Posts in masculine leadership
Two Habits in Relationship That Create Disconnection and How To Overcome Them

In these short videos from the February 2020 Valentine’s Intensive in Malibu, CA, John addresses two common habits we encounter with masculine leadership that often create disconnection — from both the feminine and masculine perspectives.

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Leaning into the Challenge of Leadership ~ 20 Years After The Way of the Superior Man

An excerpt from the Introduction of The Art of Masculine Leadership.

David Deida’s 1997 book The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire has all but become required reading for anyone entering the modern discourse and practice of men’s work. Selling over a quarter of a million copies and still ranking at the top of numerous Amazon categories, the book is a treatise on masculine spiritual development and intimacy that lays down a life altering possibility for men committed to deepening in their spiritual and sexual lives. It certainly changed my life, along with countless other men I know. In terms of impact and longevity, it stands heads and shoulders above any other book in the space, including men’s work classics like Robert Bly’s Iron John and Sam Keen’s Fire in the Belly.

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Why Slowing Down is so Magnetic to the Feminine

In this video from the September 2019 Art of Fearless Intimacy Intensive at FlowSpace in Emeryville, CA, John and Kendra describe why it is so valuable for a masculine partner to slow down and be still with a feminine partner, even if he is feeling and expressing deep emotion.

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