An Evolving Man Podcast

#16 Simon Partridge - Upper Class Complex Trauma Condition (UCCTC) - AEM Podcast - Boarding School Trauma  In today's podcast I have a fascinating conversation with Simon Partridge about UCCTC. Simon comes from a partly French post-colonial background in India. His half-French grandfather went to Eton. Simon Partridge was sent to weekly board in 1954 at 6 and to full board from 7-17. He was s...

Alistair specialises in helping people to heal from childhood trauma, co-dependency and addiction and in empowering people to achieve success in their lives. He is passionate about supporting clients in breaking free from generational trauma. He has worked in some of the world’s most exclusive addiction treatment centres.  He has been using EFT for over 20 years to enhance the other therapy. He ru...

 In today's podcast I am talking to Francis Michael Eliot about the boarding school Eton.  We talk about what his experience were of Eton and how it impacted him.  He also shares some insights into how he feels Eton might have impacted the current leaders in the UK by their boarding school education.  Here are some of the questions that I ask him (he doesn't answer all in depth):  1. I w...

 Today I speak with Rob Nelson on my An Evolving Man podcast.  Rob Nelson is Director of Tapping the Matrix Academy, an artisan training and certification program for EFT and Hacking Reality practitioners. Rob holds a Masters in Counselling Psychology and work with clients worldwide.  He is also the author of the book Hacking Reality and Rob makes his home in Santa Rosa, California.  He gives us s...

#12 - Simon Hinkly   Growing Elders and Discovering Purpose -  Cultivating Wisdom As You Age  Today I am speaking with Simon Hinkly about eldership, older vs elder and what is to cultivate wisdom in our elder years.  Simon used to be a film producer and spent 50 years in the film industry.  He now works as a mentor and still dreams of writing the perfect screenplay. He's been in the Mankind P...

 Today I am speaking with Christine Jack in the latest An Evolving Man Podcast (AEM). AEM invites conversations about masculine psychology, healing trauma and boarding school syndrome.  Christine Jack spent 35 years as an academic in the field of teacher education, including holding the position of Head of Primary Education at the University of Canberra. She is a respected and well published Austr...

Professor Joy Schaverien works as a Jungian psychoanalyst, psychotherapist and art psychotherapist in private practice.   She supervises experienced practitioners and trainees.  She also lectures at home and internationally on varied topics. Her research interests are reflected in her books and published articles.  Prior to training as an psychoanalyst and psychotherapist she has worked in the NHS...

In today's podcast I am interviewing Alex Renton who is the author of the book Stiff Upper Lip and producer of the ITV documentary Secret Shame about child abuse at boarding school. Alex is a writer and journalist whose career has ranged from arts and food writing to politics and the investigation of child abuse. His career as a war reporter and development worker took him to the Middle East,...

 On today's podcast I am joined by the First Nations elder Ipswa Mescacakanis Douglas Headworth.  Ipswa is a great grandfather in the northern tribes of Canada and works at supporting his community.  Ipswa also helps with rites of passage ceremonies with teenage boys and volunteers with the men's charity the Mankind Project.  Today Ipswa shares his perspective on the recent "Black L...

On today's podcast I am joined by the international teacher Darren Deojee where we talk about gender differences, how men relate differently to the world than women and how we as men move from boy to man. Darren is a fascinating person to talk to. He is very eloquent and I love his ideas. Here we explore the difference between masculine and feminine from the Toltec tradition which is similar...

 In today's Podcast I talk with the founder of Reclaim Your Inner Throne, Eivind F Skjellum.  Today we will be looking at conspiracy theories and how when we get lost in them this keeps us small and powerless.   Eivind is the visionary founder of Reclaim your Inner Throne, an organization spearheading both a renaissance and an evolution of archetypal men’s work.   Recognized as an authority i...

 In today's Podcast I talk with the founder of Trackways, Thomas Schorr-Kon, the UKs first nature connection, bushcraft and survival school.  In this episode we talk about Thomas' own journey of connecting to the teachings of Tom Brown Jr, the tracker who inspired the film The Tracker.  Thomas talks about how he learned to feel that wherever he stood on the planet that he was home.  Toda...

 Today's interview is hosted by Rod Boothroyd who is interviewing Piers Cross.  Piers is talking about his new book, How To Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times.  It has been many years in the making - he first started it in 2008...  It is a book about the challenges that he went through from having a breakdown working in London to drink and drugs and being without a home.  He also talks a...

 In the third podcast I interview Roger Terry who is an international NLP Master Trainer and public speaker. As an expert on Neuro Linguistic Programming and human value systems, Roger leads seminars and consults with organizations in the UK, USA, Europe and Middle East. Every few weeks there will be an interview around men's topics ranging from self-development, relationships, spirituality,...

 In the second podcast I interview James Boag who is a Sanskrit scholar and a yoga teacher. Drawing on his background in languages and scriptural teachings he brings the practical essence of traditional Indian teachings into the vivid context of our human lives today. He has been teaching since 1993, and teaching yoga since 2004. James runs intensives and online trainings on applied yoga philosoph...

In the first podcast I interview Rod Boothroyd who is a counsellor, psychotherapist, a certified “Healing The Shadow” practitioner and the author of the book Warrior, Magician, Lover, King – A Guide To The Male Archetypes Updated for the 21st Century. Rod works with men, women and mixed groups. He offers 1-1 and group work to help heal the wounds of childhood with Marianne Hill. Today we talk abou...