Everyday Legends

We have many narratives that we see, hear, experience, and take on board as boys, adolescents and now as men. They range from innocent, to important, to powerful and positive, to powerful and outrageously negative.

We have narratives and messages we receive about being respectful of others, about treating others how you want to be treated, about elbows on the table, about talking with your mouthful, about the importance of getting an education and getting a good-paying job, about success and what dictates it, about marriage and what makes a good one, about death and aging - just about anything in life, we receive messages and from those messages, we create narratives about them.

Those narratives become our beliefs.

Our beliefs become our behaviours.

Our behaviours create our life; what it looks and feels like, how we act, how we speak, and ultimately who we are.

In amongst all of this is the common narrative that includes a mixture of the following: that men need to be strong, tough, unemotional, never show weakness, be able to handle everything, and never ask for any kind of help or admit that you can't do something or don't know something.

Before I move on - let's just reflect for a moment on the widely outrageous size of that as an expectation we commonly place on boys as they stare down that narrowest of narrow paths to manhood. Fuck.

One of the behaviours and set of outcomes that often falls in here is the common pattern of attempting to live and solve all of life's problems on an isolated island. And friendships that stick to the surface.

A consequence of that is almost every man living this reality thinking he's the only one experiencing rough patches and problems, while simultaneously wishing he had safe support to understand and navigate said issues.

What happens, is we have removed the incredibly important and massively powerful nature of male relationships with depth, support, strength, compassion, and accountability - the kind of relationships that allow us not only to navigate life, but to grow in the container that they are as we test ourselves and be tested.

This is what I explore and dive into on this solo episode of the podcast this week; the power of being in community with good men.

Of course, one of the things that might bring up is 'What is a good man?' - so, for the sake of brevity, I'll simply point you to the podcast to listen to the broader explanation of a man of integrity, strength and safety for others.

If you're a man who does not have these types of relationships, nor doesn't have an idea how to create them let's first start with acknowledging the immense power and importance of them and what they have available for you.

In the episode, I present the case for not only having good men in your life, but also why men and boys banter and pile shit on each other - from an evolutionary standpoint.

I enjoyed this episode, as, in case it's not blatantly obvious, I believe wholeheartedly in this - it is part of every piece of coaching, programs, course, anything of the work I do with men in some way involves that man having other men in his corner to support him, to challenge him, to hold him accountable, and to call him forward into integrity and who he is capable of being.

There is an invitation for you in this.

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The realm of personal development has a few different worlds in it. One of those is the idea of just being better ' #liveyourbestlife - which tends to focus on just following your dreams and passions and being positive all the time.

Unfortunately, for many of us, this sets unrealistically high expectations and ultimately encourages by-passing of shit we actually need to learn, sit in, process, and move through. As a result, we often spin in feeling like a failure, beating ourselves up and trying hard to be overly positive despite shit potentially going as well as am arm being chopped off.

Closely related to this world is the idea - heavily favoured by men - of simply focusing on the strategy to move past what is frustrating us, the strategy to create new results and outcomes.

The challenge and weakness with this are immense but often subtle; if we only focus on moving forward without understanding and being able to overcome what led to us being in the place we want to move beyond, we will tend to have short bursts of success until the underlying issues inevitably resurface.

Enter - YOUR SHIT. This is what is happening in both of these situations; we're trying to ignore and avoid our shit.

Doing that only emboldens in to have a more insidious and frustrating hold over our lives.

Shit unaddressed and unmanaged will pull the strings.

That is primarily a lot of my work with me; making sense of their shit, changing the relationship to it, owning it, moving past it, and overcoming it so that we get out from under its thumb and replace our thumb on its head.

That's what this episode is about - why you struggle to get your shit together even though you really want to.

In this episode, we explore some of the reasons why we - especially as men - struggle to get out shit together even though we know how it's playing out, we know what we want and what we need to do.

We'll explore some of the ideas that see us stubbornly stick our head in the sand with our shit, hoping it will just magically disappear and life can be grand.

We also explore some key foundations for how you can actually and finally get your shit together.

Where this brings us to is this - I have launched a brand new course for exactly this: GYST 101 - Get Your Shit Together - a 3 week accelerator course in life and shit for men who want to make their shit make sense, stop sabotaging themselves, and finally step into their potential.

