Men's Work Session - Reckoning With Past Abscence And Anger
ManTalks Podcast
Connor Beaton
4.8 • 591 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Talking points: parents, anger, unavailability
My guest this week came to work on how can't see any path other than "it's all on me", as well as a feeling of emotional distance from his father. But why? What's hidden in the shadow that connects the two?
This is an excellent episode to get a feel for the work in action—and how we so easily bury certain parts of ourselves and others in the unconscious.
(00:00:00) - Intro, what my guest is struggling with, and his family situation
(00:10:30) - How my guest’s teenage self felt in the moment
(00:19:16) - What’s really going on
(00:27:01) - What my guest has realized
***
Tired of feeling like you're never enough? Build your self-worth with help from this free guide: https://training.mantalks.com/self-worth
Pick up my book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/
Heard about attachment but don’t know where to start? Try the FREE Ultimate Guide To Attachment
Check out some other free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship
Build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world. Check out The Alliance.
Enjoy the podcast? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify
For more, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram
Mentioned in this episode:
Self Worth
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | All right, my friend, welcome to The Man Talk Show. How are you doing today? |
| 0:05.0 | I'm very good, man. I'm really, really good. Yeah. Good. Good. Looking forward to our conversation today. Obviously, you and I know each other a little bit. A little bit here and there. |
| 0:38.7 | A little bit of peanut butter affiliation. Early on a Saturday morning. That's right. That's right. We're going to be, that's our next venture. Mantox is going to get into the peanut butter, peanut butter enterprises, which apparently is a very lucrative market. Dark roast edition if you know you know you know for sure change the world man it would be a good peanut |
| 0:46.1 | butter yes yes it would all right tell me a little bit about what you were looking to work on, tackle, take me into the corners of |
| 0:59.1 | the psyche that you'd like to explore. Yeah, beautiful. Thank you, man. I appreciate the invitation |
| 1:04.1 | and honor to be here. Yes, something that, you know, considering like like, what do I want to explore, where I want to go, |
| 1:12.9 | there's a few pieces that I could pull on. |
| 1:15.6 | There's a few corners. |
| 1:16.9 | And I think I'd like to just mention a few of them and just see where we go, if that's cool. |
| 1:21.9 | Sure. |
| 1:22.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:23.5 | So one of them is a little bit more nuanced, that it's something I notice, which is I like |
| 1:30.0 | an over-responsibility and an over-pretes interesting. |
| 1:34.0 | It came up yesterday in a totally fine way and a conversational way, which is why it's kind |
| 1:37.8 | of brought it to my attention around having to be both parents for my daughter, who is my daughter from my, from my separation. |
| 1:48.0 | And I have a new amazing partner and we have a great relationship and we have a really beautiful |
| 1:53.0 | little blended family. But I still find myself taking on all of the responsibility for my |
| 2:00.1 | daughter because her mother doesn't really do |
| 2:02.8 | anything. She's a good mum to her, but all the things like my daughter's birthday is coming up |
| 2:08.9 | and it's all on me. And I find it, I notice that I find it hard to see, to see any other pathway other than it's all on me. |
| 2:21.7 | Like even sharing with my, with my fiance, even like in those dynamics and the way that |
| 2:27.5 | we currently live our life. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Connor Beaton, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Connor Beaton and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.