{"id":25506,"date":"2026-05-19T03:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=25506"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:35:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T19:35:58","slug":"nico-and-devon-hase-buddhist-volcanoes-in-love","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/nico-and-devon-hase-buddhist-volcanoes-in-love\/","title":{"rendered":"nico and devon hase: Buddhist Volcanoes In Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/1632d73c-91ea-42a8-a3db-a62b135d081c\/episodes\/bd45483f-7dc5-4aaf-9f5c-5fb16024faac\/embed?theme=light-gray-orange\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nWhat if everything you believed about a healthy relationship\u2014the harmony, the peace, the perfectly matched wheels\u2014was the very thing getting in the way?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, Tami Simon speaks with nico and devon hase\u2014married Buddhist teachers, longtime meditation practitioners, and co-authors of the new Sounds True book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014about what it actually takes to build a partnership that transforms rather than just endures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join Tami, nico, and devon to explore:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why relationships are inherently rough\u2014and why accepting that is the first act of real intimacy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three conflict styles (volcanoes, diplomats, and dodgers) and how to work skillfully with your own<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tightrope principle: why lasting partnership means always <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">finding<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your balance, never holding it<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The daily check-in practice nico and devon discovered during three years of solitary retreat\u2014and why it&#8217;s deceptively powerful<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How death contemplation can dissolve petty resentments and bring fierce clarity to what actually matters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The &#8220;third space&#8221; in relationship: listening to the partnership itself as its own living being<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Body shame, shifting desire, and sexuality as an awakening path\u2014from devon&#8217;s own retreat discoveries<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why bodhichitta\u2014the awakened heart of service\u2014might be the most honest metric for whether a relationship is worth tending<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you&#8217;re navigating a decades-long partnership or wondering if intimacy and spiritual depth can coexist at all, nico and devon offer both radical honesty and genuine hope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen now \u2192<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This conversation offers genuine transmission\u2014not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing edge of spiritual understanding together. 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