This is a punchy 2 weeks - not only, but long enough with concerted application to make a DENT in your shit ad in your life.

It would be easy for me to create a course of 6 weeks, or longer - to really do longer-term work on your shit, but here's the kicker - for most men our shit is the thing stopping us from working on our shit.

The more barriers to starting the less likely we are to starting.

So, GYST is 3 weeks - a 21 day push to make a monumental difference in your life.

You can apply yourself for three weeks, right?

It starts TWO DAYS from the time you purchase and enrol.

Spots are open NOW - and we have an initial availability of 100 places for men finally ready to stop feeling like they need to get their shit together, fed up with struggling to get their shit together, men finally ready to stop hearing from the people in their lives "you need to get your shit together" and actually DO IT.

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I've been working with men for a long time now. Specifically in the realm of helping them mentally and emotionally to get their shit together for 9 years. Before that in the physical sense - but always essentially mental and emotional sense - for 8 years. That's 17 years and counting in working with men to understand and overcome their shit.

There are common themes, no doubt. Relationships are a huge one. Career enters a lot. Body stuff for sure. And then there is how they feel about themselves, which usually boils down to one thing - their worth.

How we see our worthiness is a giant subject. One we often screw up in the personal development world, in my mind. But what's important to note is this - it touches and impacts everything in our lives.

One of the biggest areas that we struggle to connect to - even though part of the clue is in the fucking title - is money.

It is frighteningly common for men to have shit around money and that having a direct connection to their own worth.

It usually runs something like this:

The more money I have, the more worth I have, the more worthy I am.

After all - money is something we place worth into. And for so many men it means we place our worth as a human into the money we have - or don't have. This doesn't mean money is bad, it simply means it is a beautiful lens from which is see a bunch of our own shit.

Shit that holds us back from a few monumental things: feeling worthwhile, like we deserve to be happy as we care, and actually gaining and maintaining money.

If I don't believe I have worth then it will be hard for me to hold onto something of worth. And so, I don't.

Enter most guys money shit (and their own shit).

And so, for this podcast, Enter Dan Harrison.

Dan is a man which a hell of a story when it comes to money and shit. From working $8'hr and being $500,00 in debt to a complete turn around earning hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and coaching financial advisors, Dan has been through the wringer with money and come out the other side to totally change his relationship to it.

We explore this story, his journey and how he got to the other side of such a massive debt at just 22 years of ages.

What I really enjoyed in this conversation with Dan is his candid nature in exploring some old wounds, as well as his ability to take us through the mind of a young man working his way out of such heavy shit - "A bone-crushing mountain of debt" to use his words.

Very shortly, potentially by the time you hear this episode and read these words, I have a new course for men in navigating life - GYST: Get Your Shit Together 101. It is designed to make your shit make sense, stop sabotaging yourself, and step into your potential.

Your shit might sit squarely in money, or it might sit elsewhere. Either way, this course will support you in understanding, owning, and growing past it. You can view it on my site here (if live) or email me at [email protected] to get front of queue access to one of the limited 100 initial spots.

As always, if you have questions about it - ask me. Hit me on social media @mikecampbellmc on Instagram or @Mike Campbell Man Coach on Facebook.

Dan Harrison is an Ex CFP turned course creator and online business mentor to Intuitive Entrepreneurs. He specializes in authentic selling, relationship-based marketing and transformational leadership. He was a top producer for one of the largest asset managers in Canada, is the Co-Founder of SOGO and creator of A Course in Conscious Wealth. He is a certified trainer with Bob Proctor, Gabby Bernstein and is a Certified Business performance coach and digital marketer with The Fletcher Method.

For years he was hiring and training financial advisors to become top producing agents.. Nowadays you'll find him speaking at conferences, hosting masterminds, leading men's groups and spending time with his wife and daughter - all while mentoring today's top emerging intuitive entrepreneurs and teaching them everything he knows about entrepreneurship, social good and life.

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I have worked with many men over the last decade. I have worked intimately with many and spoken with, answered questions, supported and given requested advice to many more.

There are themes that arise and remain across numbers like this - certainly in the ones that seek me out (or have the courage to do so, at least).

One of those themes is a desire to get more from life - knowing there is more available but not necessarily knowing how to access it.

