What if heartbreak and loss didn’t have to define you — but instead became the gateway to the life you were meant to live?

On this episode of Love, Uncensored, Henry and Terrin sit down with global R&B artist Raphael Shawan (Tweet of Next.)

What he reveals about identity, integrity, spirituality, grief, heartbreak, and self-love will change everything.

Raphael walked away from a 26-year global career, ended an 11-year relationship on February 9, and chose 200 days of radical isolation — not to hide, but to heal.

We dive into the real work of choosing yourself: the brutal honesty, the sacred isolation, the tiny rituals that expand your capacity to receive love rather than demand it.

We discussed:

• How to stop recreating old patterns of self-victimhood
  
  

• A simple self-love routine that actually works (and sticks)
  
  

• The fastest way to expand your capacity to receive love
  
  

• How to reframe “heartbreak” so your pain stops owning you
  
  

• Why isolation can be preservation (and when to do the opposite)

• How to stop playing three lives (public/private/secret) and live one aligned life
  
  

• Practical ways to set boundaries that protect your energy and attract reciprocity

• The TEA of manifestation: Thoughts, Emotions, Actions (and when the action is “do nothing”)

This is an honest conversation about what it actually takes to rebuild a life that feels true.

It’s about choice, discipline, and the daily practices that produce a different future.

If you’ve ever wondered how someone walks away from everything that “worked” for them and then becomes more alive and aligned than ever — this episode shows you how it happens, step by step.

Enjoy the episode!

Chapters

01:07 — 200 days of isolation

06:33 — The 3 lives: public, private, secret

10:27 — Who am I without this role? Get loving clarity on your identity

14:32 — Manifestation TEA: What it stands for
17:49 — How to actually love yourself (the answer’s not what you think!)
22:58 — Choosing alignment over searching; not needing anyone
28:45 — Grief & presence: love survives the body

31:26 — Emotion vs. being owned by emotion: the powerful difference

39:47 — After betrayal: two paths to choose from

45:57 — Do the inner work before meeting the right partner

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