Ruwando Podcast: Psychology For Men with Brains and Balls

Explore the magician archetype's role in creativity and belief, the shadow aspects, the importance of the Fool, hacking self-fulfilling prophecy, and steps to become the magician. Discover the subjective mind of magical thinking, the five stages of belief, and the magic in the creative process. Uncover how to remove blocks hindering you from embracing the magician within.

The Warrior Archetype is the part of the psyche for overcoming obstacles and winning zero-sum competition. It's become the most suppressed aspect of masculinity in the modern era. Activate this archetype within you with the Masculine Archetype Challenge. Comes with a complementary coaching call with Ruwan: https://www.ruwando.com/archetype (Republish from 2020)

Exploring consciousness circuits, psychophilosophy, and societal influences. Delve into primal instincts, marketing manipulation, and hero's journey. Dive into group bonding rituals and cognitive evolution. Stimulating and thought-provoking discussions.

Exploring the 5 stages of the male psyche, from infancy to fatherhood, through biology, psychology, mythology, and Nietzsche's Metamorphosis. Discussing the impact on relationships, masculinity, and personal growth. Delving into mother complex, rite of passage, male fantasies, and power dynamics in male development.

The Road of Trials (Hero’s Journey) is a stage of life where the hero (you) are forced to engage in conflicts to gain power. In the movies, it’s the training montage between “All is lost” and “Apotheosis” (god mode). In real life, it signifies how you transform yourself during hard times. Road of Trials: Transform Yourself During Hard Times speaks about needing hard times in life, what to do when reinventing yourself, suffering in a direction, and why you must engage in conflicts. This is a republish from 2021.

Modern society is amidst warfare of morals: Family vs. Globalism. Nature vs. Culture. Noah Revoy speaks on the war of perception and information, how part of taking responsibility as a man is in creating/building sovereignty for family, how to build a strong family culture, maintaining parent’s influence on your child, and protecting yourself via self-discipline as internal manipulation. noahrevoy.com ruwando.com/archetype

What does it mean to “be the rock” in a relationship? Having a man you can depend on is something every woman wants. But what does that actually mean in practice? It’s a mistake if you think relationships are symmetrical. This episode starts with changing your perspective on relationship, why you shouldn’t depend on your woman, how to stay grounded in a relationship, and what it means to be the rock in a relationship, really.

Can you prepare for fatherhood? Dan Doty from Fatherhood Unlocked speaks on how fatherhood is changing, how fatherhood shifts your focus in life, the importance of being a father, generational differences in upbringing, and other man stuff. I’m going to be having more dads on the podcast soon to discuss the importance of being a father. It is the King Archetype after all. Make sure you’re subscribed. And if your want to better access your archetypal masculinity, check out the Masculine Archetype Challenge: https://www.ruwando.com/archetype

NPR recently wrote a piece criticizing p*rn abstinence as somehow misogynistic. I break down the positives and negatives of NoFap, and also how this piece of propaganda is a cultural attack on the male agency.

Tom Billinge and I speak on WarYoga, yoga's violent origins, the Rig Veda, Indian wrestling, martial arts and culture, masculine philosophy vs modernity, and different perspectives on "the gods" Tom is the author of WarYoga, WarYoga: Zurxane, Undying Glory, Age of Heroes. He's also a Muay Thai instructor and knows a lot about history and martial arts.