BOOKS BY GS Youngblood
THE MASCULINE IN RELATIONSHIP
A Modern Blueprint for the Relational, Sexual, and Life Leadership Your Partner Craves
MEN, THIS IS SIMPLE.
If your relationship feels flat, contentious, or toxic, this book can help.
If you want to feel more powerful and be less of a pleaser Nice Guy, this book can help you.
If your partner seems to criticize more, have less interest in sex, or act in ways that feel “crazy” to you, this book can help.
Fighting or defending yourself doesn’t resolve anything. Withdrawing into work or your phone makes it worse. And contorting yourself to avoid conflict just kills her respect for you.
The answer is to develop and live from your Masculine core. This book shows you how in an actionable three-part Masculine Blueprint: Respond vs. React, Provide Structure, and Create Safety. This is not the old model based on control, but rather one based on clarity.
This is not a manual for Alpha Dogs, nor a fuzzy spiritual guide. It is a clear set of principles that help you develop your Masculine leadership.
In my experience, if you’re in any of these situations, your choice is simple. Either keep doing what you’re doing, and eventually watch the relation- ship die on the vine. Or grow. Period. This book shows you how.
THE ART OF EMBODIMENT FOR MEN
Using the ANI Framework and Daily Practice to Tame Anxiety, Heal Trauma, and Conquer Your Nice Guy Tendencies
For men who are looking to become more grounded and powerful in both love and work, this book makes a very bold statement to you:
A daily embodiment practice will change your life.
It is the number one thing that men can do to build their Masculine core (a process that the author explored in depth in his book The Masculine in Relationship). The practices are designed to ground and settle you at the nervous system level, where trauma and anxiety reside. When this happens, your reactivity - in the form of defensiveness, withdrawal, hid- ing, and blame - begins to subside. You are freed up to live life as a more powerful, relational man. One whose relationship has more loving, more sexuality, and more respect, with less fighting, criticism, and angst.
Embodiment is a field of practice that incorporates elements of medita- tion, movement, visualization, breathing, and intensity. It is different than meditation because, rather than learning to use the conscious mind to “let go” of thoughts, practitioners focus almost exclusively on physical sensation in the body. In that state, thoughts are naturally crowded out, without even trying to let go of anything. It takes diligent practice, but with the right guidance and dedication, its benefits can be yours.