My experience over the past 10 days was a scattered but a potent one. I have a lot going on in my life and this challenge allowed me, through very targeted questions to get at some of these challenging aspects in my life and gave me the opportunity to reflect deeply. The idea of confronting them has been quite powerful. To see where I have maybe faltered and where I need to step up brings to light a remembrance of why I'm here and who I am, and want to become. I experienced some struggles answering the daily challenges in some cases, which in the past would have made me anxious or frustrated but I'm realizing that I really enjoy a good challenge with a support system, which I felt strongly in this container. I've really reflected on how I may have avoided confrontation and challenges in the past due to my upbringing, perhaps sheltered or overly protected in some ways. This 10 day challenge has felt like a reboot so that I am primed to see challenges as empowering versus something to be avoided and shunned. I think this new awareness around my relationship to confrontation and challenge is a breakthrough that is propelling me forward. I'm committing ultimately to taking on more challenges in my life and being open to confronting myself and speaking more truth. Showing myself and others that stepping into the fire is cleansing and beneficial to overall growth for humanity right now. I want to thank you Markwell for your approach which is unconventional and so needed right now for men. Your work and impact is sending ripples far and wide. I appreciate you bro and can't wait to get some gloves on at an event soon 🙌 🙏 much love brother ❤️ 🥊 bring on more of these!!

This was a difficult one for me as well. I think there is a conversation with my mother that I have been avoiding. She's an amazing person but also does not deal with feedback well. Our dynamic has changed a lot, from me being her baby and treating me as such for many years... a bit too long, and now I have my own family which includes my wife and daughter. I have exercised more boundaries in the past year or so however I think I need to have a conversation that may challenge both of us. I want to establish healthy boundaries and she may get offended. Both on a personal side and with work, as i am working on skme projects with her for our family business. It's something I have been putting off as I know she may take it the wrong way. I also revealed today through some introspection that I have some mother wounding and this is in fact impacting my own relationship with my wife. I'm used to this idea that my mother comes to save me. This happened in childhood and carried beyond. It is not my mother's role to save me anymore and neither it is my wife's role. I also have made that leap in the sense, that I also must establish some boundaries for myself and to step up as a man in order to overcome this victim mindset and utilize mens groups for support versus relying on the women in my life for support in these ways.

Getting to this a little late. Right now my daughter Gwennie needs more of me. Lately I've been caught up in the stories..m the stories of shame, guilt, lack, etc. As I'm consumed by where I'm enough and where the issues lie, I'm missing out on what truly matters which is giving her my presence. I di this work for her. I do it in order to show up as a more embodied father. A father who is there in his heart and not lost in his thoughts and stuck in overbearing head energy. She's away with her mom traveling in Manitoba right now. I miss her so much. I appreciate what you said brother Markwell about showing up for your family by rising before them. This is something I struggle with but am committed to moving forward with. I desire to get up earlier so I can show up as the full version of myself for her and be the father and man who I'm meant to be. Thank you for that remembrance bro 🙏

@Evan Smith hey brother thanks for the drop in here. I appreciate your insights and applaud you as a fellow father on this path 👊 I'm open to an accountability group. Do you have WhatsApp?

This for me is building on Day 7. Needing to go to bed earlier so I can wake up earlier before my family and set the tone for the day. I often scramble in the mornings. It is essential to set a boundary around bed time to make it sacred and prepare for my day beforehand setting intentions in the process. This deepest YES is showing up for my family fully in order to create the structure and framework for my life. I often have the urge to work on creative projects and things at night however my priority is to rise and take care if myself so that I can be there for my family in the best way possible. It is for me to say No to myself even if it is seemingly harmless at the time to understand the compounding effect the discipline will have long term as I keep the boundary.

I have been out of integrity in relationship to my wife. Lately I have been in a lot of physical pain so I've been caught up in my stories. Stories of shame and judgement. I have been absorbed by these shadows. As a result, I have not been conscious in holding the masculine container in the relationship. When I am talking more than my partner there is an issue. I am calling myself out and calling myself in back into integrity in my relationship so I can hold space for the feminine. I am calling in moving out of my head stories into the grounded aspects of our union so that I can be present in what truly matters today. I took the action of taking responsibility to being out of alignment with her and that I will do better at creating time for us to connect and play so that there can be more lightness in our dynamic. The heaviness can still exist but in such a way that is not overpowering our ability to connect to one another. I'm actioning more date nights and more active listening in our relationship so she can feel my presence and devotion.