Emotional Intimacy on a Massage Table | Allana Pratt in NYC

Recorded in NYC on Joshua's 45th birthday — and, for the first time, on a massage table — this heart-first conversation with emotional intimacy expert Allana Pratt covers morning rituals, being direct without manipulation, and why truth sets you free even when it stings.Allana shares the 6.5-year estrangement from her son that ended in a Mother's Day miracle, and together they explore how to feel a feeling all the way through — and move from excellent to living in your genius.5 Key Takeaways• Feel it all the way through. Emotions move in waves and pass. Shoving them down, projecting, or numbing keeps them stuck — feeling them fully turns pain into power.• Truth is love. Speak from an open heart with no attachment to the outcome. What someone does with your truth is about them, not you.• Feed yourself from the inside. When you stop needing approval from the outside in, you stop being manipulated by other people's reactions.• Put the ego in the backseat. You can't get rid of it — but who's driving determines your whole life. Soul up front, ego with a sippy cup.• Excellent isn't the finish line. You can be highly competent at something that still doesn't feed you. The "big leap" is letting it go to live in your genius.STEMREGEN This whole conversation with Allana kept circling back to one idea: your body is always talking to you. The tension, the tightness, the feeling that won't go away — it's information. And the work isn't to shove it down, it's to let it move all the way through so your body can do what it was built to do: repair.That's exactly why I take STEMREGEN. As we get older, the number of stem cells circulating in our bloodstream drops — and those circulating stem cells are the foundation of the body's natural repair system. STEMREGEN is a plant-based formula that supports the release of your own stem cells from the bone marrow so they can travel to wherever your body needs them most.For me it's part of the same philosophy I brought to this episode — recovery, feeling more, and giving your body what it needs to keep up with the life you're actually living.If you want to support your body's own repair system, go to https://www.stemregen.co/ and use code JOSH at checkout.Timestamps 00:00 Why I stopped needing you to like me02:30 A gratitude prayer to open the conversation05:00 Morning rituals: the AeroPress and a "witch's brew"10:00 Visualizing your day before it happens14:00 Learning to be direct without manipulation18:00 Truth is love — what people do with it isn't about you21:00 Letting go of the birthday party I thought I wanted25:00 Allana's 6.5-year estrangement and the Mother's Day miracle31:00 Co-parenting across two continents and three languages38:00 What an "emotional intimacy expert" actually does43:00 How to feel a feeling all the way through47:00 The TSA, a widow's ashes, and being an angel50:00 Sensory movement: feeling more in body, mind, and spirit56:00 From excellent to genius — the Big Leap most people skip62:00 A husband's message from the other side68:00 What we each want to call in next74:00 Closing: one degree of changeResources Mentioned • Allana Pratt (Intimacy Expert) — https://allanapratt.com/• Allana Pratt on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/allanapratt/• Vivobarefoot — https://www.vivobarefoot.com/us/• Rasa (adaptogenic coffee alternative) — https://wearerasa.com/• Magic Mind — https://magicmind.com/• AeroPress — https://aeropress.com/• "The Big Leap" by Gay Hendricks (book)• STEMREGEN (episode sponsor) — https://www.stemregen.co/ — code JOSH🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTTPodcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.comYouTube: @simplywalkthetalkInstagram: @simplywalkthetalkTikTok: @simplywalkthetalkJoshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland