In this powerful and tender conversation, Markku Kostamo—a nonprofit leader, mental health advocate, and Illuman brother from British Columbia—shares his journey through mental illness, grief, and recovery, and how the Men’s Rites of Passage offered him a path toward deeper healing and belovedness.

With host Ned Abenroth, Markku reflects on:
• Living with bipolar disorder and the layered work of recovery

• Discovering his core wound and the healing power of ritual• The unspoken grief many men carry—and how it becomes sacred

• Why nature, brotherhood, and descent are essential to the masculine path

• How ancestral trauma and mental health are woven through our stories

With honesty, grace, and grounded insight, Markku invites us into a spacious conversation about what it means to be fully human, fully wounded, and fully loved.

🔸 A story of descent, mental health, and the sacred masculine.

🔸 An invitation to show up with your whole self—and be held.

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