The Authentic Man Podcast with David Chambers: Dating, Relationship, Masculinity & Intimacy Guidance For Men

When a breakup comes out of nowhere, it doesn't just end a relationship — it shatters your sense of reality. In this episode, I break down the psychological stages every man moves through after a blindside breakup: from the initial shock through withdrawal, self-blame, grief, and the rage that keeps so many men stuck for years. If you're replaying every conversation, desperate for closure, or numbing yourself to avoid the pain — this is for you. You didn't lose her. Your unresolved wounds pushed her away. Here's what to do with that.

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👉🏽 30 Dating App Conversation Starters: https://www.theauthenticman.net/app-openers-landing-page

👉🏽 Why You Keep Pulling Away: https://www.theauthenticman.net/why-you-keep-pulling-away-page

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High-achieving men often bring their boardroom skills into the bedroom — and it's destroying their relationships. In this episode, David Chambers sits down with Sean Forde Kelly to unpack why successful men struggle with intimacy, how male shame shuts down desire, and what it actually takes to build sexual confidence. Discover why society reduces male pleasure to something basic, how emotional suppression creates disconnection, and the practical steps to become more present, curious, and authentic in your intimate relationships. If you're a man in your 30s or 40s feeling stuck in repeating patterns, this conversation will change how you think about sex, intimacy, and what women actually need from you.

Seán Forde Kelly grew up on a council estate in Manchester. He went on to earn a Masters in Financial Economics, built his first business in 2015, and spent years in the corporate world. Then he started asking different questions and found the work that actually mattered.

He now works privately with Founders and CEOs on leadership, impact and relationships — from boardroom to bedroom.

Seán is also the Founder of Come What May, a non-profit Sexual Wellness community that has hosted 200+ free events globally since 2022, facilitating thousands of conversations people never thought they could have.

Father. Certified Sex & Relationships Educator. Men's Sacred Sexuality Coach. Author of the forthcoming 'A Common Man's Guide to Pleasure'.

Key Topics:

⭐ Men's Sexuality & Intimacy ⭐ Relationship Communication ⭐ Shame, Vulnerability & Emotional Safety ⭐ Emotional Intelligence & Self-Awareness ⭐ Healthy Masculinity & Male Identity ⭐ Long-Term Relationships & Desire Differences ⭐ Emotional & Physical Intimacy ⭐ Personal Growth Through Relationships ⭐ Conscious Conflict Resolution & Resentment Repair ⭐ Men's Mental Health & Sexual Wellbeing

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👉🏽 The Hidden Mistakes Men Make in Dating & Relationships: https://mailchi.mp/faaf98ceedd8/hiddenmistakes

👉🏽 30 Dating App Conversation Starters: https://www.theauthenticman.net/app-openers-landing-page

👉🏽 Why You Keep Pulling Away: https://www.theauthenticman.net/why-you-keep-pulling-away-page

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Most men think authenticity means saying whatever comes to mind or rejecting the "man box." That's surface-level. True authenticity is about connecting to something deeper — your core impulses and purpose beneath the fear and societal narratives you've absorbed since childhood.

In this episode, I break down what authentic masculinity actually requires: real emotional capacity, practices that quiet the mind, the courage to examine your root beliefs, and a community that challenges you to grow.

Stop performing. Stop hiding. Start becoming the man you actually are.

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👉🏽 5 mistakes in embodying healthy masculinity: https://mailchi.mp/theauthenticman/masculinity-mistakes-in-dating-giveaway

👉🏽 The Hidden Mistakes Men Make in Dating & Relationships: https://mailchi.mp/faaf98ceedd8/hiddenmistakes

👉🏽 30 Dating App Conversation Starters: https://www.theauthenticman.net/app-openers-landing-page

👉🏽 Why You Keep Pulling Away: https://www.theauthenticman.net/why-you-keep-pulling-away-page

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Most men were never taught how to flirt — they were taught to perform, to say the right line, or to wait until they feel "confident enough." In this episode, I sit down with flirt coach Benjamin Camras to break down 5 flirting principles most men have never been taught. We explore why modern men have forgotten how to connect authentically, why being yourself around attractive women feels impossible, and how to flirt without lines, games, or performing. If you've ever felt you need to become someone else to attract women, this conversation will reframe everything.

