The Current State of Love, Sex + Relationships with Mikaal Bates

Explicit content warning

04/27/23 • 90 min

Love, Evolved: Conscious Relationships with Leigh-Anne LoPinto

Mikaal Bates, a men's coach and men's work facilitator, joins us for a powerful conversation on the current state of love, sex, and relationships.
During our conversation, we reflect on some of the current trends we see, such as non-monogamy, gender exploration, the rise of AI, technology and pornography.
We also speak about the highest of the highs when it comes to mind blowingly incredible relationships, and what the true potential of partnership is.
This was a vast conversation anchored in a deep desire for men and women to experience the profound potential of relationships at their highest octave.
Please reach out to Mikaal or myself with any comments or questions - we would love to hear your thoughts on this discussion.
Here are some resources we spoke about:

David Deida - The Way of the Superior Man
David Deida - Intimate Communion
Alison Armstrong
Conscious Loving
The Imago Dialogue

Connect with Mikaal below:

Connect with Leigh-Anne below:

Love, Evolved - Leigh-Anne's website
Leigh-Anne's Instagram

I hope you enjoy this episode - please rate, review and subscribe to support the work.

Connect with Leigh-Anne below:

I hope you enjoy this episode - please share it with anyone who might benefit!
And, please rate, review, and subscribe if you find this podcast useful. It really helps this free, supportive content get out to more people.
Thanks so much, I appreciate you all!
Intro + Outro music: "Medicine" by HOL + Layv
Holly's Instagram

David Deida - The Way of the Superior Man
David Deida - Intimate Communion
Alison Armstrong
Conscious Loving
The Imago Dialogue

Connect with Mikaal below:

Connect with Leigh-Anne below:

Love, Evolved - Leigh-Anne's website
Leigh-Anne's Instagram

I hope you enjoy this episode - please rate, review and subscribe to support the work.

Connect with Leigh-Anne below:

Previous Episode

The Higher + Lower Path of Relationships with Anya Shakh

Anya Shakh, host of the Venus and Mars podcast, joins us for this incredible discussion on the higher and lower path of relationships.
We are at the crossroads right now in love, sex, and relationships. The higher path that is wide open and available for us to step into involves highly conscious relationships and the spiritual path of divine union.
The lower path is everything in our culture that is preventing us from stepping in to this higher road - the division between men + women, depolarization, erosion of human connection, and technology. It also includes the trend of non-monogamy and giving up on commitment, confusion and chaos in relating to one another, and hyper-individualism.
Anya and I are passionate about healing the relationship between men + women and bridging the gap. Now is not the time to give up on each other, we need each other more than ever. There are things we can do to heal and come back together in healthy, lasting ways, and we speak about all of this on the episode.

Connect with Anya + I below, and reach out with any comments or questions.

Anya's Instagram

Anya's substack

Anya's Venus and Mars podcast - our Reclaiming Womanhood episode

Anya + Leigh-Anne's IG Live - Restoring Harmony Between Men + Women

Connect with Leigh-Anne below - I'm a holistic psychologist specializing in love, sex and relationships, using a combination of therapy + breathwork with clients.

Love, Evolved - my website
Leigh-Anne's Instagram

I hope you enjoy this episode! Please rate, review and subscribe to support this work.

Connect with Leigh-Anne below:

Next Episode

Men, Women + Power with Roy Wang

On this episode, Roy Wang and I speak about the theme of men, women, and power.
What is true power vs. false power, and how can the journey towards empowerment sometimes look different for men and women?
How can power be a healthy goal for all of us, a spiritual journey, and an essential part of becoming integrated men and women?
We speak about so many different expressions of power: physical strength, beauty, authenticity, knowing your true self, and women as oracles.
Ultimately, we believe that both men and women can both claim their unique gifts of power in order to help lift each other up vs. compete with each other.
This is an essential episode to listen to in order to understand how empowerment is our birthright, how returning to traditional gender roles may not be the way, and what the path forward can look like for collaborative relationships between men + women.
Roy Wang is a coach with a mission to help men end cycles of shame, discover their inner strength, awaken to their true self, and be of service to the world.
Please reach out to Roy or myself with any comments or questions - we would love to hear your thoughts on this discussion.

Connect with Roy below:

Connect with Leigh-Anne below: