December 17, 2025 • 21 mins
This week on Inspire Change in this final episode of season seven, Gunter Swoboda reflects on a recent tragedy and its impact on community dynamics. He discusses the importance of inner work (the micro) for personal growth and emotional development, contrasting it with the broader societal issues (the macro) that stem from a lack of emotional maturity. Gunter recaps the themes of the season, emphasizing the need for men to reject harmful societal norms and embrace vulnerability. He introduces upcoming projects for season eight, including a focus on practical skills and the launch of a Patreon to support ongoing work. The episode concludes with a call to action for listeners to take meaningful steps towards personal transformation.
Takeaways
Sound Bites
The Micro: Inner Work and Personal Growth
The Macro: Societal Issues and Emotional Developmen
Season Seven Recap and Future Directions
Introducing Season Eight and Patreon
Closing Thoughts
Call to Action
Get your copy of Gunter Swoboda and Lorin Josephson's new book: Making Good Men Great Surfing the New Wave Of Masculinity Special Edition: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=Ow2HhlFDbFjPEmN7n81q2RuJl5czASIU1xJXmSGqXzp
Join our Patreon to continue the conversation—through deeper insight, growth, and exclusive content: www.Patreon.com/InspireChange
Takeaways
Sound Bites
Mid-Episode Break is brought to you by Distil Union.
“You know, on this show we talk a lot about living with purpose — slowing down, paying attention, and being intentional about the choices we make every day. Because when we simplify the noise around us, we can better hear what really matters: empathy, connection, and showing up as the best version of ourselves. That’s why I’m genuinely pleased to welcome our newest sponsor, Distil Union. Their philosophy aligns beautifully with what we do here.” “Distil Union creates sleek, thoughtfully designed essentials — wallets, key organizers, phone cases — all built with a ‘less is more’ approach. Their Wally wallets, Ferris key organizers… these are everyday tools that make life easier, cleaner, and calmer. And in that simplicity, there’s space for clarity. There’s space for change.” “As a thank-you to our Inspire Change community, they’re offering 20% off any product with the promo code INSPIRECHANGE. Have a look, try them out, and see how simplifying your day can open the door to something deeper.” Visit distilunion.com and enjoy 20% off any product with promo code INSPIRECHANGE. That's distilunion.com with promo code INSPIRECHANGE at check out.”
GRATITUDE MENTIONS & CLOSING -<
Takeaways
- The micro is where the real action begins.
- Most men are trying to survive and feel competent.
- Intimacy can feel like work due to societal pressures.
- Emotional development is crucial for societal health.
- Men often trade vulnerability for dominance.
- Season seven challenged simplistic narratives about masculinity.
- The upcoming season will focus on practical skills.
- Patreon will provide tools for ongoing personal work.
- Intimacy must be examined beyond patriarchal norms.
- Personal transformation requires actionable steps.
Sound Bites
- "Most men are not trying to be cruel."
- "You can't out think this, you outgrow it."
- "Who you become when you stop living a script."
The Micro: Inner Work and Personal Growth
The Macro: Societal Issues and Emotional Developmen
Season Seven Recap and Future Directions
Introducing Season Eight and Patreon
Closing Thoughts
Call to Action
Get your copy of Gunter Swoboda and Lorin Josephson's new book: Making Good Men Great Surfing the New Wave Of Masculinity Special Edition: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=Ow2HhlFDbFjPEmN7n81q2RuJl5czASIU1xJXmSGqXzp
Join our Patreon to continue the conversation—through deeper insight, growth, and exclusive content: www.Patreon.com/InspireChange
Takeaways
- The micro is where the real action begins.
- Most men are trying to survive and feel competent.
- Intimacy can feel like work due to societal pressures.
- Emotional development is crucial for societal health.
- Men often trade vulnerability for dominance.
- Season seven challenged simplistic narratives about masculinity.
- The upcoming season will focus on practical skills.
- Patreon will provide tools for ongoing personal work.
- Intimacy must be examined beyond patriarchal norms.
- Personal transformation requires actionable steps.
Sound Bites
- "Most men are not trying to be cruel."
- "You can't out think this, you outgrow it."
- "Who you become when you stop living a script."
Mid-Episode Break is brought to you by Distil Union.
