Conversations from the Heart
A weekly, soul-nourishing podcast offering psychologically grounded, heart-centered reflections on human relationships, inner healing, and compassion-based communication.
Focused on live mini-coaching moments to help callers shift from reactive, domination-based communication to collaborative, heart-centered connection. Listen for new scripts for stuck situations, new ways of responding to old relationship dynamics and guidance on how to approach these situations with empathy, self-awareness, and effective communication strategies. Here, we emphasize understanding both one's own needs and the needs of others, creating safe spaces for vulnerable conversations, and finding ways to express ourselves authentically while respecting others' boundaries.
Conversations from the Heart
#126 - Want Someone to Be More Emotionally Available to You?
If you’ve ever found yourself wishing your partner would just open up, this conversation will speak directly to your heart.
In this intimate episode, Nina brings forward a question many of us quietly wrestle with: What do I do when I crave emotional connection and my partner keeps pulling away?
Together, we explore the anxious–avoidant cycle: that painful push-and-pull dynamic where one nervous system reaches for closeness while the other needs distance to feel safe. I will unpack why these patterns aren’t personal failings, but nervous system strategies wired for survival.
You’ll learn:
- Why your longing for connection can trigger another’s need for space
- How to stop personalizing disconnection and start regulating your own system
- The difference between managing someone and revealing yourself
- How patriarchy teaches men to suppress emotions, and how reclaiming feelings heals us all
This episode offers insight, compassion, and gentle guidance for anyone learning how to love without losing themselves.
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