• Sacred Sexuality: Alchemy of Desire with Justin Patrick Pierce & Londin Angel Winters
    Jul 23 2026
    🔥Dive deep with Mike and Courtney and learn about their 2:2 Work: https://www.thesacredwe.com/2-2-container-detailsWhat if the desire you've been taught to suppress is actually your fastest path to awakening? This week, Mike and Courtney sit down with Justin Patrick Pierce and Londin Angel Winters -- co-founders of Yoga of Intimacy and life partners of 17 years -- for a raw conversation on sexual polarity, sacred intimacy, and how to alchemize desire into devotion.Justin Patrick Pierce and Londin Angel Winters are authors, mentors, and internationally respected teachers of nondual spiritual intimacy. As co-founders of Yoga of Intimacy, they have spent over a decade guiding couples through relational depth, sexual polarity, and embodied spiritual practice. They are the co-authors of Playing With Fire and The Awakened Woman's Guide to Everlasting Love, helping thousands of readers move from disconnection into clarity, passion, and purpose.Learn more about Londin and Justin:Live Online Group Calls: https://www.patreon.com/c/yogaofintimacy Websites: Yoga of Intimacy: https://yogaofintimacy.co/join/?utm_source=sacredwe&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=2026 Londin Angel Winters:https://www.londinagelwinters.com/?utm_source=sacredwe&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=2026 Justin Patrick Pierce:https://www.justinpatrickpierce.com/?utm_source=sacredwe&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=2026 Books:Playing With Fire: The Spiritual Path ofIntimate Relationship: https://a.co/d/0g8ovHdB The Awakened Woman’s Guide to Everlasting Love: https://a.co/d/0fGmJZAA Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/justinpatrickpiercehttps://www.instagram.com/londinawinteWork with Courtney and MikeThe Initiated Man -- Mike's men's community for doing this work in brotherhood, not alone. itsmikeelliott.com/TIMThe 2:2 Couples Container -- private, intensive couples work with Mike & Courtney. thesacredwe.com/2-2-container-details👉Sign up for our couples list HERE: https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredweBringing The Oracle to Him: https://www.courtneywren.com/bring-your-oracle-to-himRebirth 1:1 with Courtney: https://www.courtneywren.com/containersWork with Mike → ⁠https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/coaching⁠📺Subscribe to our YouTube Channel → ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thetogetherpodcast⁠Email:⁠⁠transform@itsmikeelliott.com⁠⁠⁠relating@courtneywren.com⁠Website:https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredwe⁠www.courtneywren.com⁠Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mikeelliott.relating/https://www.instagram.com/courtneywren.relating/
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  • Why Couples Lose Their Spark in Midlife And How to Bring It Back with Kimberly & Roberto of Phoenix Rising Retreats
    Jul 17 2026
    🔥Turn your worst fights into connection! Listening before July 20th? Mike and Courtney are teaching their Rupture & Repair framework live: https://www.thesacredwe.com/rupture-and-repairCan midlife be the most alive, connected season of your relationship — not the one where the spark fades? Kimberly and Roberto of Phoenix Rising Retreats join Mike and Courtney to reveal why couples lose intimacy in midlife, what menopause really does to eros, and how to rebuild playfulness and pleasure after 40.Chapters:0:00 Why This Conversation Matters Now1:54 Free Masterclass: Rupture & Repair (Before July 20)3:37 Meeting Kimberly & Roberto7:14 How Vulnerability Became the Turning Point12:47 The Breakup, the Ultimatum, and the Boundary That Changed Everything16:30 The 3 Real Reasons Couples Lose Their Spark18:24 From Lovers to Roommates: The Logistics Trap23:26 Menopause, Eros, and the Lie About "Over the Hill"28:42 Talking About Sex Without Shame32:58 Two Practices to Bring Back the Juiciness36:49 Healing Old Triggers Together38:11 The Secret to Real Playfulness46:15 Midlife Challenges: Ego, King Energy & Ritual55:29 Inside Phoenix Rising Retreats1:00:48 Final Reflections: Aging Is Not the EnemyWays to connect with Kimberely and Roberto: Website: www.phoenixrisingretreats.comEmail: info@PhoenixRisingRetreats.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=569755109Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phoenixrisingretreats_/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@phoenix.rising.retreatsTheir podcast: Reignite: Love, Sex & Truth for Conscious Coupleshttps://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/reignite-love-sex-truth-for-conscious-couples/id1489475566Connect with Courtney and Mike HERE: 👉Sign up for our couples list HERE: https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredwe💛 Work with Mike & Courtney 2:2 →https://www.thesacredwe.com/2-2-container-detailsWork with Mike → ⁠https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/coaching⁠📺Subscribe to our YouTube Channel → ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thetogetherpodcast⁠🏹Join the Initiated Man →https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/TIMEmail:⁠⁠transform@itsmikeelliott.com⁠⁠⁠relating@courtneywren.com⁠Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mikeelliott.relating/https://www.instagram.com/courtneywren.relating/
