Marc-Henri Sandoz Paradella - Toxic Spirituality, And Life After The Church.

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Connor Beaton

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🗓️ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Marc-Henri Sandoz Paradella was born in 1963, he studied Protestant theology at the University of Geneva to become a pastor. He practiced that profession as a life mission for fifteen years in an evangelical church. Deep questioning led him to resign: he realized the sectarianism and mind blocks that were at the core of his faith, and the sufferings hiding behind them.He faced little by little his own shadows, and began a long-term therapeutic and integrative work. He passed through a period of ten years of doubts, uncertainties, personal upheavals, professional reconversion, divorce. It was a difficult and dark period, but very rich and of great value to him.Then, he discovered meditation and yoga thanks to Evelise, the exceptional woman who is now his wife. He got training in Mindfulness meditation at the University of Geneva, then in Yoga Nidra, then in other meditation techniques. He taught meditation and Yoga Nidra for several years in Geneva, while working full time as a counsellor.After the amputation of his whole left leg due to a bone cancer, in May 2018, he found himself with the urge to find a new balance for his life. The first thing to do, literally, was to learn to walk and live with one leg. Secondly, to try and make sense of what was happening to him. In that process he discovered the need to grow into a deeper and renewed spirituality, one that would fully take into account what was happening to him, without sugar-coating or falling into magical thinking. A spirituality that would truly help him to face reality. Definitely a "no bullshit" spirituality. It is still a work in progress. Connect with Marc-Henri:Website - www.marchenrisandoz.comFacebook - www.facebook.com/marchenri.sandozparadellaInstagram - www.instagram.com/oneleggedmarchenri Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today. Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The TechSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome, guys and gals, the man talk show. I'm Connor Beaton, the host and founder of
0:14.5	Man Talks. This podcast brings together some of the best thought leaders, teachers, and
0:19.9	extraordinary individuals to
0:21.8	help teach and mentor you on how to be a top performer in life, love, and business.
0:28.0	Joining me today is Mark Henry Sandoz Paredela, and while it might not sound like it, he's
0:33.6	actually French, Swiss.
0:35.7	So his accent might sound a little bit different than how his last name sounds.
0:41.5	But Mark Henry studied Protestant theology at the University of Geneva to become a pastor.
0:48.7	And he practiced that profession as a life mission for over 15 years in an evangelical church. So you can imagine
0:56.5	we're going to get into some interesting conversations today. Deep questioning led him to resign
1:02.0	after 15 years and he realized that the many blocks that were at the core of his faith led him to oftentimes the suffering behind them.
1:13.7	So he faced little by little his own shadows and began a long-term therapeutic and
1:19.9	integrative work to understand not only his faith, but some of the challenges that had happened
1:25.0	in his life.
1:25.7	He passed through a period of 10 years of
1:28.5	doubts, uncertainties, personal upheavals, professional, reinvention, and divorce. It was a very difficult
1:36.7	and dark period, but very rich and great value. He discovered meditation and yoga, thanks to
1:43.1	his current partner, the exceptional woman that is now
1:46.2	his wife. And he got training in mindfulness meditation at the University of Geneva, where he had
1:51.3	studied before, then in yoga, Nidra, and a few other forms as well. And so he's got an incredible,
1:58.4	incredible journey after the amputation of his left leg due to bone
2:03.2	cancer in May of last year in 2018.
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