Awaken Out Of Context4 Nov 2024

#37 - Christopher K Wallace - Achieving Your Masculine Destiny, Solving Your Addictions + The Problem With Societal Male Weakness - Men’s Counselor, Author & Advisor To Men

My guest today is Christopher K Wallace, he's a men’s counsellor, author, father & husband. Chris and I dig into a vast array of topics including:

Chris’ colourful background including dealing drugs, being shot in the chest with a crossbow & conceiving his son in prison

The moral & scientific arguments around chatting up a woman after she’s had a drink

How to tap into your inner essence & become aware of your value to the world

Why drinking alcohol is in addiction to fear

*How alcohol degrades your confidence & how to cultivate it intrinsically

How and why you should trace emotional responses in the body back to childhood

Chris’ rehab and ultimate journey to becoming an addiction therapist

His mission of fighting societal male weakness

What ‘Masculine Destiny’ means

Why strengths can be perceived weaknesses

The nervous system & the process of affect

How to become aware of the predictive brain & override your autopilot

How desire & fear interact and the riddle of addiction

The Nature vs nurture argument as it relates to attachment

Insights from Chris’ book, Sipping Fear Pissing Confidence

Why addiction to a behaviour never leaves you

How to replace Wanting with Winning

The illusion of Free Will & solution of Free Won’t

AND

Chris’ message to the world's male population

Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction to Christopher K Wallace

00:01:31 Chris’ early years of drug dealing, being shot in the chest with a crossbow & conceiving his son in prison

00:19:31 The Nature vs nurture argument as it relates to attachment

00:22:53 Chris’ rehab and ultimate journey to becoming an addiction therapist

00:29:13 Chris’ mission of fighting societal male weakness

00:30:13 What Chris’ term ‘Masculine Destiny’ means

00:46:07 How to tap into our inner essence

00:51:11 How to understand your value to the world

00:53:28 Why strengths can be perceived weaknesses

00:57:31 The nervous system & affect

00:59:53 How to become aware of the predictive brain

01:05:00 How to override your autopilot system

01:07:41 How and why you should trace emotional responses in the body back to childhood

01:18:13 How desire & fear interact and the riddle of addiction

01:20:11 Why drinking alcohol is an addiction to fear

01:32:45 How alcohol degrades your confidence & how to cultivate intrinsic confidence

01:36:18 Insights from Chris’ book, Sipping Fear Pissing Confidence

01:38:39 The moral & scientific arguments around chatting up a woman when she’s had a drink

01:44:52 Why addiction to a certain behaviour never leaves your nervous system

01:49:14 How to replace Wanting with Winning “how do we replace wanting with winning?”

01:51:13 The illusion of Free Will & solution of Free Won’t

01:56:44 Chris’ coaching programs & contact information

01:55:22 Chris’ text message to the world's male population

***LINKS***

Chris’ Website: https://bit.ly/4falWCO

Listen to ‘Sipping Fear Pissing Confidence’ on Audible: https://adbl.co/3YpP2XS

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