“You know, on this show we talk a lot about living with purpose — slowing down, paying attention, and being intentional about the choices we make every day. Because when we simplify the noise around us, we can better hear what really matters: empathy, connection, and showing up as the best version of ourselves. That’s why I’m genuinely pleased to welcome our newest sponsor, Distil Union. Their philosophy aligns beautifully with what we do here.” “Distil Union creates sleek, thoughtfully designed essentials — wallets, key organizers, phone cases — all built with a ‘less is more’ approach. Their Wally wallets, Ferris key organizers… these are everyday tools that make life easier, cleaner, and calmer. And in that simplicity, there’s space for clarity. There’s space for change.” “As a thank-you to our Inspire Change community, they’re offering 20% off any product with the promo code INSPIRECHANGE. Have a look, try them out, and see how simplifying your day can open the door to something deeper.” Visit distilunion.com and enjoy 20% off any product with promo code INSPIRECHANGE. That's distilunion.com with promo code INSPIRECHANGE at check out.”
GRATITUDE MENTIONS & CLOSING -<
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Transcript
Episode Transcript
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, listeners, it's good to siboa here with some exciting news.
We're on the lookout for sponsors to join us on
our incredible journey with Inspired Change with Conta. If your
organization cares deeply about meaningful conversations around masculinity, self development,
and mental health, we'd love to partner with you. Our
(00:24):
podcast has a wonderful, dedicated audience committed to personal growth
and positive social change. By sponsoring Inspired Change with Conta,
your brand will connect with listeners who truly value thoughtful
discussion and support initiatives that promote real transformation. We're incredibly
(00:47):
proud to be ranked number one in Australia and number
five in the USA on feed spots top men's mental
health Podcasts. For more information on how to become sponsor,
please reach out to Miranda Spegner sap On, our showrunner
and executive producer. We'd love to explore how we can
(01:09):
work together to inspire change. Now. Thank you for your
continued support, and let's keep inspiring change together.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
You're listening to Inspire Change, the broadcast that strives to educate, motivate,
and empower men to challenge traditions of masculinity to guide
us through the intricacies and interceptions of emotions, relationships, and
male identity is renowned psychologists, author and speaker Gunter Swubota.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
This is Inspire Change.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
Before I begin the actual podcast, I would like to
respectfully acknowledge the gategor people of the or nation, who
are the traditional custodians of the lane on which I work.
I would also like to pay my respects to their
elders past and present. Become everybody to another episode of
(02:02):
Inspired Change with Gunta.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
I'm your host.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Welcome everybody to another episode of Inspired Change with Gunta.
This is the final podcast for Caesar seven, which went
really quickly. It's also a moment when I want everybody
to reflect on the tragedy that took place at Bondo
(02:26):
Beach last night. We were all seriously shocked at what happened. Now,
I'm not going to spend a lot of time expressing
my thoughts and feelings about what happened, because many many
people are already doing that, some out of a way
(02:48):
of creating unity. But unfortunately, as always, there are those
people in politics and government and in the media who
are using this as a way of furthering the device
the divisiveness and the divide in our community, which I
personally find absolutely despicable. So with that said, let me
(03:12):
move on to the wrap up podcast that I want
to work with in today's episode. So, like a lot
of times, a year can go very very quickly, and
season seven was no disappointment in that regard. Now, if
you've been listening through the year, you'll have noticed the
(03:34):
thread I kept pulling on, and that is the micro,
your inner world, your relationships, the private moments where masculinity
either becomes maturity or it becomes armor. And then there's
(03:55):
the macro culture, politics, economics, and the system that quietly
rewards dominance and punishes vulnerability. Today, as I said, it's
the final episode of season seven. Let's ring it out properly,
(04:15):
and then I'll share with you a little bit about
what's coming up for season eight, what's happening with Making
Good Men Great, including the very special edition of Making
Good Men Great, saving a New Masculinity, and also why
we're launching Patreon. So let's begin with a micro. In
(04:44):
my view, the micro me or you as an individual,
is where the real action begins. This is for some
the real battle, for others, it's the coming to a
place where there is a sense of peace and calm
and safety and security. So, even amongst the tragedy that occurred,
(05:12):
we've got to realize that most men are not trying
to be cruel. Most men are trying to survive. They're
trying to feel competent, they're trying to be respected, and
they are trying to keep shame off their back. So
(05:33):
they do what they've been trained to do. They tighten up,
they stop feeling, they try to control outcomes, they perform confidence,
they go quiet instead of being honest. And then they
wonder why intimacy feels like work, why anger shows up
(05:57):
faster than sadness, why they feel alone even inside a relationship.
