What if the key to becoming a better listener starts with admitting you're terrible at it? Most people assume they're good listeners, then proceed to miss what's actually being said, connect dots that don't exist, and hear words that were never spoken. The gap between physical hearing and genuine understanding creates distance in every relationship you value. When you passively let sounds hit your eardrums without working to comprehend, you miss the tension behind words, fail to ask clarifyin...
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What if the key to becoming a better listener starts with admitting you're terrible at it? Most people assume they're good listeners, then proceed to miss what's actually being said, connect dots that don't exist, and hear words that were never spoken. The gap between physical hearing and genuine understanding creates distance in every relationship you value. When you passively let sounds hit your eardrums without working to comprehend, you miss the tension behind words, fail to ask clarifyin...
Breaking Generational Patterns: Why You Keep Becoming Your Father Despite Your Best Intentions
Authentic Masculinity
9 minutes
1 month ago
Breaking Generational Patterns: Why You Keep Becoming Your Father Despite Your Best Intentions
You swore you'd never repeat those patterns, yet here you are—responding to your children exactly as your father did to you. This episode explores the powerful force of generational patterns that pull us into behaviors we've explicitly rejected. Through the biblical story of Isaac unwittingly repeating Abraham's exact sin, we discover why awareness alone isn't enough to break the cycle. These inherited patterns aren't your fault, but they are unmistakably your responsibility—especially as you...
Authentic Masculinity
What if the key to becoming a better listener starts with admitting you're terrible at it? Most people assume they're good listeners, then proceed to miss what's actually being said, connect dots that don't exist, and hear words that were never spoken. The gap between physical hearing and genuine understanding creates distance in every relationship you value. When you passively let sounds hit your eardrums without working to comprehend, you miss the tension behind words, fail to ask clarifyin...
