An Evolving Man Podcast

Today on the podcast I welcome back Rod Boothroyd for the final part in the series where we 
explore the archetype of the King or the Queen also known as the Sovereign Archetype. 

The King or Sovereign is the part of us that is responsible for vision, power,  leadership, potency, blessing ourselves and others, and bringing order to our internal and external worlds. The King is also the part of us responsible for the spiritual side of our lives. 

Today Rod goes deeper into the subject of the King archetype. What are the positive aspects and  what are the shadows? How do we connect to this energy in a benevolent way? 
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Rod Boothroyd is a counsellor, psychotherapist, a certified “Healing The Shadow” practitioner and the author of the book Warrior, Magician, Lover, King – a guide to the male archetypes updated for the 21st century. 

He works with men, women and mixed groups to heal the wounds of childhood with Marianne Hill and also trains people in the art of working with the shadow and healing emotional wounds.
 
Some of the questions that Rod answers are: 
1. What is the King or Sovereign archetype?
2. What makes a balanced and mature King?
3. What are the shadows of the archetypes?
4. What are the specific shadows of the King archetype?
5. I would love you to speak more about the emotional wounds of the King. How does this 
wound come about and what are some of the self-beliefs that are born from this wound?
6. What would you say is the key emotion of the King and why is this emotion so important 
for a mature male?
7. In your book you mention that you feel that the King archetype is the one which is most out 
of balance in the modern man. Why is this? Has it changed over the past few decades since 
Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette published their books? 
8. How do we cultivate the King - what are the steps that we can take to embody the King 
more fully in our lives?
9. You mention that the King is about life purpose and mission. Can you talk a little more to us
about how to connect to our mission and purpose as men and women?
10. How to connect to your work? 

#kingwarriormagicianlover #kingarchetype #rodboothroyd 

Books:
Rod Boothroyd: Warrior Magician Lover King; A Guide to the Male Archetypes Updated for the 
21st Century
Josh Waitzkin: The Art of Learning
Bill Kauth: A Circle Of Men; The Original Manual For Men's Groups
Pete Walker: Complex PTSD
Robert Moore: The Archetype of Initiation
John Bradshaw: HomeComing
Philip Shepherd: Radical Wholeness
Paul Gilbert: The Compassionate Mind
Pete Walker: The Tao of Fully Feeling 

Training as a shadow work practitioner:
https://www.htsorganisation.co.uk 

To contact Rod to learn more about Ed Rooke's Lover Workshops please email: 
[email protected] 

Group healing and self development work:
Men:
https://www.strongfreemen.co.uk
https://www.menwithoutmasks.com
https://www.thecipproject.com
https://mankindprojectuki.org/
https://illuman.org

Men and women:
https://www.celebrationofbeing.co.uk/
https://healingtheshadow.co.uk 

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. He also runs online men's groups, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. 

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community 

Many blessings, Piers Cross 
http://piers-cross.com/ 

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. 

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. 

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 

For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross 

For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic 

For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community 

Many blessings, 

Piers Cross 

http://piers-cross.com/ 

An Evolving Man Podcast (AEM) #36: Dr Suzanne Zeedyk: Developmental Psychologist: Attachment Theory, ACEs, Trauma, Boarding School Syndrome 

Today I am delighted to be speaking Dr Suzanne Zeedyk. In this episode of An Evolving Man Podcast we explore attachment theory, ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences), Trauma and boarding school.

Suzanne explores what trauma and attachment theory is. And then she goes in to exploring how this relates in the world of boarding school and boarding school syndrome.

A really fascinating discussion from one of the world's leading developmental psychologists who has shared a stage with Gabor Mate among other people.

We cover lots of areas from Early Years Framework, the effect of Covid and lockdowns on children and how boarding school effects our leaders developmentally.

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Dr. Suzanne Zeedyk is a research scientist fascinated by babies’ innate capacity to connect.  Since 1993, she has been based at the University of Dundee (Scotland), within the School of Psychology.  Her academic career began in the USA, where she completed her PhD at Yale University. 

Suzanne’s core aspiration continues to be strengthening awareness of the decisions we take about caring for our children — because those choices are integrally connected to our vision for the kind of society we wish to build. 

