EP 442 Expressing Your Dark Parts Healthily

Every man has parts of himself he may not particularly like admitting are there.Aggression. Dominance. The desire to hunt, take, compete, capture, or exert power.Recently, someone asked me how I deal with what I’d call my own inner predator or dark masculine.My answer starts here:I acknowledge that it exists.Because pretending those parts aren’t there doesn’t make them disappear. What we suppress has a way of coming out sideways.In this solo episode, I talk about what it means to actually be in relationship with those darker parts of myself and give them healthy, skillful, consensual ways to breathe.For me, that looks like jiu-jitsu. Hunting. Writing. Building a business. Getting onstage. Shibari. Kink.The specific activity isn’t really the point.The point is knowing what lives inside you and finding ways for it to exist without destroying your life or hurting the people around you.Full expression doesn’t mean acting on every impulse.It means taking responsibility for all of who you are.Men, come train with us in The UNcivilized Nation:https://www.manuncivilized.com/thenationJoin me for the Embodied Dominant Workshop on October 11:https://www.manuncivilized.com/dominanceCHAPTERS00:00 How I Deal With My Inner Predator00:40 Every Man Has Two Predators02:26 Step One: Acknowledge It04:33 Step Two: Be in Relationship With It06:58 Healthy Ways to Express Your Dark Parts09:24 Freedom Through Full Expression10:13 When Power Comes Out Sideways10:47 Three Questions to Ask Yourself