Men and Sex: Unlocking Power, Pleasure, and Purpose. ⚔️

This podcast explores the complexities of male sexuality, examining how testosterone, modern influences like the internet, and the drive to procreate shape the lives of men. We air out the "dirty laundry" and bring skeletons out of the closet in real, unfiltered conversations about sex, pleasure, and vitality. As men openly share their journeys, their lives transform—and so can yours. Tune in to break through old patterns, gain deeper insights, and reclaim your power.Follow on Instagram @seedingmasculinityEmail to be a guest: menandsexuality@gmail.com

Men and Sex: Unlocking Power, Pleasure, and Purpose. ⚔️ is a health podcast hosted by Mr. Wood, with 89 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Mr. Wood hosts Men and Sex: Unlocking Power, Pleasure, and Purpose. ⚔️, a health show with 89 episodes published.

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  #91 — Sweet Spot Between Nice Guy and Macho Man

  Sep 30, 202653 min

  Most men are performing in the bedroom instead of feeling. And that performance pressure — the tension, the monitoring, the desperate need to get it right — is the very thing killing the turn on. In this episode I sit down with Sapphire Leela — sex and relationship coach and therapist in training, working with men across Europe, Israel, and the UK — for a deep and honest conversation about what's actually happening when men struggle in the bedroom. And here's the first thing she makes clear: It's never just about sex. In this conversation we explore: Why performance pressure creates tension — and how to move from tension into turn on How a man's identity is tangled up in his sexuality — and what happens when that identity feels threatened Why the cock is often experienced as a representation of the man himself Why vulnerability is a turn on — and why being fully exposed takes more courage than most men realize Why sensitive men are often afraid to break boundaries — and what that costs them How to drop into the body and actually feel instead of think Why we need a powerful, grounded voice to counteract the manosphere — one that tells men there is another way The nervous system's role in sexual identity and finding the sweet spot The bad boy question — why women are turned on by the bad boy, and what's actually happening beneath that attraction The difference between activation and arousal — and why growing up around unstable masculine energy makes the familiar feel like desire The dichotomy that changes everything: the macho man activates. The nice guy comforts. Neither alone is enough. Why the sweet spot — the man who blends the grounded strength of the macho with the emotional availability of the nice guy — is what women are actually hungry for That last point is worth sitting with. The bad boy doesn't turn women on because he's bad. He turns them on because he activates their nervous system — and activation gets confused with arousal. But activation without safety isn't intimacy. It's just familiarity dressed up as desire. The man women actually want isn't the nice guy who abandons himself to please her. And he isn't the macho man who uses dominance to avoid vulnerability. He's the man who can hold both. Strong enough to lead. Open enough to feel. Present enough to be fully there. That's the sweet spot. And this episode is a map to finding it. Listen to Episode 91 now. Connect with Sapphire Leela: Website: https://www.sapphireleela.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intimacy.with.sapphire/ All links: https://linktr.ee/sapphireleela Join the Men's Sexual Confidence Community If this episode stirred something and you want to go deeper into identity, nervous system, and becoming the man who holds both strength and vulnerability — this is that space. A community for men who are done performing and ready to actually feel. Join here: https://www.skool.com/men-rising/about

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  #90 — The simple stepping stones for non ejaculatory orgasms

