All right, welcome back to the Man Talk Show. I'm Connor Beaton. And today we're going to have another anonymous guest, another anonymous conversation. And this might be one of the most important

anonymous sessions that I've done because it shows the complexities of what can get in the way

of us feeling a deep and meaningful sense of contribution to the world, a deep and meaningful sense

of who we are contributing to the world and the people around us

in a meaningful way, allowing us to feel as though our life has meaning, as though us being here

on this earth has a function and a purpose. And just in case you've never dove into one of these

sessions before, this is me working live

with the man who has reached out for some support on a specific topic, something that he's

being challenged with in his life. And so in past episodes, we've covered a broad range of topics

from, you know, healing the relationship with your father,

dealing with your own anger, dealing with your body image, healing the relationship to your mother.

And in this episode, we are going to dive into a few different areas. But for the most part,

this individual, this man, very courageous to dive into the subject matter they talked about today.

So we talk a little bit about healing childhood abuse, physical abuse, emotional and verbal abuse.

We talk about dealing with the relationship with our father.

We talk about the impact of not being able to have a deep sense of purpose or a direction.

And this is really at the core of what this individual, as you're here in the very beginning of the show,

had sort of come to this session four.

He was wanting to gain a better sense of what his purpose is in life,

how to derive a sense of meaning. And what you'll hopefully discover throughout this process that I walk him through is that there's a lack of self-worth that has been very prevalent

throughout his life and a sort of block within himself about

feeling worthy to have a sense of purpose, to have a sense of meaningfulness within who he is and

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