In this episode, David explores the sacred duality of masculine and feminine energies—within himself, within his faith story, and within the collective soul of our nation. He reflects on childhood messages about gender, the power and protection offered by the women who raised him, and the masculine ideals that were weaponized in both home and church.
Through a profound moment at retreat, David shares how he stopped searching for the abandoned boy inside him and instead met the man he had become—the kind, grounded, steady presence who could now hold both strength and softness.
This episode offers not just a personal reckoning, but a cultural one—tracing how our distorted worship of a judgmental, male-coded God has shaped politics, leadership, and societal imbalance. David gently invites us back toward wholeness: not by shouting down the mountain, but by planting the feminine within.
The episode closes with a meditation on nurturing change from the inside out—how the unseen becomes the seen, and how a new world begins with a single seed.
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