This episode is coming over 2 years after it was actually recorded.

I share on the podcast my own process with this and the reclamation that lays here in the ownership of one's own creation.

This episode was recorded with a brother of mine, Jake Putan. A brother who I crossed paths with a number of time and who's story inspired me.

In this episode we dive into everything, from food, to money, to health and of course spirituality.

It is weird (pun attended) to try and write a description for this one as it covers so much ground and there is too many pieces of gold to count.

Yet, one thing I do know, is you will enjoy this podcast and receive some wisdom from Mr Jake Putan, The Barber Priest.

Instagram: @thebarberpriest

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• Surrender vs control: learning when to act, when to wait, and when to let life move.
• Intuition & the body: distinguishing deeper knowing from the noise of the mind.
• The barber as ritual space: how an ordinary haircut can become a doorway into presence, connection and transformation.
• Food as relationship: exploring consumption, craving, nourishment and the ways we use food to avoid feeling.
• Masculine structure & feminine flow: building strong enough banks to allow life to move without becoming a dam.
• Money as currency: releasing attachment to accumulation and exploring money as something that moves through life.
• Radical experiences vs sustainable transformation: why profound transformation doesn't always require blowing the doors off your life.
• Leaving the village: knowing when separation is necessary to discover yourself, and when it's time to return.
• Faith in the unknown: stepping beyond certainty without abandoning groundedness.
• Simplicity as medicine: small, repeatable shifts rather than constantly chasing the next peak experience.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Why this episode is returning from the archives 04:20 The Barber Priest 06:45 The haircut as a container for transformation 12:21 Why peak experiences aren't always enough 18:38 Food, fasting and intuition 22:39 Are we using food to nourish or avoid? 30:39 Food, relationships and trauma patterns 34:16 From fighting the war to building the temple 43:08 Sustainable transformation 45:13 When you need to leave the village 50:02 Do they need to leave, or do they need support? 54:47 Trusting the timing of life 57:42 The call to pack everything up 01:00:33 When the money runs out 01:01:52 The temple and the unexpected miracle 01:12:12 The last $30 01:14:35 Beyond money: reciprocal exchange 01:15:03 The $170,000 offer 01:16:42 “I don't need it” 01:18:19 Money as a river 01:21:41 Building the banks 01:25:07 Masculinity, wealth and capacity 01:26:01 Don't turn the riverbanks into dams 01:30:29 Structure creates flow 01:33:08 Structure + flow 01:35:29 The simplicity of transformation 01:37:47 Connecting with Jake 01:39:22 Let it be simple

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Dean Bentley is a speaker, mentor and host of The Wyrd Way podcast. Often called a Viking Priest, he guides deep transformational work through initiation, men’s work and embodied practice. His work helps people face what is real, reclaim fragmented parts of themselves, and live with grounded purpose, truth and creative power.