Casey Capshaw

Tripp Lanier (host of The New Man podcast) and Jayson Gaddis (guest of the show and rite of passage expert) are in a featured article in this months issue of What is Enlightenment Magazine. The issue is all about the emerging masculine expression and Tripp and Jayson were called in to represent the “New men’s movement.” It’s a good read throughout and i find it exciting that wider audiences are keying in to what we have been talking about on our show and working with in the world.

The New Man in What is Enlightenment Magazine

The New Man podcast is featured on iTunes “New Realeases” today. Just last week we re-launched on our New network, Personal Life Media, and we’re already getting noticed. Subscribe to The New Man podcast and hear from the emerging leaders in a new, more inclusive expression of masculinity.

Featured on iTunes New Releases

Being a business of one can present unique challenges. We are forced to handle aspects of business well outside our area of expertise. Only a few years ago, a freelancer or entrepreneur was limited to using a spreadsheet or accounting software, sending handmade invoices to clients from M$ word. Time tracking, accounts receivable, and bids were all separate and manually managed.

I don’t like doing things manually, especially things like accounting. I am a marketer, a project manager, a strategist…a numbers guy, i am not.

Enter FreshBooks(yeah referral link;). The Web 2.0 answer to my asking. Invoices, Time Tracking, Accept Payments, Reporting features. I just started using it, but so far, it rocks.

A friend of mine noticed a need for better communication and coordination in a group we are participating in. We all use the internet all the time and there were several tools that came to my mind that we might use to address this need. None of them really felt like the elegant solution.

Then he built us a Ning site. In literally 15 minutes, with the help of Ning.com, he built us own own, custom, private social network.

I started exploring our new site and in the process, had the inspiration to create custom social networks for several other projects I am involved in. I created two more Ning networks, with the added bonus of a single profile that works in all three.

This has me thinking about my clients with lower budgets trying to amplify their web presence. I am already a big fan of customizing wordpress for small business websites, capitalizing on the smooth content management capabilities. Adding Ning into the mix gives big budget functionality to small budget projects. This is a good thing for me

The New Man-Episode 16: Alissa Kriteman, Just for Women

Alissa Kriteman joins Tripp and I in the studio to give us the straight skinny on what women want and how we can act in relation to them.

Alissa is the host of the Just for Women Podcast, uncovering the latest in dating, relationships and sex from a deeply authentic women’s perspective.

The conclusion of our discussion with Robert Augustus Masters. Robert gives us some practice tips to help us “get back into our bodies.”

“Repressed anger is as harmful as inappropriately expressed anger,” Masters says when describing how to allow emotions to arise naturally. He says healthy anger is “the guardian of healthy boundaries.”

If you haven’t already, I recommend listening to Part 1: Are you Stuck in the Friend Zone? to hear more of Robert’s understanding supporting these practices.

This weeks New Man Podcast features Robert Augustus Masters. Robert shares with us why men are so often not getting what they want in life. Here’s a clue, its not something you can figure out.

Robert is all about bringing it back to the body, the place where emotions originate in the first place. His workshops are all experiential, getting men to get in touch with repressed feelings and integrate their total selves.

If you have ever been stuck in the Friend Zone with a woman you were attracted to, Robert Masters may have just the solution for you.

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The Warriors Journey: Returning from Iraq, Part 2

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. – Albert Schweitzer

In Part 2 of our conversation with Dan Taslitz, we hear about Dans experience coming back from Iraq and what he went through in transition back to civilian life.

Dan has developed a system to convert stress into true strength and teaches men the power of vulnerability, learning to bend with resilience and not break in rigidity.

Listen as Dan gives us a glimpse of his life as a soldier. He then shows us his new life as a leader and compassionate warrior helping others resource their trauma to find true strength.

Resources:

- Part 1 of this talk: The Warriors Journey: From Trauma to Strength
- www.onefreedom.org
- www.magisgroup.com

Areas of Conversation:
Marine, Reconnaissance, Iraq war, warriors journey, trauma recovery, The Peaceful Warrior, service, patriot

Dan Taslitz is a war veteran. He served on the front lines in the Iraq war in Marine reconnaissance in some of the most extremely high stress, high pressure situations. When someone goes through an experience like this, their brain and body adapt in order to survive.

How does that adaptation translate into normal life when a soldier, like Dan, returns from the battlefield?

Its not always easy.

Dan paid close attention to his experience and the changes that were occurring for him. He made a successful transition back into society, translating his stress into strength. He has developed an intimate understanding of the traumatic experience.

He brings this wisdom to his work with OneFreedom.org to help integrate soldiers into society after their service in battle. Dan helps soldiers resource their strength and learn to adapt in the face of challenges.

Listen as Dan shares his warriors journey through intensity towards integration.

Resources:

- www.onefreedom.org
- www.magisgroup.com

Areas of Conversation:
Marine, Reconnaissance, Iraq war, warriors journey, trauma recovery, The Peaceful Warrior, service, patriot