Men with the courage to develop their intuition are setting themselves up for success through higher levels of awareness and creativity, leading to greater professional success and more satisfying relationships. Guys, you already have the tools built in. Why not develop what ya got?

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Highlights from this episode:

• Communal celebrations honor deceased loved ones and acknowledge the mystery of death.• Men who feel a stigma about “soft” inner work can find opportunity to develop a more formidable “armor” in connecting to deeper mysteries.• It’s healthy and empowering for men to be able to tell their stories of “the unknown” in a safe, trusted environment.• Why developing intuitive skills is more powerful, practical and actionable than gut instincts. • Learn how to access your natural male intuition

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 Full Transcript:

I love Halloween! It’s that time. And I am set! With crazy bags of candy and possibly a witch costume. We’ll see about that. Then we have Dia de los Muertos a couple of days after that.

I found a fun read about different celebrations around the world for honoring deceased loved ones. There are a lot of beautiful, fanciful, magical traditions - and one thing is clear - we all have a need to remember those who came before us in some way. And some of these traditions were born out of a need to acknowledge death or transition - because it is an inevitable part of our lives.

Halloween was born out of the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain to mark the beginning of winter. The Celts believed this time to be a marker for spirits to come out and destroy their vegetation, leaving a barren winter landscape. So, they would leave food and wine on their doorsteps to appease the spirits and wear masks, if they left the house, to blend in with them. In the 19th Century, Irish and Scottish immigrants in America began to revive these traditions with more of an emphasis on the trick-or-treating, rather than the religious introspection from their ancestry.

I found a fun read online at Smithsonian Magazine that lists seven festivals around the world if you’re interested in traveling to exotic places for their festivals of music and dancing - like the Obon Festival in Japan, where you see beautiful floating lanterns on the rivers, or Gai Jatra in Kathmandu.

A lot of our festivals have evolved into fun, with a blend of fear - because of our human experience with the unknown. We don’t know what we don’t know and that’s spooky! But, along with the fun, there’s a very real need to connect with the mystery of death - of “what happened” to our loved ones - to the question of “where they are” and “where will I go?”

4:32 - I’ve talked with a lot of men who really want to talk about these deeper mysteries, but don’t because…who are they gonna talk to? There’s a suppression in our culture, because we like to focus on the lighter, more fun side of life. And, especially for men, there’s the expectation of knowing how to fix things, how to handle things…but guess, what? Death will not be “handled”. It has its own say. And, if you leave it there, that can make you feel really powerless. HOWEVER…what you can handle is your perspective and your response.

Because there is a power so much greater than death…and that is Love. And the power you have, personally, is the ability to tap into Love - which overcomes ALL things - death and all manner of things that go bump in the night…like anxiety and worry and fear - be/c those are monsters unto themselves - and they can raise their heads on any given day or time…for any one of us. Male intuition is powerful; it needs to be honored and...