The Middle Path Between Stoic and Oversharing

I sit down with Josh Trent to explore how marriage, father wounds, and emotional epigenetics shape a man’s inner world. We talk honestly about porn, anger, healing the mother wound, and what it actually takes to build emotional safety with your partner.

Josh unpacks how breathwork, mentorship, and men’s work helped him transform survival patterns into real love and leadership. This episode is raw, personal, and directly speaks to men who are ready to stop repeating cycles and start leading with truth.

Check out Josh's online community: www.liberatedlife.com

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

00:00 Welcome and setup

00:31 Marriage as transformation

01:13 Anger toward the feminine

02:26 Injuries from childhood

03:37 Unsafe relationship with women

04:53 Realizing wife is not mom

05:37 Breaking unconscious patterns

06:36 Avoiding emotional honesty

08:35 Growing up with bipolar parent

10:35 Creating safety by coping

11:39 Being shielded from truth

13:40 Moving to Hawaii

14:41 Womanizing and addiction

15:47 Mission to feel feelings

17:34 Hungry Ghost metaphor

19:08 Dysfunction in relationships

21:24 Men’s work and mentorship

23:05 Masculine leadership

26:24 Joining men’s communities

29:32 Emotional epigenetics

33:14 Containment in relationships

34:33 Safe emotional expression

35:36 Relationship with other men

38:13 How to communicate honestly

41:51 How to open up

43:52 Breathwork and embodiment

46:42 Middle path for men

48:51 Healing financial fear

50:23 Self leadership for men

53:27 Porn and disconnection

55:45 Why porn hooks men

58:51 Escape velocity

1:03:47 Healing lineage pain

1:06:55 Breaking generational cycles

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