True Freedom Creates Real Love – Bodhi Aldridge

True Freedom is what allows us to have real love and supportive, healthy relationships. But freedom can be confusing when it’s seen as an external rather than an internal quest. Today’s guest talks about the surprising connection between freedom and commitment, and how you can be free in romantic relationships.

True Freedom Creates Real Love: Show Notes

Freedom is an important value people talk about in coaching sessions. And it’s not always easy to figure out how to feel free while dating, or in a romantic relationship.

Freedom is not just about being able to do what you want, when you want, with who you want. That kind of freedom can erode trust and create disconnection.

True freedom is different, and it’s often more internal than external.

Erich Fromm, a well-known German psychologist born in 1900, wrote many books, one of them called: Escape from Freedom. His theory was that there are two kinds of freedom — Freedom From and Freedom To. He describes “Freedom from” as the absence of obstacles or constraints to one’s own action. And by contrast, “freedom to” is the possibility to autonomously determine and achieve individual or collective purposes.

The freedom to be yourself, and to create and co-create experiences that are meaningful to you is something most of us can’t do without. But how do we do that and stay connected with another person who is also doing this?

Today’s Practicing Love podcast guest, Bodhi Aldridge, is a coach and consultant who works to help people find true freedom and have a profound impact. He is both practical and spiritual. He has worked with leaders at Google, Amazon, Netflix, Goldman Sachs and more.

In our rich and heartfelt conversation we discussed:

• The pain of recreating patterns with a partner that we had with our mom, dad, or parenting figure
• What happens when a partner doesn’t feel seen or valued and how to shift that
• The roles we can unconsciously fall into that create drama — the victim, hero, and villain
• The power of allowing your partner to call you into a more mature version of yourself
• The parts of the hero’s journey: wake up, clean up, grow up, show up, open up
• What it’s like to have a relationship where the divine masculine and feminine are embodied
• How to access true freedom through commitment
• One of the fastest ways to come back to each other when you disconnect from someone you care about
• Creating authentic relationships

Bodhi is a deep hearted, inspiring man who does the work in his relationship to become reverent and intimate with his wife. I highly recommend listening to this episode. And if you want more of Bodhi, check out our Man Alive podcast on where to find true freedom!

If you have topics you’d like covered, or aha’s from listening to these episodes, I’d love to hear them!

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Bodhi guides impactful leaders worldwide on their quest to true freedom. He is on a mission to lead those entangled in life’s complexities toward genuine connection and profound impact. His core philosophy asserts that “everyone has magnificence within them – it just has to be remembered.” He has worked with leaders at Google, Amazon, Netflix, Goldman Sachs and more.

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