An Evolving Man Podcast

Oct 30 2024 183 ep. 46 mins 5
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An Evolving Man Podcast looks at men's psychology, healing trauma, boarding school syndrome, spirituality and healing. Every few weeks there will be an interview around men's topics ranging from self-development, relationships, spirituality, archetypes, and men's work featuring authors and leaders in this field.

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How To Use Music To Help Heal Childhood Trauma | Piers Cross

Oct 30 2024 7 mins  
On my podcast this week I am interviewing Wyndham Wallace who is an author and music critic.In the episode we were talking about music and how powerful it can be for healing childhood trauma.In today's video I talk about how we store emotion in the music that we listened to at school.Both the music that we liked and the music we didn't like.A really fascinating exploration of music

Psychotherapist: King Archetype Revisited | King Warrior Magician Lover | AEM #113 Rod Boothroyd

Oct 25 2024 84 mins  
Today on the podcast I welcome back author and psychotherapist Rod Boothroyd as we revisit the archetype of the Sovereign, King or the Queen. The Sovereign is the part of us that is responsible for vision, power, potency, blessing ourselves and others, and bringing order to our internal and external worlds. The King is also the part of us responsible for the spiritual side of our l

Is Boarding School A Prison Where You Can't Escape?

Oct 23 2024 16 mins  
I begin today with a heart felt quote from Minnie Driver in her book, Managing Expectations.She talks about phoning her mother to come and pick her up.Her mother ignores her.So today I wanted to read through 10 biographies of well-known people and their stories of feeling like they were captive or “counting down the days like prisoners” as Bear Grylls puts it.I share the words

Some of Our Leaders Disdain For The Everyday Person. Why?

Oct 16 2024 11 mins  
Why do some of our political, business, and societal leaders seem to have such disdain and in some cases almost hatred for the everyday person?Where might these attitudes come from?Where does the sense of entitlement, and even looking down on those that they serve arise from?I was reading Jeremy Paxman's autobiography A Life in Questions last night. I came across a passage where he

AEM #112 Dr David Perl – Intergenerational Trauma and Limerence | Childhood Trauma

Oct 14 2024 69 mins  
What is love addiction also known as limerence? And what is intergenerational trauma? How does that pass from generation to generation?Today I am speaking with a psychotherapist who originally trained as a medical doctor.His speciality is working with people around relationships and limerence.Today he shares his journey at boarding school and how he ran away, never to come back.He

AEM #111 Chris Braitch ACES, Boarding School, Healing & Purpose: Seen and Heard

Oct 04 2024 72 mins  
What was it like to go to boarding school at age 7?And how did that impact my guest's adult life?From addictions, to breakdown and then path of recovery to finding purpose, my guest today shares his own journey. In today's episode I am speaking with Chris Braitch who is the director of the not for profit, Seen & Heard, which supports the emotional wellbeing of past pupils of bo

JFK & Boarding School | Homesickness & Being a Rebel | Piers Cross

Oct 02 2024 15 mins  
Today I wanted to share some of the experiences of John F Kennedy at boarding school. I share from his biography called Kennedy, An Unfinished Life. Kennedy went to boarding school from age 13 to Canterbury in the US.And then age 14 he went to Choate School. I share his experiences of homesickness, being a rebel and being close to being expelled and having a family which had very h

“I Was Burned Over 90% of My Body." Overcoming Childhood Trauma | AEM # 110 Connor McKemey

Sep 27 2024 61 mins  
At just 13-years-old, Connor was burned over 90% of his body with third degree burns and given less than a 1% chance of survival after a backyard explosion. After three months in a medically induced coma, nearly two years of painful rehabilitation, and more than 100 surgeries over a decade, Connor emerged triumphantly; not only to walk again, but to live his best life. Despite his

The 5 Basic Components of Great Leadership | Piers Cross

Sep 25 2024 8 mins  
What are the 5 basic components of great leadership? Last week I talked about why boarding school doesn't create good leaders drawing upon the work of Nick Duffell's Wounded Leaders and Kouzes and Posner's The Leadership Challenge: https://youtu.be/VNMQpTyO1h8 Today I wanted to explore the work of Warren Benis in his book on Becoming A Leader. What are the 5 key ingredients that al

AEM #109 Dr Cathy Wield, Medical Doctor Talks About Boarding School Trauma & Psychiatry

Sep 20 2024 71 mins  
A fascinating discussion today with an ER medical doctor about her time in boarding school and how that affected her mental health. She shares how she spent time in mental hospitals and was tried on 35 different medications.Eventually she was given brain surgery for her depression.She talks about the impact trauma had on her and the path of healing.A very inspiring and heart breaki