Michaela Boehm is an internationally recognized expert in intimacy and sexuality, combining her psychological background with yogic arts. In their engaging conversation, they delve into how grief shapes relationships and the importance of emotional openness. Michaela shares transformative experiences around loss, highlighting community support and personal coping mechanisms. The duo explores the intricate ties between grief and intimacy, advocating for authentic self-expression and practical exercises like eye gazing to deepen connections.
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Life-Changing Losses
Michaela Boehm lost her teaching partner and her house within ten years.
These losses changed her perspective on life, death, and human resilience.
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Embracing Grief
Fully experiencing grief, though painful, can lead to better decisions and resilience.
Suppressing grief can lead to harmful numbness and poor choices.
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Dealing with Others' Grief
People project their own inability to cope with death and loss onto others.
Learning to deal with others' grief is a crucial skill.
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I'm in the thick of editing my book, so I wanted to reconnect with one of our most popular episodes ever. This was such a good conversation! Michaela and I covered a TON of ground; everything from grief's role in relationships to anal sex (yup). This was originally recorded around May 2020, so it's also an interesting sort of time capsule.
Michaela Boehm teaches and counsels internationally as an expert in intimacy and sexuality. Born and raised in Austria, Michaela combines her background in psychology and extensive clinical experience with her in-depth training in the yogic arts as a classical Kashmiri Tantric lineage holder into a unique offering of experiential learning. She is passionate about teaching skills that enhance deep intimacy, lasting attraction, and give each participant the tools for full embodiment and capacity. Michaela also traveled and co-taught with David Deida for 13 years. Michaela teaches women’s workshops, intimacy intensives for men and women and offers mentorships and relationship counseling. She lives and teaches on a small organic farm in Ojai, California where her land and animals inspire her clients to reconnect intimately with themselves and others.