Named: Connor Beaton on the practice of becoming an honest man
Feb 14, 2024
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Vienna Pharaon speaks with husband Connor Beaton, founder of ManTalks, about his struggles post-parental divorce, tools for personal growth, and journey to self-acceptance. They discuss confronting emotional wounds, post-traumatic growth, and cultivating honesty in relationships.
Practicing honesty and transparency is crucial for personal growth and authenticity.
Childhood experiences, like parental divorce, can deeply influence self-perception and relationships in adulthood.
Deep dives
The Journey to Honesty and Transparency
The speaker reflects on the importance of practicing honesty and transparency, revealing how a mentor played a pivotal role in encouraging open communication. The process involved shedding layers of misinformation and lies, leading to a deep-seated change towards truth-telling and authenticity.
Navigating Worthiness Wounds from Childhood
The podcast delves into the guest's childhood experiences following his parents' divorce at a young age, highlighting feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness stemming from the separation. The impact of the divorce on shaping the guest's self-perception and relationships, particularly with his father, is explored in depth.
Struggles and Coping Mechanisms in Adulthood
The episode unravels the guest's journey into adulthood marked by struggles with self-worth and coping mechanisms, including a reliance on external validation through relationships with women. The exploration of addictive behaviors, such as watching pornography and engaging in destructive habits, sheds light on the complexities of addressing deep-seated insecurities.
Partnering for Growth and Healing
The podcast showcases the transformative power of partnership in personal growth and healing, emphasizing the mutual support and challenges within the speaker's relationship. The dynamic of honesty, direct communication, and growth through confronting past wounds is highlighted as instrumental in fostering self-awareness and self-acceptance.
This week, Vienna speaks with her husband and founder of ManTalks Connor Beaton. This is the debut episode of a new periodic series called ‘Named,’ where Vienna speaks with friends and thought leaders about their origin wounds and their paths towards healing. In this episode, Connor shares how his parents’ separation affected him deeply. He struggled academically, romantically, and eventually made a profound transformation. He discusses some of the tools he used to get to where he is today, which is a place he wouldn’t have imagined possible a decade ago.
You can order Vienna's National Best Seller 'The Origins of You' here and you can get a signed copy here.
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