052: Bringing Harmony Into Your Relationships with Alexandra Stockwell
Are you giving and receiving the intimacy and love that you desire from your relationships? Today I had the chance to speak with Alexandra Stockwell. Alexandra is a relationship and intimacy expert and author of Uncompromising Intimacy. We talk about getting in tune with your desires and the physical and emotional hallmarks that go along with those desires. She shares her advice on relationships including what you should do if you aren’t getting the support you wish for from your partner. She also details how to get comfortable with asking for what you want and need from your relationships. This conversation is full of so much wisdom to help nurture and develop both romantic and non-romantic relationships.
What’s in this episode:
How Alexandra crafts a life she loves through relationships
Navigating true fulfillment and her idea of success
Honoring your feelings and paying attention to your desires
The 4 basic feelings that we have and deciphering where you are on the spectrum
Bringing your attention to the physical and emotional hallmarks that are associated with your desires
Her advice for someone who feels motivated to create but gets bogged down by their do list
What you can do when you feel a feeling that you don’t want to have
Her advice for someone who isn’t getting support from their partner
Why Alexandra doesn’t believe that compromise is needed for a great relationship
Getting more confident and comfortable with asking for what you want
Why you have to practice self-love and take care of yourself
Bringing flirtatiousness into your relationships
How Alexandra feels about balance and why she prefers harmony instead
What she says to people who have a difficult time recognizing the difference between doing and being
How she came about writing her book, Uncompromising Intimacy
How learning to be fully yourself in day to day life contributes to better intimacy
About Alexandra:
Alexandra Stockwell, MD is a Physician turned Relationship and Intimacy Expert who believes the key to passion, fulfillment, and intimacy isn’t compromise--it’s being unwilling to compromise.
A wife of 24 years and mother of four, Alexandra guides men and women towards the freedom to be themselves because it’s when we feel loved for who we are that our relationships become juicy, nourishing, and deeply satisfying.
Through Conscious Partnerships, she helps couples infuse pleasure and purpose into all aspects of life—from the daily grind of running a household, to clear and intimate communication, to ecstatic experiences in the bedroom!
Connect with Alexandra:
Website | Instagram | Facebook
Links:
Craft a Life You Love: Infusing Creativity, Fun & Intention into Your Everyday by Amy Tangerine
Uncompromising Intimacy by Alexandra Stockwell
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