What We Think About Strong… Is Wrong with Mike Cameron
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English - August 17, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Careers peace coach self-improvement self-help life coach career mindset millennial entrepreneurship inspiration Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Sometimes life serves us with a big helping of pain and suffering. What do we do when sh!t hits the fan? Mike's journey of coming to terms with his girlfriend's murder has a lot to reveal about pain, hardship, emotions, and masculinity.
Mike is an entrepreneur, speaker, and ultramarathoner. He is the author of Becoming A Better Man: When "Something's Gotta Change", Maybe It's You!
Quotes to remember:
“We make decisions based on emotion.”
“We all suffer, but we don’t have to suffer alone.”
Takeaways:
You can remain conscious through difficult times; our hearts can find a wayYou can recognize painful events as opportunitiesMen have permission to feelTreating undesirable feelings with wonder and curiosity rather than judgment can unveil things about ourselvesReplacing the word “try” with the word “practice”You don’t need to do anything in response to a feelingWhat you’ll learn:
What it means to be a badass, especially for menWhy Mike doesn’t believe in “toxic masculinity”How endurance sports can help us practice sufferingA step-by-step process to connect with how you feelHow to hold space… and how not toWhat raw spots are and how they can help us in our relationshipsMentioned on the podcast:
https://mikecameron.ca/Becoming A Better Man: When "Something's Gotta Change", Maybe It's You!Letter to Rachel - Ram DassConnect’d Men groupHold Me Tight - Sue Johnson