Participants will access unprocessed anger stored in the body and explore ways to safely release it. Options include boxing with a punching bag, hitting with a bat, yelling, and gently welcoming any emotions underneath the anger (such as shame or sadness). This will result in a cathartic release and movement into greater healing.

Men struggle with body image issues more than they like to admit. It is often an area of shame that causes us to isolate rather than embrace connection. We'll explore where our body insecurities come from and receive non-sexual affirmation in community. This will be an embodied healing experience where insecurities and shame are acknowledged and met with love. 

Many men have been wounded by a sports-centric culture that equates masculine value to athleticism. We will confront those wounds by acknowledging them and participating in a redemptive exercise that includes athletic play. Men will experience belonging apart from any kind of performance. This will bring redemption to an area of life where men have historically felt inadequate, excluded, and under-celebrated.

Attachment to porn can be directly related to earlier life experiences which we have transferred and projected forward. Transferences and projections include beliefs such as "Men are ____." and "Women are _____." In this breakout session, you'll learn new tools to deal with transference, e.g. "I choose to see you as YOU, and not someone from my past." The more aware I am of my projections and transferences, the less triggered I become, and the less I need to rely on porn to self-regulate.

Porn erodes our understanding of who we are in Christ. Being fully aware of our true identity weakens the strength of shame. Participants will craft a personal identity statement and then create a 2D or 3D artistic representation of that truth. Each man will dare to see himself as more than a struggler and leave with an embodied reminder of hope.