Love after awakening doesn’t get easier — it gets truer. And that truth can hurt like hell.

In this episode of The Synaptic Soul Podcast, we unpack why love hits different (and harder) after you wake up. Why your old type suddenly feels intolerable. Why dating feels lonelier even though you’re more self-aware. Why sex, attachment, and heartbreak feel deeper — not lighter — after healing.

We explore the nervous system science behind attraction, why regulation can feel “boring” at first, how energetic incongruence becomes impossible to ignore, and why outgrowing relationships often comes with layered grief — not because love wasn’t real, but because growth became asymmetrical.

This is an episode about choosing integrity over attachment, presence over fantasy, and truth over comfort. About grieving timelines that can’t follow you. About sex as an energetic exchange. About why awakening doesn’t make you unlovable — it makes misalignment impossible to sustain.

If you’ve ever thought, “If I could just be less aware, this would work,” this one’s for you.

Love didn’t stop working.

You just stopped lying to yourself.

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🎵 Music Credit:

“Cheat Code” by 1000 Handz

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Edits and mixing have been made to fit the Synaptic Soul Podcast intro, outro, and commercial segments.