What accompanies this for so many guys is a current experience of feeling somewhat stuck like they're cruising along in neutral - moving but not really going anywhere.

For many of us, we look at the big things in our life and think something needs to change; relationships, career, and health are a few of the big hitters.

An important note here is that sometimes it's all of these, sometimes it's none - it's inside us that needs to be addressed and change created.

For the countless guys that look at their work and think one or both of these things:

1. This isn't for me, I can't do this forever, I need to do something that brings me purpose and fulfilment. What do I do?
2. There is this specific thing I know I need and want to be doing with my life and career. How do I go about doing it?

This step from leaving a secure job to step into something more meaningful and purpose-driven can be a pipedream and an overwhelmingly daunting concept.

It can be a mixture of taking risks and being responsible.

And it can certainly help to have the examples of others who have done it to learn from.

That's one of the major things we visit in this episode of the podcast this week with the one and only Sylvester McNutt III.

Sly is a remarkable man. Full of curiosity and wonder, his story has many elements and journeys. One major thing we explored in this episode is his shift from working in corporate America to becoming a full-time writer and now the author of eight books.

None of it was handed to him on a platter. It involved working his job and working on his passion when he was able to. Backing himself, building momentum and evidence across time for the idea he had.

We explore this journey for him and now some of his journey in healing the relationship with his father to now becoming a father and some of the things he learnt and mistakes he's made.

I enjoyed this chat getting to know more about Sly's story. Sylvester is someone I have gotten to know via his content and more recently, in a group of like-minded men who connect regularly, his huge heart and determined head, this chat has some wonderful takeaways for those listening, not just those wanting to make a change in career.

SLy has a huge library of work to support you in knowing, loving, and becoming yourself in a richer and more meaningful way.

As always, if you have questions about it - ask me. Hit me on social media @mikecampbellmc on Instagram or @Mike Campbell Man Coach on Facebook.

Sylvester is an 8-time author; his most notable books are Care Package: A Path To Deep Healing and Free Your Energy. He created the Build Your Boundaries program where he teaches how to build healthy and effective boundaries. To date, he's recorded over 100 episodes of the Free Your Energy podcast. Go here to learn more about his books, here to see his courses, and here to see his essays.

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There's this saying "If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room". While that might be tentatively attributed to Confucius originally (from this author's Google search) and many people thereafter, I like it but wouldn't say I take it as gospel.

Cognitive Intelligence is one thing, emotional is another. I suspect we can always learn something from other people, be it something in them that creates a reflection and learning about ourselves, or some unique piece of information that person happens to know, regardless of how they score on an IQ test.

However, there's a room I regularly sit in where I have a clear understanding (belief) that I am most definitely not the most intelligent person in the room. I am often in awe of the gentlemen who sit around me and the conversations we have. I learn a lot from being in that room; about the world and myself.

I bring this up for two relevant reasons; one, my guest today - Rainier Wylde - is a mutual friend of many of these men and it seemed a natural link to have him on the show. And two, sitting on the conversation with Rainier I instantly felt like "yeah, wow, there's no way I am the smartest man in this room!"

What unfolded was a wonderful conversation where I was repeatedly left collecting my thoughts from Rainier's wonderful insights and storytelling.

Rainier has such a wonderful and varied background, from being the son of the travelling televangelist to a life of highs, lows, and diving deep into psychotherapy especially around identity, that we immediately had to explore this idea of 'authenticity'.

Rainier brings his immense storytelling prowess - or as he describes it 'a daisy-chainer of words' - to break down understanding what is the set of beliefs and stories we live and think is ourselves and what is actually our deeper essential self.

This then takes us into a conversation around initiation, specifically male initiation, as we dive deep into evolutionary chat for me to sit back and geek out on.

Rainier has some brilliant, poignant and funny insights that I think you'll enjoy taking on board. Plus his voice is that of someone who watched his father preach to the masses for many years; smooth and lovely to absorb.

This conversation was a joy to have and I hope also for you to listen to. It's a slightly longer one as I simply had to let it flow where it flowed.

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An experienced teacher, writer, and speaker, Rainier has embraced life for all that it is. He has celebrated its highs and learned from its lows. He has managed a Fortune 500 company and built businesses, he has also elegantly blown them up, burned them down, and started over from scratch. Through the various positions he has held, he has discovered that life must be claimed to hold any worth. His work is to inspire others to live fully and deeply in the here and now.