Questions for Suzanne:

1. Tell us about your background and how you became interested in this topic. 
2. Tell us about the rise of the Trauma Movement (which some people call the ACEs Movement)– here in the UK & beyond. 
3. Give us a sense of how trauma works. Why does it leave such impact? 
4. ***You think Boarding School Trauma has been left out of the Trauma Movement? And you think there needs to be a change in that? Tell us more. 
5. Why do you think that separation/exclusion exists? 
6. What are the consequences of legitimising suffering of Boarding School Children?
7. What questions does my stance leave us with? 
8. Is healing from boarding school trauma possible? 
9. How do people learn more about the work that you do?

#childdevelopment #boardingschools #attachment theory

For more information about Suzanne please visit: https://suzannezeedyk.com/

Or: https://connectedbaby.net

For her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/drsuzannezeedyk/

To follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/suzannezeedyk

Suzanne's book: Tigers and Teddies: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sabre-Tooth-Tigers-Teddy-Bears-ebook/dp/B0874TNWFY/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=suzanne+zeedyk&qid=1652369012&sprefix=suzanne+zee%2Caps%2C117&sr=8-2

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Trailer for Resilience https://youtu.be/49YZ2rn5R2M

Alex Renton's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Legacy-Reckoning-Familys-Slavery/dp/1786898896/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=alex+renton&qid=1652369388&sprefix=alex+re%2Caps%2C121&sr=8-3

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. 

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. 

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 

For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross 

For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic 

For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community 

Many blessings, 

Piers Cross 

http://piers-cross.com/ 

Carl Chambers is a Church of England Vicar at St. Michael & All Angels Church in Wilmington, Kent. He is passionate about giving voice and shining light on issues in the church.

Today I am excited to be talking to Carl Chambers about the church. As a Vicar for the Church of England today he brings light and hope to the conversation about the church sexual abuse and for the need for truth and reconciliation. 

A really powerful conversation with a very courageous man. I spent several months looking for someone to speak up about the church and found it very difficult to find anyone. 

Carl was a real pleasure to speak to with so much wisdom and how we can move forward. It is time for us to share our stories and be heard... ---- 

Some of the questions for Carl:

1. I would love for you to share some of your journey in getting to where you are now. What led you into the church?
2. I notice within the church that there has been a lot of cover up over different issues like safeguarding and abuse. Why do you feel this is the case?
3. How do we start to shine light into these issues and bring healing to those who have been affected by some of these wrongdoings in the church?
4. Is there any light that you can shine and speak about? What is it that we are not talking about?
5. I know that you attended boarding school from a young age. What was the impact for you of going to board at such a young age?
6. Bullying. Why is bullying so latent in some boarding schools? How does it crush people? Again, what can we do to start to bring healing to what went on in these schools?
7. What changed your mind about your boarding school experiences? You left as head boy and thought that you loved it. 
8. What is your analogy regarding the church and the abuse?
9. What is your vision moving forward? How do we bring healing to these institutions?

#churchabuse #boardingschoolabuse #reconciliation

For more information about the work that Carl does please visit: https://www.stmichaelswilmington.org.uk/home.htm

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. 

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. 

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 

For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross 

For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic 

For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community 

Many blessings, 

Piers Cross 

http://piers-cross.com/ 

Today I am speaking with Tony Gammidge about art therapy and the power of creativity in healing trauma. We also take some time to talk about his own boarding school experiences and the work that he does in prison and secure units.

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Tony Gammidge is an Artist, Filmmaker/Animator, trainer and HCPC registered Art Therapist.

He has a particular interest in stories, and personal narrative and in the idea of embodied storymaking (stories that are made by hand as well as told). This is reflected in his own work, films, artist books and installations but also in his participatory work in prisons, secure units, mental health settings and centres for asylum seekers. 

He has made over 30 films with participants in this time. Many of these films have won Koestler awards and been screened in conferences, symposiums and in galleries and museums.

Questions to ask:

1. I would love to start my interview with a little more about you. What drew you into the work that you now do?
2. Could you talk about art therapy please? I found art and creativity to be so healing in my own therapeutic journey. What is it? How has it helped you and your clients?
3. In working in groups of ex-boarding school men I have seen the transformation that story-telling has on the individual and the group. In your opinion, what is the importance of story-telling? What happens when we tell our stories? And what happens to those who hear us speak or perform our personal journeys?
4. Could you please speak about the idea of ‘home’ or its loss (or ambiguous loss), also in contrast the ‘Hostile environment’ (eg Home Office's attitude to refugees)?
5. Could you also please talk about embodied narrative, stories told through the hands and the body. Could you give an example? How does this process of embodied narrative work?
6. How do our early experiences often shape our careers (for you in prisons and with refugees)?
7. I would love you to speak about your animations and the work that you do in secure units and prisons. Would you be able to share a little about Norton Grim? Where did this character come from and how did making the film about him feel?
8. What were your experiences of boarding school like?
9. Could you share some of the healing that has happened in these environments as people have had permission to share their stories?
10. How do people find out more about you?

