That’s So Intimate

We're loving this 17th‑century word: Velleity — a wish so faint it never moves toward action. We talk about how that tiny, hovering longing shows up in our lives: the dreams we tuck away (moving cities, learning a language, writing a book, mending a relationship) and the reasons why we don’t go after them — fear, timing, tenderness, the cost of grief, or simply not wanting to give something up. We...

**Get Outside Challenge** Spring is here and Bryan & I want to invite you into something delightfully simple yet sooo rewarding: 20 minutes outside daily for 30 days. No pressure, no perfection — just showing up to feel the sun, breathe the air, listen to water, and notice how you shift. Whether you live near a rushing river, a small patch of grass, or just a sunny driveway, this challenge is...

Hey friends — what are you grateful for? We'd love to hear from you, our beloved listeners. Even in these difficult times gratitude can be found in the small luxuries, nature's beauty, and kind gestures. In this episode Bryan and I sit by the fire and get honest about gratitude: what it really means, why it’s more than a feel-good platitude, and how it rewires our nervous systems and relationships...

The tension you're feeling is real. I like to call it the Enough Paradox and it is pervasive in our culture - both feeling inadequate (a question of worthiness - 'Am I enough?') and having far too much on our plate (the feeling of overwhelm - 'I've had enough!').  Can you relate? In this episode we unpack that heavy little word—enough. Is it the quiet contentment of having what we need, or the sha...

Join us this week for an AWEsome episode where Bryan and I lean into the wonderous emotion of awe. Awe is that whoa-feeling when something vast shows up and your whole world has to stretch to make room for it. Psychologists call it vastness + accommodation — you meet something bigger than yourself, you feel small, then you reorganize and somehow feel a bit larger for having seen it. We riff on eve...

Welcome to That’s So Intimate. A podcast where we explore living well through deep, curious conversations. I’m Sarah, guide at Rad Intimacy, inviting you to remember your sacred self. I’m Bryan, guide at Sadhana Yoga School, where we share wisdom for life. Let’s get intimate. This week we unpack community — both the literal group of people who share a place, purpose, identity or experience, and th...

Have you ever been to a meeting, workshop, or dinner party where you felt extra safe, cared for, and able to be your full self? This likely didn't happen by accident, but because the host, leader, or facilitator thoughtfully prepared, consciously led, and made it possible for the magic of gathering to flourish. Bryan and I consider what it actually looks like to hold a space for others, whether th...

How are you at waiting calmly or allowing things to unfold as they will? Sometimes the pace of patience is excruciatingly slow and sometimes we lose our cool when stressors get high. In this episode Bryan and I dive into the last of our three P’s: Patience. We talk about what patience really is (hint: it’s not passive), why it’s both a virtue and a skill, and how it shows up in messy, real-life mo...

When is the last time you really played, just for play sake?  Play isn’t just a childhood luxury but a grown-up practice that sparks creativity, calms the nervous system, and opens us to deeper connection. Sarah and Bryan talk about the difference between unstructured play (think: a bucket and some balls, making up a game as you go) versus structured play (pickleball, salsa, a choreographed dance)...

What does it really mean to be present?  What would change if you treated your attention as the rare, unrepeatable gift it actually is? In this episode of That’s So Intimate, Sarah and Bryan slow things down and explore presence as more than paying attention. Presence is the ability to stay with what’s here — even when it’s uncomfortable, uncertain, or intense. Together, they unpack how presence s...

Drum roll please....today we finally announce our new project — Yoga, Earth, & Soul (or YES for short)! This conversation is part origin story, part love letter, and part invitation. Sarah & Bryan share how YES was born from a deep longing many of us feel — to live in harmony with ourselves, each other, the natural world, and spirit. Not as a trend. Not as a performance. But as a way of li...

In this episode we sink into a single beautiful word: harmony. We riff off Gandhi’s line about thoughts, words, and actions lining up, and then open into four directions of harmony: with yourself, with others, with nature, and with spirit. We talk real-life examples — not enough sleep, the loud inner critic, family dynamics, and what happens when ecosystems lose balance — to show how disharmony sh...

