I sit down with Josh Trent to explore how marriage, father wounds, and emotional epigenetics shape a man’s inner world. We talk honestly about porn, anger, healing the mother wound, and what it actually takes to build emotional safety with your partner.
Josh unpacks how breathwork, mentorship, and men’s work helped him transform survival patterns into real love and leadership. This episode is raw, personal, and directly speaks to men who are ready to stop repeating cycles and start leading with truth.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 Welcome and setup
00:31 Marriage as transformation
01:13 Anger toward the feminine
02:26 Injuries from childhood
03:37 Unsafe relationship with women
04:53 Realizing wife is not mom
05:37 Breaking unconscious patterns
06:36 Avoiding emotional honesty
08:35 Growing up with bipolar parent
10:35 Creating safety by coping
11:39 Being shielded from truth
13:40 Moving to Hawaii
14:41 Womanizing and addiction
15:47 Mission to feel feelings
17:34 Hungry Ghost metaphor
19:08 Dysfunction in relationships
21:24 Men’s work and mentorship
23:05 Masculine leadership
26:24 Joining men’s communities
29:32 Emotional epigenetics
33:14 Containment in relationships
34:33 Safe emotional expression
35:36 Relationship with other men
38:13 How to communicate honestly
41:51 How to open up
43:52 Breathwork and embodiment
46:42 Middle path for men
48:51 Healing financial fear
50:23 Self leadership for men
53:27 Porn and disconnection
55:45 Why porn hooks men
58:51 Escape velocity
1:03:47 Healing lineage pain
1:06:55 Breaking generational cycles
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