In this episode of the Harvest Series, Rose Claverie speaks with Chloé Macintosh about courage, intimacy, and the intelligence of the heart. Recorded by the sea during Harvest, the conversation explores pleasure as a healing force and the role of embodied practice in emotional wellbeing.Chloé Macintosh shares how trauma shapes attachment, why we fear vulnerability, and how healing happens through relationship rather than isolation. A powerful invitation to reconnect with life through the body and the heart.PS : Chloe is kindly offering a 50% discount on her app, Kama. Follow the linkChapters00:00 – Welcome to Harvest00:29 – Shame, disconnection, and intimacy01:08 – Courage and authenticity02:18 – Pleasure as a pathway to wellbeing03:00 – Why pleasure feels blocked03:40 – Trauma, numbness, and the senses04:03 – Courage as an open heart05:12 – Why we don’t practice with the heart06:00 – Heart intelligence and coherence06:52 – The heart before the mind07:35 – Emotional signals and awareness08:12 – Why the heart is hard to access09:14 – Awareness as embodied intelligence10:09 – The heart beyond symbols11:02 – Fear, pain, and emotional avoidance12:02 – Healing wounds through practice13:14 – Childhood heartbreak and attachment14:29 – Separation and emotional safety15:34 – Repeating patterns in relationships16:00 – Healing in relationship, not isolation17:01 – Communication, triggers, and transparency18:32 – Vulnerability and desire19:06 – Intimacy, miscommunication, and distance20:29 – Pleasure, thoughts, and the body21:47 – From pleasure to heart work22:27 – Depression and aliveness23:10 – Sexual energy and embodiment24:36 – Dissociation and numbness25:15 – Re-centering and grounding26:10 – Layering pleasure and heart work27:05 – Creating practical methods28:33 – Trauma, trust, and safety30:13 – Receptivity as self-love31:05 – Practice as devotion32:11 – Everyday rituals and awareness33:27 – Intention, water, and presence34:06 – Intimacy with life35:08 – Personal breakthrough with the heart36:31 – Trauma, shutdown, and safety37:00 – Reopening the heart through service38:55 – Healing others through relationship40:13 – Closing reflectionsYou can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.Credits:Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequencesTechnician in Kaplankaya: Joel MoriasiMusic by: ChambordHarvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital PartnersHarvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel