# #044 The Truth About Intimacy: Self-worth, Trauma, and Communication with Pauline Ryeland

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Podcast: [Sit Around the Fire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sit-around-the-fire-7092992)
Published: 2026-03-31T20:48:01+00:00
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## Resource

What if the biggest barrier to intimacy in your relationship isn’t your partner—but your relationship with yourself? In this powerful episode of Sit Around the Fire , host Ashlea Dillard sits down with Pauline Ryeland to explore the deeper psychology of relationships, intimacy, and connection. Together, they unpack how self-worth, communication patterns, trauma, and life transitions directly impact emotional and physical intimacy. This conversation dives into the foundations of conscious relating , highlighting how disconnection often stems from unresolved stress, past experiences, and nervous system dysregulation—not just surface-level relationship issues. Pauline shares her journey into sexual education and explains why understanding sexual energy as a life force is key to reclaiming connection, confidence, and fulfillment. You’ll learn how NLP, personal growth, and self-awareness can transform not only your relationship with your partner—but with yourself. Whether you’re navigating a long-term relationship, rebuilding intimacy, or seeking deeper emotional connection, this episode offers practical tools and mindset shifts to help you reconnect, communicate, and thrive. ✨ If you’ve ever felt disconnected, stuck, or unsure how to communicate your needs—this conversation is for you. relationships, intimacy, self-worth, communication in relationships, trauma and relationships, emotional connection, conscious relating, sexual energy, NLP, personal growth, relationship healing, reconnecting with partner, mental health and relationships, nervous system regulation, intimacy issues Self-worth and self-love are the foundation of healthy relationships and intimacy Emotional and physical intimacy start with connection to self Trauma and stress can silently disrupt communication…

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