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Human's evolved to be in community with others, to be supported by and be in support of other humans, to build relationships, to problems solve, to hunt and cook and sing and dance and share stories and experiences.

We are social creatures. You are a social creature.

Yet, when it comes to the stuff that challenges you, the things that hold you back, that keep tripping you up, there is a universal truth that actually negates this point for a very important moment; no one is coming to save you.

No one is going to fix your shit or do the work for you, no one is going to make you do the thing you need to do.

And even if they did, it's not really yours at that point - if they do it, you don't own it.

That is entirely disempowering.

One can lead a horse to water. One can attempt to force the horse's head to the water. But one cannot, no matter how much one tries, make the horse drink it. The horse must do the drinking itself.

Hello, hi - you're the horse. We're all the horse.

We can be supported and helped, we can be guided and poked and challenged into action, but we have to take the actual action.

And this is what brings me to this week's solo podcast episode - whatever it is you're challenged by, whatever displeasure or struggle you're experiencing if you are waiting for someone to come and rescue you and do it for you - you will be waiting forever.

In this episode I explore this idea, however, I do it off the back of a comprehensive list of questions to support you in getting to that point.

What you'll see in this episode is a list of questions to help you break down and review 2020 and then plan out 2021.

So yeah, it's the end of January already, but I suspect many people listening to this episode (reading this) might not have done something as comprehensive as this. It is never too late to do this stuff, seeing as the date is arbitrary anyway - start today and review back 12 months from this point and then plan 12 months forward from this point.

Because here's the thing - if we don't review and plan in this detail - we will continue to have lives that are vague, unclear, and frustrating.

Once you've done that, well, you'll know no one is coming to save you and you'll be int he best position to take the necessary steps forward yourself.

THEN if you feel the need for some external support, if you think the step you need to take is to then join a community of men and coaches that can help you implement all of the stuff you plan, then the fastest and most serious of you can act NOW - I have three spots left in the February intake of EVERYDAY LEGENDS ACADEMY - as of publishing this. However, it is highly likely they will go quickly - so click below, book an initial application query call and lets you and me see if me and my team can be the guiding hand once you take the step.

As always, if this lands, please share this episode with a man you know could benefit from it.

If you haven't, please leave me a rating and review on Apple Podcasts.

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It would seem now more than perhaps ever, or certainly in recent history, we as a society, are faced with our shadow; the parts of ourselves, as individuals and a collective, that we have shamed, shunned, and hidden away into a dark corner.

When we reject or shame something it goes away into the dark, and we try to convince ourselves that it's not here, not around, simply because we're choosing not to see it. But that is very far from the truth. In the dark those things are gaining power, they grow.

When the parts of us in the shadow gain power they leak into our lives. And the best answer to that from the level of psychology that created it, is to shame it further and hide it even more.

All this does is give more power to those parts of us we want to shame, which continue to act out in ineffective ways, keeping us in that cycle of shame and self-rejection.

This idea of the shadow isn't a new one, but the actual reality of it is much older - as old as humans have been evolved creatures, yet it only seems to get stronger the more we have a world of divisive tribal ideologies and rhetoric creating more and more 'us vs them'.

This look into the shadow is what I wanted to explore on the podcast this week with my guest Connor Beaton.

Connor is a men's coach, the founder of Mantalks, and a great man with a wildly interesting past and wholly impressive present.

His work is similar to mine in that he works in supporting men in exploring the parts of themselves that have been pushed into the dark corners, bringing those dark parts into the light. so that they can reclaim agency of their lives. He does a lot of focused work on the shadow, and so this was what we explored in this episode starting squarely with his own story.

This story is one ranging from international opera singer to living out of his car and having a total moment of rock-bottom leading into a personal transformation of sorts, all the way through to the amazing work he does now.

We also take this topic into an area I think we need to continue to explore when it comes to addressing the state of men and masculinity, and that is the way in which man men across the globe, but most certainly in the USA exclusively tie their masculinity to their religion and their patriotism.

Connor has spoken about this before, and it was a topic I wanted to cover with him on this episode so we waded in to explore why and how men tie their masculinity to anything external to them, including country and Christ.

