At some point it happens. You say the wrong thing, they shut down, or maybe they didn't say anything at all.

But the air gets heavy. You feel the distance and something broke. And now you're both pretending it didn't.

That moment, that's a rupture. It's not a sign your relationship is doomed. It's a sign that your relationship is real.

Every meaningful connection comes with cracks, misunderstandings, missed cues, hurt feelings.

The question isn't, will there be a rupture, but will there be a repair?

Today we're diving into what happens when connection breaks and how healing it intentionally,

imperfectly, and bravely can actually bring you closer than before.

Next on the Almost Awakened podcast.

Healing begins in the body, but awakening touches everything.

Relationships, purpose, identity, pleasure, and truth.

Join Bill Reel and Teresa Hobbs as they explore the real work of becoming a healthier you.

Welcome to Almost Awakened. Welcome to another episode

of the Almost Awakened podcast. I'm one of your host, Bill Reel. And I am Teresa Hobbs. And today we're

talking about rupture and repair. So I'm going to put up on the screen, our slideshow for today.

Rupure and repair and relationships, all of us are in relationships.

Again, unless you're the rare person who hides themselves away and isn't interested in

human connection, the rest of us, the 99.999% of us are in relationships.

We're in relationships with coworkers, with parents, with kids,

with a romantic partner, friends, and all kinds of people. And in those relationships, we have,

it's just very natural for us to have rupture and repair. So I just want to define as we get

going here, rupture is any moment of disconnection, misunderstanding, conflict,

or emotional wounding. And repair, the other side of that, is the conscious process of

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