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  • Radical Self-Love When Things Get Hard with Allana Pratt
    Jul 9 2026
    Join our new Masterclass offering for couples wanting to reopen their hearts after conflict. 👉Sign up HERE: https://www.thesacredwe.com/rupture-and-repairWhat does radical self-love actually look like when life refuses to cooperate? When you're in the middle of a custody battle that drags on for 13 years? When your son goes no-contact for six and a half years and you don't know where he lives? When every relationship you try to build seems to surface the same wound in a new disguise?In this episode of The Sacred We, Mike and Courtney sit down with Allana Pratt -- Ivy League-educated intimacy expert, author of The One Is Bullshit, Becoming the One Is Brilliant and Beautiful, and host of the Intimate Conversations podcast. Allana has spent over 20 years helping people dissolve shame and return to themselves. And in this conversation, she doesn't just teach it -- she lives it out loud.She shares the whole unfiltered story: the two divorces, the 13-year custody battle, the night she called her son's father a name so awful her coach reflected it right back on her -- and how that moment cracked the victim story open. The six-plus years of silence from her son. The 90-second birthday call that broke the dam. The lunch in New York where everything unraveled -- and then the moment she took full ownership for her pain and watched the veil around her son crack.And through all of it: the fierce, devotional, imperfect, never-give-up practice of loving yourself.About Allana PrattAllana Pratt is an intimacy expert, global coach, and author with over 20 years of experience helping people dissolve shame and move into radical self-love. She has been featured on CBS, TLC, Fox, and over 850 podcasts. Find her at allanaprat.com -- where you can connect with her podcast, Intimate Conversations, her Patreon community, and her books.Website: www.AllanaPratt.comFree Gift: www.allanapratt.com/top5mistakesBook a Call with Allana: www.allanapratt.com/connectUse a discount code: READYNOW for $400 savings!Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/allanapratt/Join The Intimate World: www.patreon.com/allanaprattFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachallanaprattYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/allanaprattWork With Mike & Courtney:The Initiated Man -- Mike's men's community for men ready to do the real work. https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/TIMRupture & Repair Masterclass -- For couples ready to heal and reconnect after conflict. July 20th. https://www.thesacredwe.com/rupture-and-repairPrivate Couples Work -- Immersive 2:2 private container with Mike & Courtney. https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredwe💛 Work with Mike & Courtney 2:2 →https://www.thesacredwe.com/2-2-container-detailsWork with Mike → ⁠https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/coaching⁠Work with Courtney → ⁠https://www.courtneywren.com/rebirth⁠📺Subscribe to our YouTube Channel → ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thetogetherpodcast⁠Donation link 👇🙏🏼❤️🌏⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VWHABJWZ749X4⁠⁠Email:⁠⁠transform@itsmikeelliott.com⁠⁠⁠relating@courtneywren.com⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredwe⁠www.courtneywren.com⁠Instagram:@MikeElliott.Relating@courtneywren.relating
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  • How to Love Your Partner in Their Shadows While Setting Boundaries
    Jul 3 2026
