In this episode of the Harvest Series, Rose Claverie speaks with Chloé Macintosh about courage, intimacy, and the intelligence of the heart. Recorded by the sea during Harvest, the conversation explores pleasure as a healing force and the role of embodied practice in emotional wellbeing.

Chloé Macintosh shares how trauma shapes attachment, why we fear vulnerability, and how healing happens through relationship rather than isolation. A powerful invitation to reconnect with life through the body and the heart.

PS : Chloe is kindly offering a 50% discount on her app, Kama. Follow the link

Chapters

00:00 – Welcome to Harvest

00:29 – Shame, disconnection, and intimacy

01:08 – Courage and authenticity

02:18 – Pleasure as a pathway to wellbeing

03:00 – Why pleasure feels blocked

03:40 – Trauma, numbness, and the senses

04:03 – Courage as an open heart

05:12 – Why we don’t practice with the heart

06:00 – Heart intelligence and coherence

06:52 – The heart before the mind

07:35 – Emotional signals and awareness

08:12 – Why the heart is hard to access

09:14 – Awareness as embodied intelligence

10:09 – The heart beyond symbols

11:02 – Fear, pain, and emotional avoidance

12:02 – Healing wounds through practice

13:14 – Childhood heartbreak and attachment

14:29 – Separation and emotional safety

15:34 – Repeating patterns in relationships

16:00 – Healing in relationship, not isolation

17:01 – Communication, triggers, and transparency

18:32 – Vulnerability and desire

19:06 – Intimacy, miscommunication, and distance

20:29 – Pleasure, thoughts, and the body

21:47 – From pleasure to heart work

22:27 – Depression and aliveness

23:10 – Sexual energy and embodiment

24:36 – Dissociation and numbness

25:15 – Re-centering and grounding

26:10 – Layering pleasure and heart work

27:05 – Creating practical methods

28:33 – Trauma, trust, and safety

30:13 – Receptivity as self-love

31:05 – Practice as devotion

32:11 – Everyday rituals and awareness

33:27 – Intention, water, and presence

34:06 – Intimacy with life

35:08 – Personal breakthrough with the heart

36:31 – Trauma, shutdown, and safety

37:00 – Reopening the heart through service

38:55 – Healing others through relationship

40:13 – Closing reflections

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Credits:

Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequences
Technician in Kaplankaya: Joel Moriasi
Music by: Chambord

Harvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital Partners

Harvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel