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EP 24: Pedro Meneses — Redefining Self Mastery And Self Care As Men
Growing up in Guatemala with wealthy parents, Pedro Meneses “had it all.”
“That’s the reality,” he says. “I went to private school. My dad sponsored me for college and everything I've always wanted in my life… my friends were, like, politicians’ kids and people that had to have chauffeurs and security.”
As he moved through his early 20s, Pedro realized that although his life was full of privilege, it wasn’t full of much meaning. “You start growing up in a way that you feel like the world owes you something,” he adds. “My entire life, for some reason, there was always something in me telling me that there was something that was not right.”
He tried searching for meaning as a volunteer firefighter in Guatemala, where most of his time was spent working with poor, underresourced families. Eventually, the search for meaning would take him to the U.S., where he married and became an entrepreneur. But it wasn’t until the pandemic that he realized his struggle to find meaning could be attributed to one source, in particular: his relationship to masculinity.
In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Pedro talk about why COVID led Pedro to develop “a hunger to be more of a man” and how that led him to found his beard-care company and community, The Way of the Modern Beast.
What You’ll Learn:
- What made Pedro realize that so many of the men he encountered in life had “emptiness in their eyes”
- Why he believes “self-mastery” and “self-care” go hand-in-hand
- Why he founded a community where men can grow and find their strengths alongside other men
- And much more!
Favorite Quote:
“Masculinity for me is that a man should have a purpose... because then you have something that you have the battle to fight for. You have the adventure to live, and you have a companion that can help you through that battle and who you can invite to that adventure for your life.”
— Pedro Meneses
How to Get Involved:
Connect with Pedro:
The Way of the Modern Beast
Connect with Patrick:
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Growing up in Guatemala with wealthy parents, Pedro Meneses “had it all.”
“That’s the reality,” he says. “I went to private school. My dad sponsored me for college and everything I've always wanted in my life… my friends were, like, politicians’ kids and people that had to have chauffeurs and security.”
As he moved through his early 20s, Pedro realized that although his life was full of privilege, it wasn’t full of much meaning. “You start growing up in a way that you feel like the world owes you something,” he adds. “My entire life, for some reason, there was always something in me telling me that there was something that was not right.”
He tried searching for meaning as a volunteer firefighter in Guatemala, where most of his time was spent working with poor, underresourced families. Eventually, the search for meaning would take him to the U.S., where he married and became an entrepreneur. But it wasn’t until the pandemic that he realized his struggle to find meaning could be attributed to one source, in particular: his relationship to masculinity.
In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Pedro talk about why COVID led Pedro to develop “a hunger to be more of a man” and how that led him to found his beard-care company and community, The Way of the Modern Beast.
What You’ll Learn:
- What made Pedro realize that so many of the men he encountered in life had “emptiness in their eyes”
- Why he believes “self-mastery” and “self-care” go hand-in-hand
- Why he founded a community where men can grow and find their strengths alongside other men
- And much more!
Favorite Quote:
“Masculinity for me is that a man should have a purpose... because then you have something that you have the battle to fight for. You have the adventure to live, and you have a companion that can help you through that battle and who you can invite to that adventure for your life.”
— Pedro Meneses
How to Get Involved:
Connect with Pedro:
The Way of the Modern Beast
Connect with Patrick: