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BY MARTINA HUGHES & ROD GORDON

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Relationship

 Explore how you can move from relationship conflict to relationship ecstasy

Sacred Intimacy

Discover Tantric principles that will support your awakening

Women's Work

Embody feminine qualities to create the love and intimacy you desire

Men's Work

Discover your masculine qualities and be the man you want to be

Inner Healing

 Learn to transform the obstacles that inhibit love and trust

Parenting Teens

Guide teens towards a healthy foundation for future intimacy

Our Journey

How Martina & Rod navigate life with profound intimacy

Relationship
What Creates a Thriving Relationship?

What Creates a Thriving Relationship?

Martina Hughes
Sep 09, 2021

Does your relationship fuel you both, or does it deplete you?

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Sometimes Love is Messy

Sometimes Love is Messy

Martina Hughes
Mar 12, 2021

Our humanity includes all - the beautiful and the messy, the graceful and the clumsy, the chaotic and the organised.

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How Intimate Relationships Can Nourish Inner Healing

How Intimate Relationships Can Nourish Inner Healing

Martina Hughes
Mar 12, 2021

It is possible to use the clumsy, awkward, and messy moments in our relationship as opportunities to grow.

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Separating From Family Members

Separating From Family Members

Martina Hughes
Jan 07, 2016

Is separation necessary to break the cycles of heartbreak, overwhelm and disappointment?

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Why are Intimate Relationships so Hard?

Why are Intimate Relationships so Hard?

Rod Gordon
May 10, 2023

There is a reason why relationships are so challenging, triggering and at times infuriating. 

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Sacred Intimacy
Transforming Sexual Shame

Transforming Sexual Shame

Martina Hughes
Oct 30, 2020

When sexual shame has been addressed, it is possible to experience a whole new quality of love, freedom and aliveness.

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The Magnificence Of Touch Without Agenda

The Magnificence Of Touch Without Agenda

Martina Hughes
Feb 09, 2017

What happens when touch has no agenda? When touch is intended for the person to feel love and to embrace their own magnificence?

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Women's Work
Does Expressing Your Feelings Lead To Disagreement?

Does Expressing Your Feelings Lead To Disagreement?

Martina Hughes
Jun 22, 2021

3 things can turn your arguments around into deeper, more intimate experiences, where you feel seen, felt, and he

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The Vulnerability of Being Seen

The Vulnerability of Being Seen

Martina Hughes
Jun 23, 2021

Being fully seen in an intimate relationship can be incredibly liberating and expansive.  

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5 Reasons Why Self-Love Can Be Elusive

5 Reasons Why Self-Love Can Be Elusive

Martina Hughes
Mar 11, 2020

The path of love is not a “one size fits all” experience.

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Why Criticism Never Works In Relationships

Why Criticism Never Works In Relationships

Martina Hughes
Jun 16, 2021

How can we truly inspire a man to be his best version of himself?

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Men's Work
Seeing Your Woman

Seeing Your Woman

Rod Gordon
Feb 25, 2021

Encourage her emotional expression, and when it comes, ask for more.

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How Do Men Navigate Sexual Desire?

How Do Men Navigate Sexual Desire?

Martina Hughes
Feb 17, 2022

A man with a healthy expression of his sexual energy uses this desire to fuel his sense of purpose, direction and vision for life.

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Being A Man

Being A Man

Rod Gordon
Sep 02, 2020

I saw a lack of leadership and direction around how to be a man, so I discovered solutions, and have transformed my relationships.

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What Holds Men Back from the Freedom of Healthy Masculinity

What Holds Men Back from the Freedom of Healthy Masculinity

Rod Gordon
Feb 13, 2022

Being in touch with feminine energy does not hold a man back or make him less of a man - it makes him a great man.

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Inner Healing
Permission to Feel: An Exquisite Gift

Permission to Feel: An Exquisite Gift

Martina Hughes
Jul 07, 2021

Resisting our feelings keeps them stuck in our bodies, however when we allow them to be expressed, they can serve us beyond what we can imagine.

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Who To Believe? Magical Thinking vs Alchemy

Who To Believe? Magical Thinking vs Alchemy

Martina Hughes
Jan 28, 2016

Alchemy is grounding, embodied, and gives people permission to be themselves without clinging onto a teacher or a path as the answer.

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Releasing Control

Releasing Control

Martina Hughes
Nov 27, 2014

Anytime I attempt to hold onto anything, life does a quick and unexpected reshuffle. Sometimes I surrender gracefully and sometimes I fight.

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Embody Your Full Range Of Feelings & Desires

Embody Your Full Range Of Feelings & Desires

Martina Hughes
Jun 30, 2021

I was terrified of being seen for who I truly am, and yet so desperately wanting to be seen for who I truly am and how I feel...

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Parenting Teens
What is Healthy Sexuality?

What is Healthy Sexuality?

Martina Hughes
Oct 02, 2018

What if we were taught that pleasure and sensation and sexual energy are beautiful aspects of life to be treasured and embodied?

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Shame Is Never The Answer 

Shame Is Never The Answer 

Martina Hughes
May 12, 2021

Imagine having conversations with teenage boys where they are not demonised for their sexuality or gender? We would create more loving, sensitive and aware young men.

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What Age Is Too Soon? Teen Girls & “The Conversation”

What Age Is Too Soon? Teen Girls & “The Conversation”

Martina Hughes
Apr 21, 2021

Often waiting until the teen is ready, means that the conversation doesn’t happen until after the teenager is already sexually active.

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Getting Clear About Consent With Teens

Getting Clear About Consent With Teens

Martina Hughes
May 11, 2021

Our teenagers need healthy and supportive spaces to understand consent, beyond just saying yes or no. 

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Our Journey
Teaching People to Love

Teaching People to Love

Martina Hughes
Jan 07, 2017

We are teaching people to love. Really and truly love. Not the romantic version, not the fluffy version. But to really love.

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Cultivating a Life of Trust 

Cultivating a Life of Trust 

Martina Hughes
Feb 10, 2021

My body was buzzing with aliveness and possibility. There was a potent feeling in the air, we were trusting life to bring us the information we needed at the time we needed it.

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Why Are We Redefining Intimacy?

Why Are We Redefining Intimacy?

Martina Hughes
Dec 28, 2021

We believe that it’s time for intimacy to be redefined.  True intimacy with your chosen partner can create tremendous healing, transformation, and lead to spiritual awakening. 

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What Exactly is Intimacy Coaching?

What Exactly is Intimacy Coaching?

Martina Hughes
Dec 15, 2021

At times I would feel like my heart was being torn in half... Relationships felt like such a struggle, and yet, I could feel my desire for "something more”... 

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