Ep. 18 - Celebrating 4 Years of Love and Partnership w/ Obie Chinemere

Elyse Preston: [00:00:00] Hello and welcome to Be More Connected. I'm your host, Elyse Preston. This podcast is a place where we explore how to center meaningful connection as our most valuable resource in a changing and challenging world. Understanding that we are each uniquely powerful beings with a role to play in the collective shifts happening on the planet at this time.

And our ability to lead and thrive depends on how well we care for nourish and honor, D, innate value, wisdom, and beauty within ourselves, each other, the natural world and the divine. Thank you so much for being here. I can't wait to dive in with you.

Elyse Preston: Hello everyone and welcome back to the Be More Connected [00:01:00] podcast. Today I invite you to get comfy and grab a snack. We have a very special Valentine's Day episode where I brought on my partner Obie for a deep and intimate look inside our relationship and how we've been growing and evolving together. if you are listening to this episode on the day that it airs, our four year anniversary is actually taking place tomorrow, which feels like a really significant milestone for both of us because this relationship is four times longer

than any previous relationship that either of us have been and in this episode we share a lot

We share about how we met. We talk about our first few dates and how they actually didn't go very well. And we talk about [00:02:00] the ways that our differences spark growth in each other, but I think that my favorite moments in this episode were when we shared the most challenging aspects of being in a relationship with each other and our favorite parts of being in a relationship with each other. as I was listening back to this episode and. You know, doing the editing, I was realizing like, wow, this is, this is definitely one of my favorite episodes of the podcast so far just

such a great conversation and I really loved some of the questions that Obie just came up with on the fly. I feel like we had a. Rhythm and flow and um, yeah, it just got me thinking that it might be great to bring him back for another episode. So let me know, keep me posted what you guys think about that. And if you enjoyed [00:03:00] this episode and gain value from it, please, please

share it with a friend. And also feel free to reach out and let me know which moments resonated most with.

And now shifting gears to talk about this week's Black History Month highlight. So this week I was deeply inspired by Maryam Hasnaa. Maryan is an intuitive, a channel, an energy healer, and a lover of all things that create a feeling. Being deeply connected to something bigger, which you all know is exactly what I love, and I've followed Miriam for many years and been so supported by her writing and her teachings and this week she did a two-part episode on the Almost 30 Podcast, which was really [00:04:00] powerful. And in part one, the conversation focused mainly on subtle energy and boundaries. And part two was all about love templates for the new age. And my intuitive sensitive soul absolutely loves geeking out on conversations. Like those. And I felt so inspired by the energy mastery and just clear boundaries and clear communication that Miriam was really embodying, as she was sharing on the episode. And. For me, it, it just got me really excited about continuing to hone my own intuitive giftsand energy mastery, and I wanted to share one of my favorite moments from the part two episode that felt really aligned with this conversation that I [00:05:00] had with Obie on the podcast today. on the episode, Miriam talks about the fact that when you are truly in collaboration and truly in union, you are being your full, authentic self, and the other person is being their full, authentic self, there's always going to be tensions and contradictions that arise in that that tension is what actually gives birth to healing and to new creations. And she noted that we often view tension as something that is

only negative, when in fact, when welcomed and worked with collaboratively, tension can actually be life giving and creative, and help us to understand ourselves in the world differently This. This is just a message that I [00:06:00] absolutely loved receiving this week and feel like this is something that I've been experiencing in my relationship with Obie, and it feels really clarifying

to have language to talk about that experience. So will definitely be linking up. Miriam's website, Instagram, and also these Almost 30 episodes that really felt nourishing for me this week. And that is all that I have for you folks for, for the intro for today. So I really, really hope you enjoy this conversation. Remember to follow the podcast on your favorite podcast player and leave a rating and review.

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