Manfulness Hamish Cramer

Relationships…..We all have them.  Whether it's friendship, business, family, or romance; these relationships can either provide us with comfort, pleasure, and understanding or be a source of frustration, resentment, or anger.


This episode kicks off the first of five special podcast episodes, in which I will be discussing and breaking down the five core principles that my wife and I use to coach our clients (and apply to ourselves) to help improve the health of relationships, release unrealistic expectations, create effective communication and help set healthy boundaries in place.

Today's episode is all about principle number one: Understanding our expectations versus reality.  Listen in to hear what happens when we fall in love with the idea of someone instead of the real, flawed person and what to do to overcome the divide between what is real and what is expected, to have a healthy and flourishing relationship.


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 Today's podcast is the second part of my previous podcast “Let's Talk About Plant Medicine”


In this episode, I share my experiences and reflections after attending a three-day retreat where I sat in a ceremony with plant medicine.   It was a very different experience, from my last time sitting in ceremony and I was given three big lessons to take home to integrate. 
 
Tune into this episode to hear about my recent experiences with plant medicine and the lessons I received.

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This week on the podcast, I have my wife Erika Cramer joining me as she interviews me about all things plant medicine.
We discuss  what plant medicine is, why some people are attracted to plant medicine, its benefits and touch on how it may benefit some people. 
Tune into this episode to hear about my personal experiences with plant medicine and how it transformed my life.  


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Inside Man Coaching Program: https://manfulness.com.au/sessions/
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As we grow and move through life, our experiences and thoughts shift and change.  It's natural to have some big realizations and to feel all sorts of emotions bubble up to the surface.


And when these emotions surface, you might feel like you need a release in the form of a good cry…. and there’s nothing wrong with that. 


In fact, this actually happened to me a few weeks ago. 


I was in the middle of a very busy week, there were  many important issues that need most of my time and attention and overwhelm began to kick in.  I felt like I was  carrying some heavy emotional baggage and it was begging to be let out.


In today's podcast Id like to share with you this particular experience and the reminder it gave me, click the link to listen and learn more.


 
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It’s so fun to realize that once you become a parent of little kids, you also get to enjoy whatever they want to watch on the television!


At home, we usually watch kids' movies all together as a family, with my children, who are four and six years old.  The Disney Channel has been great as it's given us a variety of movies to watch.


To be honest, I also grew up watching Disney movies.   All the films that are now great classics, like Aladdin and the Lion King.   I can say that as an adult, I still find these movies to be just as fun and amazing as I did when I was young!


One of the exciting things about any Disney film is that you will always learn a new lesson while watching a movie. I consider family movie time to be a good activity to do at home with my children.  Not only do they get to enjoy the film, they also come away having learned new values that they can apply to their lives now and as they grow up.


One day, as I sat watching movies with my kids, I came across a particular film  that is popular right now with the title “Encanto.” 


It’s a new Disney movie; about a Colombian family whose members each have a special power unique to them. Watching this film really touched me.  Inspired, I decided to create a new podcast episode all about this movie and its fantastic story line. 


As I mentioned earlier, there’s always an inspiring story or something new to learn from every movie - and today I want to share two valuable lessons that I’ve got from the movie “Encanto.” 


So, if you want to know what those inspiring lessons are, go ahead and hit the play button and listen to the entire podcast. 


If you haven’t watched the movie yet, make sure you do it as a family- all together.  Take the time to treasure making memories together and talk about the lessons you find.  Help your little ones learn how to apply these lessons to their daily lives.


As parents, it’s our responsibility to teach our children how to live a life full of happiness and values. 


You can start to do this even when they are very young in age.  Simply by making use of what kids naturally love to do, watching stories unfold on the movie screen!


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When talking about a domesticated man, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind?
You might be thinking of someone who is fond of housework and others may think of someone who is fond of home life. 
I really want to talk about this in this podcast because this has been a big thing for me and it has been on my mind over a couple of years, especially when the pandemic hit the world. 
When I talk about a domesticated man, it’s more of being obedient and being tamed. 
If you want to look at the definition of the word domesticated, it means to tame, especially in referring to an animal through generations of breeding, to live in close association with humans being a pet to work, and usually creating a dependency.
And this is what's important, usually creating a dependency, so an animal loses its ability to live in the wild. That's the definition of the word domesticated I'm talking about here. 
But, what we're seeing now is the generations of men, who are afraid of their masculinity, who are afraid to be men, who are afraid of their wild-like nature. And I see this in myself, and I see this in the men that I work with for many years. 
Also, what I'm finding more is that if a man hasn't found a positive way to express his anger, frustrations, or emotions, it only makes it worse inside of him. He only becomes angrier and more frustrated over the course of time. 
However, that’s what I find among men who are terrified of is their anger. Most of them don't want to be angry. And I can understand it because anger is one of those emotions that can be really dangerous if not dealt with properly.  It can become violent and it becomes very destructive. 
These are some of the exciting things that I talked about in this podcast. So if you want to learn more about a domesticated man, access and listen to the podcast now. 
Always remember that as men as we are, we’re missing an important part of our lives. I think what we're missing is that wild part of us. We haven't had an opportunity to explore our wild side. We haven't had an opportunity to explore what and how we feel. And that’s the thing we all need to work on moving forward.


LINKS:
Inside Man Coaching Program: https://manfulness.com.au/sessions/
Breathfullness Program:  https://bit.ly/3stCQ8z
 
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