#tonygammidge #arttherapy #traumaarttherapy

For more information about Tony and the work he does please visit: https://www.tonygammidge.com/

He mentions an interview with Dr Pauline Boss on Ambiguous Loss on the ‘On Being’ website:

https://onbeing.org/programs/pauline-boss-navigating-loss-without-closure/

https://www.youtube.com/user/tonygammidge

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. 

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. 

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 

For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross 

For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic 

For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community 

Many blessings, 

Piers Cross 

http://piers-cross.com/ 

Today on the podcast I am delighted to be speaking with Bruce Parry who is the BAFTA award winning producer, director and presenter.

We go behind the scenes of his TV shows, the BBC's Tribe, Artic, and Amazon and Tawai.

A really fascinating journey into what he has learned, his boarding school and military experiences and community.

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Bruce Parry is an English documentarian, indigenous rights advocate, author, explorer, trek leader and former Royal Marines commando officer. 

His documentary series for the BBC entitled Tribe, Amazon, and Arctic have shown him exploring extreme environments, living with remote indigenous peoples and highlighting many of the important issues being faced on the environmental frontline. 

He directed and produced the film Tawai in 2017 which explores the different ways that humans relate to nature and how this influences the way we create our societies. 

Some of the areas he speaks about:

1. The making of his feature film Tawai. 
2. Talking about meeting the Kogi Indians in Columbia and how that helped to bring about a huge change.
3. He talks about renunciation and how he went without drugs, alcohol and sex to help prepare for the film Tawai and the consequences when he broke his renunciation. 
4. What did he learn from the tribal people's of the world to help us at this time while he was filming BBC's Tribe, Amazon and Arctic? 
5. How do we bring the ancient ways into modern society? 
6. He shares some of his own journey at boarding school and the military and the structure of those environments, contrasting with the tribal worlds. 
7. What has he learned about community living? What makes a great community? What doesn't?
8. The importance of doing inner healing work – taking full responsibility for our own healing.
9. The power of listening – how he learned to listen to the tribes he visited
10. He talks about how the indigenous tribes like the Penan and the Mbenjeli have no violence. They see violence and aggression as a mental illness.
11. How competition doesn't exist in the tribes like the Penan. He shares stories of times with the Mbenjeli where he realsed that there was no competition.
12. His vision and words for the future.

To learn more about Bruce Parry's work please visit: https://www.bruceparry.com/about

And to support him on Patreon please visit: https://www.patreon.com/bruceparry

To watch his amazing film Tawai: https://www.tawai.earth/

#bruceparry #bbctribe #tawai

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. 

He also runs online men's groups, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. 

Many blessings, Piers Cross 

http://piers-cross.com / 

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. 

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. 

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 

For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross 

For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic 

For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community 

Many blessings, 

Piers Cross 

http://piers-cross.com/ 

Today, I am excited to be speaking to Dawson Church, PhD, who is an award-winning author of the best-selling books, The Genie in Your Genes, Mind to Matter and the Bliss Brain.

We talk about PTSD, and complex PTSD and how it impacts our brains and physiology and what we can start to do to begin the healing process.

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Dawson did undergraduate and graduate work at Baylor University, and obtained his doctorate at Holos University under the supervision of Harvard-trained neurosurgeon Norm Shealey, MD, PhD, founder of the American Holistic Medical Association. 

Dawson founded the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare to study and implement promising evidence-based psychological and medical techniques. His groundbreaking research has been published in many prestigious scientific journals. Dawson is the editor of Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, & Treatment, a peer-reviewed professional journal.

