In my latest conversational-style episode, I sit down with my friend Catherine Jelinek to discuss something I heard her say: "we need to quit man hating."

As you can imagine (considering we recorded a podcast episode about it), I latched on to that statement.

I've been on a journey with masculine / feminine energy these past few years. (Side note: when I say that, it doesn't necessarily mean men / women. All humans carry both energies; we just experience them differently within us.)

I understand how the masculine / feminine (or Yang / Yin - to take gender out of it), energies are intended to balance and support each other. And I also see how our collective wounding has led to a major imbalance in a lot of ways. Women are exhausted trying to lead like men. Relationships are barely holding on because each side doesn't understand the other and are operating out of alignment.

As we close the episode with - I am hopeful that the work we do as a generation to start to heal this imbalance can have positive impacts on our kids and beyond.

If you want to go deeper in this topic, check out this week's podcast: 70. We Need To Stop Man Hating: Catherine Jelinek on Motherhood, Marriage, and the Future of Boys

🗝️ Key takeaways:

• Why "quitting man-hating" is actually a healing journey — not a political stance
• How over-identifying with independence can block feminine energy and intimacy
• Why toxic patterns exist on both sides — and naming them matters
• The Brazilian jiu-jitsu framework for navigating conflict without escalating it
• How childhood wounds and the "pain body" shape our adult relationships
• Why healing your relationship to feminine and masculine energy creates a ripple effect in the world
• How to integrate spirituality with the messiness of real human life
• Why raising emotionally open-hearted boys matters for the next generation

PS: it's also on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple. Be sure to follow the pod so the episodes auto download each week!

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