Awakened Intimacy

Intimacy For Couples
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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

Episodes

  1. FEB 4

    Awakened Intimacy Ep.06 | How Staying Busy Slowly Erodes Deep Connection

    In this episode of Awakened Intimacy, we’re naming something many couples regularly feel but rarely have the capacity to articulate… although staying busy CAN keep a relationship 'functional', it will also quietly dissolve emotional connection, erotic charge, and the sense of “us”. We explore why date nights often don’t work, why couples get stuck trying to fix surface-level problems, and what actually creates intimacy again: attunement, embodiment, repair, and meeting the deeper need underneath the story. We also introduce a new segment: Greer reacts in real time to a viral relationship reel about polarity, submission, and “being led”… and we unpack what’s true, what’s oversimplified, and what matters most underneath it all. In this episode, we cover: - Why “being busy” is often an avoidance strategy (even when it’s understandable) - Why date nights can become another form of doing and performing - The power of micro-moments over grand gestures - Fixing vs attuning; how helping can accidentally miss the moment - The difference between story and feeling; and why the body is the doorway - The core teaching: the surface problem isn’t the problem… the unmet need is - Why couples avoid slowing down; fear of what’s been swept under the rug - Repair as a learnable skill; a simple framework that takes minutes - How avoidance creates roommates instead of lovers over time - Polarity without rigid gender roles; safety as the foundation for desire - Why “information” isn’t the medicine; lived practice is If you’re a couple who: - feels like housemates - only talks about kids/work/logistics - avoids hard conversations because it feels too hard - wants intimacy, but doesn’t know how to get back there …this episode is for you. Work with us: If this resonates and you want support to rebuild connection and depth, the best place to start is with our "Relationship Clarity Call" available on our website @ www.intimacyforcouples.com

    58 min

  2. JAN 11

    Ep.05 | Relationship Reckoning Part 2; The Path from Self-Abandonment to True Love

    In this episode, Aaron and Greer weave together the threads of awakening, truth, and relationship; through the telling of Greer’s personal story. This is a conversation for anyone standing at a threshold… the ones quietly asking: Is this it? Not because there’s no love. Because something deeper is trying to be born. Greer shares the initiations that shaped her; from an early relationship that blurred safety and intensity, to the slow recognition of self-abandonment, to the spiritual awakening that arrived through her father’s diagnosis and death… and the moment she saw two timelines for her life. Key takeaways: - Reckoning isn’t a crisis; it’s an initiation. Something essential is trying to mature in you. - Self-abandonment can look like loyalty. Especially when you’re kind, devoted, and conflict-avoidant. - Truth has a somatic signature. Your body knows long before your mind is ready. - Awakening is not performance. It’s becoming more real; less shiny. - Leaving doesn’t have to be violent. There is a way to do it with love, responsibility, and grace. - True love isn’t fragile. It can evolve; it can change form; it can remain. This episode is a transmission for anyone in a “reckoning” season; where truth begins to matter more than appearances, and love begins to ask for more honesty than we’ve ever been trained to give. Ready for support? If this episode lands in you, and you’re in a relationship reckoning season, we offer two next steps: 1) Alignment Call with Greer For the woman (or the more “awake” partner) who wants the space to voice what’s true  (without needing to justify it) - and step into her own reclamation. https://tidycal.com/intimacyforcouples/alginment-greer 2) Relationship Clarity Call with Aaron For any one in relationships who wants to  be grounded truth, clean insight, and next steps; without spiralling into shame/blame or confusion. https://tidycal.com/intimacyforcouples/relationshipclarity

    1h 1m

  3. 12/19/2025

    Ep.04 | Relationship Reckoning; Do I Grieve… or Do I Leave?