Some of the questions I ask him:

1. I would love for you to share some of your journey. How did you get into the work that you do now?
2. I would love for you to explain some of the research and scientific studies that you have done over the years into trauma and especially PTSD. Would you be able to share what your finding have been? What are some of the most effective tools for healing PTSD?
3. I would love to hear what you feel about Complex PTSD. Due to the nature of residential schools many ex-students feel that they have Complex PTSD or Complex Trauma. Has much research been done into this field? If yes, what have the findings been?
4. I have been practising and working with EFT since 2000. I would love for you to explain how EFT works and why it seems to work so well especially with trauma.
5. In your book, Bliss Brain, you cite Maria Diamond's research into the factors that are important for a healthy brain. What happens to the brain if we grow up in an environment that doesn't have some of the above 5 factors? Can we heal that in later life? How?
6. Happiness: I would love for you to speak about happiness. In these challenging times how do we stay heart-centred and happy?
7. The future – the world seems to be in some chaos at the moment. What is your vision for the future? What can we do to move towards that future vision?

To find out more about Dawson Church please visit: https://dawsongift.com/

To visit his website EFT Universe: https://www.eftuniverse.com/

To get a free copy of his brilliant book, Bliss Brain: https://blissbrain.com/

To download his app Stress Solution: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.stresssolutionlive

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. 

He also runs online men's groups, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. 

To purchase Piers' first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross 

For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic 

For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community 

Many blessings, Piers Cross 

http://piers-cross.com/ 

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. 

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. 

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 

For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross 

For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic 

For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community 

Many blessings, 

Piers Cross 

http://piers-cross.com/ 

Today on the podcast I welcome back Rod Boothroyd to go deeper into the archetype of the Lover. 

The Lover is the part of us that is responsible for feeling, connecting to others, eros and sexuality, creativity and spontaneity. The Lover is the part of us responsible for the emotional and feeling side of our lives. 

Today Rod goes deeper into the subject of the Lover archetype. What are the positive aspects and what are the shadows? How do we connect to this energy in a benevolent way? 

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Rod Boothroyd is a counsellor, psychotherapist, a certified “Healing The Shadow” practitioner and the author of the book Warrior, Magician, Lover, King – a guide to the male archetypes updated for the 21st century. 

He works with men, women and mixed groups to heal the wounds of childhood with Marianne Hill and also trains people in the art of working with the shadow and healing emotional wounds.

Some of the questions that Rod answers are: 

What is the Lover archetype?

1. What makes a balanced and mature Lover?
2. What are the shadows of the archetypes?
3. What are the specific shadows of the Lover archetype?
4. I would love you to speak more about the emotional wounds of the Lover. How does this wound come about and what are some of the self-beliefs that are born from this wound?
5. What would you say is the key emotion of the Lover and why does it help to move through this emotion?
6. In certain areas the Lover seems to be in conflict with the other archetypes. The Lover seems to be about having no boundaries whereas the Warrior is about boundaries. What can we do to integrate the Lover without it taking over our lives and spiralling into addictions?
7. Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette speak of the need of a strong father in puberty to help the adolescent break away from the mother so that he can experience himself “as fully masculine.” In your opinion does this happen at the moment? How do we as men help this to happen so boys can become men?
8. How do we cultivate the Lover - what are the steps that we can take to embody the Lover?
9. How to connect to your work? 

#kingwarriormagicianlover #loverarchetype #rodboothroyd 

Books:

Rod Boothroyd: Warrior Magician Lover King; A Guide to the Male Archetypes Updated for the 21st Century

Josh Waitzkin: The Art of Learning

Bill Kauth: A Circle Of Men; The Original Manual For Men's Groups

Pete Walker: Complex PTSD

Robert Moore: The Archetype of Initiation

John Bradshaw: HomeComing

Philip Shepherd: Radical Wholeness

Paul Gilbert: The Compassionate Mind

Pete Walker: The Tao of Fully Feeling

Training as a shadow work practitioner:

https://www.htsorganisation.co.uk

To contact Rod to learn more about Ed Rooke's Lover Workshops please email: [email protected] 

Group healing and self development work:

Men:

https://www.strongfreemen.co.uk

https://www.menwithoutmasks.com

https://www.thecipproject.com

https://mankindprojectuki.org/

https://illuman.org

Men and women:

https://www.celebrationofbeing.co.uk/

https://healingtheshadow.co.uk/

For more information about the work that Piers does with men around trauma, boarding school syndrome and relationships please visit: https://www.piers-cross.com/

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. 

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. 