This is why the work has to be internal and
not ideological. You can't outthink this, you outgrow it, you
heal through it, and that is the whole approach. You're
(06:19):
making good men great. It's not to be a better
man as a moral lecture, more like build a nervous
system that can tolerate truth, connection, and repair. So here
are the three simple capacities that kept coming up in
(06:42):
SAS seven. Firstly, awareness, can you notice what's happening in
you while it's happening, not later, not after the argument,
not after you've numbed out alignment.
Speaker 6 (06:58):
Do your value, your physiology, your behavior, and your relationships
point in the same direction or are you living with
constant internal friction internal conflict in many respects psychodynamically, that
(07:20):
is the basis for neurosis and distress and disturbance. Finally, atunement,
can you read the emotional reality of another person and
respond to what is needed, not what your ego wants.
If you develop those you become less reactive, less easily manipulated,
(07:44):
and more capable of real intimacy. And that leads straight.
Speaker 5 (07:52):
To the macro. Because the macro is full of people
who never learned any of these skills. I want you
to zoom out for a minute. The macro themes this
year have been intense social fragmentation, polarization, rage as entertainment,
(08:16):
certainty as identity, economic pressure, exhaustion everywhere. Last night here
in Bondai Beach. It didn't alter any of that. It
actually crystallizes it. You argue about politics all day, but
underneath a lot of what we are watching is psychology
(08:37):
at scale. There is one hard truth. A society that
cannot do emotional development, worldly fault, to control, and potentially
to violence. It will call it strength, you will call
it common sense, it will call it realism, But underneath
(09:01):
it it's dysregulation dressed up as authority. So be particularly
aware what you're going to be hearing in the media,
in the digital space, and in society at large. So
(09:23):
that's one of the reasons why I keep saying the
micro is political, not because you need to post about
your feelings. In fact, often think twice before you do that,
because the way you relate to shame, fear, anger, and
power determines what you tolerate in leaders, what you mimic
at home, and what you pass on to your children.
(09:46):
If you want to clean line from the micro to
the macro. Here it is when men cannot metabolize vulnerability,
they either collapse or they reach for dominance. And systems
built on patriarchy will always offer men the same bargain.
(10:08):
Trade you're in your life for status, trade intimacy for control,
and trade tenderness for performance. And this is what Caesars
seven has meant about. It's been about refusing to accept
that bargain. So if I think about what did season
(10:31):
seven do well, From my perspective, it named the machinery.
It challenged the cheap stories, the clickbaits, the simplistic representations
of complex phenomena. It Season seven tried to hold complexity
(10:54):
without going soft, because if we reduce masculinity is the
way it used to be, we also lose the plot
that is nostalgia dressed up as virtue, and all those
who profess conservatism need to accept that principle and rethink it.
(11:20):
What we really need is a burgeoning, a healing towards maturity,
a masculinity that can hold power without being possessed by it.
And in my view, that's all about feeling empowered. Season
seven was the argument. Season eight I'm hoping will be
(11:42):
the build. Season seven has been the micro to the
macro as a lens. Season eight will be the micro
to the macro with tools in your hands. Not a
self improvement theater, Sure, practice emotionally and behaviorally. All right,
(12:07):
So let me make a few announcements. So we've got
Making good Men Great, the Special Edition, or what I
call the second edition of Making good Men Great, Surfing,
a new masculinity co authored by myself and my wife,
and it's real, it's moving This matters because it consolidates
(12:28):
the work, It sharpens the language, and sets a stronger
foundation for what making good Men great becomes next. If
you've read the earlier edition, think of this as a
version that reflects the current maturity of the framework. When
the video version of this finally goes up, we will
(12:50):
post links and details so you can grab it easily.
What about patrearch I want to be very clear about
why we're doing this. Most people do not change from
information alone. They change through repetition, reflection, relationship, and accountability.
So Patreon is not just a tip jar. It's a structure,
(13:13):
a way to keep the work alive and practical between episodes,
and a way for you to support the shows so
it stays independent. Here is what you can expect from Patreon. Firstly,
the practical tier, short weekly audio or written prompt simple
exercises you can actually know, not motivational fluff, but real
(13:36):
inner work. Secondly, the Deep Dive tier. Here we have
extended episodes behind the scene reflections and cheating segments that
are too detailed for the main show. This is where
I will unpack concepts like the masculine introject, shame relation
(13:57):
or repair and what triarchy trains into the body. Thirdly,
the community to live Q and A sessions, occasional group calls,
and structured conversations. Not therapy, but a guided space where
men can practice honestly without collapsing into performance. And for
(14:22):
the women listening, you're not excluded from this. A lot
of this work is relational. It affects partners, families, workplaces, communities,
and you are also most welcome. Word fits Patreon is
how we build an ecosystem around the podcast, not just
(14:46):
a broadcast. So what is in season eight? I'm going
to be focusing on the replacement skills, things like emotional
literacy that doesn't become performative, softness that's grounded and not
dominant or coercively controlling. We're going to examine intimacy beyond patriarchy,
(15:13):
which means dipping into trust, consent repair, and the courage
to be known, so transparency, authenticity, that's what we're going
to be drawing on. And finally, the real thing that
I want to focus always on is that the evolving self,
(15:37):
which is the deeper question underneath all of this, Who
you become when you stop living a script. If season
seven was about seeing the system. Season eight is about
building a different one inside yourself and then outward micro
(16:01):
to macro, but with traction. So that brings us to
the end of season seven. If you have listened this year,
thank you from the bottom of my heart. I don't
take your attention lightly. If this season has helped you
(16:21):
name something real, do not let it stay simply as
an inside Pick one action this week that moves you
away from the old script and towards the man that
you actually want to be. And if you want to
support the work, follow the podcast, share this episode with
(16:43):
someone who will get it, and check out the Patreon
when the link goes live with a video version. I'm
Goodness promoter. I'm your host. I'm a psychologist, a writer,
a speaker, a content creator and researcher. And this is
(17:03):
inspired change. You know.
Speaker 7 (17:06):
On this show, we talk a lot about living with purpose,
flowing down, paying attention, and being intentional about the choices
we make every day. Because when we simplify the noise
around us, we can better hear what really matters, empathy
and connection and showing up as the best version of ourselves.
(17:26):
That's why I'm genuinely pleased to welcome our newest sponsor,
Distilled Union. Their philosophy aligns beautifully with what we do here.
Distill Union creates slick, thought fully designed essentials wallets, key organizers,
phone cases, all built with a less is more approach
(17:50):
the Wally Wallat's bearst key organizers. These are everyday tools
that make life easier, cleaner, and calmer. In that's simplicity.
There's space for clarity. This space change. As I thank
you to our inspired change community, they're offering twenty percent
(18:13):
off any product with the promo code inspired Change. Have
a look, try them out and see how simplifying your
day can open the door to something deeper. Visit Distilled
Union dot com and enjoy twenty percent off any product
with the promo code inspire Change. That's Distilled Union dot
(18:37):
com with promo code inspired Change the checkout.
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Hello and welcome. We thank you for tuning in and
promoting positive social change. This makes you a part of
Gunter's efforts and transforming not only men's lives, but lives
in general, and we are grateful you have joined us
this week on the Global Listeners List see a new
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(19:03):
gratitude with our listeners in Australia. You made it to
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but lookout, the Northern Territory is catching up as our
listeners and Alice Springs have brought the outback to a
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our showrunner Miranda Spaigner Sappone, along with everyone here at
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Please see the show notes for our contact information. As always,
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and most importantly keep inspiring positive social change.
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Hello, listeners, it's good to siboa here with some exciting news.
We're on the lookout for sponsors to join us on
our incredible journey with Inspired Change with Conta. If your
organization cares deeply about meaningful conversations around masculinity, self development,
and mental health, we'd love to partner with you. Our
(00:24):
podcast has a wonderful, dedicated audience committed to personal growth
and positive social change. By sponsoring Inspired Change with Conta,
your brand will connect with listeners who truly value thoughtful
discussion and support initiatives that promote real transformation. We're incredibly
(00:47):
proud to be ranked number one in Australia and number
five in the USA on feed spots top men's mental
health Podcasts. For more information on how to become sponsor,
please reach out to Miranda Spegner sap On, our showrunner
and executive producer. We'd love to explore how we can
(01:09):
work together to inspire change. Now. Thank you for your
continued support, and let's keep inspiring change together.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
You're listening to Inspire Change, the broadcast that strives to educate, motivate,
and empower men to challenge traditions of masculinity to guide
us through the intricacies and interceptions of emotions, relationships, and
male identity is renowned psychologists, author and speaker Gunter Swubota.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
This is Inspire Change.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
Before I begin the actual podcast, I would like to
respectfully acknowledge the gategor people of the or nation, who
are the traditional custodians of the lane on which I work.
