The Soul's Work Podcast

From the Abandonment Wound to Connection (Part 2) (with Steve LeBlanc)

Janice Ho Season 3 Episode 9

Janice and her guest (also dating partner) Steve LeBlanc get vulnerable chatting about how early abandonment trauma has impacted their later relationships and capacity for connection. In part 2 of their conversation, they dive into:

  • Integrating the inner work into relationships
  • Healing from infidelity
  • Steve’s greater self-awareness of his triggers in present-day situations
  • Experiencing secure attachment and freedom in a consensually non-monogamous relationship
  • Developing a safe container to be present (and just be) in the relationship
  • Healing sexual trauma and unlearning patterns in relationship
  • How Steve’s earlier sexual experiences led to repressing his needs and being performative in later relationships
  • The differences Steve has experienced between having sex with men versus women
  • A spontaneous, real-time moment of processing between Steve and Janice about Steve’s internalized belief that women don’t want him sexually
  • A mutually healing sexual experience between Janice and Steve
  • The need for both clear communication and an understanding of the nuanced power dynamics in heterosexual relationships
  • Steve’s understanding of his privileges and some ways he’s developed empathy
  • What Steve hopes for going forward with connection and love

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Janice is a therapist-in-training and not licensed to work with clients.

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