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 

For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross 

For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic 

For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community 

Many blessings, 

Piers Cross 

http://piers-cross.com/ 

 Today I am speaking with Michael Boyle on the 30th episode of my podcast.

Michael is one of the founders of men's work in the UK having been central to inviting over Robert Bly and Robert Moore, author of King Warrior Magician Lover in the 1990s. He was also central to setting up the Mankind Project, MKP in the UK. He was also central to setting up the Mankind Project, MKP in the UK which is a global charity that runs rites of passage weekends. 
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Michael Boyle founded and directed a successful commercial enterprise before making a mid-life transition into the world of myth and archetypal psychology. He has an MA in Psychotherapy and for over 20 years has worked extensively as a facilitator and presenter on corporate leadership programmes throughout the world. He enhances his archetypal work through extensive training and experience in Group Facilitation, Shadow Work and Systemic Constellations. He regards the Archetypal approach as key to stimulating the necessary self-awareness that facilitates sustained behaviour change. Michael is a founding Partner and Senior Programme Director of Olivier Mythodrama and lives in London in the UK.

Michael is also the Founder of Abandofbrothers, a charity providing rites of passage experiences and local male mentors for disaffected young men. He is also a certified Leader and Leader Trainer for the ManKind Project, a global men’s network, and leads “The Adventure,” an initiatory experience for men, internationally. Michael’s most recent project, Breaking the Spell, is specifically designed to support men and women to liberate themselves from restricting personal and cultural conditioning. 

Questions for Michael:

1. I would love for you to share some of your journey – what sparked your mid-life transition into men's work and the Mythopoetic tradition? What have you learned along the way?

2. What are some of your stories and teachings from Robert Bly?
3. I would love for you to speak about rites of passage and initiation. What is the importance of community?
4. I would love for you to speak more about purpose and the archetypes? Would you be able to go into more depth about the power of the archetypal work and the extended framework that you now use?
5. I would love you to speak about Sovereign purpose. What is meant by this? How do we connect with this?
6. I would love for you to talk more about the belief that “people do not so much “grow” as evolve into more fulfilled versions of who they really are.”
7. “The more you develop yourself as a person the more qualified you are for leadership.” Would share some of the wisdom you have learned over the past 30 years about leadership? What some of the key qualities of a great leader? How do we cultivate them? Would you say that our current leaders are in that category? If not, how do we help them or the system to change?
8. What is your vision for the future? How do we go through this rite of passage and come out the other side?

 For the Sovereign Purpose retreat: https://www.sovereign-purpose.com/sovereign-purpose-retreat 
For more information about Michael's work please visit: https://www.oliviermythodrama.com 
For the archetypal self-assessment: https://archetypesatwork.com/freeassessment/ 
For information about the Band of Brothers: https://abandofbrothers.org.uk/ 
For the Mankind Project: https://mankindproject.org/ --- 

Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. He also runs online men's groups, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man.For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community 

Many blessings, Piers Cross http://piers-cross.com/ 

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. 

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. 

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 

For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross 

For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic 

For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community 

Many blessings, 

Piers Cross 

http://piers-cross.com/ 

Today I am speaking to the author, Michael Maisey, on my podcast. Michael is an amazing man and has a truly astonishing story. From sexual abuse, violence, drug and alcohol addiction, attempted suicide and being arrested as a teenager for armed robbery and attempted murder Michael spent several years in prison.

On leaving prison Michael continued struggled with alcohol and drug addiction. At age 25 through the support of the AA and the 12 Step Program he gave up alcohol and drugs. He set up a thriving business in real estate and now teaches others through workshops and talks how to transform their lives.

He has been given awards for his work and has appeared as a contestant on Channel Four's show with Ant Middleton, SAS, Who Dares Win, Season 4.

Today we talk about his journey and the tools he has used to transform his life and those of thousands of others. He talks about what it is to be a man, how to transform even the most horrific abuse and how we support the young people who are struggling with crime and addictions.

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Michael is the Author of the Best-Selling Book 'Young Offender'. He has been sober for 14 years and since his release from prison in 2001 he has been on a journey practicing healing and self-development on himself to improve his life and heal the wounds from his own childhood. He went from a child from an underprivileged background, with zero qualifications to being in a position to retire at the age of 35. 