    Join our new Masterclass offering for individuals and couples wanting to reopen their hearts after conflict. 👉Sign up HERE: https://www.thesacredwe.com/rupture-and-repairIn this episode of The Sacred We, Mike and Courtney go into some of the most honest, vulnerable territory they've shared yet. Mike's shadow: the numbness and freeze that comes from losing two primary attachments before his first birthday -- and how his body stopped showing signs of wanting connection even when he desperately craves it. Courtney's shadow: a fierce, protective fight response to masculine energy, forged through a childhood where she had to battle hard to protect herself.And then they get into the real work: what it looks like to actually love a partner in their shadow -- not fix it, not flee from it, not enable it -- but be in a real, boundaried, tender relationship with it. Together.What "relating with your partner's shadow" actually means -- and why "they just need to do their own work" misses the whole point of intimacyMike's shadow -- the freeze and disconnect pattern -- what it looks like from the outside (blank face, no visual cues) and what's actually happening inside (deep longing for connection)Courtney's shadow -- the fear of the masculine -- the fierce protector that had to fight hard to survive, and what it means to come into relationship with a man who embodies powerLove without enabling -- why letting the shadow drive the bus destroys the relationship, and how to hold both love AND boundary at the same timeThe mirror and reflect practice -- how Courtney names what she sees ("you feel far away") to help Mike access what his own body can't show himMaking requests instead of managing -- how to invite your partner out of the shadow by asking for what you actually need, rather than pushing against what they're not givingHow your partner's shadow is your teacher -- why the places they trigger you most are the exact places you get to love yourself betterThe gift of staying -- what becomes possible after years of learning each other's shadows that no shorter, easier relationship could give youGo Deeper With Mike & Courtney:The Initiated Man -- Mike's men's community for men who are ready to understand and move through their own shadows -- in the company of other men who get it. itsmikeelliott.com/TIMWork With Mike & Courtney -- Private couples work and individual offerings for those ready to go all the way in. https://www.thesacredwe.com/2-2-container-details👉Sign up for our couples list HERE: https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredwe💛 Work with Mike & Courtney 2:2 →https://www.thesacredwe.com/2-2-container-detailsWork with Mike → ⁠https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/coaching⁠Work with Courtney → ⁠https://www.courtneywren.com/rebirth⁠📺Subscribe to our YouTube Channel → ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thetogetherpodcast⁠🏹Join the Initiated Man →https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/TIMDonation link 👇🙏🏼❤️🌏⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VWHABJWZ749X4⁠⁠Email:⁠⁠transform@itsmikeelliott.com⁠⁠⁠relating@courtneywren.com⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠www.itsmikeelliott.com⁠⁠⁠https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredwe⁠www.courtneywren.com⁠Instagram:@MikeElliott.Relating@courtneywren.relating
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  • Your Relationship Is Your Child's First Love Story - How Your Relationship Affects Your Children
    Jun 25 2026
    Want to turn moments of conflict into opportunities for intimacy? 👉Sign up for our couples list HERE: https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredweYour children are not just watching you. They are becoming you.This is not a conversation about perfect parenting. It's a conversation about the invisible field that lives between you and your partner -- and how that field is shaping your children's nervous systems, their sense of safety, their capacity for love, and the relationships they will one day choose.If you are a parent -- or want to be one -- this episode will change how you see your relationship forever.3 Key Points Covered:Your relationship becomes your child's nervous system -- The coherence (or incoherence) between you and your partner becomes the nest within which your child develops. Their sense of safety, their regulation, their capacity to stay connected through difficulty -- all of it is shaped by the relational field you hold together.Your wounds become their blueprint -- Mike shares his own story of being adopted twice in the first 14 months of his life and the abandonment wounding that followed him -- and how, without awareness, that blueprint was handed directly to Cedar. The patterns we haven't healed become the patterns our children inherit.How you treat your partner is how your child will treat themselves and their future partners -- From Cedar saying "I'm so stupid" after hearing it used around him, to mirroring a parent's shutdown behaviour during conflict, our children are always watching. What