Most of aspire to be more in life. Have more, do more, be more. Before you know it, we become so busy with finding another life that we miss out on the one we're in. What most humans are not aware of, is our brains role in shaping us toward an anxious, self-critical existence because that is what it is programmed to do. Unfortunately most humans are unaware of it. For most of my life, I judged myself so acutely that I couldn't see the life and the beauty that was happening right in front of me.
How aware are you of your brain's role in who you have become? Fear drives our brain to construct an ego to protect us from the modern-day version of saber tooth tigers - bullies, crappy parents and humiliation. Insecurity, anxiety, frustration and anger are all our brain's programming to avoid shame from our past. Although we no longer live in our past, our ego is hungry to remain relevant in the present. For many of us, ego becomes the driver of our lives. Are you in the driver's seat of your life? The answer lies in knowing the difference between you and your brain.
No one puts a cape around your shoulders for achieving transformation in life. There is no inauguration ceremony where they hand you a trophy for your newfound awareness. It's just you, and it's always been you minus the bullsh!t that our brains construct in order to protect us. In other words, you don't arrive anywhere. Your brain, and the mechanisms it has developed to protect you, are always there and won't change.
This book will help you understand your wiring. It will make you aware of the difference between you and your brain. It will help you become conscious of your past's role in who you are today and it will show you the doorway to the freedom of being truly present in your life. There is a bigger life that we all have access to and it lies in understanding how our brains create an ego to protect us from the things that have hurt us in our past. Consciousness lies in the greater awareness of knowing what is your ego and what is you. Shame, Fear and Sh!t will provide you real life, funny and heartbreaking stories that offer a roadmap to understanding yourself better and giving you access to play bigger in life.
Michael is a passionate leader and author of the books, "Shame, Fear and Sh!t" and "Why Don't Our Dads Cry: Stories and Insights for Aspiring Men." Michael's book are dedicated to the betterment of people and the journey towards peace and freedom. His prayer is that everyone breaks the chains of their past so that they can live a big life of their own design.
Michael has spent the last two decades doing the deep work of understanding himself to better understand how his past has shaped him and how it creates barriers in being the man he aspires to be: one that contributes to his community and betters the lives of others.
Michael is a Certified Life Coach. He is a graduate of the Orphan Wisdom School, led by Stephen Jenkinson that contemplates a deeper life for our culture and a better day. Michael is also a graduate of the Curriculum for Living at Landmark Worldwide, a world leader in Leadership and Development Programs.
Michael is also a Level 1 Practitioner in the Three-Fold Way: A Relational Somatic Psychotherapy body of work that integrates Body, Mind and Spirit and deepens our understanding of how our brains shape who we are.
