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Episode 7: Reassurance Is Not Intimacy

8 min · 7 de ene de 2026
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Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2541501/fan_mail/new] A lot of people don’t actually want intimacy. They want reassurance. In this episode of Unbuttoned, Dorian breaks down the difference between emotional comfort and real closeness, why reassurance gets mistaken for connection, and how people stay emotionally nearby without ever stepping forward. This conversation is about presence, responsibility, and learning to stop negotiating with inconsistency. Calm clarity isn’t cold. It’s information.

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