we model becomes their normal.You'll Also Hear:The story of Cedar's injuries -- including the ambulance call -- and what Mike and Courtney realized about the direct link to their disconnectionMike's personal history with adoption, abandonment wounding, and how he unknowingly handed his blueprint to his sonWhat toxic fighting wires children to believe about love and connection -- and why they may grow up feeling that intimacy is dangerousHow to navigate co-parenting with honor and respect even when things aren't amicable -- and why talking badly about your partner in front of your child fragments them internallyThe constellation practice of gratitude that Courtney has been bringing to their relationship: "Thank you for making me a mama"The most powerful closing line of the episode: "How you tend the shared nervous system of your family is the love story your children will live"Go Deeper With Mike & Courtney:The Initiated Man -- Mike's online men's community for men who are ready to break the patterns they've inherited and become the embodied, connected fathers and partners they know they can be.🏹Join the Initiated Man →https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/TIMCouples Work with Mike & Courtney -- Private 2:2 intensive containers for couples who are ready to rewrite the blueprint -- for themselves, and for the next generation.💛 Work with Mike & Courtney 2:2 →https://www.thesacredwe.com/2-2-container-detailsWork with Mike → ⁠https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/coaching⁠Work with Courtney → ⁠https://www.courtneywren.com/rebirth⁠If something's pulling you toward this work, let's talk. Book a free, no-pressure call to explore whether it's the right fit for you and your partner - Book Your Call →Tune-in Call with Courtney📺Subscribe to our YouTube Channel → ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thetogetherpodcast⁠💎 Join the Waitlist for The Holy Mama Membership →⁠https://www.courtneywren.com/holymamawaitlist⁠Email:⁠⁠transform@itsmikeelliott.com⁠⁠⁠relating@courtneywren.com⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠www.itsmikeelliott.com⁠⁠⁠https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredwe⁠www.courtneywren.com⁠Instagram:@MikeElliott.Relating@courtneywren.relating
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  • Cracking The Male Code - How To Get Your Husband To Open His Heart
    Jun 18 2026
    Want to turn moments of conflict into opportunities for intimacy? 👉Sign up for a FREE guide to 3 Somatic Practices for Deeper Connection HERE: https://www.thesacredwe.com/deeperconnectionYou want him to open up. He wants to open up. So why isn't it working?In this episode of The Sacred We, Mike and Courtney Elliott go deep into one of the most painful and confusing dynamics in modern relationships: the woman who desperately wants to feel her man, and the man who desperately wants to let her in—but can't. Not because he doesn't care. Not because he's broken. But because no one ever gave him the map.Mike draws on over a decade of sitting in men's circles, coaching men in deep six-month containers, and his own lived journey of trying to open—and failing, until he finally understood why. Courtney brings her perspective as a longtime therapist who thought she understood men, until working alongside Mike revealed a world she had never been taught to see.What unfolds is a conversation that will change how you see the men in your life—and yourself.3 Keys Covered in This Episode:Emotional Inspection vs. Safe Harbor — Why questions like 'Are you okay?' trigger a man's defense system, and what to say insteadDecoding the Silence — What his silence actually means (it's not what you think)—and how to hold space that finally lets him arriveThe Secret Currency: Respect Precedes Vulnerability — Why criticism and correction—even when valid—will never open a man's heart, and what actually turns his health back onYou'll Also Hear:Why do most men read 'What's wrong?" as a performance review—and go into fight-or-flightThe cultural wounding that taught boys that vulnerability equals weaknessMike's story of reading hundreds of books trying to open up—and why none of it worked until he had the right relational containerCourtney's grief around the ways she unknowingly hurt men—and what that moment of honesty opened in MikeWhy men are more neurologically sensitive than we think—and what that means for how we approach themThe "relational deposit" practice that brings a collapsed man back into his strength👉Sign up for our couples list HERE: https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredwe💛 Work with Mike & Courtney 2:2 →https://www.thesacredwe.com/2-2-container-detailsWork