation to slow down, listen, and remember that every contraction and challenge in love is a doorway to expansion.✨ Learn more about our services at https://intimacyforcouples.com

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  • Creator
    Intimacy For Couples
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    14
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