Michael Russer: A Journey of Unexpected Transformation
Channel: Pecha Kucha Night Santa Barbara
Date: 01/12/2014

A Journey of Unexpected Transformation is the story of how one man went from being very shut down and disconnected to being fully heart open and discovered some extraordinary things along the way.

This talk is based upon a fundamental / paradigm-shifting principle:
The way men and women are biologically and culturally “wired” literally gets in the way of what their hearts truly yearn for – deep, abiding connection on the emotion and physical level.

My prostate-induced impotence “short-circuited” my wiring in a way that allows my partner and I to experience levels of emotional and physical intimacy that most couples can’t imagine possible.

I also share how our hyper-digital society is in fact more shut down and disconnected than ever before because of ubiquitous "digital distraction" which is current society’s “drug” of choice (distraction is the 21st Century version of 1984's Soma).

This talk powerfully and compellingly demonstrates how true connection and intimacy comes from the heart, not the head. And, how the road to extraordinary intimacy starts with relearning to open our hearts and fully live in the present moment –being willing to be vulnerable and feel everything.

Michael is an international speaker, author and prostate cancer survivor who was left completely impotent as a result of his treatments. Yet, it was because of his impotence that he and his partner discovered an entirely new approach to emotional, physical and spiritual intimacy that far exceeds anything either experienced prior to when things were working "correctly." His mission is to help men, women and couples everywhere to achieve extraordinary intimacy on all levels.