He works with all the tools which he has found to be most beneficial. He brings these tools together to help others reach their full potential and help them to step up and let their own light shine. His core belief is about 100% accountability, giving back, and transforming the lives of others from all walks of life.​

Some questions for Michael:

1. I would love for you to share some of your incredible journey. What was the path that led you to do the work that you now do with men, women and teenagers?
2. Importance of role models: Looking back at your own life, what do you feel is the importance of having benevolent older role models in your life, especially as a teenager? 
3. If your child is struggling:You mention the first time you are arrested the policeman coming to your house. And then the chief superintendent giving you a talking down when you were arrested for armed robbery. Their tactics didn't seem to work for you. What do you feel would have worked for you? And for those who have kids who are getting wayward what is the best way of talking to them?
4. Giving up addictions: How important was the support of the 12-step program and your sponsors of Sean, and Matt. What else could you share about the journey of healing your addictions?
5. What do you feel needs to happen in prison to rehabilitate people? How do we change the current system?
6. How do people find out more about your work?

#michaelmaisey #youngoffender #overcomingaddictions

To find out more about Michael's work please visit: https://www.thecipproject.com

To buy Michael's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Young-Offender/dp/B07PGB5459/ref=sr_1_1?crid=14976ZG86CUHV&keywords=young+offender&qid=1645097510&sprefix=young+offender%2Caps%2C191&sr=8-1

To visit him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecipproject

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelmaisey/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Michael_Maisey

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. 

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. 

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 

For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross 

For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic 

For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community 

Many blessings, 

Piers Cross 

http://piers-cross.com/ 

AEM Podcast #28 Ulf Sandstrom - Techniques for Healing Trauma

Today I am speaking with Ulf Sandstrom on my podcast. Ulf is a fascinating man who co-founded the charity Peaceful Heart Network which goes to areas of conflict and natural disasters to help heal emotional and mental trauma.

The main tool that they use is the Trauma Tapping Technique which is based on the work of Thought Field Therapy (TFT) and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT).

They have worked with 1000s of people and have had transformative results working with child soldiers, victims of rape, violence and orphans of different wars.

Ulf also teaches and leads us through one of the techniques.

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Ulf Sandstrom is a Swedish trauma facilitator, working to ease suffering and prevent violence by spreading methods for trauma relief and resilience to stress. Together with Gunilla Hamne he is a co-founder of the Peaceful Heart Network, a non-profit active in over 30 countries in areas where conflict and natural disasters have left people vulnerable and hyper vigilant. 

They have received the ACEP humanitarian award for their work, developed the Trauma Tapping Technique, conducted studies on the effects of it on children liberated from armed forces in DR Congo, and developed free tools like the app Self Help For Trauma in 27 languages. 

Ulf works with individuals and teams looking to regain control of life and to develop organic self-leadership skills combining Trauma Tapping and with Havening Techniques, Neurolinguistic Programming, hypnosis, Clean Language and Mental Training.

Questions for Ulf:

1. I would love you to share a little more about how you started working in the area you now do as a trauma facilitator?
2. Would you be able to share a little bit about trauma and especially emotional and mental trauma? Why is it so important to heal these traumas? What in your opinion is the impact when trauma is not dealt with?
3. I would love you to share some of your stories of working in war-torn places. Was there a conscious decision to go to Africa in the first place? Or were you asked? 
4. How receptive were people at the beginning when learning the tools like Trauma Tapping Technique? Were there methods that you used to help people to be more receptive to these techniques?
5. What was the impact of using these tools? How long did it take for you and Gunilla to realise that these tools were really helping and having a really positive impact in the communities?
6. Would you be able to share some of the studies you conducted showing how EFT and Tapping and some of the other tools help others? Or some case studies from your own work?
7. Would you be happy to share some of the techniques with us?
8. A lot of my audience are ex-boarders having been sent away from home at a young age. Some have received bullying or other forms of abuse. Having worked with severe trauma what would your message be to someone who has been affected by childhood trauma? In your opinion is it possible to heal?
9. What are some of the keys to healing trauma and living happy and fulfilled lives?
10. How do people find out more about your work?

For more information about Ulf and the work they do please visit: http://www.selfhelpfortrauma.org

To download their app Self Help For Trauma https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.selfhelpfortrauma.app

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. He also runs online men's groups, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. He is also the auth

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. 

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. 

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 

For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross 

For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic 

For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community 

Many blessings, 

Piers Cross 

http://piers-cross.com/