The Amoraea Podcast

Is your Enneagram type connected to your soul? In Part 2, the conversation moves from psychology into spirituality — exploring the “Soul Child,” ego formation, attachment styles, and whether love can ever be engineered by an algorithm. Stephanie explains the deeper spiritual dimension of the Enneagram, including integration lines, sacred geometry, and why growth involves reclaiming your lost essen...

Can the Enneagram actually predict relationship success? In Part 1 of this deep-dive conversation, I sit down with Stephanie Davis, an Enneagram teacher with over 36 years of experience, to explore what the Enneagram really reveals about compatibility, attraction, and long-term growth. Is there a “best type” for you to marry?  Are some Enneagram pairings doomed?  Does trauma create your type — or...

In this episode of the Amoraea Podcast, I sit down with women’s dating coach and somatic facilitator Lauren Salon to explore the real truth about masculine and feminine energy in modern relationships. Why are so many successful women struggling in dating? Is the “boss babe” mentality empowering… or sabotaging polarity? Are men becoming too feminine — and women too masculine? Lauren breaks down how...

In this episode of the Amoraea Podcast, Matt sits down with professional astrologer Alex, also known as The Astrologer Royale , for a deep dive into astrology, relationships, archetypes, and compatibility. With 20 years of experience rooted in Sumerian, Hellenistic, and Hermetic astrology, Alex explains why sun signs are only scratching the surface — and how Venus, Mars, the Sun, and the Moon actu...

In this episode, I sit down with Michael Tiano, an Expanded States Guide and retreat facilitator, to explore masculinity, emotional intelligence, polarity, and the healing power of men’s work. Michael breaks down the difference between therapy, coaching, and guiding, and explains how expanded states of consciousness, including breathwork, meditation, and plant medicine, can reveal unconscious patt...

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Dory Gatter, a psychotherapist and relationship coach with over 30 years of experience, for a deep and grounded conversation about attachment styles, emotional safety, intimacy, and healing relational wounds. We explore why so many people unknowingly repeat the same relationship patterns, why independence can be a trauma response, and how true interdependence cre...

In this episode, I’m joined by Holly Nelson, a licensed professional counselor and sex therapist, for an honest, grounded conversation about sex, consent, pleasure, and nervous-system safety. We unpack why so many couples struggle with sex — not because of desire, but because of pressure, performance, and unrealistic expectations shaped by porn and poor sex education. Holly explains why orgasms ca...

In this episode, I sit down with Devora Brinkerhoff, creator of Soul Portraits, a powerful creativity-based healing process that helps people release trauma stored in the body — not the mind. Devora shares how traditional talk therapy often fails to reach the root of trauma because lived experiences are not stored cognitively, but somatically. Through personal materials like letters, photos, scree...

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Deb Miller, a licensed professional counselor with over 30 years of experience, to explore one of the most difficult — and misunderstood — relationship ruptures: infidelity. Dr. Miller, author of More Than Sorry: Five Steps to Deepen Your Apology After You’ve Committed Infidelity , shares a grounded, compassionate framework for repairing trust after betrayal —...

In this episode, I’m joined by Harmony (Doc Harmony) — relationship coach, educator, and founder of The Queen Circle — for a candid, passionate conversation about modern relationships, feminine leadership, and why so many couples lose polarity over time. Harmony shares her personal evolution after 24 years of marriage, including how shifting from control, criticism, and entitlement into appreciati...

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Eric Fitz, psychologist, former professor, and author of The Better Man , for a deep and grounded conversation about consent, masculinity, rejection, and what actually creates attraction and intimacy. We explore why scripts, pickup lines, and surface-level confidence techniques fail — and how true consent is not about “getting a yes,” but about mutual desire, a...

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Bonnie Comfort, psychologist, author, and relationship expert, for an honest and wide-ranging conversation about long-term relationships, sexual conflict, emotional expression, and modern intimacy. Dr. Comfort shares why she chose to write a deeply personal memoir about her own marriage — including sexual challenges — and why she believes long-term relationships...

In this episode, I sit down with Diane, a licensed mental health therapist with over 25 years of experience working with individuals and couples, to explore why relationships break down even when people “know better.” Diane introduces the concept of brain hijack—the moment when the nervous system shifts into survival mode and overrides logic, communication skills, and good intentions. We unpack wh...

In this episode, I sit down with Jason Lange from Evolutionary Men for a powerful conversation on masculinity, embodiment, dating, and modern relationships. Jason shares his personal journey from intense anxiety around women, sexual disconnection, and late dating experiences to becoming a men’s coach and embodiment facilitator working with men around intimacy, polarity, and emotional leadership. W...

In this episode, I’m joined by Valerie Green , a relationship coach with over 20 years of experience helping people attract, sustain, and reignite lasting love. We dive deep into attachment theory , insecure attachment styles, and why conflict in relationships is almost never about the surface issue. Valerie explains how attachment functions as both a belief system and a skillset , and how childho...

In this episode, I sit down with Rachel Lieberman, a leading Human Design educator and author of A Modern Guide to Human Design , for a deep, practical conversation about burnout, inner authority, relationships, AI, and living your design in the real world. Rachel shares how corporate burnout led her to Human Design, why Generators and Manifesting Generators struggle most when misaligned, and how...

In this episode, I sit down with Carrie Green, a licensed marriage and family therapist and clinical sex therapist with over 20 years of experience, for an honest, grounded conversation about sex, shame, communication, kinks, and intimacy in long-term relationships. We explore why so many couples struggle to talk about sex, how cultural and religious conditioning creates lasting sexual shame, and...

In this episode, I’m joined by Cameron, a transformational coach and artist, for a deep, grounded conversation about self-connection, somatic healing, and conscious relationships. We explore how intimacy starts inside the body, not just in communication skills. Cameron breaks down how Internal Family Systems (IFS) “parts” show up in relationships, how trauma lives somatically, and why resistance,...

In this episode, I sit down with Shelly, a men’s dating coach who helps guys understand women, build real confidence, and stop getting wrecked by chronically-online dating advice. We break down why the “6-6-6” myth (height, money, status) is massively oversimplified, what women actually mean when they say they want safety, and how attraction is built through presence, momentum, and calibrated vuln...

In this episode, I’m joined by Mandy, a certified sex and relationship coach, for an honest, nuanced conversation about sexual desire, shame, fantasies, communication, and self-connection. Mandy shares how her coaching path began organically through years of answering sex-related questions online, eventually leading to professional certification and a full-time practice. We explore why connection...

In this episode, I sit down with Merilee(also known as “Solana”) for a deep conversation about love, ego, trust, boundaries, and what it means to live from virtue in relationships. Merilee shares why she identifies as a “child of the Most High,” how she received the name “Solana,” and why she believes most people misunderstand love because they’ve never learned how to define it beyond culture, emo...

In this episode, I sit down with Lexi Faith an intuitive Vedic astrologer, expressive arts therapist, and lifelong mystic whose journey started before she could even speak. Raised in a Chinese Buddhist temple in New York, Lexi was surrounded by tarot, astrology, meditation, and spiritual teachings from childhood. Today she blends Vedic astrology, tantra, yogic practice, and intuitive work to help...

In this episode, intimacy coach Claudia Scarlet breaks down the real reasons sexual connection is so hard today. We explore feminine safety, masculine insecurity, intergenerational trauma, porn conditioning, emotional numbness, and why women shut down right when men think things are going well. Claudia explains how women can rebuild sensitivity, how men can cultivate presence, how to handle a woma...

In this episode, I sit down with bestselling author and women’s dating coach Elena McKenzie to unpack the real reasons modern dating feels impossible. Elena shares her “rags to riches” dating story—from a decade of casual situationships to becoming magnetic, confident, and happily married—and explains why both men and women are struggling in today’s dating landscape. We break down feminine energy,...

In this episode, I sit down with intimacy guide and vulnerability coach Rina Trevi to explore what real intimacy feels like in the body and how conscious touch transforms relationships from the inside out. We talk about shibari (the Japanese art of tying) not as a kink, but as a tool for emotional honesty, nervous-system safety, and deep connection. Rina explains why attunement matters more than t...