Do you identify a seeker? Or maybe you're pursuing a path of personal development? If there's a curious flame that lives inside you yearning for something more then take a listen to this episode. We lean into that yearning — the endless why that pushes some of us to question, wander, and learn. Sarah and Bryan unpack how seeking shows up in childhood, schooling, relationships, parenting, and spiri...

'No' is a complete sentence. But for many of us saying a calm, but confident 'no' can be a challenge. Today we’re digging into the small and empowering word: no. We talk about how no can be a boundary, a protection, a practice, and even the first step toward a truer, freer yes. We unpack what it means when a yes isn’t really a yes (you’re choosing the lesser of two bad options), and why real conse...

Have you said 'yes' when you didn't mean it or said 'yes' before you had the chance to really think about what it means for your life? 'Yes' is a deceptively simple word, yet more complex than it appears.  Turns out there's different flavors of 'yes': clean/uncomplicated, polite, fear-based, hopeful, and exhausted. So how can you slow down, listen to your body, and consult your values before decid...

It’s the Holiday Season and you’re probably seeing the word “joy” everywhere — on cards, in songs, in well-meaning wishes. In this episode we get curious about what joy really is: is it just a brighter form of happiness, or is it something deeper and steadier? We riff on Khalil Gibran’s beautiful line — “your joy is your sorrow unmasked” — and how the full range of our experience can actually expa...

Do you often consider your intention before doing things? In this episode we unpack what intention really means (the why behind what you do), how it’s different from goals or outcomes, and why it matters whether you’re setting an intention for yourself or for someone else. We talk about how intentions carry energy, how they can misalign with impact, and why checking that impact matters when you’re...

We're excited to announce our first guests on the podcast — my stepbrother Jimmy and his partner Jackie!! We an honest, beautiful conversation about what family actually is. It’s less about blood and more about who shows up: the people who hold you through grief, who make English muffins at dawn, or who fly across the country for chemo. Family came up as responsibility, duty, acceptance, and uncon...

Hi friends — the Holidays are here and we're unpacking one complicated (heavy, beautiful, messy??) word: family. Family used to mean the people you shared a household with or the descendants of a common ancestor. In recent history the definition has expanded to include chosen family, step family, friends, and more. In this episode we wander through all the definitions and what they actually feel l...

Hey friend — Welcome back to That's So Intimate.  We have a special treat for you - we're sharing our 10 Tips to survive and enjoy the Holiday Season. Are you familiar with the Holiday pressure cooker? If this time of year makes your chest tighten a little, this episode is like a warm hug. We share practical, gentle ways to move through the season with more calm, connection, and a lot less pressur...

Welcome back, dear listeners, to That's So Intimate. Bryan and I are back this week talking about the word generosity.  The who, what, and why of giving and all it's complexities. We start with the simple meaning of generosity: the act of giving more than what’s needed. But then we soften into the deeper layers — generosity as a flow of energy, a way of living from a sense of “there’s enough,” a p...

Welcome to That's So Intimate.  In this episode Bryan & I sit with the elusive, beautiful concept of time — what it is, how we feel it, and how it shapes the way we love, work, and live. We riff on definitions (is time the measure of existence?), physics (Einstein’s relativity), and how perception warps the moments — why a day can stretch or fly, why grief and reminders of mortality make time...

Welcome to That's So Intimate. I'm Sarah from RAD Intimacy and I'm Bryan from Sadhana Yoga School — we're back from a short break to sit with a word that quietly shapes our days: commitment. We trace it back to its Latin roots (to bring together, to entrust) and chat about how commitment is really devotion made visible — whether it’s to a person, a project, your morning practice, or to the way you...

Hey friend — today on That's So Intimate Bryan and I dig into the fiery topic of Passion. We open with Khalil Gibran: “Your reason and your passion are the rudder and sails of your seafaring soul,” and then wander into what passion really is: a fierce ache, a yearning, and yes, historically, a kind of suffering (passio). That history makes sense — sometimes wanting something deeply hurts — but pas...

Welcome back, dear listeners, to That's So Intimate. Today Bryan & I  unpack the big, often scary word: change — what it means, why we so often resist it, and how to move with it rather than against it. We talk about that familiar sting of the unknown, the comfort of stability, and why both safety and flow are essential for a healthy life. We wander through nature metaphors (seasons, strawberr...