  Sep 9, 202652 min

  What if the best sex of your life is still ahead of you? Jim Benson is having the best sex of his life in his mid sixties. Not despite his age. Because of the practices he's spent twenty years developing and teaching to men. In this episode I sit down with Jim Benson — founder of Awakened Masculine, certified Tantra teacher, and a man who has spent over two decades helping thousands of men overcome performance anxiety, sexual shame, and self-doubt through practical, embodied tools that actually work. This conversation goes far beyond technique. It's about fundamentally changing your relationship to pleasure, arousal, and what's actually possible in your body. The foundation Jim keeps coming back to: Presence. Not as a concept. As a practice. Most men are somewhere else during sex. In their head. Monitoring performance. Anticipating the finish line. Anywhere but actually here — feeling what's happening in their body right now. And here's what Jim has discovered after twenty years of working with men: Pleasure and sensation are one of the most powerful presence practices available. Just like yoga. Just like meditation. But the focus is on what feels good — and learning to stay there. The other thing that will change how you think about sex: Your turn on is an electric rod. You can learn all the techniques in the world. But the thing that will light your partner up the most is your own genuine relationship with arousal. Your own aliveness. Your own presence in the pleasure. That's not something you perform. It's something you cultivate. In this conversation we explore: Why presence is the foundational tool for a better sex life — and how pleasure trains it Why men struggle to slow down — and why slowing down is the key to everything The dopamine problem — why high stimulation makes subtlety feel boring and how to recalibrate How your own turn on and arousal directly impacts your partner's experience What non-ejaculatory orgasms actually are — and why they're available to every man Jim's three step process for becoming non-ejaculatory and multi-orgasmic: What you can practice on your own vs. with a partner How to genuinely hone your personal practices to show up better in the bedroom Why Jim is having the best sex of his life in his mid sixties — and what that means for every man listening This episode isn't about lasting longer as an end goal. It's about expanding what's possible. A sex life where orgasm isn't the finish line. Where pleasure isn't localized to one place. Where your body becomes a full instrument of sensation, presence, and connection. That's what Jim has spent twenty years helping men build. And it's available to you. Listen to Episode 90 now and begin expanding what you thought was possible. Connect with Jim Benson: Awakened Masculine — https://awakenedmasculine.com/ Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/awakenedmasculinebyjim/ Join the Men's Sexual Confidence Community If this episode opened something up and you want to go deeper into embodiment, presence, and practices that actually transform your sex life — this is that space. A community for men who are done settling for ordinary and ready to discover what's actually possible in their bodies. Join here: https://www.skool.com/men-rising/about

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  #88 — Sperm Quality, Fertility & What Your Body Is Really Telling You

  Aug 17, 202653 min

  This episode is not just for men who want to have kids. It's for every man who is sexually active. Because here's something most men never think about: Most babies are oops babies. And if you're sexually active at all — the health of your sperm matters. Not just for whether you want children someday. But for what your sperm quality is telling you about your overall health right now. In this episode I sit down with Gabriela Rosa — Harvard trained fertility specialist, founder and CEO of the Rosa Institute, and author of The Fertility Book — for one of the most eye opening conversations I've had on this show about men's health, vitality, and what's actually happening inside our bodies in the modern world. Here's the number that stopped me cold: Sperm quality has decreased by 60% in the last fifty years. 60 percent. In half a century. That is not a small shift. That is a crisis. And most men have no idea it's happening — let alone that it might be happening to them. In this conversation we explore: Why sperm quality is a vital sign — just like blood work — and what it reveals about overall health The direct connection between fertility, cardiovascular health, and sexual function Why a healthy body is a fertile body — and a fertile body is a healthy body What has driven the 60% decrease in sperm quality over the last fifty years How what we consume and what we come into contact with every day is either building or degrading our health Why most pregnancies happen by accident — and why that means every sexually active man should be paying attention The environmental, dietary, and lifestyle factors that are quietly impacting men's reproductive and overall health What men can do right now to start improving their health markers across the board Why this conversation goes far beyond fertility — and into what it means to be a vital, healthy man in the modern world This episode is a wake up call. Not to create fear. But to create awareness. Because the truth is — your body is already keeping score. Your sperm quality, your cardiovascular health, your sexual function — they are all connected. They are all telling the same story. The question is whether you're paying attention. A healthy body is a fertile body. And a fertile body is a body that is fully alive. Listen to Episode 88 now. More from Gabriela Rosa: https://www.instagram.com/gabrielarosafertility/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1q5RJSIx7M https://gabrielarosa.fertilitybreakthrough.com/fertility-challenge/ https://fertilitybreakthrough.com/ Join the Men's Sexual Confidence Community If this episode opened your eyes and you want to be surrounded by men who are taking their health, their vitality, and their bodies seriously — this is that space. A community for men who are done ignoring the signals their body is sending and ready to build something that lasts. Join here: https://www.skool.com/men-rising/about

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  #87 — Why Aren't Couples Having Sex? (And What to Do About It)

