Every Man's Unnecessary Baggage

11/01/2023 30 min Episodio 120
Every Man's Unnecessary Baggage

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Get your free Personal Reboot Guide at www.theconfidentman.meCheck out more resources to help you as a man at David Maxwell CoachingMany men are living their life with unnecessary baggage. No, I'm not talking about our weight!! I'm talking about the reality of emotional baggage in men. Emotional baggage weighs us down and often changes the way we live and interact with other people. Men can try to ignore the reality of their emotional baggage, but it does affect all aspects of our lives as men. If we want to explore our full potential as men we must recognize our baggage. Today's show will discuss the three main areas of baggage that men carry around.Old HurtsMany men are carrying around old hurts like abuse, abandonment, or betrayalThe problem is we aren't the best at dealing with these thingsToo often we nurse them and keep them inside of usMen also come up with plenty of excuses for why they don't deal with old hurtsOld HangupsI use the term old hangups to describe negative habits we picked up when we were youngThe problem is we are still dealing with them today as adultsWe often start them for one reason, then they control usThey are bad for us because they keep us in a non-growth cycleOld hangups are a special case for men and they need outside help to overcome themWe need help because the old hangup is usually a surface issue based on an inner problemOld GuiltHave you ever said or done anything dumb in your life?I'm talking about the big things that we did that were wrongWe may have been the bully, the betrayer, or the playerThis is a problem for us because it becomes a soundtrack in our heads that keeps us from growingWe are constantly beating ourselves up in our heads over itThis soundtrack skews our view of ourselves and how we liveWe need to deal with it and get rid of itThe key is to deal with our old guilt and not let it hang around in our lives