As always, if you have questions out of it - ask me. Hit me on social media @mikecampbellmc on Instagram or @Mike Campbell Man Coach on Facebook

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Here's a common desire in so many men - "I want to be more confident" which, if not obvious, follows the proclamation "I'm just not confident enough" - or words very close to that effect.

They're the words of men focused on a story they have around confidence - that they don't have it and they need to find it. But it goes beyond that, it extends into this idea I have that some people have it, they're doing things I'm not, and because they have it and I don't, there must be something wrong with me.

And that story - or line of internal narrative - is what not only perpetuates the belief that we don't have confidence, therefore, don't feel it, but it is the creation of not feeling confident in its entirety.

Confidence is a subject we have butchered for so long, like many others in the realm of personal development such as motivation, will power or discipline.What it requires is a deeper assessment, some curiosity to see what is really playing out here.

If I want to feel confident in something yet my fear around the lack of confidence - in reality, my insecurity about not looking competent - is stopping me from doing the thing to gain the confidence I get from doing it, I am creating and perpetuating my own misery cycle.

This is so common it hurts. And so, that's what I wanted to cover in this episode of the podcast.

A while ago I did a short video on my social media channels exploring this idea that most men have confidence all wrong. In this episode, I wanted to take that video and expand upon it. So you'll hear the introduction for the podcast and me introducing the topic, then you'll hear the audio from the original video backed up by an expansion on this idea.

From here I'll take you into not only why and how we have confidence wrong, but how to actually gain real, legit, lasting grounded confidence.

It's not some magical thing, there is no confidence fairy that will sprinkle you with confidence dust on you one night - it comes down to the stories you tell yourself, caching the BS ones mentioned above, and then in the actions we take.

A hint to what is covered - get used to the idea of sucking and becoming more competent. If you can consistently apply yourself to the simple act of improving your competence in what you wish to be confident in, you will become that. Not the other way around.

This might be a knock to your balls as I shatter a long term belief about confidence and the fruitless actions of countless men trying to build their confidence. If that's the case - good, I hope it works and that you can receive it with the respect for you that it is intended.

This really is just the beginning of this conversation, as it can and does need to go even deeper. Exploring and really uncovering your confidence story, both what and how it is anchored in your psyche and, therefore, how we get out of it.

This is central to the first and third pillars of the work in my major coaching program the EVERYDAY LEGENDS ACADEMY. If you want to find out more about that and when the February 2021 intake - find out more here or email me today [email protected]

I have spots filling fast and fact-finding calls with me filling even faster.

As always, if this lands, please share this episode with a man you know could benefit from it.

If you haven't, please leave me a rating and review on Apple Podcasts.

Remember - DO something with the lessons in this podcast. Let me know you're listening and how you're applying it in your life - tag me on socials @mikecampbellmc on Instagram or @Mike Campbell Man Coach on Facebook.

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Today's episode is a bit different. My guest is Traver Boehm. And also I'm his guest.

Traver and I are colleagues and (internet) friends with a deep respect for each other and each other's work.

When Traver asked me to appear on his podcast, I responded with 'of course' and then "I'd like to have you on mine too. He initially responded "Of course" to then reflect and suggest "Why don't we simply do a two-way conversation and both publish it instead of doing one interview then changing and going again?"

Efficiency - I like it - so I agreed and here we are.

I suggested we explore a question that I was posed by one of my listeners, friend and former clients, the everyday legend Dana. Dana shared a curious and thoughtful question that speaks to his thoughtfulness. That was:

"During these times of global hardship, how should we as men best show up in our local community/friend circles/workplaces to demonstrate cohesive leadership, encourage calm rational behaviour, be inclusive, protect what we cherish and instil a sense of hope to move forward in a positive way?"

Yeah, just a small topic :-)

But something that Traver and I felt up to exploring, because, if two guys leading other men and creating communities of men can't address a question like this, who will?

That's a big chunk of what we explore in this episode and all of the nuance around it.

It brings to mind a term for me which features in my coaching academy and I spoke about in the first episode of this podcast, for what I think the everyday legend is - 'Zeus Energy' an ancient Greek term that was described as 'Male authority accepted for the sake of the community'.

I also put to Traver the idea of a 'Compassion Revolution'. Keep an ear out for that part later on in the episode.

