43 | Michael Gay | The Missing Piece Of Healing The Masculine | The Amber Hawken Podcast
Release Date: 04/13/2020
Deep Currents
Do you know who you are in the face of danger? Adam Kavanagh is an Australian survivalist who has dedicated much of the last decade to getting back to basics and living off the land in the remote areas of northern Australia. Initially triggered by a health crisis and then evolving into a way he chose to live, his deep connection to nature has profoundly shaped his understanding of bushcraft and survival skills. Adam was invited to learn and hang out with the Indigenous communities of Doomagee, where he spent nearly five years living solo, aside from the times he spent with the locals....
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Michelle Palasia is the first guest on Deep Currents for a very good reason. Deep Currents is all about the stories that connect us and the wisdom that helps us remember who we are and what we are. From my 12 years immersed in Rites of Passage work, I know how babies are born—including the mother’s state, the birth itself, and the care of both mother and baby in the early years—shapes the rest of their lives. In the creation of life, the connection to the core of our Spirit is either nurtured or fractured. This connection is key to our capacity for wholeness, intimacy, relationships,...
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After a three-year break from this podcast, it's back. It has a different name, a more refined intention, and is still connected to the art of storytelling. I touch on how currents, vibrations, and resonance are the cause and effect of life itself, taking you on a short journey from the beginning of time. I speak to the power of story and how it has shaped history and our culture. I also discuss how currents, connections, and stories can support us in returning to a deep place of belonging. I share a little about my journey of being smashed into a million pieces by Motherhood and what...
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Adam Kavanagh lives like a caveman in outback Australia. He shares how he healed hyperthyroidism, depression and panic attacks when he began living paleo, stipping things back and striping back to the basics. He shares his experience of being on Naked and Afraid (the US reality show) where he was dropped in the middle of Africa with a woman he had never met and had to survive for three weeks.
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This episode is vast in its topic and while it begins with the contradictions around some of the principles of psychology, we weave in and out of rabbit holes that most people can relate to including repressed trauma emerging in the *stressful* now of life and toxic bonds in passion relationships.
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This is a solo session with a four-step self-assessment of your entire life. How often are we sacrificing happiness, joy, spaciousness, peace, love and orgasms for a cost we will pay 10 x time, at least, sometime in the future? Let's see.
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Sammi Jane is a deliciously wise woman who brings light to the consciousness of the womb and its wisdom. And no, you don't need a physical womb in order for this to make sense, matter or tap into the flow of life's infinite energy.
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Creative integrity is all about being self-aware, knowing that intention is far more important than productivity and how it is possible to have hard conversations that better your relationships and change your life.
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One of the most misunderstood types of expressive writing is that of the vulgar kind.
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From an amputee to a 4-time Paralympic gold medalist; Mindfulness Techniques for gold medals, finding fulfillment beyond achievement.
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This episode explores some of the more hands-on work for men, and the masculine, that is often overlooked, underestimated or displaced by cognitive therapy alone. We dive into the role of relating to the world, others, self, source, emotions and everything as fundamental to rebuilding the divine masculine in a healthy way.
We cover deep and wide avenues in this chat including:
- What presence and being in ‘flow’ looks and feels like and appreciating the contrast of numbness as a result of a severed connection to source
- How a lot of men/people surrogate needs of touch and feel with women when they actually need that vital connection with men also
- How to restore vitality to mens/all beings lives and how to actively be influenced at every level
- Exploring the patterns in different types of addictions that coincide from a lack of certain needs being met as a child
- How many attachment styles and codependency habits develop as a result of trauma
- Exploring the difference between somatic and cognitive therapy; why we need more than speaking in order to heal
- Denying our nature of being relational beings and how disconnection has been celebrated in men.. and the damage that ensues as a result of this denial
- Clarifying true power (influence) and control and how control is a lack of trust and shutting down
- The piece for women in this work is creating openings for men in our world and how to do that
- Why for some men, it can be exhausting to remove walls and remain vulnerable, even in the face of vulnerability
- A message from Michael for men who get frozen in the face of confronting their own walls and vulnerabilities
- Why letting yourself feel, be influenced and be affected in relationships is empowering for all
My favourite bit was - all of that. Mainly when Michael talks about how doing this work is a form of activism for the collective rise of our future.
Please, go and check out Michael's work
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