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August 6, 2023 66 mins

Things we talk about in this episode

  • Working with Men, We can be vulnerable, i can thrive in relationships,
  • Boarding school trauma
  • Life in a monastery- Falling apart and putting self back together again
  • Mens work- Andy’s man club- it's ok to speak.
  • The Work- Folsom Prison-
  • Vulnerability is a super power.
  • By talking we give permission for others to talk.
  • Initiation
  • Robert Blye- manhood doesn’t happen by itself.
  • Mankind Project- Charity- Rites of Passage- Online and in person. - Bill Couth- Founder
  • 70-80 000 men have been initiated.
  • A band of Brother’s- 18-24 year olds who’ve been in care or prison
  • Journey Man- Rites of Passage.
  • Explorer Scouts- depends on the leaders.
  • Coyotes Guide- Jon Young.
  • Robert Moore- Inititation.- Safe space, ritual elder, challenge or humiliation
  • Initiation Cycle/process
  • Crisis
  • Grief Process
  • Reintegration
  • Where the wound is is where you will give back to society
  • What can we do?
  • King, warrior, magician, lover

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Biography

I am a transformational coach specializing in working with men who feel stuck in their relationships. I also help men overcome and heal from trauma, boarding school issues, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and live a happier and more fulfilled life.

I am also an artist, a poet and a musician.

I went to boarding school from ages 11-18. It was an exceptionally challenging time. I changed my name to Simon and then Ziggy Cross. I lost a friend to suicide, a teacher attempted to sexually abuse me and I tried to take my own life. On the surface I was a success. Underneath I was hurting.

I then trained in International Business at universities in France and London. I worked for several Fortune 500 companies in Paris and London.

In 1997, while in London, I started on an internal journey and started to study meditation and different self-healing paradigms.

In 2000, I suffered burnout through a combination of my father passing, and leaving my long-term relationship. Essentially, I became homeless for a few months. I eventually left London to work in Africa helping volunteers.

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