This week, Molly is joined by Samuel Ohana — a social worker and compassionate human who embodies love.

Together, they explore what it means to love people in a world where people also hurt people… and how we can hold a “both/and”: naming harmful behavior clearly while still recognizing the untouched humanity underneath.

At the heart of this conversation is attachment.

Sam breaks down attachment styles in a way that’s clear, compassionate, and helpful — and how a deeper understanding of attachment styles helped him start understanding everybody better – like “seeing the code written behind the program.”

Molly and Samuel discuss:

• believing in the goodness of humanity while making sense of bad things that people do
• how attachment styles form when we are preverbal and become our default blueprint for love
• what “macro attachment” looks like in our dominant cultural context
• why diversity is natural — and why insecure systems try to stamp it out
• the incredible power of allowing people be themselves and change their minds about who they are
• how to speak up with courage and integrity when someone says or does something hurtful

Today’s Guest: Samuel Ohana is a social worker in nonprofit work with a deep love for people, families, and community well-being.

Sam’s work is rooted in compassion, systems thinking, and the belief that secure, loving connection is something we can practice — personally and collectively.

He is also a gender-expansive human and leads a gender-expansive group, holding space for belonging and safety in a time when many in the LGBTQ+ community are under increased stress and threat.

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