Adulting Conversations With The Jesses

Intimacy

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?

Quality Time

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.

Conflict Resolution

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 navigate the difficult conversations and the situations that create hurt. In this conversation we shall be addressing how to navigate arguments, disagreements and those epic fights, so that we come out on the other side with our dignity still intact.

The Relationship Graph: How Relationships Progress Over Time

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 how you managed disagreements or handled conflict? This conversation is about how relationships develop over time. Do you agree? Do you have a different perspective? Share with us in the comments section.

EP3 | Part 2 | Relational Dynamics of Cornerstone & Capstone Relationships

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.