Hey fellas. I want to bring something to the attention of The Expanse and the Men IN it. Yesterday I was navigating a space of un-safety where my camping/sleeping gear was taken from my campsite. This disruption to my wholeness activated a lot of anger within me, and because I didn't sufficiently sit with it and metabolize it, it got misdirected toward my fellow Man @Steven Cruz in my interaction with him. You can see our exchange here. My misdirected anger and the borderline violence of my languaging did NOT sit well with me. Especially after receiving another Man's perspective and feedback on it. I have directly contacted Steven and apologized for how I engaged with him and he was gracious enough to resolve and repair the affect of my comments. I want to bring this attention to the group for multiple reasons- here are a few. 1. I am human just like everyone else. I'm not an AI Chatbot. 2. While I am a co-founder and co-creator of this container, I still fumble, falter and forget ALL THE TIME. I am ALWAYS LEARNING. 3. I have found over and over again that when I OWN MY SPACE, ENERGY AND EXPRESSION with myself and ESPECIALLY with others- I ALWAYS feel lighter. 4. While I did not do anything WRONG or shameful, my expression and its impact was not how I intended it. This will NOT be the last time this happens in here or ANYWHERE. 5. If you see or hear me say something that doesn't land, doesn't resonate or inspires excessive dis-ease in you- PLEASE LET ME KNOW. Thanks you for patience and grace as I learn. After all I'm incredibly grateful for how things transpired because it led to an amazing exchange with @Tah Whitty. The exchange is recorded and linked below. I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN. Thank you all for being here on this ride with us. It's a pleasure and an honor to co-create this container and this Life with y'all.

I am sort of stuck in a loop of low currency energetically and financially, lack of solid strategy, taking half actions, and not commiting myself to accountability. Awarness and Intention i have down,its the other parts i need help with I know I am worth more than what they will pay me at a job, but i am so burrnt out on working in the System. I know we all been there at some point, i feel like I dont want to go to a regular job, but if I dont I wont be able to take care of my financial needs and provide for my family.

I thought I'd share a little bit about a few things that I realized this week. In our manOS call on Tuesday, we were discussing the topic of strategy, and @Corbin Sellers asked how we feel about strategy and what we do when things aren't really going our way. As I contemplated that, I thought, "Man, I love strategy, and I can sit there and contemplate and analyze and strategize all day long." With the other question of what do you do when it doesn't go right, I move right to action. I don't even worry about the strategy; I just get in and plow through things, whether it's the right way or not. I just get it done quick and dirty. In my discussion with @Jared Johnson and @Chance Lundgren , the three of us are meeting up and going through ManOS together, and we're at Awareness. The challenge when we last met was to post about a recent awareness. My awareness is this: as I contemplated my feeling towards strategy, I realized that my so-called "love of strategy" is really a safety mechanism to prevent risk and failure. If I am working on the strategy, let's say it's for my business and some new marketing offering, I can feel productive if I'm spending hours analyzing and strategizing that offering. It's probably more effective in the long run to just take action and pivot and fine-tune it as I go, but that's risky, and it's easier to feel productive and just stay stuck in planning. My Intention is that I need to be OK taking bigger risks and face potential failure so that I can have more rewards. Know when it's good enough Be more confident in my ability to pivot Understand the risk of inaction Do the hard thing

I gotta tell you. It was pretty awesome. They just get better and better. They depth that we got into from Friday-Sunday was pretty profound. There was a LOT of talk from the women around the challenges their men have been experiencing and the challenges they have faced interacting with me who are questioning themselves and don't have solid footing in their lives in emotional and relational spaces. I had quite a few conversations around their men having solid career paths but their personal lives were the biggest challenges. I know at some point @Corbin Sellers and @Jared Johnson are considering putting some men's retreats together. Would that be something y'all would be interested in exploring? Hit the poll and drop a comment below!

Wassup @Adam Streuer @Nathaniel Kressen & @Rodney Mahabir. Great to have you in here. Feel free to drop an intro and share where you're at. Physically, Emotionally, Geographically...let's hear it.