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Restoring Connections

Matthew Dawson

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Kids & Family

Frequency: 1 episode/54d. Total Eps: 42

Thoughts and stories about staying connected to the people you love, in the midst of pain and disappointment. Matt & Aurore [Cora] share honest experiences from their own marriage and life at home with 4 kids.

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🇫🇷 France - relationships
11/05/2026
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What if I need a change and you don’t?

Season 1 · Episode 43

Thursday, April 16, 2026 • Duration

Change is tough. Generally speaking, making a change in life will take time, mental & emotional energy, and money that you wouldn’t have to invest to keep things the way they are now. There’s a price to pay. That being said, people aren’t always ready for change, and to be sure, two people in a relationship aren’t always ready for the same change at the same time. Uh oh. In this episode, I explore some patterns of thinking that keep us feeling trapped and unable to move forward in life without disconnecting from the people we love. I share some of my own experiences and how Cora and I have managed to give each other room to make big changes, while maintaining the covenant between us. As with all things healthy, the pathway is narrow, and I offer a few points that have helped me stay on it.

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Can I take some space without shutting you out?

Season 1 · Episode 42

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 • Duration

The occasional need for a little distance is a normal part of any healthy relationship. It’s so important to remember that before the relationship formed, there were two whole individuals, getting on with their lives. Sometimes, especially with very close relationships, it’s important to take some space and re-centre ourselves within our own unique, individual, personal story. The question is, how do we do that in a way that builds and deepens the connection, rather than starving it? In this episode, I unpack some of my own experiences that I have with needing some space from my wife, Cora, whom I both absolutely adore and occasionally need space from. Taking space from someone is a bit like fasting from food; it absolutely sucks, but the point isn’t to damage the body. Quite the opposite, actually, the point is to keep the body healthy. I’ve got 3 practical things here in this episode that you can apply when you need to take some space in an important relationship, but you don’t want to damage the connection.

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Core Value No.3 - Powerful Communication

Season 1 · Episode 33

Friday, July 12, 2024 • Duration

Our current podcast series provides short overviews of each of the four core values at the heart of Restoring Connections. They are: Personal Responsibility, Proactive Care, Powerful Communication, and Healthy Boundaries. In this episode, we look a little closer at: Powerful Communication - Guiding the Connection and these principles: 1. I prepare myself before important conversations 2. I pursue understanding first and agreement second 3. I tell you about me and let you tell me about you 4. I participate in establishing a clear way forward

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Core Value No.2 - Proactive Care

Season 1 · Episode 32

Friday, June 21, 2024 • Duration

Our current podcast series provides short overviews of each of the four core values at the heart of Restoring Connections. They are: Personal Responsibility, Proactive Care, Powerful Communication, and Healthy Boundaries. In this episode, we look a little closer at: Proactive Care - Feeding the Connection and these principles: 1. I care for you because I choose to. 2. I actively care for you even when I'm in pain. 3. I learn about you and care for you according to who you are. 4. I embrace my need to be cared for by you.

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Core Value No.1 - Personal Responsibility

Season 1 · Episode 31

Friday, June 7, 2024 • Duration

There are four core values at the heart of Restoring Connections. They are: 1. Personal Responsibility 2. Proactive Care 3. Powerful Communication 4. Healthy Boundaries These are practices we've gleaned from those we are mentored by and that we learn from regularly. They are ancient truths that we have simply brought together in a new format. Restoring Connections was birthed out of the heartache and disappointments that we have navigated in our closest relationships. In our darkest moments, we had support from others who possessed the strength and wisdom that we needed. The lessons we have learned along the way have formed the core values of our training curriculum. It is now our privilege to support people in their own journey of strengthening their most important relationships and in turn, supporting them to mentor others also.

