The Art of Falling in Love with the In‑Between

I’m so delighted to share the very first episode of Romancing the Threshold. This podcast has been brewing at the hearth for a long time, and now the doorway opens.

Romancing the Threshold is not about rushing through change, but about romancing it—lingering at the doorway, savoring the in‑between, and discovering the beauty hidden in uncertainty.

In this opening episode, I share the story behind the podcast and how it weaves together my two Substack homes: On Liminality, where I explore thresholds of change, grief, and becoming, and The Healing Power of Fluff, where I celebrate the joy and emotional truth of romance stories. Here, they meet at the hearth.

You’ll hear four invitations for romancing thresholds—softness in transition, pleasure in uncertainty, intimacy with the shadow, and mythic awareness of cycles—along with a simple practice to help you linger at your own doorway this week.

Key Themes:

• Romancing change instead of rushing through it.

• The in‑between as a love story: wooing the unknown with tenderness and imagination.

• The hearth‑fire meeting of On Liminality and The Healing Power of Fluff.

• Four invitations for navigating thresholds: softness, pleasure, intimacy, and mythic awareness.

• The podcast itself as a romance in progress.

Closing Invitation: If this episode stirs something in you, I’d love for you to listen, share it with a friend, and let me know what thresholds you’re romancing right now.

Until next time… go gently, go boldly, into the in‑between—with curiosity for what waits at the threshold.

Vanessa

PS - I’ve just started ‘dating’ the recording software, so our encounters are a bit awkward. But I’m sure that with each episode, we’ll get our groove on!