Hey fellas! If we’re getting vulnerable here, i’m going all in Brothers. I wasn't sure which category to post this under so i'm posting under general discussion, hope that's ok Mike. Apologies if I was a bit cryptic with my share during the call, I was wanting to honour the container/time. That was also day 5 of a fast, 20 km’s of hiking and the morning after a corker of a medicine journey. And I don’t share any of this to make myself sound grandiose, or to pedestal myself in any way. I share it to help illuminate the depth and potency of the prayer that I went into my quest with to help me root out & overcome a lifelong affliction i’ve battled, that I will lay out in my story that is to follow. I didn’t need to hop on the call and many may have advised against given where I was at, but for me, it felt synchronistic and aligned and i’m happy I did. Yesterday I arrived back from a solo spirit quest up Okanagan Mountain and it was the most profound experience of my life. I left tidal waves of grief, sorrow and despair on that mountain. It feels vital to share my story with you, as a way to help integrate the experience and also because I know there's powerful medicine in it. I'll start with a bit about my childhood. I grew up in a really religious family with staunch Christian values. As I got older, I rejected it because I could sense all the distortion, the dogma, the fear narrative, the top down model but I could sense the thread of Truth at its foundation. In elementary school I got bullied, beat up and abused in various ways because I was a bright light, I was joyful and exuberant. I won't go into the specifics of the traumas here, not because i'm not open to share but because I want to keep this as concise as possible. In summary though I developed coping patterns, specifically self abandonment through self silencing. In Grade 9 I turned to cannabis as a way to dissociate and numb the pain I felt deep down for these wounds. This exacerbated things as I got labeled as a stoner and it begun a downward spiral of self collapse through self conscious negative though patterns, lack of confidence, inadequacy, social anxiety etc. I got made fun of for most of high school for how I talked, slow and monotonous, “stoner”, “ perma-fried”, “eeore”… I was also what others might label a “cool kid” due to the group I hung with, but that wasn’t really how I felt under all the numbness. There was deep shame and loneliness.

Hey men!! another great call.Thanks for showing up in the way you did. I am here to serve in the best way I can and want to get a pulse on what men find the most valuable. The inquiry is on the length of our calls. Please select the length that feels helpful and doable.

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Powerful statement I want you to start living by. Learn then do. Embodiment is about bringing thought into action. This one is simple. Might feel edgy. That’s the point. Step into your power here. You can do this. ✅Watch the video ✅Post what gets invoked ✅Comment on another man’s post once it’s posted. ✅Practice celebrating a man’s truth what ever it is.

Too many men have been drifting and disconnected from their power as a by product of being around men growing up who were not initiated. Initiation is the very pressure that squeezes a boy into a man. This is the room to do that. Reconnecting to brotherhood and holding each other to the fire with safety and respect. Building real relationships with other men. What I have found over the past 10 years of doing mens work is that the men who show up and tend brotherhood and do the work end up feeling more free inside. Emotionally, Financially, spiritually, and relationally. Every man is born with a mission that is deeply rooted in his soul. Together we are going to refine the clarity of that mission so you can feel the satisfaction of becoming it. The pleasure of giving your God given gifts and having life receive them. It is in that exchange we experience what I call relational reciprocity. That is brotherhood. It is what it was always meant to be. So thank you for showing up for yourselves and for each other here as The Initiated Man begins to take root more and more each day. A culture of men devoted to doing their work to shed the things blocking their mission in their heart taking up more space. If you are here right now reading this. You are a part of the founding members of something that is designed to help men re-discover their power in a way that leads to more connection not destroying it. Together let's fight for FREEDOM! If you are up for it let me feel you in the comments "FREEDOM"