with Mike → ⁠https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/coaching⁠Work with Courtney → ⁠https://www.courtneywren.com/rebirth⁠If something's pulling you toward this work, let's talk. Book a free, no-pressure call to explore whether it's the right fit for you and your partner - Book Your Call →Tune-in Call with Courtney📺Subscribe to our YouTube Channel → ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thetogetherpodcast⁠🏹Join the Initiated Man →https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/TIM💎 Join the Waitlist for The Holy Mama Membership →⁠https://www.courtneywren.com/holymamawaitlist⁠Email:⁠⁠transform@itsmikeelliott.com⁠⁠⁠relating@courtneywren.com⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠www.itsmikeelliott.com⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredweInstagram:@MikeElliott.Relating@courtneywren.relatingLoved This Episode?Leave us a 5-star review. Share it with a woman who loves a man she wants to understand better—or a man who's been trying and doesn't know why it's not landing. Tag us at: @MikeElliott.Relating | @courtneywren.relating
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    53 mins
  • From Dismissed and Invisible to Heard and Seen
    Jun 4 2026
    Curious about our new Masterclass? 👉Sign up for Seen & Heard a Sacred We deep dive: https://www.thesacredwe.com/Heard&SeenIf something's pulling you toward this work, let's talk. Book a free, no-pressure call to explore whether it's the right fit for you and your partner - Book Your Call →Tune-in Call with CourtneyWhat happens inside your body when you don’t feel heard? Your nervous system reads it as danger. Your defenses go up. And the very person you love becomes someone you can’t quite reach.In this episode of The Sacred We, Mike and Courtney go deep into one of the most fundamental wounds in a relationship: the pain of feeling dismissed and invisible. They open with a raw, real story from their own week—Courtney asking to be met with more touch and warmth during a busy, full season, and Mike sharing his moment in the kitchen where he chose to move toward her, slowly and intentionally, hand on her heart, meeting her eyes. What unfolded was alchemy.This isn’t just a love story. It’s a masterclass in the nervous system, attachment, and the sacred practice of learning to truly see each other.Why being heard and seen is a biological need, not just an emotional preferenceWhat your nervous system does when it doesn’t feel safe enough to receive loveThe surprising truth about why your partner may not be withholding—they literally can’t hear youHow to deliver what you need to be heard in a way that actually landsDan Siegel’s integration framework and why relational attunement is the missing ingredientBONUS: The one thing you can do to cut through your partner’s defenses instantly—even mid-conflictNeuro-ception and why the nervous system scans for safety before it can open to loveCuriosity as a relational practice in triggered momentsThe difference between authenticity and relational attunement—and why you need bothWhen you’re not hearing each other vs. when you literally can’t receiveThe Heard & Seen Framework—practiced live in a real storyHeard & Seen Masterclass — Sunday, June 7th, 6–7:30pm PST | $97 | For couples and individuals calling in sacred partnership. Teaching, Q&A, and somatic practice. Recording available.Mapping Your Relational Imprint — Courtney’s 1:1 private container for deep individual somatic and attachment work. Uncover the blueprint driving your patterns in love.Couples Work with Mike & Courtney — Private 2:2 intensive containers for couples ready to do the deep work together with full support.👉Sign up for our couples list HERE: https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredwe💛 Work with Mike & Courtney 2:2 → https://www.thesacredwe.com/2-2-container-detailsWork with Mike → ⁠https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/coaching⁠Work with Courtney → ⁠https://www.courtneywren.com/rebirth⁠📺Subscribe to our YouTube Channel → ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thetogetherpodcast⁠🏹Join the Initiated Man →https://www.skool.com/theinitiatedman💎 Join the Waitlist for The Holy Mama Membership →⁠https://www.courtneywren.com/holymamawaitlist⁠Email:⁠⁠transform@itsmikeelliott.com⁠⁠⁠relating@courtneywren.com⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠www.itsmikeelliott.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredwe⁠⁠www.courtneywren.com⁠Instagram:@MikeElliott.Relating@courtneywren.relatingShare it with someone who needs to hear this. Leave us a 5-star review and tell us what landed for you. Send us a DM we love hearing from you.
