Sometimes, being in relationship feels heavier than doing it all on your own.

In this episode, Julie shares a raw revelation: while solo parenting her girls, managing sport schedules, interstate travel, and two national award wins — she realised that, in some ways, it actually felt easier than being in partnership.

We unpack why long-term relationships can feel harder than parenting solo, what this means for intimacy, and the practical ways couples can shift from tension and resentment into connection and play again.

In this episode we discuss:
- Solo time and the deep relishing of quiet space on your own.

- Balancing the perception that relationship should feel easier with the reality that partnership carries a cost and a toll.

- Navigating the constant negotiation of another person’s needs, parenting style, and household preferences.

- How different attachment styles can surface in different seasons of life and impact intimacy, closeness, and connection.

- Giving yourself permission to be brutally honest about your lived experience without guilt or shame.

- The power of sharing your truth with other women and normalising the nuance of different relationship structures.

- Exploring the impact of time apart — energetically, physically, and emotionally — and how it can shift dynamics inside partnership.

- Julie’s three award wins, including both national and international recognition, and how she managed to achieve them while solo-mumming.

Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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Your relationship is a living mirror — not just of your partner, but of the parts of yourself you’ve hidden, avoided, or outgrown. In this episode, we explore the conscious relational tools that don’t just keep your love alive, but help you grow as an individual within it. Because love isn’t something that just happens — it’s something we do, on purpose.

We’ll unpack how high-functioning burnout, stress, and survival mode quietly kill intimacy, why polarity and independence are essential for long-term desire, and how nervous system safety makes or breaks connection. You’ll learn how to meet your less-than-shiny parts with grace, soften into your body, and use repair and micro-moments to create real intimacy — not just surface communication.

This episode is a beautiful reminder that relationship is a practice, not a destination; and when you show up for it on purpose, it can be the most transformational path you ever walk.

In this episode, we explore:
- How conflict reveals your shadow…and what to do when it hurts
- The difference between a new wound and an old one that's just been triggered
- How to meet your ego with humility instead of defensiveness
- Why boundaries are an expression of self-respect, not punishment
- The link between the mother wound and burnout patterns in women
- Why arousal goes offline in survival, and how to know if it’s trauma or just your nervous system in overdrive
- The danger of “talking about” intimacy vs actually feeling it
- How micro-moments of touch, eye contact, or softening build more intimacy than long conversations
- Replacing blame with repair — how to rewire conflict into connection
- Understanding that most fights are a cry for closeness, not just logistics battles
- Why sameness kills desire, and how to reclaim the magnetic tension of your differences
- How to intentionally separate in order to reconnect (hint: space invites spark)
- Masculine and feminine energies as dynamics, not gender roles — and how to shift between them
- The beauty of solo time, soft embodiment, and surrender in building feminine energy
- Making peace with wanting to be cherished, protected, and desired — it doesn’t make you “too much”

Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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Everything you have right now was once a dream — the relationship, the home, the family, the love. But when life becomes a checklist and connection becomes transactional, we forget what we once longed for.

In this episode, we take you inside the three relationship habits we see drop off the most in long-term love — and why they’re the very glue that keeps desire, appreciation, and intimacy alive. This is your reminder that disconnection doesn’t mean you’re broken — it means the relationship is asking to evolve. And it starts with these three simple but powerful shifts.

In this episode we explore:
- Why appreciation is the gateway to desire…and what happens when admiration dies
- How to rewire resentment as a signal you're ready to share the load (instead of shouldering it all)
- Why prioritised time is the oxygen of intimacy; and how to stop waiting for it to appear
- The sneaky way we outsource validation when our partners stop seeing us
- How stagnation in your body becomes stagnation in your relationship
- Why "it's just easier to do it myself" becomes a prophecy of loneliness
- The real reason sex and intimacy start to feel like pressure

Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


Reach out to Bridget for 1:1 coaching - bridgetwood.life