EP. 13 - Justin Peters On Addiction, Men's Work, And Coming Home To Yourself

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In this episode, you'll learn:

• How Justin Peters went from chasing external success, money, and validation to hitting rock bottom with addiction after losing his best friend and father, and why everything he thought would bring happiness left him more empty than ever
• Why Justin believes every addiction is ultimately a search for God, and how the pain pills, the party streaks, and the relentless hustle were all just different ways of avoiding the truth that was always waiting inside
• How growing up with an angry father who carried his own unprocessed wounds, and a mother who left during the divorce, shaped Justin's belief that love was not safe and that he had to earn his worth through achievement
• Why men are afraid of the power they hold within, how cultural conditioning has left men without a roadmap for what true masculine leadership actually looks like, and why women and children need men to do this work now more than ever
• What the ten day Vipassana retreat taught Justin about the wild stallion of the mind, why the goal is not to tame it but to widen the field it runs in, and how awareness became the foundation of everything that followed
• Why men's work gave Justin the first experience of not being alone with his pain, what it felt like to finally be witnessed by other men, and how seeing God in another man's eyes changed everything
• The first steps Justin recommends for any man who is holding fear or struggling with addiction right now, and why sitting in silence for ten minutes a day might be the most powerful thing you can do

About Justin Peters

Justin Peters helps men and women reclaim their relationship with themselves so they can form deep, authentic connections with others. He is currently creating The Extraordinary Man course and is deeply committed to men's work and community healing.

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Jake Whan is a spiritual leader, speaker, and breathwork facilitator devoted to restoring Christ Consciousness through embodied relationship with God. As the founder of Ascension University, he guides leaders and seekers into direct remembrance of their divine nature through nervous system coherence, breath, energy healing, and divine masculine leadership.

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