In this solo episode, Anna Gouin examines how patriarchy shapes men's emotional lives — and the quiet cost it extracts from intimacy, vulnerability, and connection. She explores how patriarchal conditioning disconnects men from their feeling bodies, while also impacting women who long for emotional presence and integrity in relationships. Through reflections on accountability, self-awareness, and relational honesty, Anna invites listeners into deeper self-inquiry around their triggers, expectations, and patterns. This episode offers a compassionate yet unflinching look at what it takes to create real connection inside a patriarchal landscape.

Chapters

00:00 The Impact of Patriarchy on Men
16:21 The Emotional Disconnect in Masculinity
32:05 Navigating Relationships and Emotional Accountability
52:23 Intimacy and Self-Responsibility in Relationships

In this solo episode, Anna Gouin explores our relationship with emotions through the lens of embodiment, conditioning, and nervous-system awareness. She unpacks how many of us were never taught emotional literacy—and instead learned to suppress, intellectualize, or perform our feelings in order to stay safe, connected, or "good."

Anna examines how childhood conditioning shapes emotional overwhelm in adult relationships and offers a somatic reframe where emotions are met with curiosity and used as information, not problems to solve.

Chapters

00:00 Understanding Our Emotional Landscape
02:36 The Impact of Cultural Conditioning on Emotions
05:28 The Journey of Emotional Intimacy
07:46 Navigating Childhood Experiences and Emotional Responses
10:48 The Complexity of Emotional Literacy
12:54 The Role of Shame in Emotional Expression
15:58 The Importance of Emotional Repair
18:13 The Dangers of Cancel Culture
20:50 Reconnecting with Our Emotional Bodies
23:38 Untangling Coping Mechanisms
26:07 The Path to Emotional Freedom
31:03 Navigating Emotional Complexity
32:53 The Dynamics of Space in Relationships
35:40 Understanding Triggers and Past Experiences
37:23 The Importance of Presence and Authenticity
47:32 Embodiment and the Human Experience
59:40 Emotional Literacy and Self-Responsibility

In this intimate conversation, Anna Gouin and Wren Morrow explore Wren's journey from growing up within strict religious and purity-culture frameworks to reclaiming her body, creativity, and sensual expression as a boudoir photographer. Together, they unpack how body shame is conditioned, the importance of trusting desire as embodied intelligence, and the subtle power dynamics that shape gender roles in relationships. Wren shares reflections on the healing potency of female friendship, pleasure as a vital life force for women, and the grounding support of nature. The conversation weaves toward the art of boudoir photography as a reclamation practice—one that creates safety, agency, and space for women to be seen in their authentic sensuality.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background
01:18 Journey from Purity Culture to Boudoir Photography
03:39 Questioning Faith and Personal Identity
06:42 The Shift from External Validation to Internal Dialogue
09:44 Trusting Bodily Intuition and Female Empowerment
13:57 Breaking Free from Traditional Gender Roles
19:42 The Cost of Conformity and the Awakening
25:11 The Importance of Female Friendships and Support
33:20 The Burden of Unseen Needs
37:51 The Journey to Self-Acceptance
42:19 The Role of Boudoir Photography
48:13 Nature as a Healing Space
51:50 The Intersection of Fantasy and Reality