ManKind Project

I really believe that there's a new paradigm of masculinity evolving.

And I've been inspired by, you know, coaches like John Weiland, you know, Sacred Sons as a movement, the Mankind Project, Connor Beaton, Mantox, and all these that kind of like hubs opening up, speaking directly toward men.

I also believe that there is more spaces needed for BIPOC community, for black indigenous people of color.

I really believe that there can be more diversity in men's work as well.

It was a wonderful experience.

Look up Mankind Project if you don't know what I'm talking about.

Um, I'm very committed to that organization.

So it was just a ton of fun, really wonderful stuff.

That basically means tomorrow and Friday, you will not get an episode of The Daily, and I'm really sorry.

If I could make it work, I would, but just to give you a little insight, I am involved with a men's group association called mankind project and they have these weekend retreats that happen and it's a good opportunity for me to kind of step out of the chaos and craziness and go practice some good healthy habits and also welcome some new men into the fold um it's a really wonderful organization if you've never heard of it and you're curious definitely check it out it's it's worldwide it's free to do the groups, although the weekend has a fee to it.

But still, it's not a huge amount.

And they actually do have scholarships and stuff, so you can apply for those.

What?

... we saw online that you have done Mankind Project work.

Oh, yeah.

A long time ago, yeah.

Okay.

Aaron's deeply involved with Mankind Project, so we were wondering if you-

I've done it, too

... feel comfortable just chatting about it.

Yeah, I just did a shit ton of work.

Actually, I did the New Warrior, the Mankind Project.

I got into that and became a leader in that.

And then that propelled me into, I was always interested in psychology, but then going back to school and becoming a therapist.

And you don't always need to have money to go to therapy.

There's also male group sessions I've attended like the Mankind Project where men went on a boot camp for a whole weekend and you learn and you come back there a better man.

So

those are some of the things as well that men can do for themselves while waiting for government to fix issues of poverty, inequality, spatial planning.

I was at Mondo Zen, or were you doing any other practice before we got to

first introduction to hollow bones or Mondo Zen was I was part of the MKP mankind project.

And I 2000 was MKP.

And then from there, I did the warrior monk retreat.

yeah yeah and so and so and then so then you started doing um you know you went to the early hollow bones stuff but was that the same thing you just sort of or did you start to practice in the hollow bones way or that was just something that yeah

i practiced i kind of became more of a i guess the the language they used was a voyeur you know so i was on the outside still looking in and committing to the practice but i wasn't as readily involved with the organization.

But so you were doing mankind project, you're in an eye group, and you're doing that.

And you're still do mankind project.

We hear a lot of perspectives on the mankind podcast.

Inclusion of a guest is not an endorsement of their views and the opinions expressed here do not always represent the mission or values of the mankind project USA.

Good day and welcome to another live recording of the Mankind Podcast, the show where we break the molds of modern manhood to prove that there is in fact more than one way to be a man.

And I want to pose a question to you, the listener today.

Lots of love.

We'll see you all next week.

This has been another episode of the Mankind Podcast produced in association with the Mankind Project USA.

We have been your host, Boyce and Hodgson, and myself, Brandon Clift.