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Why the Wrong Person Feels Like Home | Sheleana Aiyana

Explore episode Jun 26, 2026

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Conscious Couples Work: Therapy, Tantra, and Growing Together from Month Two

At 42:03 · chapter starts 36:17

Sheleana and Ben were engaged in couples therapy and tantra group work just two to three months into their relationship — a move Ben initially questioned given how new they were. Their Conscious Relationship Circle involved group shadow work and deep tantric exercises, creating a container of radical honesty from the very beginning. Sheleana argues that finding someone who is on the healing journey — rather than waiting until you are fully healed — is not only possible but optimal, provided both people can honestly say: here's my baggage, I see yours, I'm willing to work. Lewis echoes this from personal experience with his own partner Martha. The conversation pushes back on two cultural myths: the idea that 'real relationships should be easy' and the opposite overcorrection of radical self-sufficiency. The truth, both agree, lives in the middle — mutual willingness, shared accountability, and choosing each other through the inevitable difficulty.

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