Jul 28, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 12 segments
Trauma profoundly impacts how we perceive ourselves, our bodies, and our relationships. It often lives on as loud, intrusive voices from the past, leading us to seek regulation through external means…
Heather MacIntoshHostMonicaGuestBrennanGuestGalit AtlasGuestToday, I've asked Galit Atlas, a psychoanalyst, clinical supervisor, and clinical assistant professor on the faculty at NYU to share her reflections.
Monica and Brennan are a couple who continue to work together to create an intentional, safe, expansive, and healing relationship space together.
The safety, respect, and love they have for one another is in huge contrast to their previous experiences and relationships.
Monica was trying to take a break from online dating, and Brennan had set a two-week window for himself.
He super swiped me [laughs] and said, "Okay, I'll take a chance." Also, he said he was, like, a eco-feminist, and I was like, "All right, yeah."
But I also was a little bit spicy by saying, "What does that mean to you?"
And then when he gave me a wall of text of, like, his dissertation, it made sense.
[laughs] So I, I trusted.
Monica and Brennan told me that while they appear as a straight couple, they both identify as belonging to the queer community.
Today, I've asked Galit Atlas, a psychoanalyst, clinical supervisor, and clinical assistant professor on the faculty at NYU to share her reflections.
Monica and Brennan are a couple who continue to work together to create an intentional, safe, expansive, and healing relationship space together.
The safety, respect, and love they have for one another is in huge contrast to their previous experiences and relationships.
Monica was trying to take a break from online dating, and Brennan had set a two-week window for himself.
He super swiped me [laughs] and said, "Okay, I'll take a chance." Also, he said he was, like, a eco-feminist, and I was like, "All right, yeah."
But I also was a little bit spicy by saying, "What does that mean to you?"
And then when he gave me a wall of text of, like, his dissertation, it made sense.
[laughs] So I, I trusted.
Monica and Brennan told me that while they appear as a straight couple, they both identify as belonging to the queer community.
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