Awake In Relationship
The Awake In Relationship podcast explores the art of intimacy and community in the digital age. Build your social fitness habit with inspiration from long form interviews with thought leaders on the frontiers of mindfulness, conscious relationships, community building, deep work and social impact leadership. Fresh episodes drop twice a month on all major platforms.
Episodes
65 episodes
REWIND: The state of boys and men outside the 'man box' with David Jurasek
065 In this episode of REWIND we revisit an interview about mens struggle to find a generative form of masculinity in a rapidly changing world. FYI we will be taking a break from regular publishing over summer and be back in fall with the launc...
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Episode 65
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42:21
ON AIR: Social fitness & relating in the wild with Silas Rose
064 Long before the pandemic many of us were practicing some form of social distancing. Modern life is rich in connectivity, yet so often lacking in the felt sense of connection and belonging. In the transition to the digital world more of life...
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7:46
Spiritual warriorship in a world on the edge of war with Susan Gillis Chapman
063 When war and rumours of war are everywhere in the news how we personally relate to uncertainty and show up for others matters more than ever. The temptation to harden our hearts and join the chorus of polarizing voices is difficult to resis...
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Episode 63
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36:27
Micro dosing & psychedelic therapy for evolving your relationships with Jim Kragtwyk
062 From Silicone Valley tech bros to stressed out single moms, many people are proclaiming the therapeutic virtues of micro dosing for enhancing creativity and mental health. Micro dosing involves the consumption of a sub perceptual, fractiona...
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29:53
Powerful questions for illuminating the hidden spaces of love with Topaz Adizes
061 The modern world is filled with connectivity, yet for so many people the need for authentic connection goes unmet. Even in a long term relationship we can hide our vulnerability and true desires, sometimes for decades. When we avoid having ...
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Episode 61
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34:31
The tender art of breaking up & caring for a broken heart with Mel Cassidy
060 For anyone who has loved and lost you know how much it can hurt when the fairy tale ends. Neuroscience has shown that social and emotional pain stimulate the same regions of the brain as physical pain. However, while heartbreak might ...
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Episode 60
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40:47
ON AIR: Courting the MUSE and other subversive acts in 2024 with Silas Rose
059 Artists and creators have always held a special station in life, even if their work goes unnoticed. It is the artist who sees the details of life that we often miss, speaks truth to power and imagines into existence new ways of being....
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Episode 59
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8:13
REWIND Authentic Relating: Revealing your truth on the first date with Ryel Kestano
058 If your New Year's resolutions include improving your social fitness this holiday replay is for you!The promise of online social platforms was access to an infinite pool of new friends and possible mates. However, rather than ...
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36:26
Getting to the roots of ecological anxiety with David Segal
057 Ecological anxiety a is new diagnostic label describing a complex of physical and emotional symptoms related to existential dread and despair around the state of the environment. Extreme weather events like wild fires, floods and hurricanes...
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Episode 57
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26:19
ON AIR: Searching for the love & light in the fog of war with Silas Rose
056 The Oct 7th attack on Israel has ignited a new hot war in the middle east and a polarizing information war online. For many people around the world the conflict between Israel and Palestine touches old wounds of injustice as a c...
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Episode 56
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8:47
Heart centred business and healing your relationship to money with Mark Silver
055 There are few things in life more ephemeral than money. Those who seek an enduring happiness and freedom through a path of awakening often find themselves rich in spirit, but constantly struggling to keep the lights on, literally. This is e...
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Episode 55
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44:21
Original Sin: The split between sex and spirit with Indrus Piche
054 The struggle to reconcile the better angels of our nature with powerful, earthly desires of the flesh is familiar to anyone on a spiritual path. Historically vilified and repressed by religious intuitions and the state, our sexual energy of...
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30:08
Conscious dance, compersion and the music that moves us with Shauna Devlin
053 Since time immemorial humans have danced in tribal and shamanic ceremonies for healing and social harmony. The rhythmic beat of a djembe or a subwoofer connects us with the internal rhythm of the heart and entrains us with other...
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Episode 53
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27:28
Awakening to the Shadow on the spiritual path with Dr. Connie Zweig
052 For decades people have been leaving traditional religious institutions in droves to pursuit a more direct path to enlightenment through eastern practices like meditation and yoga. In this lonely world it can be intoxicating to find a...
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46:44
REWIND: Great intimacy begins with healthy boundaries with Mel Cassidy
051 In this episode of REWIND we revisit a conversation with relationship expert and coach Mel Cassidy focused on creating health boundaries. Personal boundaries are a natural part of any relationship, but rarely are they discussed openly...
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37:09
ON AIR: Synthetic relationships and what makes us human with Silas Rose
050 ON AIR is a short monologue where Silas digs deeper into some of relational themes covered on the podcast and current affairs, Artificial Intelligence is all the buzz after the release of Chat GBT4 by Open AI in the fall of 2022. This versi...
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Episode 50
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7:57
Marketing your conscious business without selling your soul with Tad Hargrave
049 There are few personal growth paths harder than starting a business. Social entrepreneurs who care deeply about the relationships they have with their clients can find that the line between selling and serving sometimes gets blurry. Those n...
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Episode 49
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39:33
Searching for truth and the middle way in a post truth world with Susan Gillis Chapman
048 Just like the natural world the information ecosystem we rely on daily for important news and meaning making is under threat. The internet was supposed to democratize access to human knowledge and wisdom, Instead, once trusted gatekee...
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35:31
The state of boys and men outside the 'man box' with David Jurasek
047 The man box is a sociological term coined in the 1980s describing a rigid set of behaviours boys are expected to conform to become ‘real men’ in society, including aggression, dominance, mental and physical toughness, self sufficiency and e...
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Episode 47
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47:03
REWIND: Consent and the path of pleasure with Betty Martin
046 As mammals we are intrinsically wired to experience pleasure, but how we actualize our desires in this modern age has never seemed more complex. The pandemic times added a new layer of anxiety to the simple human need for intimacy and...
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Episode 46
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35:41
From surviving to thriving in traumatic times with Jennifer Summerfeldt
045 Trauma shapes the trajectory of life and relationships in profound and often long lasting ways. Most of the time the effects are hidden in the background of daily life and only come to surface in times of high stress. Many of us are walking...
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Episode 45
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53:44
ON AIR: Season 2 and the ART of reconnecting with Silas Rose
044 After a hiatus Awake In Relationship is back! In this episode host Silas Rose talks about his personal bardo experience in the summer of 2022 and the vision for SEASON 2 of the podcast. In this short monologue Silas also discusses soc...
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Episode 44
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8:06
Fear as a stepping stone to fearless love with Susan Gillis Chapman
During the past couple of years our lives have been disrupted in ways we never thought possible. Having seamlessly transitioned from a global pandemic to major European land war with global implications you might be feeling some background anxi...
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Episode 43
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35:25
Thriving in business and life without social media with Bradley T Morris
042 Since the inception of Facebook in 2004 social media platforms have come to dominate both the marketing and information landscape by tapping into to the intimate human need for connection and community. In exchange for ‘free’ online service...
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Episode 42
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30:23