Breaking Free From the Cages of Toxic Masculinity

~ A 6-Week Power Reclamation Immersion ~

Traditional masculinity has been defined as being a person of strength, courage, independence, leadership, and assertiveness.

These attributes are important contributions to family, culture and society. But, what happens when these masculine (yang) qualities start to overcompensate?

This phenomenon is called toxic masculinity — an exalted stoic masculine archetype reinforced through socialization and conditioning, which affects ALL people, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, and age.

Common Traits of Toxic Masculinity

In my research, I've found that the most commonly described traits of toxic masculinity are:

Domination & Control

REpressed emotions

compartmentalization

Stoicism

Self-Reliance

Aggression & violence

Sexual domination

RELIANCE ON INTELLECT 

VALUE DERIVED FROM DOING & Achieving

What is the Immersion?

During this intimate and curated 6-week container, Anne-Marie, and special guest, Lisa Rueth, will guide you through an emergent, somatic, and embodied approach to collectively heal from the imprisoning shadow of toxic masculinity — space is limited.

What Sparked This Immersion Offering?

In November the Power Reclamation Collective, a free monthly online community gathering, focused on the topic of toxic masculinity.

The group was represented by men, women, and voices across multiple generations.

We vulnerably exchanged personal stories, explored how emotional repression leads to aggression and grieved together for the loss of authenticity and sovereignty that occurs when belonging is based upon prescriptive boxes of who we need to be in order to be loved.

All of this created a deep sense of safety, being seen and healing together.

Listen to a clip from November’s Power Reclamation Collective conversation on toxic masculinity:

Toxic Masculinity is adversely affecting you if….

• You feel disconnected from your emotional intelligence, body wisdom, and intuition

• You’re tired of managing your emotions through aggression and criticism (towards yourself or others)

• When you fear being rejected you control, criticize, or dominate the other person to manage your intense feelings

• You find it difficult to access what you feel and communicate those feelings with personal ownership

• You withdraw or blame others when you feel misunderstood — which results in frustration and loneliness

• You’re in a relationship with someone who is emotionally unavailable — and you want to open more doors for connection

• You struggle to slow down — you beat yourself up when your body needs to rest

• You want to participant in a conscious community with others who are devoted to vulnerably exposing and healing how toxic masculinity lives within their lives

• You want to liberate yourself from these limiting ways of operating. But, how?

 “In a patriarchal culture, males are not allowed simply to be who they are and to glory in their unique identity.

Their value is always determined by what they do.

In an anti-patriarchal culture, males do not have to prove their value and worth.

They know from birth that simply being gives them value, the right to be cherished and loved.”

— Bell Hooks, The Will to Change: Masculinity, Men & Love

About anne-marie marron

Anne-Marie Marron walks side-by-side with brave leaders and revolutionaries who are no longer satisfied with the status quo — or the power dynamics of power-over and domination.

She believes that through the power of gathering together to explore difficult conversations and triggers we tap into our collective wisdom and healing together.

It’s not easy being a human with internal double-binds and contradictory needs. Her mission is to create spaces where it’s safe enough to expose our judgments, confusion, fears, and resistance as a means to reclaim our power.

Her mission is to reawaken collective wisdom and embodied love on the planet by turning towards and befriending exiled parts back home through her Power Reclamation Process™. For more on Anne-Marie, click here.

SPECIAL GUEST — LISA RUETH

Lisa Rueth is a change catalyst, leadership consultant, writer, birth doula, and naturalist. Integrating her life-long study of systems, culture, and belief with her love for community, nature, and holistic healing, she specializes in co-creating conversations where people can unlearn, remember and reclaim a more ancient, more connected way of being together and with the Planet.

She holds a Masters of Social Change and her research focused on power and those who misuse it. But Lisa’s work is centered on building capacity with everyday leaders to usher in the many imminent transitions we find ourselves in at this pivotal moment in human history.

She is committed to holding space with communities trying to grapple with hard questions and cultivate the courage to build systems that sustain us and provide authentic belonging.

For more on Lisa, click here

Breaking Free From the Cages of Toxic Masculinity

A Six-Week Immersion

Limited Seats

Registration closes on December 31, 2021