Ancient Intelligence

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?...

The biggest problem that exists today is the ’us versus them’ narrative about men and women that gets perpetuated in the mainstream. How did it get this way? What’s happening? In this episode I attempt to unpack some of the things that I think are factors in this including how modern comforts erased our physical differences, the historical abuse and control of women, the collective dismissal and l...

Sports are a great analogue for pointing out the clear differences between men and women. Understanding these differences helps us understand the difference in values men and women innately have and why when women start to pretend they value things that men value, they lose what makes them attractive in the first place. Learn about why men are wired to focus on competition and action? What makes a...

The reality is that women cannot handle stress the way men can and there’s a really great reason for that. If they could the following would not be true: Women are losing their cycles in record numbers and dissociating from their bodies. Women are using antidepressants 2X the number men are. 80% of autoimmune disfunction and diseases happens in women. These are not accidents. In this episode I exp...

Another Subscriber Q&A! The questions I cover are: Loved your video on male initiation stage 1 - boys and their moms. What about female initiation? For the girl dads. What advice do you have for men who get very nervous when they see a woman they want to ask out and end up not asking her out, even just for a smoothie to get to know each other as friends, not as a date? From a female perspectiv...

Tell me what your relationship is like with the opposite sex and I’ll tell you what your relationship was like with your mom (man) or dad (woman). This episode is a more vulnerable look at the masculine and feminine wounds in our lives including bits of my own story. The truth is that while difficulties with the opposite sex are universal, why we experience them is highly individual. I get into th...

This episode is about understanding the duality within each of us, both man and woman. We have both human animal which refers to our primal instincts and human soul which refers to our connection to something higher, something greater than ourselves and our survival instincts. Listen in to learn about what each of these parts want, how they behave, what they can teach us about sexuality and partne...

We live in a world that loves to slap a pretty pink bow on something we’d rather not acknowledge, like covering a zit with a glittery cute little star. Prostitution has existed since the beginning of time but today we’re pretending it’s something that it’s not. This has created a strangely fine line between casual sex and “sex work.” I want to unpack the tension point between sex and sexual empowe...

I spent last weekend listening to John Eldredge on Pints with Aquinas, and I have some important takeaways. One that really stood out to me is how he framed man and woman’s greatest fear. Understanding this in a deep way can help us understand why we do what we do as men and women. It can help us see what’s important to us and how we can sometimes use control and manipulation to try to avoid this...

What do teen boys and girls need from us right now? I had the privilege of hosting Rachelle Bergstein, lifestyle writer, author, and editor in a conversation about the complexities of adolescence today for teen boys and girls. Being able to reach teenagers to inspire them to see the good in each other, boy and girl, is a dream of mine. Rachelle’s work has appeared in the New York Post, The New Yor...

Welcome to this appreciation episode. These are 10 things I love about men with some evolutionary psychology and storytelling mixed in. Listen in to learn why men are better at prioritization and how much men care about and show their care for the people in their lives. Learn about what the biggest recorded sex difference is and how it translates to one of the things I love most about men and more...

I just returned from an immersive training run by the Uncivilized Man Organization with Traver Boehm and led by one of the wisest men I’ve ever met - Duey Freeman. With over 50 years of experience in psychotherapy, he impacted me in a big way. One big theme stood out and it’s the root cause of so many of our issues with each other - our struggles aren’t about trauma, they are about fragmented atta...

There is a huge amount of distrust between the sexes in the air. It seems like much more than before, what’s going on? In this episode I get into three main areas of focus that in my view are some root causes for this (though I’m certain there are many more). The first one is disrespect, specifically the lack of appreciation for the sacrifices men make. The second one is the sexuality overload tha...

Another Subscriber Q&A - The nine questions that I cover are: What is your take on stoicism? Is it something that’s applicable to men and women? What do you think of prenups? Is it important as a woman to learn how to turn off my masculine energy at home. I struggle with this? What are the top differences between mean and women that cause the most problems? Do you have a cutoff age for a man y...

In this episode I outline 5 ways that I honor men in my day to day life. Understanding how men approach life is important and then taking steps to make space for it makes a huge difference. Listen in to learn about what a legendary question is? what does respect actually mean? Why these 5 things matter based on singular versus diffused focus? and plenty of examples and anecdotes. If you want more...

I left off in PT 1 with the understanding that yin/yang principles precede us as humans. When they are functioning harmoniously, life thrives but when that harmony is severed there is a lot of disfunction. In this episode I get deeper into those two principles and what they are made of. Listen in for a partner dance analogy that explains what happens when things are out of place, why femininity ca...