Excavating the Authentic Self through Shadow Work is a 6-week intensive online workshop that guides students onto the path of aligning with their authentic self through the practice of shadow work. Making the unconscious conscious is the art of discovering both our blocks and our powers that we’ve suppressed over the course of our life.

During this time of upheaval, chaos, uncertainty, and ultimately transition, it is important that we feel supported, understood and witnessed without judgment or shame.

Unfortunately, men have been taught to betray themselves and to abandon their needs and emotions. And that’s not to say that women don’t suffer like this, but our culture has literally conditioned men to feel as though asking for help and support and feeling our emotions make us weak.

The truth, of course, is that men become stronger and evolve more when they learn to do these types of things. I can’t begin to tell you how important it was for my healing and sobriety to finally ask for help and support, and to have people who get me, who I know I could reach out to and/or see regularly in a group setting, whether online or in-person.

These days men are lacking brotherhood, and a healthy masculine ritual initiation process. The closest things we have are often very shadow-driven, and in some cases traumatizing and humiliating, things like the basic training of the military, fraternities, and even some high school sports experiences. None of these experiences truly help men to learn about the deepest aspects of their manhood and the human experience, nor do they foster any sort of emotional intelligence, emotional literacy or emotional regulation, all of which form the ultimate compass that guides all human life.

Without the acknowledgement and understanding of our emotions, as well as the willingness and capacity to feel and experience these emotions, we are missing out on what makes us human. We are missing out on what is really the basis of higher divine guidance. Truth, and the emotions and triggers that come with facing it, are invaluable to our existence. And having a place where we can learn to be our vulnerable raw self is invaluable to our healing.

The ultimate bridge to our soul is through our heart and emotions and the truth that comes with it. As it is said, the body keeps the score--which is where we store our emotions--and Men have been cut off from this for far too long.

Of course, the intellect, the left-brain, and the logic, linearity and analysis of the frontal cortex is a crucial part of our existence. We cannot navigate this 3D reality as humans without it.

The goal in anyone’s healing and evolution, man or woman, isn’t to deny this aspect of us—aka KILL THE EGO—but to bring it back into balance with our right-brained emotional and creative way of being.

Having said all that, I have created WHOLEistic Brotherhood.

It is a place to help men feel supported, understood, to feel comfortable being themselves, and to realize we are not alone, regardless of what we’re struggling with or need help understanding, be it relationships issues, addictions, depression, anxiety, chronic illness, ways of healing, or the chaotic world around us and what is actually going on.

My goal for the group is to also begin to introduce men to the varied process of healing, what it entails, how it works, and to also foster connection beyond the confines of the social media space. I would also love more than anything for men to be able to show up for one another outside of this group and outside of social media and to feel supported. This group will also have a forum for men to connect outside of the calls.

And to be clear, this is also a space to inspire, to celebrate one another, to share our wins, our knowledge, to learn from one another, to connect, and to lead by example as we all come to the table with different experiences. It is also a place to unite through the many ways in which we fail to realize how similar we are. Sometimes we feel all alone not realizing that there are many out there like us.

So Men, if you are interested in connecting with other men who are also on this awakening - healing journey, men who are also trying to make sense of the world and life in general, then it would be an honor to have and support you.

This group, for now, will meet every other Thursday at 5:00 PM PST - 8:00 EST beginning February 19th.

Although donations are accepted and greatly appreciated, this group is free of charge.

Also, anyone who attends is eligible for a 10% discount on single sessions and/or multiple session packages with me.

If you are interested in joining please fill out the submission form below or email me. WHOLEisticCoaching@gmail.com

If you we called to donate, here are the ways you can contribute:

Venmo : @Andrew-Aponick

CashApp: $Aponick427


PayPal: andrewaponick1@gmail.com

I look forward to connecting with you all, my fellow brothers, who have decided to embark on this difficult but amazing, beautiful and worthwhile journey!