    In this episode, Aaron and Greer explore a crossroads many long-term couples  arrive at: relational reckoning.  It’s the moment the illusions fall away and the real questions surface.  Is what I’m receiving in this relationship enough to justify what I’m not receiving? Do I need to grieve what may never be available… or do I need to leave? We unpack the most common forms of reckoning couples face, including emotional depth and sexual intimacy; and we share personal stories from our own lives, naming how these crossroads can be navigated with truth, compassion, and real discernment. We also introduce developmental friction: the tension that arises when two partners are growing at different speeds or in different domains. When we understand that maturity is multidimensional, couples can stop making friction personal and start working with it in a grounded, practical way. If you’re in a season of questioning, we hope this episode brings clarity, steadiness, and a sense of roadmap. In this episode we cover: What relational reckoning actually is (and why it’s normal)The core question: “Do I need to grieve… or do I need to leave?”The emotional depth reckoning (functional vs fulfilling)The sexual intimacy reckoning; desire, safety, and rebuilding erotic connectionWhy outsourcing emotional intimacy can create more distance (and what to do instead)Aaron’s personal reckoning: stepping into love, parenting, and identity expansionGreer’s personal journey: how love can be real, and compatibility can still shiftWhat developmental friction is; why couples grow at different speedsLines of development: emotional, intellectual, somatic, spiritual, moral, relationalHow to work with friction when both partners are willingNext steps: If this landed and you’re in a season of reckoning, you don’t have to navigate it alone. Explore the Awakened Intimacy program or book an relationship clarity call  www.intimacyforcouples.com

    44 min

  4. 11/24/2025

    Ep.03 | Awakening Through the Gifts of Grief

    In this week’s episode, we invite you into a very current, personal season of our life; one that has not been neatly processed or wrapped in a bow. Aaron’s grandfather has been admitted to hospital and is not expected to leave; at the same time Greer is sitting in the ten year anniversary of her father’s passing. We speak about how we are each navigating our own grief; while still showing up for our relationship, our parenting, and our work with couples. We explore grief not just as something to “get through” but as a powerful portal; a threshold that strips away performance and brings us closer to what really matters in love. In this episode we explore; How Aaron found the courage to tell his grandfather “I love you” for the first time; and how that opened a moment of healing between three generations of men Greer’s experience of walking with her dad through terminal illness; and how she chose to drop every veil of performance and meet him soul to soul The difference between “getting something off your chest” and speaking truth that actually liberates the heart How to support a partner in grief when their capacity and attention are diminished; without abandoning your own boundaries or truth Turning a misunderstanding into a home ho’oponopono style repair ritual; in front of our child Grieving more than death; the loss of friendships, identities and old versions of self as you step onto a more authentic path Why people may fall out of resonance as you awaken; and how to move through judgement, projection and “karmic backlash” with integrity The importance of letting each person have their own unique way of grieving; and why we can never say “I know exactly how you feel” Our intention is that this conversation offers you company if you are in a season of loss; and reminds you that grief, when met with presence and love, can deepen intimacy rather than shut it down.

    52 min

  5. 11/10/2025

    Ep.02 | The Real Reason Couples Feel Disconnected (and How to Reconnect)

    Loving. Intelligent. But still feeling miles apart? Most couples try to relate from the mind while the body is in protection; but empathy can’t land when the nervous system is on-guard. In this episode we un-pack our sold-out CONNECTED workshop, we show how safety, sensation, and honest repair bring intimacy back online — including a real trigger we navigated live, in under three minutes. You’ll hear the exact moves that turned contraction into connection (fast), and why it worked. We explore mind-only relating vs. felt connection; the body as the doorway to empathy; and why “disconnection” so often signals protection.  You’ll also learn our simple three-layer map of intimacy — understood; seen; felt — and a couple of try-this-tonight practices to shift the field in minutes. If this resonates, join us for the next CONNECTED workshop (Hobart) or deepen with the 8-week Awakened Intimacy program; links in the notes.

    39 min

  6. 11/03/2025

    Ep.01 | Awakening in Relationship — What Brought Us Here & Why It Matters

    In our first episode, we explore what “Awakened Intimacy” really means — how safety, self-awareness, and spiritual growth come together in relationship.  We also trace our path to this work from early workshops to becoming parents and finally refining our work with couples.  We explore how identities and “masks” form; why triggers are invitations; and how to move from contraction into connection.  You’ll hear a candid repair moment from our kitchen; plus a simple framework you can try tonight to shift from defensive patterns into us-ness. What we cover: Seasons of a relationship; evolution of our work; and learning through lived practiceWhy “who is here in me” matters more than “what’s wrong with you”A grounded nervous-system lens for conflict; moving from fight/flight/freeze into choiceThe difference between protecting an identity and protecting the relationshipA gentle way to name parts of us without letting them run the showUs-ness over me-versus-you; how repair builds real safety and depth If this resonated; share one thing that landed and a question you’d love us to explore.  Email: connect@intimacyforcouples.com

    48 min
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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
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Awakened Intimacy
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