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What Do I Do With All This Pain? Part 2

Season 1 · Episode 30

Thursday, April 25, 2024 • Duration

Close relationships are going to occasionally involve pain, and very close relationships are likely to occasionally involve a LOT of pain. Naturally, we want to do everything we can to avoid pain, but the reality is that pain isn’t what destroys relationships. Depending on how we respond to pain, it can either lead to confusion (the actual relationship killer), or it can lead to learning, growth, and deeper trust. In this second episode of a 2-part series, I dive into an exploration of healthy ways to navigate through pain wholeheartedly. That means ensuring our words, actions, and feelings are all lining up even when it hurts. I share some of my own personal, painful experiences and some of the practical steps I implement that help me turn painful situations into personal growth, and deeper relationships with the most important people in my life.

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What Do I Do With All This Pain? Part 1

Season 1 · Episode 29

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 • Duration

Close relationships are going to occasionally involve pain, and very close relationships are likely to occasionally involve a LOT of pain. Naturally, we want to do everything we can to avoid pain, but the reality is that pain isn’t what destroys relationships. Depending on how we respond to pain, it can either lead to confusion (the actual relationship killer), or it can lead to learning, growth, and deeper trust. In this first episode of a 2-part series, I dive into an exploration of healthy ways to navigate through pain wholeheartedly. That means ensuring our words, actions, and feelings are all lining up, even when it hurts. I share some of my own personal, painful experiences and some of the practical steps that I implement that help me turn painful situations into personal growth, and deeper relationships with the most important people in my life.

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Shame - Part 2

Season 1 · Episode 28

Thursday, February 22, 2024 • Duration

Shame, the feeling of inadequacy or being unworthy of love, is one of the most soul-destroying emotional experiences a human being can have. It wreaks havoc on close relationships. Every one of us will wrestle with shame at some point in our lives. Many, if not most of us, wrestle with it on a daily basis. In the modern age of extraordinary communication technology, most of us live immersed in a shame-driven online culture where every possible human flaw is put under the magnifying glass for the world to critique. It can be terrifying and paralysing. In this second episode of a 2-part series on ‘shame’, I draw on some very helpful wisdom from Cora regarding recognising ‘shaming’ practices that we use without realising it. We take a close look at why shaming is often a go-to behaviour, even with people we care for deeply [such as our own children] and what we can do practically to put the shaming tools down and pick up much healthier tools for communicating effectively with the closest people in our lives, especially when they are doing things that drive us nuts.

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Shame - Part 1

Season 1 · Episode 27

Friday, February 2, 2024 • Duration

Shame, the feeling of inadequacy or being unworthy of love, is one of the most soul-destroying emotional experiences a human being can have. It wreaks havoc on close relationships. Every one of us will wrestle with shame at some point in our lives. Many, if not most of us, wrestle with it on a daily basis. In the modern age of extraordinary communication technology, most of us live immersed in a shame-driven online culture where every possible human flaw is put under the magnifying glass for the world to critique. It can be terrifying and paralysing. In this first episode of a 2-part series on ‘shame’, I draw on some very helpful wisdom from Cora regarding recognising ‘shaming’ practices that we use without realising it. We take a close look at why shaming is often a go-to behaviour, even with people we care for deeply [such as our own children] and what we can do practically to put the shaming tools down and pick up much healthier tools for communicating effectively with the closest people in our lives, especially when they are doing things that drive us nuts.

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What am I learning from this, and what are you learning from this?

Season 1 · Episode 26

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 • Duration

Going through painful, disappointing experiences can eat away at the hope we have for the future. This is especially true when we feel that we’re experiencing the same painful things on repeat! How can we move forward when we keep doing the same dumb things over and over? The answer, of course, is in our ability to learn, grow, and change… which can be really hard. In this episode, we look at three guiding principles for healthy, non-judgmental conversations about problems. When Cora and I meet every week, we want to be focused on working together to tackle the issues in front of us rather than blaming and criticising each other. Believe me, it’s not always easy! These principles help us turn failures and frustrations into positive growth.

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