Hidden Wisdom
Initiating Truth-Seekers in the Mysteries, gently guiding them toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith - without dismantling family or community.
Hidden Wisdom is a podcast for seekers who sense there’s more to faith than meets the eye. Drawing from LDS teachings, Christian mysticism, and universal esoteric principles, Hidden Wisdom bridges the worlds of religion and spirituality, inviting listeners to rediscover the sacred language of symbol and integrate the divine masculine and divine feminine within.
The Hidden Wisdom Podcast is part of a larger ecosystem of awakening tools — designed to spark insight, orient your soul, and point you toward deeper practices, community, and guided transformation available through the Hidden Wisdom app and courses.
Hidden Wisdom is hosted by Meghan Farner, mentor and author of “Consider Yourself as Eve: A Guide to Spiritual Development for Women (and the Men Who Love Them.)
Learn more at meghanfarner.com
Hidden Wisdom
The King's Core: Men's Healing, Leadership, and Inner Strength, with Ryan Carnahan
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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
Continue Your Journey
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