
018 Developing Masculine Presence with Rosko Blake
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are a few terms that make their way around the personal development world and become common vernacular. Some become tired and worn, such as ‘authenticity’ or ‘vulnerability’.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Then there is men’s work in particular, which it’s own nuanced cliques and terms. To me, some of it doesn’t connect or resonate, while some of it seems tired and inaccessible. Then there are terms which I think every man would benefit from understanding and knowing how to apply to his life for the better.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of those is the idea of the masculine and feminine. In my own work, we look at these terms and understand them at what I would call a fairly simple level. My students don’t need to write a thesis on these aspects we all have in us, they simply need to understand them enough to know how to apply them to their lives so they live with more clarity and purpose.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s not a gendered thing - the masculine is something every human has on some level, each individual. As is the feminine. However, in my opinion, when it boils down to nature, the majority of men are</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">more</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">masculine. That doesn’t mean some men aren’t, nor that these men don’t have a feminine side. We do, and it’s vitally important that we understand it, honour it, and integrate into our full selves.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But the suggestion of these terms can be confusing. That’s why I brought Rosko Blake onto the podcast this week.</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>In this Episode:</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rosko is someone I met many years ago when I was working as a personal trainer still and I attended a workshop of his on energy systems. There was one thing that really stuck out to me in that workshop - an all-out two-minute burpee test. I can still feel the horrid lactic a