Ancient Intelligence

Last week I read this ( https://www.compactmag.com/article/th... ) article by Helen Andrews called 'The Great Feminization.' There's been loads of discourse around this and I want to offer my take with this week's episode. I also published a short essay on my substack you can read here: https://anyashakh.substack.com/p/why-... Listen in to learn about what happens when masculine work culture goes...

This episode is part 2 of Understanding sex differences in work and lifestyle. I share observations and insights based on data collected by evolutionary psychologist, Stephen Stewart-Williams. This research is important because it negates the big narrative that says women are behind men in prestige and financial gain because of biases and barriers against them. The data tells a different story. Pa...

In this episode I share observations and insights based on data collected by evolutionary psychologist, Stephen Stewart-Williams, on work preferences between men and women. This research is important because it negates the big narrative that says women are behind men in prestige and financial gain because of biases and barriers against them. The data tells a different story. It’s much more to do w...

In this episode I dive into the importance of paternal masculinity & maternal femininity (i.e. father and mother energy). We are in a major deficit of true mothers and fathers leading us and with that we can see so many trickle down effects in our society; low birth rates, instability, uncertainty, and more. Listen in to learn about the four major archetypes for men and women, the life stages...

In this episode I sat down with Dylan Bain - father, husband, men’s group leader, history buff, and more. We dove into how industrialization created the environment for feminism to later take hold. Listen in to learn about how industry quietly and slowly began dehumanizing society, why women lost meaningful work, the hidden costs of success, how women blamed the wrong people, why America is anti-c...

In this episode I explain the simplest and easiest way to understand the purpose of the masculine and the feminine through my favorite analogy: the river and the riverbanks. After watching this episode, you’ll have a clear framework for understanding how these energies should be balanced in relationships, work, and society at large. This is the foundation for understanding how successful relations...

In this episode I dive into three themes that are helpful to understand when thinking about men and women (in no particular order). These themes focus on listening, taking things personally, and telling the truth. I touch on how important the systems of the world are to men and why sometimes women disregard that. I get into why men and women alike take things personally when they really shouldn’t....

Answering your questions - another subscriber Q&A! What do you think of children growing up with two mothers or two fathers (gay couples)? Do you support these kind of family structures? Or do you think families should only consist of a mother and a father? how much do you think hormonal birth control has impacted the natural dynamic between men and women? What are the top 1-3 (negative) relat...

In this episode I explain one of the most important tenets of masculine and feminine polarity. Way beyond the woo woo, this is a real exchange between men and women and we can see it play our in day to day life experiences, see it expressed in film media, film, and so much more. Men and women experience the world differently and each of us has one greatest asset in our toolbox of life - the questi...

I land the ‘mental load’ conversation in this episode. This is part 2 of a two part exploration. In this episode I break down why the idea of ‘mental load’ takes away from our biological inclinations as men and women. The truth is there is no such thing as invisible labor & visible labor. There is men’s labor and women’s labor and we’ve lost sight of that as a society due to industrialization...

In this episode I dive into the conversation about mental load and why it doesn’t land with men. Women talk about this so often but don’t understand that the entire conversation is laced with a deep lack of respect for men. Listen in to learn about a story from an elder woman from my family, how men and women fundamentally don’t share the same language of respect, how men thrive in hierarchies, wh...

In this episode I sat down with Shah from his ‘This is Shah’ channel - https://www.youtube.com/@thisisshah We dove into why the divorce rate is so high and what’s happening with modern dating and relating? Shah is extremely knowledgeable about family law and the court systems and we have an extensive conversation about dowry and bride price systems from the past. Listen in to learn about whether t...

In this episode I dive into my experience after a women’s only temazcal (sweat lodge) experience that awakened something beautiful inside me. We got into maternal and paternal lineage, the female initiation of childbirth, vision quests, the sacred gifts men and women carry, and more. I talk about women’s responsibility to pray for men, the double power of singing our prayers, and the art of reveal...

In this episode I dive into one of the most attractive things that men can do and why so many have lost it. I get into my impressions on the death of the old way of masculinity and what is being ushered in now. Listen in to learn about the difference between informing and connecting, mature masculinity, whether we are regressing, male muses, and much more. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - 00:14 Intro and Welco...

In this episode I share how two elder male teachers revealed something powerful - men who lead with clarity, depiction, and decisiveness don’t dominate the world, they are the ones that make it safe. From horseback riding to the Roman Empire, I delve into the connection between patriarchy, masculine leadership, and why the presence of elders is desperately missing in our society. Listen in to lear...

In this episode I dive into why feminism was never really about what’s in the best interests of women. I talk about Phyllis Schlafly and the important role she played in delaying the ratification of the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment). I explore a different way to think about submission for men and women focused on alignment and partnership. Expect to learn about the legacy of Phyllis Schlafly, femal...

In this episode I dive into how romanticism came to life in parallel with feminism which had the western world do away with more pragmatic approaches to marriage and partnership. This had us lose the structure that once made family building and planning more viable and consistent. I introduce the concept of the gold pill that’s based on resurfacing the idea of the dowry from ancient times. In addi...

Celebrating 100 episodes with wise woman, mentor, and friend Jamie Star Crawford. We dive into the question, what is happening with modern women? We unpack the dissonance many women feel between who they are and who they’ve been told to be in the last 50 years. We talk about the prices women pay when we abandon priorities that actually align with our bodies, values, and spirit. Expect to learn abo...

In this episode I dive into the nuances behind the dynamics between dads and daughters, especially when they are little. Father wounds or what many call ‘Daddy Issues’ impact a girl’s life in such profound ways and I address some of those here. I focus on dad’s embrace both physical and spiritual with their daughters and how when that is missing, there is a big emptiness that she will then go on s...

In this episode some of the ways in which the co-creative dance between the sexes has broken down. I explore how modern narratives misunderstand the age old duality of masculine vision paired with feminine expression. I talk about what people really didn’t get about the Mrs. Degree conversations from the past in addition to why it shouldn’t be controversial to say that most people just want to get...

Answering your questions - another subscriber Q&A! My take on dating, relationships, feminism versus female empowerment, what my tattoos represent, and much more. Timestamps: 00:00 - 00:30 Episode Trailer 00:30 - 00:58 Episode Overview 00:58 - 02:07 The impact of birth control 02:07 - 04:31 Is birth control the cause of fewer marriages? 04:31 - 05:36 I need advice on dating; it's hard out here...

In this episode I dive into what I’ve recently uncovered about the origins of the women’s movement and what the psychology of the women that started it was like. This led me to an important insight about the relationship between rights and responsibilities (or the lack of it in many cases especially today). This insight can explain some of the big misunderstandings we have in our culture between m...

This episode is about the power of men. I love the word power because in contrast to control or force, it means to influence others towards a greater good. This is who most men are - givers dedicated to the greater good. I get into why the ‘be vulnerable’ or ‘share your feelings’ narratives in the media misunderstand who men are at their core. Listen in to learn about why acknowledgment matters to...

This episode is a follow up to The Fall of Beauty in Our Society PT 1 I touch on the two different schools of feminist thought that were prevalent post WW1 and suffrage, the feminism of care and the feminism of freedom (which was a class battle in and of itself). I talk about how the rejection of the nature of the female body in order to ‘find success like men’ was the beginning of the loss of mea...

In this episode I get into the collapse of real beauty in our modern world and what that says about the deeper spiritual disconnect between men and women. Listen in to learn about what beauty actually is and why it matters? How beauty and action work together creating an infinite loop? What happens when one part of yin/yang breaks? What does our sense of meaning and purpose have to do with beauty?...