Benjamin is a flirt and dating coach sharing his love of flirting and BFE - big flirt energy - with the world! A lifelong introvert and socially anxious member of society, Benjamin now helps singles and daters alike flirt with more confidence, clarity, and fun! As the flirt is all about connection, Benjamin helps the flirt community (the Flirties!) date from a place that allows the value of connection in all forms - platonic, romantic, and with the self - to take center stage. Ultimately, this practice of connection helps flirters and daters alike create stronger relationships, transcend limiting beliefs, and develop an unwavering love for the self. His work has been featured in Fortune, NBC News, The Huffington Post, Men's Health, and Yoga Journal. You can connect with Benjamin on Instagram, TikTok, watch on YouTube, and stream the Flirtations Flirtcast everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Key Topics:

⭐ Authentic Flirting⭐ Confidence vs Validation⭐ Emotional Attunement⭐ Overcoming Social Anxiety⭐ Connection Over Attraction⭐ Men's Mental Health & Loneliness⭐ Self-Worth & Rejection⭐ Presence & Mindfulness⭐ Vulnerability & Emotional Intimacy⭐ Personal Growth Through Relationships

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👉🏽 The Hidden Mistakes Men Make in Dating & Relationships: https://mailchi.mp/faaf98ceedd8/hiddenmistakes

👉🏽 30 Dating App Conversation Starters: https://www.theauthenticman.net/app-openers-landing-page

👉🏽 Why You Keep Pulling Away: https://www.theauthenticman.net/why-you-keep-pulling-away-page

👉🏽 Why you are REALLY fighting - https://mailchi.mp/theauthenticman/why-you-keep-fighting?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=conflict-guide

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I was a dismissive avoidant for 20 years. I blamed the women. I blamed dating culture. I blamed feminism. Then I had to face the truth — the problem was me.

In this episode, I share the full unfiltered story: what kept me running from commitment for two decades, the rock-bottom moment that broke me open, and the five steps that actually changed everything. Self-development, plant medicine, Tantra, retreats — I tried it all. None of it stuck. Because the wound was created in relationship… and it could only be healed in relationship.

If you're tired of repeating the same patterns, pushing partners away, and never feeling truly connected — this one's for you.

What I cover:

0:00 — The lie I told myself for 20 years

3:45 — Why "high standards" was just fear in disguise

8:20 — My rock-bottom moment in Bolivia

14:10 — Why self-development alone failed me

19:30 — The 5 steps that actually shifted my attachment

28:15 — What relational work looks like in practice

34:00 — How I built a 7-year relationship and family

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👉🏽 5 mistakes in embodying healthy masculinity: https://mailchi.mp/theauthenticman/masculinity-mistakes-in-dating-giveaway

👉🏽 The Hidden Mistakes Men Make in Dating & Relationships: https://mailchi.mp/faaf98ceedd8/hiddenmistakes

👉🏽 30 Dating App Conversation Starters: https://www.theauthenticman.net/app-openers-landing-page

👉🏽 Why You Keep Pulling Away: https://www.theauthenticman.net/why-you-keep-pulling-away-page

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Why do successful men — driven, accomplished, logical — so often end up in sexless, disconnected relationships? Dr. Jessica Gold went from MIT-trained chemist and neuroscientist to relationship coach, and she brings a scientist's lens to the problem most men won't talk about.

In this episode, Jessica breaks down relationships as dynamic nonlinear systems — where pushing harder, buying more dinners, or "fixing" problems logically makes things worse. We explore the dual control model of sex (accelerators vs. brakes), why 70% of women have responsive desire and what that actually means, and the counterintuitive moves that rebuild erotic connection in long-term partnerships.

If you've been solving every problem in your life with logic and effort — and watching your relationship slip away despite it — this conversation is the framework shift you need. It's not soft. It's strategic.

Jessica Gold is a former PhD chemist turned executive and relationship coach who blends science with somatic and mindfulness-based approaches to personal transformation. Raised in a ranching and oil family in West Texas, she earned her PhD in Chemistry from MIT, followed by research at UC Berkeley and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCSF.

After recognizing that academic success had not prepared her for healthy relationships or emotional well-being, Jessica shifted away from scientific research to explore psychology, meditation, authentic relating, and personal development. She spent over a decade studying in spiritual communities across Asia while training as an ICF-certified executive coach and a sex, love, and relationship coach.

Jessica founded Bliss Science to help analytical, high-achieving professionals build deeper relationships, emotional resilience, and more fulfilling lives by integrating evidence-based science with embodied practices.

Key Topics:

⭐ Relationship Communication ⭐ Emotional Intelligence ⭐ Men's Mental Health ⭐ Sexless Marriages ⭐ Healthy Masculinity ⭐ Emotional Connection & Intimacy ⭐ Personal Growth in Relationships ⭐ Conflict Resolution ⭐ Relationship Dynamics & Systems Thinking ⭐ Dating After Divorce

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Jessica Website: https://www.bliss-science.com/

Jessica LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jessica-gold/

Jessica Substack: https://substack.com/@drjessicagold

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👉🏽 5 mistakes in embodying healthy masculinity: https://mailchi.mp/theauthenticman/masculinity-mistakes-in-dating-giveaway

👉🏽 The Hidden Mistakes Men Make in Dating & Relationships: https://mailchi.mp/faaf98ceedd8/hiddenmistakes

👉🏽 30 Dating App Conversation Starters: https://www.theauthenticman.net/app-openers-landing-page

👉🏽 Why You Keep Pulling Away: https://www.theauthenticman.net/why-you-keep-pulling-away-page

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Most men don't realise they're doing it. She's great — but you find the flaw. She's loyal — but you lose interest. You tell yourself it's discernment. High standards. But what if finding faults in the women who show up for you isn't about them at all? This video unpacks the real reason you keep sabotaging relationships with incredible women — the avoidant attachment pattern that turns intimacy into a threat, and the blame shifting that keeps you from ever looking at the one person responsible. If you've ever ended something good and couldn't explain why, start here.

In this video, I explore why some men repeatedly end promising relationships by focusing on their partner's flaws. I explain how fault-finding is often a subconscious defense against intimacy rather than a genuine sign of incompatibility. Drawing from my own experiences, client stories, and psychological insights, I cover how fear of closeness, unresolved emotional wounds, and an overactive inner critic can sabotage relationships. I also share practical steps to help you recognize these patterns, regulate your nervous system, build emotional capacity, and create healthier, more secure relationships instead of repeating the same cycle.

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What happens when a man sits in complete darkness — no light, no sound, no human contact — for 49 days?

Most men spend their entire lives running from silence. They fill every moment with noise, distraction, work, and stimulation — terrified of what they might find if everything went quiet. Traver Boehm ran toward the silence. After his cousin died by suicide in a hotel bathroom — the exact fate Traver had dedicated his life to preventing — he felt an undeniable call. Not just to mourn, but to go back into the dark. This time for 49 days.

In this episode of The Authentic Man Podcast, Traver shares what seven weeks of sensory deprivation did to his mind, his body, and his soul. The grief that surfaced. The fear that he might not come out mentally intact. The moment the darkness felt like "a form of violence." And the revelation that emerged from it: a three-word mantra that now guides his entire life — one life, soul led, all in.

We explore what men lose when they refuse to face themselves, why initiation matters, and how to reconnect with the primal and divine sides of masculinity without checking out of the world entirely. If you've ever avoided being alone with your own thoughts, this conversation will challenge you. This isn't a meditation tutorial. It's a blueprint for coming back to yourself.

Traver Boehm is the author of Today I Rise, Man Uncivilized, and 28 Days In Darkness, and the founder of UNcivilized Inc - a company helping men learn to be relational, face their wounds, and build lives to be proud of.

