Basecamp for Men E337: Stop Doing Sh*t You Don’t Want to Do

E337: Stop Doing Sh*t You Don’t Want to Do with Special Guest author Dr. Bob Beare

 

E337 Introduction

Today’s interview is with a guest that I have had on four times now and he’s a great interview. I thought that his early episodes here on Basecamp WAY back in the day were top shelf. So much so that I turned one or two of them into Basecamp Classics (replay’s of our best content).

Full disclosure: my esteemed guest absolutely HATES Donald Trump. He says so himself. Which certainly reveals a certain mindset. I went back and forth as to whether or not to keep it in (the infamous TDS on full display). And I did keep it in.

As you know, I used to be a dye-hard liberal and, if I did not have my own transformation in this regards, would have certainly joined in the Trump bashing and, in fact, probably would have been a blabbermouth all along, right?

But I do not hate the President. Far from it. There are things he does on behalf of the country that my guest today and liberals will NEVER see. Because all the algorithms are fine-tuned to enrage the left in regards to President Trump, so that is what they get thrown. The algorithms know that I respect the President, so that is what I see.

I have never fully understood how the Left can continuously virtue signal tolerance  all the while leading with such vitriol and hatred for one man. Like I shared in the interview, I don’t agree with everything the President does. Far from it. And his alliance with Israel is deeply unsettling to me and lots of other people around the world.

But there are many things he has done that I 100 percent agree on. Many of these things I have spoken about on this show and on my other show The American Pulse. I separate his ACTIONS from his STYLE of speaking and his social media posts. I try and separate DEEDS from EMOTIONS, are you following me? My question along those lines is: When will the Left stop obsessing over Donald Trump? Aren’t they tired of all the bitter complaining about a man they are so obviously  projecting their shadow onto? Well, apparently not.

On a similar note, I am going to be attending an upcoming Braver Angels event and will be representing the right side of the political spectrum.  Braver Angels bring together the left and the right to listen to one another. I’ll let you know if it is indeed a path to healing the nation. I am curious as to what I might learn and, if indeed, my viewpoints and values will be listen to and respected. We’ll see.

We talk about all sorts of interesting things besides Trump- addiction, getting support, the value of authenticity, as well as my guest’s new book, Stop Doing Shit You Don’t Want to Do.

For now, enjoy the episode.

Basecamp for Men E336: An Autumn Firestarter

E336: An Autumn Firestarter

 

E336 Introduction

Hello Basecampers, I hope you are all doing well. Today’s episode is a short format show also known as a Firestarter. Just 8 or so minutes long with  a few things to cover. I will be back next episode with a great interview with Dr. Bob Beare, someone who has been on the show on three previous episodes.

First off, I am in good health and cancer free! My recent PET scan showed no tumors so that was most excellent. I am feeling great and now I start the process of finding out what my diet and lifestyle is going to look like along with which supplements are going to best keep those rogue cells at bay.

I did a deep dive into Fenbendazole, Ivermectin, and Chlorine Dioxide the past year along with other anti-cancer and anti-parasite treatments and these will certainly be part of my ongoing protocol. And fasting and saunas really helped me detox so I will keep those as well along with colonics and few other things like Vit C IV’s. My ongoing health regiment is extensive. But I think that is how it goes, right? As much as I appreciate simplicity in as many things as possible in life, this is a condition that seems to require approaching it in a more sophisticated way.

And I appreciate all the prayers from so many of you. The faith and the prayers were, in my eyes, the most powerful thing that I did and received. The whole process has been moving and humbling.  So thank you again Basecampers.

I recently had a conversation and it revealed just how triggered the left is by DJT. I was a bit taken aback as the man I was talking to used to be a mentor of mine. Someone who I look up to and a extremely well-trained psychotherapist and facilitator of men’s work. He understands full-well the idea of projection. This is the notion that, if someone triggers us and upsets us, then there is ALWAYS some traits about that person that we possess but don’t acknowledge in ourselves. I have been over this in previous episodes. To me, owning your shadow projection is one of the most sure-fire ways to restore affinity or at least greatly diminish hatred, revulsion, disdain and a load of other negative thoughts and feeling in ourselves and, therefore, the world at large.

President Trump is holding the projected hatred, disdain, and anger and disapproval of millions of liberals. Think about that. So…this came up as  I was speaking to this man. I did not bring up President Trump, he did. I simply wanted to explore the idea of projection.

