Adulting Conversations With The Jesses

In order to be intimate with another, you have to be vulnerable. While vulnerability can be challenging at times, it creates a deeper dimension in relating where another layer of connection that is non-verbal. Intimacy is many things and is multifaceted. With patience, it can be cultivated and nurtured in a variety of ways. Here's our perspective on the subject. What does intimacy mean to you?

Have you ever wondered what makes the 'quality' in quality time? We spend so much time and effort trying to create moments and spaces for this much needed aspect in our relationships. What if it was never as complicated as we have made it? In this episode, we tackle what quality time is and how we can make room for it in the relationships that matter the most to us.

About that argument, that fight, that disagreement... the day you were sure it was over... or perhaps the day it ended. What could you have done differently? Did you really need to say that thing? Could you have said it differently? Sometimes we say things that we wish we could take back, but the words cannot be unspoken. While we may not always agree on every last thing, we can find a way to navi...

There's a bit of a science to relationships. They have a general natural progression. While technology may play a role in how we interact, the natural core mechanisms of how humans connect by and large remain the same. If you understood this science, if you understood the progression, would it change how you see relationships? Would it affect how you walked into relationships? Would it change...

So, now that we have a general understanding of what a cornerstone relationship is and what a capstone relationship is, have you figured out how you relate? What if you are a capstone and your partner is a cornerstone, or vice versa? How does that play out in real time? This is what this conversation is about. So take a seat, because this is going to be interesting.

Did you know that people commit to relationships based on their life priorities? Have you ever dated someone who did not seem to want to commit, often being referred to as a commitment phobe? Have you dated someone who seemed overcommitted even before y'all got to really know each other, making you wonder what the rush is all about? Things are not always what they seem. In this episode we disc...

Why do you want to be in a relationship? Is it peer pressure? Is it family pressure? Is it societal pressure? Is it a life goal? In this episode we talk about the different reasons we may have for getting into relationships to determine if it is a need to fit in, an escape from societal pressure, or genuine desire.