I would also like to pay my respects to their
elders past and present. Become everybody to another episode of
(02:02):
Inspired Change with Gunta.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
I'm your host.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Welcome everybody to another episode of Inspired Change with Gunta.
This is the final podcast for Caesar seven, which went
really quickly. It's also a moment when I want everybody
to reflect on the tragedy that took place at Bondo
(02:26):
Beach last night. We were all seriously shocked at what happened. Now,
I'm not going to spend a lot of time expressing
my thoughts and feelings about what happened, because many many
people are already doing that, some out of a way
(02:48):
of creating unity. But unfortunately, as always, there are those
people in politics and government and in the media who
are using this as a way of furthering the device
the divisiveness and the divide in our community, which I
personally find absolutely despicable. So with that said, let me
(03:12):
move on to the wrap up podcast that I want
to work with in today's episode. So, like a lot
of times, a year can go very very quickly, and
season seven was no disappointment in that regard. Now, if
you've been listening through the year, you'll have noticed the
(03:34):
thread I kept pulling on, and that is the micro,
your inner world, your relationships, the private moments where masculinity
either becomes maturity or it becomes armor. And then there's
(03:55):
the macro culture, politics, economics, and the system that quietly
rewards dominance and punishes vulnerability. Today, as I said, it's
the final episode of season seven. Let's ring it out properly,
(04:15):
and then I'll share with you a little bit about
what's coming up for season eight, what's happening with Making
Good Men Great, including the very special edition of Making
Good Men Great, saving a New Masculinity, and also why
we're launching Patreon. So let's begin with a micro. In
(04:44):
my view, the micro me or you as an individual,
is where the real action begins. This is for some
the real battle, for others, it's the coming to a
place where there is a sense of peace and calm
and safety and security. So, even amongst the tragedy that occurred,
(05:12):
we've got to realize that most men are not trying
to be cruel. Most men are trying to survive. They're
trying to feel competent, they're trying to be respected, and
they are trying to keep shame off their back. So
(05:33):
they do what they've been trained to do. They tighten up,
they stop feeling, they try to control outcomes, they perform confidence,
they go quiet instead of being honest. And then they
wonder why intimacy feels like work, why anger shows up
(05:57):
faster than sadness, why they feel alone even inside a relationship.
This is why the work has to be internal and
not ideological. You can't outthink this, you outgrow it, you
heal through it, and that is the whole approach. You're
(06:19):
making good men great. It's not to be a better
man as a moral lecture, more like build a nervous
system that can tolerate truth, connection, and repair. So here
are the three simple capacities that kept coming up in
(06:42):
SAS seven. Firstly, awareness, can you notice what's happening in
you while it's happening, not later, not after the argument,
not after you've numbed out alignment.
Speaker 6 (06:58):
Do your value, your physiology, your behavior, and your relationships
point in the same direction or are you living with
constant internal friction internal conflict in many respects psychodynamically, that
(07:20):
is the basis for neurosis and distress and disturbance. Finally, atunement,
can you read the emotional reality of another person and
respond to what is needed, not what your ego wants.
If you develop those you become less reactive, less easily manipulated,
(07:44):
and more capable of real intimacy. And that leads straight.
Speaker 5 (07:52):
To the macro. Because the macro is full of people
who never learned any of these skills. I want you
to zoom out for a minute. The macro themes this
year have been intense social fragmentation, polarization, rage as entertainment,
(08:16):
certainty as identity, economic pressure, exhaustion everywhere. Last night here
in Bondai Beach. It didn't alter any of that. It
actually crystallizes it. You argue about politics all day, but
underneath a lot of what we are watching is psychology
(08:37):
at scale. There is one hard truth. A society that
cannot do emotional development, worldly fault, to control, and potentially
to violence. It will call it strength, you will call
it common sense, it will call it realism, But underneath
(09:01):
it it's dysregulation dressed up as authority. So be particularly
aware what you're going to be hearing in the media,
in the digital space, and in society at large. So
(09:23):
that's one of the reasons why I keep saying the
micro is political, not because you need to post about
your feelings. In fact, often think twice before you do that,
because the way you relate to shame, fear, anger, and
power determines what you tolerate in leaders, what you mimic
at home, and what you pass on to your children.
(09:46):
If you want to clean line from the micro to
the macro. Here it is when men cannot metabolize vulnerability,
they either collapse or they reach for dominance. And systems
built on patriarchy will always offer men the same bargain.
