Rick Belden is a poet, author, artist, and men's coach, and a respected explorer and chronicler of the psychology and inner lives of men. He helps men who are feeling stuck get their lives moving again by drawing on over 35 years of experience with men's issues, masculine psychology, and recovery from trauma. Rick is also one of the foremost experts on the Mother Wound in men. As a men’s coach, he has worked with an international clientele that includes hundreds of men of all ages and various backgrounds in 30 states in the USA and 23 nations worldwide.

Find him on Instagram (rickbeldencoaching), Bluesky (rickbelden), and TikTok (rickbeldencoaching).

The Huffington Post article he referenced during the podcast is called "Men and the Mother Wound" and it's available here.

Key points of the episode:

• Unpicking the "mother wound"
• How he modelled himself on other people thinking they were more than him, but realised later they were doing exactly the same thing!
• How he did not have a father he could talk with about anything.
• How "back in the day" is somewhat romanticised.
• How he wanted to make money to get out of the house, and to prove to his Dad he could do dangerous work like them. To prove he was a man.
• How eventually he moved into IT but was still unhappy.
• How men are desperate to be heard!
• Why men in their early 20's are having trouble getting their lives started.
• How your relationship with yourself is the most important thing.
• How men are shamed when they try to follow the new advice of "open up and be vulnerable"
• ...and why this needs to change. Fast.

www.rickbelden.com

www.rickbeldencoaching.com

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/men-and-the-mother-wound_b_9720718

https://www.youtube.com/@RickBelden

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