What We Think About Strong… Is Wrong with Mike Cameron - a podcast by Jessica Sun
from 2020-08-17T10:00:52
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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 way
- You can recognize painful events as opportunities
- Men have permission to feel
- Treating undesirable feelings with wonder and curiosity rather than judgment can unveil things about ourselves
- Replacing the word “try” with the word “practice”
- You don’t need to do anything in response to a feeling
What you’ll learn:
- What it means to be a badass, especially for men
- Why Mike doesn’t believe in “toxic masculinity”
- How endurance sports can help us practice suffering
- A step-by-step process to connect with how you feel
- How to hold space… and how not to
- What raw spots are and how they can help us in our relationships
Mentioned on the podcast:
- https://mikecameron.ca/
- Becoming A Better Man: When "Something's Gotta Change", Maybe It's You!
- Letter to Rachel - Ram Dass
- Connect’d Men group
- Hold Me Tight - Sue Johnson
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