One of the most inspiring things we've seen in our work with men is the rejuvenation of relationships. We've seen clients in long-term, committed relationships that felt flat, off, or just not exciting … become vibrant and vivid again.
We've seen couples get hot sex back! (often better than ever). We've seen closeness and intimacy be reestablished, often more intensely than had ever been true before.
But before this renewal period, there was suffering. Often in the form of reverse polarity. Especially if you identify as a Nice Guy, you may have experienced reverse polarity in relationship — where she's more in her masculine, and he's more in his feminine. This can be a painful place to be. Both people suffer.
And the path back is not necessarily what you'd think. For example, men say, "I’ve been doing everything to please my partner, and it just seems to make it worse … " because as it turns out, pleasing and appeasing her doesn't actually generate polarity.
Or they say, "It's not exactly that there's something wrong, but we're not having sex. We watch movies, we go on walks, we get along … but we don't have that spark."
Here we talk about polarity, what it looks like when it's going well, what it looks like when it's not, and how to regenerate it when it's lost. Whether you're in a dating relationship or married, if you've ever experienced losing that erotic charge in your relationship and you didn't know how to get it back, this is one to listen to.
Memorable quotes from this episode:
- "I wanted to do the right thing in my relationship, but I didn't know how. I was close to giving up. Shutting down. Pulling away."
- "Those feelings, that desire … there’s something enlivening when we feel our partner wanting us."
- "We are slowly becoming the couple we dreamed about when we were dating."