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Does the true spiritual journey require a life of monastic celibacy?

Does having a family mean we can’t pursue the deepest of truths?

When Guy Sengstock fell in love with his wife, he was putting himself through art school by working as a personal trainer and a stripper, while on a spiritual path of meditation and eastern philosophy.

Not exactly the picture of the typical family man.

He was also developing Arete workshops, dedicated to helping people grow and find deeper, more authentic versions of themselves.

So how does a wife and kids fit in with meditation and personal development?

Listen as Guy shares with us how he balances family life with spiritual life, and how he has found a way to balance it all.

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Are you able to let mistakes you make become opportunities for something greater?

Wolfgang Bloch has always taken the unconventional path in life.

Born in Ecuador, he followed his passion to California and into the arts and graphic design. A surfer from the age of twelve, he was also cultivating a love of the water.

After a successful, but ultimately unrewarding career in commercial art, he broke free and eventually found his true passion…and learned to find art in life’s imperfection.

Wolfgang tells us how “grunt work” can be seen as a “base” for our true expression and how to tell when it is just a dead end.

Wolfgang has gone on to become a renown fine artist in the surf world and beyond, creating mesmerizing surf vistas.

He has just released a book showcasing his work and chronicling his journey.

Listen as Wolfgang describes his uncommon path and the values that helped him rise to the top of the surfing art world.

Click here to learn more about Wolfgang Bloch.

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Barack Obama and John McCain have one thing in common…

They both grew up with absent father

Byron Ricks details how important the father-son relationship is to growing boys, and how this may have affected who the candidates, and other men with absent fathers, have become in adulthood.

In this uncommon discussion we learn:

• What are the 9 side-effects of growing up fatherless.
• When do boys learn start to learn about sex?
• What it’s like for a young boy who doesn’t have a father in his life.
• The unique benefits of male-bonding.
• Boys innate desire to do ‘one-better’ than our dads.
• How a “surrogate” father can fill the role for absent fathers.
• How to rebuild self-respect, self-confidence, and a strong sense of identity.

Join us in learning about Byron Ricks mission to help men and boys facing the world when their fathers are not around.

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