We did our best to keep this a flowing two-way conversation with your ears in mind.

I trust you will get something from this conversation. Please share it with someone you think would enjoy, benefit from, and potentially be lovingly challenged by its content.

And my request of you - to leave me a 5-star rating a review on Apple.

Traver Boehm is the author of Today I Rise, and Man UNcivilized. He's a two time TEDx speaker, men's coach and the founder of the UNcivilized Men's Movement. This movement is radically redefining the way men around the globe experience their masculinity by uniquely blending both primal elements of manhood with massive doses of consciousness.

Drawing upon an eclectic background ranging from professional bodyguarding and Mixed Martial Arts to Traditional Chinese Medicine and meditation, Traver also teaches people to skillfully use the inevitable pain of their lives as fuel for growth and positive change.

In 2016 after losing a pregnancy, his marriage, and his business partnership all within weeks of each other, he created a radical social experiment and spent the next 12 months as if it were his last year to live, aptly naming it "The Year to Live Project." A few of the highlights of the year include:

• Volunteering with the dying as a hospice worker
• Spending 28 days in complete isolation and pitch-black darkness in Guatemala
• Living in the frigid Utah wilderness for a month with only a knife, a water bottle, and a blanket

After publishing Today I Rise and receiving an influx of calls specifically from men, Traver began guiding men through their own journey into an actualized version masculinity by asking them these two questions:

"Are you leading or being led?" And, "What are your wounds and what are you doing to heal them?

When so many said this way of thinking and living was counterintuitive to how they were taught "civilized" men should act, the movement was born.

Now men all over the world have deemed themselves UNcivilized as they wake up to meditate, feel into their hearts, and train their bodies. Men who can fight, fuck, feed, and feel. And do all four well.

When not teaching workshops or radically shifting the way men experience their masculinity, Traver can be found chewing on his thumbnail in front of his laptop, chasing surf around the globe, or being reminded that yoga is a lot harder than it looks.

As always, if you have questions out of it - ask me. Hit me on social media @mikecampbellmc on Instagram or @Mike Campbell Man Coach on Facebook

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There are a few terms that make their way around the personal development world and become common vernacular. Some become tired and worn, such as 'authenticity' or 'vulnerability'.

Then there is men's work in particular, which it's own nuanced cliques and terms. To me, some of it doesn't connect or resonate, while some of it seems tired and inaccessible. Then there are terms which I think every man would benefit from understanding and knowing how to apply to his life for the better.

One of those is the idea of the masculine and feminine. In my own work, we look at these terms and understand them at what I would call a fairly simple level. My students don't need to write a thesis on these aspects we all have in us, they simply need to understand them enough to know how to apply them to their lives so they live with more clarity and purpose.

It's not a gendered thing - the masculine is something every human has on some level, each individual. As is the feminine. However, in my opinion, when it boils down to nature, the majority of men are more masculine. That doesn't mean some men aren't, nor that these men don't have a feminine side. We do, and it's vitally important that we understand it, honour it, and integrate into our full selves.

But the suggestion of these terms can be confusing. That's why I brought Rosko Blake onto the podcast this week.

Rosko is someone I met many years ago when I was working as a personal trainer still and I attended a workshop of his on energy systems. There was one thing that really stuck out to me in that workshop - an all-out two-minute burpee test. I can still feel the horrid lactic acid build-up that escalated inside me for the two hours post that test.

However, from that day, much like myself, Rosko has been on a journey of his own self-discovery which has led him to many places and modalities.

As a movement teacher, he explores many things that involve the body, from breathwork to exercise, to meditation and shaking, something we discuss in this episode.

Inside all of that is a focus on masculine embodiment for men, and this is the primary focus of this episode as we dive into what Rosko describes as the 3 Pillars of Masculine Transmission.

It was a fascinating chat as we explore some concepts and real-life examples to apply to your own life, including some more extreme examples like being open to receiving something up your own bum in order to get a deep (excuse the pun) understanding and reverence for penetrating a female.

I trust you will get something from this conversation. Please share it with someone you think would enjoy, benefit from, and potentially be lovingly challenged by its content.

As always, if you have questions out of it - ask me. Hit me on social media @mikecampbellmc on Instagram or @Mike Campbell Man Coach on Facebook

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• Relaxation - shaking exercise here on YouTube

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