About this episode

The episode explores how men, particularly founders and high performers, can build a relationship with their sexuality that is integral and aligned with their true selves, moving from shame and secrecy to emotional clarity and connection.

How does a man build a relationship with his sexuality that feels integral and aligned with who he truly is? And what does it take for founders and high performers to move from secrecy, compulsion, and shame into a place of integrity and emotional clarity in their intimate lives? In this conversation, Bjoern and I explore a subject many founders and leaders wrestle with quietly, often in isolation. We look at how, within the entrepreneurial world, many men carry internal conflict, shame, or secrecy around their sexuality. For many founders and high performers, the harder they chase external achievement at the cost of themselves and their relationships, the more disconnected they consequently become from their emotional life, their needs, and their deeper self. In this episode, discover: How early conditioning shapes a man’s relationship with his sexuality, creating shame, suppression, and a split identity through messages about what is acceptable or not How many men perform as the “good man” who holds everything together, while having no place for the parts they learned to hide, leading to secrecy, acting out, and deeper disconnection Why this dynamic hits founders and high…

People in this episode

Host: Alex Lehmann

Guest: Bjoern Keune

Topics covered

• sexual integrity
• emotional clarity
• founders
• high performers
• shame
• sexuality
• intimacy

Keywords

• sexual disconnection
• integrity
• porn addiction
• emotional life
• intimate relationships
• shame
• founders

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