Hold on Tight Podcast
🎙️ Hold On Tight is the unapologetically real podcast about resilience, rebuilding, and living stronger on the other side of life’s hardest hits. Hosted by a single dad who’s been through the fire, this isn’t therapy-speak — it’s straight talk about getting back up when life knocks you down.
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Hold on Tight Podcast
Ep.23: Okay. I Understand. Love in 2026
Summary
In this episode, Marc LaFleur explores the complexities of love, emphasizing its enduring nature despite modern challenges. He discusses the importance of trust, healing, and self-discovery in relationships, and outlines the three phases of love: fireworks, candle, and mirror. LaFleur encourages listeners to confront their emotional barriers and choose love intentionally, highlighting that true love requires vulnerability and growth.
Takeaways
- Love has been a fundamental force for over 200,000 years.
- True love is built on choice, not convenience.
- Modern dating often leads to loneliness despite increased options.
- Love demands patience, accountability, and forgiveness.
- Trust is the heartbeat of love; without it, peace is lost.
- Healing involves remembering and loving again, despite past pain.
- Emotional unavailability can disguise itself as passion.
- Real love requires both partners to grow together.
- The mirror of love reveals unresolved issues within ourselves.
- Choosing love means being open to vulnerability and discomfort