Episode 297

My Man Card with Doug Barbieri

Doug Barbieri found himself in liberal California, in a 22 year old loveless marriage with a woman who didn’t respect him, struggling to maintain himself as the head of the household. The more he tried to be the man he wanted to be, the more he found himself giving away his personal power to his wife and others.

He tried many times to end the relationship, knowing that something wasn’t right. Finally, things came to a head when his wife confessed that she was cheating on him with another woman.

After that, Doug went on a journey to discover what it meant to be a man, going through a ceremonial sweat lodge, coming into contact with the deep emotional parts of himself, howling with tears on a beach in Acapulco.

In a therapy session, Doug imagined walking into a cabin in the woods, finding a mirror and seeing the man he wanted to be – strong, powerful and independent. So that is what he set out to be, on his journey to regain his man card.