To become a man, you must progress through a natural process of maturing: from boy to Knight, to Prince to King.

Unfortunately, we live in a world where this natural progression is denied to most of us. And instead, we have social media, OnlyFans, vapes and junk food to keep us stuck in boy mode...

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The result is clear: we've got a lot of boys walking around in adult bodies, these days. We've lost and forgotten all the tools our ancestors had, to help in the difficult transition, the teach a boy how to become a real, complete man.

Nowadays, we get stuck in childhood in many ways. We become passive consumers of entertainment media and entertainment goods. And yet, no matter how comfortable we are or how much we entertain and stimulate ourselves, we never actually feel good in a lasting kind of way.

The solution to this is to get unstuck and progress through the stages of development that, as a man, you have a natural inclination to go through.

In this episode of the QuitByHealing Podcast, you'll discover the 4 stages of development that every man must go through, how to go through them and where it typically goes wrong.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:00 The 4 Stages

01:08 The Page - looking up to his heroes

01:51 The Knight - adventure calls!

02:23 Play and skill development

05:11 The Prince - time to build

07:19 The crisis at the end of the Prince phase

08:41 Multiple attempts as a Prince

10:05 The King - the mature man, in service of others

11:27 How to apply this to your life

12:25 How we get stuck

13:57 Addiction is seeking a substitute for real development

15:22 The eternal Page

16:24 A world designed to keep you immature

17:40 Getting stuck in the Prince stage

19:12 Avoiding failure is overrated

20:36 You can’t skip to the King stage

22:08 Which stage are you in?

24:00 Observe the stages in others

25:19 How you can progress to become The King

The stages of development presented in this episode are based on Alison Armstrong's work "The Amazing Development of Men" and I highly recommend you check it out.