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Podcast: The Intimate Marriage Podcast, with Intimacy Coach Alexandra Stockwell, MD
Episode: 98. How Masculine-Feminine Polarity Teachings Undermine Intimacy
Description: Implementing masculine and feminine polarity teachings prohibits the cultivation of uncompromising intimacy, because they place you in a particular role that inhibits the expression who you really are. This is an outdated view on relationships and ultimately undermines the idea that the tension between "masculine" and "feminine" ways of being creates erotic chemistry in a relationship. This usually is understood to mean that having a man embody masculine energy and a woman embody feminine energy (in a heteronormative relationship) will result in a wonderful marriage. It's far more important to focus on your own authenticity and self-expression, rather than t...