(10:08):
Trade you're in your life for status, trade intimacy for control,
and trade tenderness for performance. And this is what Caesars
seven has meant about. It's been about refusing to accept
that bargain. So if I think about what did season
(10:31):
seven do well, From my perspective, it named the machinery.
It challenged the cheap stories, the clickbaits, the simplistic representations
of complex phenomena. It Season seven tried to hold complexity
(10:54):
without going soft, because if we reduce masculinity is the
way it used to be, we also lose the plot
that is nostalgia dressed up as virtue, and all those
who profess conservatism need to accept that principle and rethink it.
(11:20):
What we really need is a burgeoning, a healing towards maturity,
a masculinity that can hold power without being possessed by it.
And in my view, that's all about feeling empowered. Season
seven was the argument. Season eight I'm hoping will be
(11:42):
the build. Season seven has been the micro to the
macro as a lens. Season eight will be the micro
to the macro with tools in your hands. Not a
self improvement theater, Sure, practice emotionally and behaviorally. All right,
(12:07):
So let me make a few announcements. So we've got
Making good Men Great, the Special Edition, or what I
call the second edition of Making good Men Great, Surfing,
a new masculinity co authored by myself and my wife,
and it's real, it's moving This matters because it consolidates
(12:28):
the work, It sharpens the language, and sets a stronger
foundation for what making good Men great becomes next. If
you've read the earlier edition, think of this as a
version that reflects the current maturity of the framework. When
the video version of this finally goes up, we will
(12:50):
post links and details so you can grab it easily.
What about patrearch I want to be very clear about
why we're doing this. Most people do not change from
information alone. They change through repetition, reflection, relationship, and accountability.
So Patreon is not just a tip jar. It's a structure,
(13:13):
a way to keep the work alive and practical between episodes,
and a way for you to support the shows so
it stays independent. Here is what you can expect from Patreon. Firstly,
the practical tier, short weekly audio or written prompt simple
exercises you can actually know, not motivational fluff, but real
(13:36):
inner work. Secondly, the Deep Dive tier. Here we have
extended episodes behind the scene reflections and cheating segments that
are too detailed for the main show. This is where
I will unpack concepts like the masculine introject, shame relation
(13:57):
or repair and what triarchy trains into the body. Thirdly,
the community to live Q and A sessions, occasional group calls,
and structured conversations. Not therapy, but a guided space where
men can practice honestly without collapsing into performance. And for
(14:22):
the women listening, you're not excluded from this. A lot
of this work is relational. It affects partners, families, workplaces, communities,
and you are also most welcome. Word fits Patreon is
how we build an ecosystem around the podcast, not just
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a broadcast. So what is in season eight? I'm going
to be focusing on the replacement skills, things like emotional
literacy that doesn't become performative, softness that's grounded and not
dominant or coercively controlling. We're going to examine intimacy beyond patriarchy,
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which means dipping into trust, consent repair, and the courage
to be known, so transparency, authenticity, that's what we're going
to be drawing on. And finally, the real thing that
I want to focus always on is that the evolving self,
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which is the deeper question underneath all of this, Who
you become when you stop living a script. If season
seven was about seeing the system. Season eight is about
building a different one inside yourself and then outward micro
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to macro, but with traction. So that brings us to
the end of season seven. If you have listened this year,
thank you from the bottom of my heart. I don't
take your attention lightly. If this season has helped you
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name something real, do not let it stay simply as
an inside Pick one action this week that moves you
away from the old script and towards the man that
you actually want to be. And if you want to
support the work, follow the podcast, share this episode with
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someone who will get it, and check out the Patreon
when the link goes live with a video version. I'm
Goodness promoter. I'm your host. I'm a psychologist, a writer,
a speaker, a content creator and researcher. And this is
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inspired change. You know.
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Hello and welcome. We thank you for tuning in and
promoting positive social change. This makes you a part of
Gunter's efforts and transforming not only men's lives, but lives
in general, and we are grateful you have joined us
this week on the Global Listeners List see a new
placement for number one. We would like to share our
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gratitude with our listeners in Australia. You made it to
number one with the strongest downloads from New South Wales,
but lookout, the Northern Territory is catching up as our
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Inspire Change with Gunter, wish you the most complete and
joyous holiday season and we sincerely thank you as your
efforts had made this year the absolute best. We look
forward to great things for Inspire Change and appreciate that
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Please remember, if you want to share your story of
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Please see the show notes for our contact information. As always,
thank you to each and every one of our listeners
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