  Aug 12, 202634 min

  I asked a simple question on social media: "Why didn't you have sex today?" The comments exploded. Men and women from all over — in relationships, in marriages, in situations they'd never talked about publicly — started sharing the real reasons sex keeps getting pushed to the back burner. And what came up wasn't what most people expect. It wasn't just busyness. It wasn't just kids or exhaustion or stress. It was deeper than that. Resentment that never got addressed. Touch that stopped feeling safe. Desire that quietly died while life kept moving. Two people sharing a bed who stopped truly connecting somewhere along the way — and neither one knew exactly when it happened. In this episode I go through those comments — the real ones, from real people — and dive into what's actually keeping couples from having sex in their day to day lives. Because this isn't a small problem. Research consistently shows that sexual disconnection is one of the leading drivers of relationship dissatisfaction, emotional distance, and eventually — separation. And yet most couples never have a direct conversation about it. In this episode we explore: The most common reasons couples stop having regular sex — and what's underneath each one Why busyness is rarely the real reason How resentment, unspoken needs, and emotional distance quietly kill desire Why touch becomes loaded — and what it takes to make it feel safe again The difference between a relationship that has hit a dry spell and one that is genuinely disconnected What the research actually says about how often couples are having sex — and what that's costing them How men and women experience sexual disconnection differently What it takes to not end up there — and how to find your way back if you already are Why the conversation about sex is more important than the sex itself This episode isn't about blame. It isn't about making anyone wrong for where they are. It's about bringing one of the most avoided conversations in relationships into the light — because the couples who talk about it are the ones who stay connected. And the ones who don't? They wake up one day and wonder what happened. The question isn't just why you didn't have sex today. The question is — what are you building toward together? Listen to Episode 87 now and start the conversation. Join the Men's Sexual Confidence Community If this episode hit close to home and you want to be in conversation with men who are actively working on their relationships, their intimacy, and their connection — this is that space. A community for men who are done drifting and ready to build something real. Join here: https://www.skool.com/men-rising/about

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  #86 —The Sex Life You Actually Want Requires Internal Family Systems

  Jul 23, 202627 min

  Most men think a better sex life comes from learning better techniques. It doesn't. The biggest thing standing between most men and a deeply satisfying intimate life isn't skill. It isn't stamina. It isn't knowing the right moves. It's emotional intelligence. Not having it is one of the biggest cock blockers there is. And developing it? That's when everything changes — in the bedroom and everywhere else. In this episode I break down one of the most powerful psychological frameworks I've come across for understanding why we do what we do, feel what we feel, and react the way we react in intimate moments: Internal Family Systems — IFS. The core idea is this: You are not a single, unified "you." You are a multiplicity. A system of parts — each with its own perspective, its own fears, and its own job to do. And until you understand those parts, they will keep running the show in your relationships, in your body, and in your bedroom — without you even realizing it. The three core parts in IFS: Managers — the parts that try to keep you safe by controlling everything before anything bad can happen. In the bedroom: the part that overthinks, monitors performance, stays locked in his head instead of feeling pleasure. The part that says don't get too vulnerable, don't want too much, stay in control. Firefighters — the parts that react fast when pain or fear breaks through anyway. Impulsive. Extreme. In the bedroom: the part that checks out, goes numb, rushes to finish, reaches for porn, or disappears into fantasy to escape the discomfort of real intimacy. Exiles — the wounded parts carrying the original pain. Shame. Rejection. The memory of being too much or not enough. These are the parts managers and firefighters are working so hard to protect. In the bedroom: the part that quietly believes I'm not good enough. I'll be rejected. Something is wrong with me. How this connects to performance anxiety: Performance anxiety isn't a sex problem. It's a parts problem. A manager trying to control the outcome. A firefighter ready to shut the whole thing down the moment it gets uncomfortable. An exile underneath it all carrying a wound that was never looked at. Until a man gets curious about those parts — instead of fighting them or being hijacked by them — the anxiety doesn't go away. It just finds new ways to show up. This episode goes far deeper than technique. It's about building the kind of self-awareness, presence, and emotional intelligence that makes real intimacy possible. Because the sex life most men want? It starts inside. Listen now and begin getting curious about what's actually running the show. Want to go deeper into parts work? I've put together a playlist of my favorite parts work videos to help you explore this further: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNr3Bu5Rb3LbbulZJmL6lATkWB5icMqyH&si=dfTRQd_L4T0gFlqD Join the Men's Sexual Confidence Community If this episode opened something up and you want to go deeper with men who are doing real inner work — this is that space. A community for men who are building emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and a sex life that actually fulfills them. Join here: https://www.skool.com/men-rising/about Want the YouTube version and email blast for this one too?

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