Feeling Alone Is Number One: What Men Need From Other Men

I think one of the things for me, uh, in regards to like men's retreats, I never thought that I would do that type of work, like go to one, but it made such a tremendous impact.

I was involved in a men's group.

I'd been in other groups before, but they were co-ed and there's nothing for the ladies.

Listen to this.

There's nothing.

I mean, it's, nothing personal, right? It's not, it's not sexist in any way.

I have come to learn that I think there's a there's an energy when it comes to men and women.

And there's, you know, when I if I'm in a group with women, you can feel the energy difference.

If it's coed, there's an energy difference.

And if you're with all men, there's an energy difference.

And I have found in my own healing and not having a father growing up, I used to kind of steer shy away from like men.

I just felt like I personally not having a father.

I felt maybe like incomplete.

I felt I felt like I could always relate to women because I was always a deeper thinker and I felt like I could have.

you know, guys, most guys in our society are pretty, they don't know how to have deep conversation.

It's about football or, you know, Dick and fart jokes or, I mean, it's very, it's very surface level, but being a, being around men that have the capacity for that and to be around men that there's no ego and you can put your armor down and like be very vulnerable and share was so transformative in my own journey that It's why I'm so like, as I have developed my coaching practice, like I'm feeling called to do more in-person events.

So we've had two retreats so far, the summit, which was going to Kilimanjaro and then base camp, which was like an in-person.

It was all the things we couldn't do in the summit.

They were both wildly successful, which is why we're going to continue from here, you know, to do them regularly now.

And just the power of men gathering.

And there's going to be opportunities for women to gather.

I'm looking, I'm in the hunt right now for a female coach to deliver that and figure that out.

But just really excited about that opportunity of getting men together.

So hearing you share your experience with that is pretty powerful, man.

Yeah.

I think one of the things for me, uh, in regards to like men's retreats, I never thought that I would do that type of work, like go to one, but it made such a tremendous impact.

I was involved in a men's group.

I'd been in other groups before, but they were co-ed and there's nothing for the ladies.

Listen to this.

There's nothing.

I mean, it's, nothing personal, right? It's not, it's not sexist in any way.

I have come to learn that I think there's a there's an energy when it comes to men and women.

And there's, you know, when I if I'm in a group with women, you can feel the energy difference.

If it's coed, there's an energy difference.

And if you're with all men, there's an energy difference.

And I have found in my own healing and not having a father growing up, I used to kind of steer shy away from like men.

I just felt like I personally not having a father.

I felt maybe like incomplete.

I felt I felt like I could always relate to women because I was always a deeper thinker and I felt like I could have.

you know, guys, most guys in our society are pretty, they don't know how to have deep conversation.

It's about football or, you know, Dick and fart jokes or, I mean, it's very, it's very surface level, but being a, being around men that have the capacity for that and to be around men that there's no ego and you can put your armor down and like be very vulnerable and share was so transformative in my own journey that It's why I'm so like, as I have developed my coaching practice, like I'm feeling called to do more in-person events.

So we've had two retreats so far, the summit, which was going to Kilimanjaro and then base camp, which was like an in-person.

It was all the things we couldn't do in the summit.

They were both wildly successful, which is why we're going to continue from here, you know, to do them regularly now.

And just the power of men gathering.

And there's going to be opportunities for women to gather.

I'm looking, I'm in the hunt right now for a female coach to deliver that and figure that out.

But just really excited about that opportunity of getting men together.

So hearing you share your experience with that is pretty powerful, man.

Yeah.