In this first LoveCast episode featuring a couple, they reflect on 6+ years together—from their early conversations about love, open relationships, and shared values, to the reality of trust issues, conflict, and growth.

They share how therapy, honest (and sometimes uncomfortable) conversations, and intentional “relationship check-ins” helped them navigate fear, jealousy, and miscommunication, and build a relationship grounded in trust.

A raw, thoughtful exploration of what it really means to choose each other, again and again. 💛

In this deeply honest and vulnerable conversation, my guest opens up about her 22-year marriage, her experience of love as a life-giving force, and the quiet tension between stability and passion.

She shares the moment everything shifted, when she began to question whether one person can truly meet all our needs, and what it means to stay… while something inside you longs for more.

From there, she takes us on a personal “experiment”: exploring desire, distance, emotional connection, and the boundaries of commitment, all while remaining deeply in love with her husband.

A conversation about love as a practice, not just a feeling.

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Olivia Lara Owen is a writer, mentor, and soul-led entrepreneur who supports women at the threshold of identity, purpose, and power. After a powerful sabbatical and season of deconstruction, she’s in her comeback era — creating from deep integrity, rest, and remembrance.

In this vulnerable and powerful episode of the Lovecast, Liv shares how she embraced her deepest desires and dared to say them out loud. She takes us through the long and winding road of dating with intention: the fears, the judgment, the heartbreak, and the breakthroughs.

Together, we explore what it means to love yourself and still long for a partner. We talk about the courage it takes to say: I want real commitment.

This is an episode for anyone who has ever been afraid to want too much—or to ask for what they truly need in love.

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Relational is a new salon series exploring the feminine / masculine divide: the dating game, commitment, the art of authentic communication, all that brings us together, all that keeps us apart. To find out more: creativemonastery.co/relational

In this soulful conversation, we explore self-love as a deep and foundational relationship—the one we cultivate with ourselves. Jenni believes that this inner relationship is the condition for meaningful connection with others. Loving yourself, knowing your needs, and learning how to express them is not just healing—it's magnetic.

She shares her personal journey and the insights behind Come Closer, a beautifully designed card game she created to spark intimacy and deeper conversations. With thought-provoking questions and intentional design, the game is a tool for vulnerability—for couples, friends, or anyone wanting to come closer to another human being.

But before we play with others, we must play with ourselves—ask ourselves the hard questions, hold space for our truths, and treat ourselves like someone we are learning to love. And that’s exactly what we’re doing live in this episode.

In this deeply moving episode, we meet a poet who shares her lived wisdom on love in all its forms: tender, fierce, shifting, and enduring. She speaks with grace about separation—how it doesn’t mean the end of love, but rather the beginning of something new. For her, love is not bound by rules or timelines. It is a force that mutates, that adapts, that stays.

At the heart of her story is a commitment to intentionality: showing up with clarity, presence, and care. Love, for her, is an active practice.

She leaves us with a breathtaking poem—a final gift of words that capture all the nuance of her journey.

For him, love isn’t about possession or perfection—it's a path of growth. A mirror. A teacher. And perhaps most radically, a space to surrender.

The book I talk about in the episode: https://untetheredsoul.com/surrender-experiment

In this special episode, we’re joined by celebrated astrologer Rebecca Gordon to explore the rich, revealing intersection of astrology and romantic connection. Rebecca breaks down how your Moon, Venus, and Mars signs can offer powerful insights into your emotional needs, attraction style, and the way you pursue and experience love.

Whether you’re single, in a relationship, or somewhere in between, this conversation delivers both cosmic guidance and grounded matchmaking tips to elevate your approach to relationships and personal growth.

Tune in for a playful yet deeply reflective lens on how the stars might shape the way we connect.

Curious about your unique love blueprint? Get your free Venus Love Guide or book a reading with Rebecca to learn how to integrate these potent aspects into your everyday life.

In this episode of The LoveCast, we explore a conversation that goes straight to the heart of what so often goes unsaid: emotional intelligence and mental health are foundational to healthy love. And yet, many of us—especially men—were never taught how to connect to our inner emotional world, let alone express it with others.

Our guest speaks candidly about the emotional work required to build strong, honest relationships. She shares how, as a single woman, it can be challenging to meet emotionally mature men—and reflects on what this reveals about how we raise boys and support men’s emotional development.

In this episode of the LoveCast, we meet a guest who approaches love as a multidimensional experience—one that engages not just the heart, but the body, the mind, and the spirit.

My guest shares how he relates to love across four essential dimensions:

– Emotional: deep care, vulnerability, and connection

– Physical: desire, intimacy, and touch

– Intellectual: curiosity, shared thinking, mental stimulation

– Spiritual: meaning, resonance, and a sense of the sacred

In this episode of The LoveCast, we hear from a guest whose journey into non-monogamy began with a conversation—one his wife initiated. What followed was not the unraveling of their relationship, but its deepening.

He shares how opening up their marriage led to more honesty, more confidence, and a new sense of freedom—for both of them. Not freedom from each other, but freedom within the relationship: space to grow, to desire, to be fully themselves, while still choosing one another as their emotional home.

In this first episode of the LoveCast, we meet a joyful, devoted father of four who opens up about what it’s like to explore non-monogamy alongside the woman he’s built a life with.

This isn’t a story of crisis or collapse. It’s a story of curiosity, emotional stretch, and deep love—for his wife, his children, and the evolving shape of his family.