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  • Why Your Partner Doesn't Really See You
    May 28 2026
    Ready to go deeper? Join Mike and Courtney on June 8th for a 90-minute live deep dive on the To Be Seen and Heard Framework.👉Sign up for Seen & Heard a Sacred We deep dive: https://www.thesacredwe.com/Heard&SeenIf you clicked this, some part of you doesn't feel seen. This episode starts by honouring that ache — and then it gives you a map.In this raw and deeply personal solo episode, Mike Elliott traces the arc of his own unseenness from childhood to adulthood — and distils everything he's learned into three grounded, practical points.It starts with a rupture. Mike had a best friend from the age of 5 to 12. A fight, a shame spiral, and no one to guide him through the repair. His parents didn't notice. No one attuned. So he disappeared — three years of isolation, a skateboarding obsession, and the quiet belief that something was fundamentally wrong with him.Then, at 16, he became a lifeguard. People saw him. Women wanted to date him. His whole reality cracked open. Not because he'd changed — but because he'd finally found a mirror. And what that mirror showed him is one of the most powerful illustrations of what feeling seen actually does to a human being.This episode covers:The two root causes of not feeling seen — and why one of them has nothing to do with your partnerWhy our culture has trained us to immediately reciprocate compliments rather than actually receive themThe sabotage cycle: attracting love, then pushing it away — and what's underneath itWhat's actually needed: teaching someone how to see you vs. waiting for them to figure it outThe bedroom moment — Mike asks Courtney to see him as a father, slows down to let it land, and watches something unexpected happen from the overflowThe 30-second practice that starts rewiring your capacity to receive"Every single human being needs to feel seen, heard, and understood to integrate their lived experience and truly belong."If you want to go deeper, Mike and Courtney are hosting a 90-minute live deep dive on June 8th — going two inches wide and two miles deep on the To Be Seen and Heard framework. Details in the show notes.And if this episode is calling you toward the relational work itself — Courtney's Mapping Your Imprints Masterclass, her 1:1 private container, and Mike and Courtney's 2:2 couples work are all available. Links below.We love you. Let yourself be seen.Book a free, no-pressure call to explore whether it's the right fit for you and your partner - Book Your Call →Tune-in Call with Courtney👉Sign up for our couples list HERE: https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredwe💛 Work with Mike & Courtney 2:2 → ⁠https://www.thesacredwe.com/sacred-relating-couples⁠Work with Mike → ⁠https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/coaching⁠Work with Courtney → ⁠https://www.courtneywren.com/rebirth⁠📺Subscribe to our YouTube Channel → ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thetogetherpodcast⁠🏹Join the Initiated Man →https://www.skool.com/theinitiatedman💎 Join the Waitlist for The Holy Mama Membership →⁠https://www.courtneywren.com/holymamawaitlist⁠Follow: @sacredrelating | @MikeElliott.Relating | @courtneywren.relatingWebsite: ⁠⁠⁠www.itsmikeelliott.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredwe⁠www.courtneywren.com⁠Email:⁠⁠transform@itsmikeelliott.com⁠⁠⁠relating@courtneywren.com⁠
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