Inside Relationships
Season 1 Episode: 6Special guest Russell talks about his experience and challenges after being placed in more than 30 foster homes.
David facilitates in-depth discussion around how the foster system affected Russell’s adult relationships; positive and not so good.
David discusses how you form relationships when you are removed from your parents as an infant?
How do you recognise and break the cycle of abuse when you have grown up in a difficult environment with complex trauma?
Longer term impacts on trust and not understanding love.
What happens when you can't tell people what happened to you or how you feel.
How the body processes emotion and how to address the past
The difference between suppressing feelings and expressing feelings.
How do you forgive? How important is love for healing? How do you develop trust? How do you repair broken relationships?
More Episodes:
David and Debra talk with special guest Andre about the extremes of trust required in a BDSM lifestyle.
The team break-down the concept of trust and discuss what comprises trust; including the importance of checking for ongoing consent.
Is there such a thing as complete trust?
What happens when trust is broken and where is the line for this?
How important are limits and boundaries when it comes to trust?
How important is communication for trust?
Can emotion be an obstacle for trust?
Andre gives examples based on his experience of Polyamorous relationships and Andre shares his trust checklist.
David simplifies boundaries with the 4 golden rules of boundary setting. Discussion ensues around what is the difference between boundaries and limits? How important is it to know your partner’s boundaries? The team also discusses verbal boundaries vs non-verbal boundaries, sticking to what you say, silence as a boundary and how clear boundaries help support long-term relationships.
Being in the industry of wedding photography (and married!), the team thought what better person to discuss commitment with than Jasmin of Whately photography!
The episode discusses ‘what does commitment really mean?’, as well as the different stages of commitment and the reasons why we commit. How seriously do people take commitment?
Also, how do we begin a conversation with our partner around commitment, especially if they are adverse to commitment?
Do we have to put in less or more as the years go by?
What are the levels some people will go to for commitment?
All these questions, answers and more.