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Safe

The Minimum Standard For Intimacy

Scott Austin Martin
4.4
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Duration
1h 59m
Year
2025
Language
English
Publisher
Being Here Now, LLC

About

Most men think intimacy fades because something is wrong with the relationship. But intimacy doesn't disappear because love weakens. It disappears when safety erodes.
Safety isn't about being calm or agreeable. It's about whether your nervous system stays steady when something feels off. When you collapse into withdrawal or push into urgency and control, the body on the other side loses the ability to relax, open, or trust, no matter how much love there is.
SAFE reveals the unseen mechanisms that shape connection: collapse, armor, repair, and the minimum conditions required before intimacy can exist.
You won't find communication tricks or relationship shortcuts here. You'll find the capacity-building work that comes before all of that. The work that determines whether presence is possible, whether repair can happen, and whether intimacy has a place to land.
If you've ever heard the words "I can't do this anymore," this book shows what they really meant, and what must change before anything else can.
This is the book you hand someone when the conversation cannot continue without safety.

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