{"podcast":{"title":"Ink Speak with Maverick Malone","slug":"ink-speak-with-maverick-malone-6406875","podcast_index_feed_id":6406875,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/inkspeak/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.maverickmalone.com","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/inkspeak/20230530_020552_2169af1e3d44b299054f3cd6624746b0.jpg","author":"Maverick L. Malone","episode_count":62,"summary":"Ink Speak : A Podcast for Storytellers, Dreamers & Seekers Have you ever felt like there’s more to life than what you’re living? I did too, until I set fire to the life I thought I was supposed to have and chose myself instead. Once choice led to another and I crash landed here, to tell the story of the magic that happened along the way. I’m Maverick Malone ( @mavmalone )—author, poet, and spoken word artist—and this podcast is a space for everyone. Most podcasts teach, interview, or perform, but this one just lives. It's a podcast you step into. Ink Speak is where personal storytelling meets poetry, magic, and the raw human experience. Each episode feels like sitting down together in real time. Sometimes I’m in my backyard, sometimes I’m traveling, sometimes I’m in the middle of something I don’t fully understand yet. But wherever I am, you’re right there with me. Every episode begins with a poem or spoken word piece that sets the tone, then unfolds into raw, unfiltered storytelling—about love, loss, transformation, spirituality, and the in-between moments most people don’t share. This is a space for thinking differently, seeing your life from a new angle, and feeling a little le…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-06T12:19:02.371741+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ink-speak-with-maverick-malone-6406875"},"episode":{"title":"59. “Andrea Gibson says…” - On Unlearning Survival, Conscious Relationships & the Science & Evolution of Love","slug":"59-andrea-gibson-says-on-unlearning-survival-conscious-relationships-the-science-evolution-of-love","published_at":"2026-07-25T21:41:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ink-speak-with-maverick-malone-6406875/59-andrea-gibson-says-on-unlearning-survival-conscious-relationships-the-science-evolution-of-love","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ink-speak-with-maverick-malone-6406875","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/inkspeak/3022240","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/212166/3022240/inkspeak/2026_07_25_21_42_17_f2d6a656-e8e3-48ed-8782-268d403bc9fc.mp3","summary":"In this episode, we’re tearing down the myth that love inevitably loses its luster or that you have to choose between safe, comfortable stability and wild, passionate fire. This episode serves as a companion deep-dive and real-time context for my third book, From August to Aquarius , which chronicles this whole journey as it actually happened. Drawing from my own journey, one of staying in a 14-year codependent, survival-driven relationship to building a deeply secure, sacred partnership today, I share what happens when we step out of surviving and into thriving, by learning to save ourselves first. Relationships are mirrors, and if we want to call in a partner who is regulated, steady, and growth-oriented, we have to first embody those qualities ourselves and become our own safe container. Together, we'll dive into: The Metaphor of the Wild Horse: How healing happens incrementally when we stop running an underlying script of fear and allow a safe partner to stay present without forcing or shaming. The Neurochemistry of Safe Love: What actually happens in the brain and nervous system when hypervigilance turns off, cortisol drops, and oxytocin establishes a true feeling of \"home.\" Growing a Garden, Not Losing Passion: Why time doesn't dull a conscious connection and how we can expand and enrich it. Held vs. Beheld: The spiritual evolution of love, moving from simply being supported to being witnessed with the soul in pure awe and reverence. Messages of Encouragement & Hope: The truth about why love is powerful and how you can tap into that to build a more fulfilling life and connection with yourself. Magic is real, love is real, and it lives within us. 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