For nearly a decade, he worked exclusively with men — elite military, Olympians, entrepreneurs — guiding them through initiations, shadow work, and getting them into their bodies. In 2025, after spending 49 consecutive days alone in complete darkness in Italy, he opened his work to include women for the first time. What he discovered in that darkness wasn't gender-specific. It was human. The retreat dismantled everything he thought he knew about identity, achievement, and what people are actually starving for underneath their performance and accomplishments. He came out with a framework he calls "One Life, Soul Led, All In" — with seven domains of life mastery that emerged from the void.

He speaks on polarity and relational challenges, modern initiation, the relationship between darkness and transformation, masculine development, and what it actually means to live "all in" - not as intensity, but as integrity.

Key Topics:

⭐ Men's Mental Health ⭐ Masculinity & Identity ⭐ Purpose & Calling ⭐ Grief & Loss ⭐ Personal Transformation ⭐ Spiritual Awakening ⭐ Ego vs Soul ⭐ Self-Discovery Through Solitude ⭐ Resilience Through Adversity ⭐ Authentic Living

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Think money alone holds your relationship together? It's not.

In this episode of The Authentic Man Podcast, I break down why financial provision — the old-school "man of the house" model — is no longer enough. If you're paying the bills but still getting arguments, distance, or resentment, you're not failing as a provider. You're missing the deeper skills: emotional availability, sharing the relational load, and leading with attunement instead of assumption.

This is the new way of being a man — the one that actually keeps her.

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👉🏽 30 Dating App Conversation Starters: https://www.theauthenticman.net/app-openers-landing-page

👉🏽 Why You Keep Pulling Away: https://www.theauthenticman.net/why-you-keep-pulling-away-page

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Why doesn't she feel safe with you — even when you're right there next to her?

Emotional safety isn't about physical presence. It's about whether your partner's nervous system registers you as a source of calm or a source of threat. In this episode, I sit down with therapist Jessica Da Silva to break down what emotional safety actually looks like in relationships — and why most men are getting it wrong.

We explore the hidden dynamics of the anxious-avoidant relationship trap: why anxious partners who seem selfless are often operating from a place of deep selfishness, why avoidant men suffer in silence while being publicly demonised, and how both attachment styles can actually create a "beautiful balance" when both partners take responsibility for their own emotional regulation.

You'll learn why taking everything personally is a form of control — not care — and how avoidant partners setting boundaries actually creates MORE safety for the anxious partner, not less.

If you've ever been told you're "emotionally unavailable" or feel like you're walking on eggshells trying to make her feel safe, this conversation is for you.

Jessica Da Silva is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, attachment coach, and author who helps people break unhealthy relationship patterns by embracing the mindset and habits of secure attachment. Through her work and signature question, "What Would Secure Me Do?"™, Jessica combines clinical insight with real-life experience, proudly sharing her own journey of moving from fearful-avoidant/anxious attachment toward security. Known for her authenticity and transparency, she's passionate about being honest about the messy, human process of healing and helping others build healthier, more aligned relationships.

Key Topics:

⭐ Emotional Safety

⭐ Attachment Styles

⭐ Anxious vs Avoidant Dynamics

⭐ Relationship Communication

⭐ Emotional Attunement

⭐ Vulnerability & Intimacy

⭐ Self-Regulation & Boundaries

⭐ Conflict Resolution

⭐ Healthy Relationships

⭐ Self-Awareness & Personal Growth

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👉🏽 5 mistakes in embodying healthy masculinity: https://mailchi.mp/theauthenticman/masculinity-mistakes-in-dating-giveaway

👉🏽 The Hidden Mistakes Men Make in Dating & Relationships: https://mailchi.mp/faaf98ceedd8/hiddenmistakes

👉🏽 30 Dating App Conversation Starters: https://www.theauthenticman.net/app-openers-landing-page

👉🏽 Why You Keep Pulling Away: https://www.theauthenticman.net/why-you-keep-pulling-away-page

👉🏽 Why you are REALLY fighting - https://mailchi.mp/theauthenticman/why-you-keep-fighting?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=conflict-guide

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