Hidden Wisdom

The King's Core: Men's Healing, Leadership, and Inner Strength, with Ryan Carnahan

Season 2

In this powerful episode of Hidden Wisdom, Meghan Farner and guest Ryan Carnahan explore the modern man’s path from shame and addiction to strength, wholeness, and divine leadership. Ryan shares his personal transformation—how overcoming isolation, emotional suppression, and false independence led him to create The King’s Core, a movement helping men reclaim clarity, ownership, resilience, and execution in their lives. Together, Meghan and Ryan unpack masculine healing, the hero’s journey, and how men can preside with love, protection, and spiritual alignment.

Timestamps & Key Discussion Points

  • 00:00 – 02:00 | Introduction: welcoming Ryan and the continuing series on divine masculinity
  • 02:00 – 04:00 | Ryan’s early life: loneliness, insecurity, and early exposure to addiction
  • 04:00 – 07:00 | Struggles with hiding, shame, and the roots of self-worth
  • 07:00 – 10:00 | Discovering that pornography and addiction are emotional—not moral—issues
  • 10:00 – 12:00 | Healing begins with emotional awareness and connection
  • 12:00 – 14:30 | Meghan’s insights on repentance as integration and feminine inner work
  • 15:00 – 17:00 | The hero’s journey, Christ as the archetype, and transformation through suffering
  • 18:00 – 21:00 | Choosing into life experiences and reclaiming personal accountability
  • 21:00 – 23:00 | Agency, ownership, and co-creating change from within
  • 23:00 – 26:30 | Why men resist inner work and the illusion of independence
  • 26:30 – 28:30 | The pencil analogy: discovering connection through interdependence and gratitude
  • 29:00 – 31:00 | God as partnership—not domination—and divine interconnection
  • 32:00 – 36:00 | Breaking the “doom cycle” of burnout, shame, and disconnection
  • 36:00 – 39:00 | Emotional regulation, self-mastery, and protecting through presence
  • 39:00 – 41:00 | The balance of danger and safety in divine masculinity
  • 41:00 – 44:00 | Becoming the true protector through healing inner shadows
  • 44:00 – 46:30 | The King’s Core: building inner frameworks for leadership and discipline
  • 46:30 – 49:30 | Medieval symbolism and the hero’s archetype in Ryan’s program
  • 49:30 – 51:30 | Redefining addiction as misdirected coping and returning to alignment
  • 52:00 – 53:30 | Final reflections: healing, leadership, and grounded divine masculinity

Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community. This podcast is perfect for women (and men) exploring faith renovation, spiritual awakening, Christian mysticism, sacred wisdom, and embodied spiritual growth.

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