EP 442 Expressing Your Dark Parts Healthily

<p>Every man has parts of himself he may not particularly like admitting are there.</p><p>Aggression. Dominance. The desire to hunt, take, compete, capture, or exert power.</p><p>Recently, someone asked me how I deal with what I’d call my own inner predator or dark masculine.</p><p>My answer starts here:</p><p>I acknowledge that it exists.</p><p>Because pretending those parts aren’t there doesn’t make them disappear. What we suppress has a way of coming out sideways.</p><p>In this solo episode, I talk about what it means to actually be in relationship with those darker parts of myself and give them healthy, skillful, consensual ways to breathe.</p><p>For me, that looks like jiu-jitsu. Hunting. Writing. Building a business. Getting onstage. Shibari. Kink.</p><p>The specific activity isn’t really the point.</p><p>The point is knowing what lives inside you and finding ways for it to exist without destroying your life or hurting the people around you.</p><p>Full expression doesn’t mean acting on every impulse.</p><p>It means taking responsibility for all of who you are.</p><p>Men, come train with us in The UNcivilized Nation:</p><p>https://www.manuncivilized.com/thenation</p><p>Join me for the Embodied Dominant Workshop on October 11:</p><p>https://www.manuncivilized.com/dominance</p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p>00:00 How I Deal With My Inner Predator</p><p>00:40 Every Man Has Two Predators</p><p>02:26 Step One: Acknowledge It</p><p>04:33 Step Two: Be in Relationship With It</p><p>06:58 Healthy Ways to Express Your Dark Parts</p><p>09:24 Freedom Through Full Expression</p><p>10:13 When Power Comes Out Sideways</p><p>10:47 Three Questions to Ask Yourself</p>