All right, team, welcome back to the Man Talk show. I'm Connor Beaton, and joining me today is a previous guest, Mr. Rainier Wilde.

I had him on the show a few years ago, probably just right before the pandemic.

So if you enjoy this conversation, definitely head on back and listen to that one.

Rainier is a teacher. He's a coach, a podcaster, an author who creates the conditions for

deep change in people's lives. He has studied under leading Western psychologists,

Eastern mystics, and contemplative teachers. So I can tell you a little bit more about him,

but I think it's probably just important to tell you what we talk about in today's conversation.

So we go deep into the notion of self-acceptance and self-acceptance being a gateway and access

point to wholeness, to a sense of strength,

to a sense of our masculine core. And then we talk about men and modern times. So we dive into

some of the modern workings of what's happening within our world today through the lens of

men's work, through the lens of the individual

psyche and the collective psyche. So this one is a deep dive into current events, but also

current events within yourself, within your own mind, within your own body. So without any further

delay, please welcome my guest, Mr. Rainier Wilde. All right, Rainier, welcome back to the Man Talk Show. How are you doing

today? I'm doing good. I'm glad to make this work and be here with you. Yeah, likewise. Likewise.

I'm glad that we can dive in. And normally I asked the question I was saying before, I normally

ask the question, tell us a story about a defining moment in your life, but I've had you on the show. And we've talked about that. And actually remember what you talked about. And so for all the people that are out there, you can head back and listen to my last interview with Rainier to get that scoop in case you missed the initial one. Because we had a great conversation last time actually about relationships and

your personal story. So yeah, I guess maybe we'll start with the kind of joke that I said

beforehand, which is, you know, how's your, how's your pandemic been? How's the last

couple years been? Because I think I interviewed you pre-pandemic right before the pandemic.

Probably not too long before that if my memory serves me correctly, which sometimes it doesn't.

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