Hi friend,
I’ve been thinking a lot about the couples who quietly inspire me the most.
The ones who stay present when things get uncomfortable.
The ones who meet challenges with curiosity, deepen their presence with one another, and continue growing together as love asks more of them.
Some of the most inspiring couples I know didn’t have an easy start. They hit the power struggle with full intensity, but rather than turning away, they turned toward each other. They put in the work to become more emotionally safe, curious, and loving partners.
One of the myths that keeps us from going deeper is the belief that relationships should be easy. A partner who believes that something is wrong with the relationship if it requires work won’t stand the test of time. All relationships go through seasons. Find someone who embraces this with willingness and an open heart.
One of the most valuable skills any partner can bring to a relationship is the ability to do their own shadow work. Understanding your own mind and the conditioning that influences your experience in love makes you emotionally safe and easier to trust.
No relationship can solve all of your problems, heal all of your wounds, or take away your fears. But a relationship can either amplify our wounds or amplify our healing depending on the emotional safety. Don’t underestimate the power a relationship has to impact every area of your life. Choose wisely.
Inside this week’s newsletter, you’ll find:
💗 Somatic Practice: Embodying Sustainable Love
A gentle, body centered exploration that supports sensing how you show up in relationship, cultivating emotional safety within yourself, and listening to what helps love feel steady, nourishing, and sustainable over time.
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🌿 This Weeks Reflection
A relationship grows stronger when both people are willing to take responsibility for their inner work.
✨ Practice for the Week: Embodying Sustainable Love
This practice supports you in noticing how your body relates to intimacy, responsibility, and emotional safety.
1. Settle into Your Body
Find a comfortable seat or lie down. Let your spine lengthen naturally and allow your shoulders to soften.
Take three slow breaths, inviting each one to move gently into your belly.
Feel the weight of your body being held right where you are.
2. Notice How You Show Up in Love
Bring one hand to your heart and one to your lower belly.
Sense the part of you that comes online in close relationship. The part that manages connection, closeness, and uncertainty.
Without needing to fix or change anything, ask softly:
How do I tend to show up when love asks something of me?
Notice what happens in your body. Sensations, emotions, or subtle shifts may arise. Let them be exactly as they are.
3. Connect With Your Early Imprints
Let your attention move to any place in your body that feels tender, tight, or especially alive.
Ask gently:
What did my body learn about love early on?
What did closeness and conflict feel like for me then?
You are not searching for answers. You are listening with your body.
Offer warmth through your hands and allow your breath to support you in the present moment.
4. Sense Emotional Safety in Relationship
Bring to mind a relationship that matters to you.
Notice how your body responds. Your chest, throat, belly, jaw, or breath may shift.
Ask inside:
Where do I feel safety?
Where do I feel effort or holding?
Stay with your breath as you notice. Allow any softening or activation to move at its own pace.
5. Practice Self Responsibility
Place one hand over your heart.
Say quietly inside:
This is mine to tend.
Let that land in your body.
Ask gently:
What does care for myself look like here?
Allow the answer to be simple. A pause. A boundary. A breath. A moment of honesty.
6. Feel Into Sustainable Love
Rest your hands open on your lap, palms facing up.
Sense into the reality that long term love is something we practice.
Two people learning how to stay present.
Two nervous systems adapting and growing together.
Ask your body:
What supports love staying alive in me?
Notice what arises without judging it.
7. Seal the Practice
Take one final breath.
Place your palms over your heart and belly.
Allow a few moments for integration before returning to your day.
Journaling Prompts
When I think about sustainable love, what qualities feel most important to me right now?
Where in my relationships do I notice myself growing, stretching, or being asked to mature?
How did I learn to respond when relationships became uncomfortable or uncertain?
What helps me feel emotionally safe enough to stay present in love?
In what ways do I already bring responsibility and care into my relationships?
Where might I be asking a relationship to do something that belongs to my own healing?
What kind of partnership supports the person I am becoming?
What feels true for me about love at this stage of my life?
Love invites us into an ongoing practice of honesty, responsibility, and care. It asks us to stay connected to ourselves while staying connected to one another. When we choose relationships that support emotional safety and growth, we give ourselves a place to heal, mature, and meet life with more steadiness. May you choose love that meets you here, and keeps inviting you forward.
Love,
Shay
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