31. The Three Acts of a Man's Life: Steve Sapourn on Trauma, Addiction, and Who He Is Becoming

This one is different .. Today Steve Sapourn switches seats. His brother from ten years of men's group, Bill Giebler, accomplished musician, award-winning memoirist, and journalist, takes the host chair and asks the questions Steve has never fully answered in public. What created this man? What was he running from? And what finally made him stop?This is Steve's story. Act one, act two, and the act three that is just beginning.In this episodeThe childhood that shaped everything: a violent home, witnessing a mass murder at six years old, and years of sexual abuse by a neighborhood predatorWhy Steve became an entrepreneur, ran a hedge fund, managed hundreds of millions of dollars, and still felt emptier by the dayThe moment at a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert with 0.4 grams of mushrooms that became the turning point of his entire lifeWhat the voice said that night and why he finally decided to listenTen years of men's group and why brotherhood was the beginning of the shiftThe difference between being a bad man and being a man who adapted to surviveWhat sobriety, ayahuasca, and stillness have given him that decades of achievement never couldWhat Steve believes masculinity actually means and why we are at a turning point in historyAbout Bill GieblerBill Giebler is a musician with a degree from the Berklee College of Music, an award-winning memoirist, novelist, and journalist who interviews people for a living. He has been a member of the same men's group as Steve for ten years and knows Steve's story from the inside out. His memoir Playing That Spiritual Music is available now.Connect with Steve and The Neuros JourneyJoin the Neuros Journey Newsletter: https://theneurosjourney.com/Follow Steve on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNeurosJourneyFollow Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-sapourn-642215118/Follow Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneurosjourney/the neuros journey, steve sapourn, bill giebler, three acts of a mans life, trauma to transformation, childhood trauma, sexual abuse recovery, addiction and recovery, men and sobriety, men in midlife, masculine identity, redefining masculinity, inner work for men, mens groups, brotherhood, hero's journey, ayahuasca healing, psychedelic therapy, nervous system regulation, regulated fatherhood, men and purpose, healing your lineage, vulnerability and courage, from survival to presence, men who lead, midlife reinvention, why mindset work isn't enough, science backed healing, trauma informed