He started ranting emotionally about how horrible President Trump is. He’s a piece of shit, a deplorable, a sub-human.  A TOTAL idiot. Beyond redemption. That sort of thing. Remember, this is a highly trained therapist I am listening to.

So I asked him an obvious question. Of this massive trigger, can you own your own shadow traits that you are projecting onto our President? Remember, shadow traits are all the things we hide, repress,  or deny in ourselves. We then project these shadow traits onto people like Donald Trump.

So I invited this man to do the work and own the projection. Something he has done dozens of times on dozens of men’s weekends. And you know what? He couldn’t do it. He tried to put lipstick on a pig by saying that he can own that he can  be arrogant or that he wants to do what he wants to do or that he wouldn’t mind being rich but do you know what? He didn’t really do the work. You know how I know this? As soon as he stated it, he went right back to being pissed off, saying that Trump is a despicable sub-human and then started calling ME names. No shit.

I shared with him that, when I was a liberal, I had a deep hatred of Dick Cheney. Just like the left does now with President Trump.  I had loathing in my heart for this man. And I shared that I did a Shadow Projection exercise in my book about Cheney. Saying that I was projecting my arrogance and righteousness and rigidness and a few other traits onto Dick Cheney. They were things I DID NOT want to acknowledge in myself. And after I owned all these traits as my own shadow, it humanized Cheney for me. I didn’t have this deep-seated hatred for the man any longer. I still didn’t love the guy but at least the site of him did not cause a reflexive negative emotion in me. Cheney no longer triggered me because of the work. In other words, I freed myself from Dick Cheney.

President Trump has the left fully hooked and triggered, as evidence by this man I know. And it left me with a deep empathy for the left. If an extremely awake and well-trained psychotherapist can’t REALLY own his shadow and goes right back to being triggered. IF the exercise does not free oneself from Donald Trump, then there is no point in doing the exercise, are you following me?

The left says they can’t wait to be free of Donald Trump all the while they can’t stop talking about him and being triggered by everything he says and does. They are literally OBSESSED with the man. Do you see the conundrum for liberals. You could own the projection and be done with it. It’s not as hard as you think but you gotta be ready, truly ready to be free from him. We’ll see.

On a similar note I got invited to an upcoming meetup with the Braver Angels organization. It’s about bringing Conservatives and Liberals together to better understand one another. I will let you know how it goes. I was originally thinking it will be 50/50 but the organizer said I may be the only Conservative with a bunch of liberals. I am fine with that although if you really want to do a cool forum, get equal numbers from each side, right?

Anyway, the organizer is really sweet and I think it will be a good learning experiment for everyone there. I’ll let you know what I find out.

That’s it for today. Thank you for listening to this Firestarter Basecampers and we’ll see you around the fire next week.

Basecamp for Men E333: Men and Personal Growth

E333: Men and Personal Growth w Special Guest Joshua Aranda

 

E333 Introduction

There is something really sweet for me whenever I get to chat with a younger man who is doing and leading menswork and men’s groups. The conversation is always authentic and real and, even though we have gone over many of the themes that are central to the challenges that men face on this show, it always seems fresh and relevant and alive.

Today’s conversation is no exception. My guest and I tackle all sorts of things that are relevant to men and those that love them. We talk about the importance of getting out of your comfort zone (and what happens when you don’t). We cover male initiation and ask ourselves (and you dear listener): how do you know when life’s inevitable initiations are enough or when you need accelerated growth? And if you are looking for accelerated growth, what does that look like?

We also cover the perception that all men’s groups are weird, soft, or religious. Do men’s groups have to be these things? We talk about male loneliness and how widespread and important it is as a teacher. And lastly, we talk about male role models and how it takes more than just the father to teach a boy how to be a man. It requires the friends, uncles, elders, and community to help the young man fully arrive at manhood.

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Two men sitting around the fire speaking truth about what men are really facing and how we support one another. Enjoy the episode!

Joshua Aranda Bio

My guest today is Joshua Aranda. Joshua is a father, an executive coach, and an ultra-endurance athlete. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Mission Matters Group, a consulting agency dedicated to transforming and optimizing operations for nonprofit organizations.

Basecamp for Men E331: Basecamp Classic

E331: Basecamp Classic

 

E331 Introduction

Hello Basecampers, I hope you are all doing well. Before we get to our epiosode, I want to give you a short update on my health as I sort of dropped the bomb on all of you a couple of episodes back with Lisa.

