In this episode, Steve and I sit down to share a conversation we’ve been having privately for a while now — about the importance of true support in a relationship, especially when one person is going through a season of deep inner change.
Right now, Steve is in the thick of that kind of season. He’s been in deep contemplation about his life, his family, and what’s shaped him without even realising it. A huge part of that has been facing the generational impact of his family being murdered in Auschwitz. For so long, without even connecting the dots, he’s been carrying this invisible weight — the need to accumulate, achieve, control, and “secure” everything in his life as a way of trying to feel safe. But no matter how much he had… the safety never fully landed.
And that’s what’s starting to unravel now.
What we speak to in this episode is what it takes to hold space for each other when one of you is falling apart in the best possible way. Not fixing. Not rescuing. Not getting impatient or making it mean something about you. Just staying soft, curious, steady.
Steve shares how much it’s meant to him to feel met in this space — to not be rushed, or judged, or told how to move through it. And I speak honestly about what it’s like on the other side — to stay grounded in love and let someone evolve in front of you without needing to shape the outcome.
This one’s tender. Real. And a reminder that love doesn’t always look like doing something big — sometimes it’s in the quiet, consistent choice to just be there.
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