A CANADIAN GUYS LIFE EXPOSED: Recent Episodes
Gem Webb
Life is not a straight line to a destination. It's about the journey and how you handle the choices along the way. I'm sharing with men and women a male journey through the adversity of a single-parent family, deadbeat fathers, toxic upbringing, non-sheltered life with positive and negative influences that ultimately lead to a very fulfilling mid-life.
In this episode, I share why I took a break, how it went during my time off, and how it's going now with regard to everything on repeat. It is time for a real change and a real commitment to my male healing journey. Luckily, the universe threw some things at me to support this change. My plan is to keep on my positive healing journey with methods such as 30 days of shadow work, non-drinking, an overarching habit of learning, and physical fitness wrapped in the joy of hobbies. I am looking forward to keeping everyone updated with my progress and hoping it inspires others!
In this episode, I share about my first painful relationship when I was an innocent child which was my first heartbreak. I go on to reflect on what other situations along my life journey have been adding to my poor relationship outcomes. This is a raw and uncensored episode where I just had to speak and share as I recently hurt another lady in my life due to not being fully able to have a functional relationship in the sexual arena when I love and care for someone. I am sharing this to create an opening for growth as I can no longer hide my imperfections and need to make a change in my life so that one day I may have the ability to have a successful long-term relationship also. Take it or leave it, I'm just sharing today to vent, reflect and maybe offer someone else wisdom on how they can make a change in their life for the better.
Defining boundaries in relationships has been an ongoing learning experience and I'm still working on it heading for the end of my 40s. Families, friends, new and old relationships can evolve or erode based on all parties ability to define values, morals, and self love for better or worse relationships. NOTE: Sorry about high tone of voice, I was driving and taking through handsfree cellphone record in car.
EP 4: Father Issues - Biological Sperm Donor with a Father Title
**I’m gonna cover a tough topic today about FATHER influences and share some upset in this episode but round out to a positive - so hang in there for what I learned.
My introduction to Sam, my Turkish Father. Wow, he’s so amazing, flash, money, homes in Turkey. Time goes on.. neglect kicks in and questions as I grow older. Things he said to me over the years, you dead to me, threatening my life, physically assaulting me and me protecting myself, being influenced with drugs and unacceptable things. My mom said he wishes I never met him.. that it influenced me poorly. Looking for apologies and explanations. Where I am now and associate with him (Best at arms distance) with zero contact. Dealing with my upset mid-life with + ANGER management therapy, realizing make influences are everywhere - comics, books, tv shows, male friends, teachers, grandfathers, and more.... There is a beautiful life we all can create with parents or without that specific idealistic role model. It's true!
- Episode 3 is about TOXIC FRIENDSHIPS. Where did having toxic friends begin? Low self-esteem?
Principles and mantras that help define healthy or toxic nonserving friendships. You are what you eat sorta principle. Healthy people not putting up with unhealthy people and unhealthy toxic people not able to associate long with healthy people in their lives - has a lot of truth
- understanding if you lie with dogs and u will get fleas. What my friendship with self-commitment is in 2022!
Overview of where I am now and how I see relationships based on my core influence of my mother's nature VS nurture and her relationships with my stepfather and biological father. The search for identity, security, values, relationship dating beliefs, breakups, coping, staying in relationships too long, Learning values, worth of self and another. From start to middle to now.
Life is not a straight line to a destination- it's about the journey and how you handle the choices along the way. Listen to the first episode of this #canadian guy's life from 1973 to 2022. I'm sharing all the things that went into making me who I am and the adversity a long the way that I persevered through a single-parent family, deadbeat fathers, good and bad influences.