Just finished my 4th round of chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and the treatment and my alternative remedies are working brilliantly together. I am in good health, good spirits, and am incredibly grateful and optimistic about things right now. Some of you reached out and I appreciate the warmth, love, support, and sentiment. I truly do so thank you.

Today’s episode is a Basecamp Classic but not because I don’t have a great interview in the hopper.  I do. It’s a part 2 with my new friend and former gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird. Semi and I get into the whole Marxist, communist, Globalist control dynamic as it vies for supremacy with the American values of freedom, natural law aka God’s law, Constitutional protection from all this collectivist overreach and what it all means for our future.

The Basecamp Classic I chose is a solo episode I did all the way back in Season Four titled E136: Rezac v Marx. I think it acts a a great lead-in to our talk with Semi. And sorry about some of the cussing in my solo rant. I am trying to tone that down a bit but I still have a tendency to drop in colorful expletives from time to time. I’m workin on it Basecampers!

Anyway, I hope you like this replay of Rezac v. Marx. Enjoy!

Basecamp for Men E330: This is Our 1776 Moment

E330: This is Our 1776 Moment

 

E330 Introduction

As Americans, we have an important legacy to protect. After all, our founding fathers fought and died so that we could have a chance at holding and protecting this great Constitutional Republic for future generations. To be an American is to have a responsibility to do our part, each and every one of us.

I promise to do my part, as you can hear today and I trust you to do your part. That is how we win. The Globalist establishment with their Marxist collectivist ideas and tactics, want us divided and confused. This is how they move their chess pieces down the board. Hoping we don’t notice what they have done in our schools or what they do in our elections.

They are counting on our passivity. Counting that our battle fatigue from this narrative war has left us depleted of spirit. That we have lost our American pride, our fight, our natural optimism ,and faith in God. The Marxists will fail at this.

As you will hear in today’s conversation, WE THE PEOPLE are not running on empty. Far from it. Whenever we have lost a battle, we have retreated, renewed ourselves and our faith, and come back with more wisdom and resolve. And in greater numbers.

Before we get to our excellent guest, I have a Jordan Peterson meme for you. He posted this right before our 250th Independence Day. I thought you would enjoy it.

Mr. Peterson says “To the Americans: I’ve travelled all overt the world. I’ve familiarized myself with many places, met many people. And I’m Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.

And here’s something I’ve noticed, and it’s a key element of America’s continuing greatness:  You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.

This is something that doesn’t really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies- the United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden,and Norway; Australia, New Zealand, and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands. In these places a counterproductive cynicism seems to reign.

This happens sometimes in the United States too-particularly among the misearable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.

But in your country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.

This means that more people strive and succeed in the U. S. Than anywhere else. And it’s increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.

And so I say, as all should how are fortunate enough to live the in the western world, let along America:

Thank God for the United States.

Thank Go for the wisdom of its founders.

Thank God for its faith in the free markets and in the natural rights of man

Happy Birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.

Long may your admirable country dominate the world

Long may freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.

May your two and a half centuries of unparalleled success be just the beginning.

Your country is the light of the world and the city on the hill.

Thank God for the USA.

Happy 250.”

Dr. Jordan Peterson

What a great blessing for our nation and its people. Thank you Dr. Peterson.

Today’s interview is with an American that I truly admire and respect and he was gracious enough to grant me his first interview since a retreat from public life for the past two and a half years after his gubernatorial run.  I feel honored and humbled.

Let’s get a word from our sponsor and get to this excellent interview. Enjoy the episode.       

Semi Bird Bio

My guest today is former gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird. Semi was raised by a single mother in the Bay Area of CA. He is a veteran who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1978 to 1985, receiving multiple medals and honors for his service . He then re-enlisted in 2001, where he then served as an Army Special Forces Green Beret. Semi is a husband and father, a man of faith.

He is a proud American who leads by example and truly honors God, country, and family. Here is my interview with Semi Bird.

E330 Final Thoughts

I hope you enjoyed that conversation as much as I did. I absolutely LOVE Semi’s new organization Empowering Washington Freedom Alliance. I am already lending my support and I encourage you to do the same. It is organizations and Americans like Semi that will help us move the needle in our favor. Kids need to understand our real history and heroes of their nation and have pride in this great country as Dr. Peterson so eloquently stated at the start. You can support the Empowering Washington Freedom Alliance at www.ewafa.org

Thank you Basecampers and we’ll see you around the fire next week.