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What We Think About Strong… Is Wrong with Mike Cameron

Episode Summary

Sometimes life serves us with a big helping of pain and suffering. What do we do when sh!t hits the fan? Mike's journey of coming to terms with his girlfriend's murder has a lot to reveal about pain, hardship, emotions, and masculinity.

Episode Notes

Sometimes life serves us with a big helping of pain and suffering. What do we do when sh!t hits the fan? Mike's journey of coming to terms with his girlfriend's murder has a lot to reveal about pain, hardship, emotions, and masculinity.

Mike is an entrepreneur, speaker, and ultramarathoner. He is the author of Becoming A Better Man: When "Something's Gotta Change", Maybe It's You!

Quotes to remember: 

“We make decisions based on emotion.”

“We all suffer, but we don’t have to suffer alone.”

Takeaways:

• You can remain conscious through difficult times; our hearts can find a way
• You can recognize painful events as opportunities
• Men have permission to feel
• Treating undesirable feelings with wonder and curiosity rather than judgment can unveil things about ourselves
• Replacing the word “try” with the word “practice”
• You don’t need to do anything in response to a feeling

What you’ll learn:

• What it means to be a badass, especially for men
• Why Mike doesn’t believe in “toxic masculinity”
• How endurance sports can help us practice suffering
• A step-by-step process to connect with how you feel
• How to hold space… and how not to
• What raw spots are and how they can help us in our relationships

Mentioned on the podcast: 

• https://mikecameron.ca/
• Becoming A Better Man: When "Something's Gotta Change", Maybe It's You!
• Letter to Rachel - Ram Dass
• Connect’d Men group
• Hold Me Tight - Sue Johnson