Episode 11-Self Enquiry and the differences between Men and Women with Dan Hanson

“Women crave emotional connection and being heard… Men just want to “fix it”. Does this sound familiar?

In this episode we are joined once again with Dan Hanson to take a deep dive into self enquiry and explore the differences between Men and Women. This is such a refreshing conversation to hear the masculine and feminine perspective from a man that is incredibly humble, honest and has done the work.

What does this have to do with a Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting podcast…..?? EVERYTHING! Because we are raising little humans, we are shaping their emotional intelligence and how we (parents) communicate to one another shapes how they communicate. 

Dan Hanson

Dan Hanson was an extremely well known Holistic Dentist up until 2021 when he temporarily retired due to the covid response restrictions. Up until such time he was regarded as one of the top specialist in our country in laser tongue tie release having performed over 10,000 procedures. Up until 2021, Dan was helping to prevent children from needing orthodontic treatment using Myofunctional Orthodontics, as well as helping infants to feed, performing oral surgery for congenital mouth defects. Dan remains active in this space- lecturing on such subjects, speaking at conferences and educational events worldwide.

But it doesn’t stop there- Dans expansive knowledge and wisdom extends so much further than dentistry.

In more recent years he has founded “The Community Solution” and is author of the book ‘The Community Solution – A Vision for Connecting Humanity’.

Dan’s mission with ‘The Community Solution’ is to inspire and guide others to set up and facilitate sustainable, decentralised communities like his own. His intention is to birth a time when people sit face to face regularly, have fun, and support each other through challenges while forming unshakable bonds.

Dan is also a ‘men’s guide’ and group personal development facilitator with a passion for self-inquiry. He creates and facilitates ‘self-inquiry’ events for both men and women who have the desire to better know themselves and to understand and transform their relationships to self and other . To this end he founded Breathe Health Retreats, which provides transformational self-awareness and leadership events as well as  Rites Of Passage programs encouraging emotional growth and self-awareness in young men during their transition to manhood. 

To sum up I feel deeply privileged to have the opportunity to talk and to have worked with Dan. His knowledge base is extensive and he truly walks the talk of a holistic health professional that deeply wants to positively impact those around him. He is one of the most humble and inspiring life teachers I have ever had the privilege of knowing and I am sure you will learn a lot from this episode and future episodes to come.

In this episode we discuss ;

• Self enquiry and how our own upbringing shapes our parenting journey
• Dans own Personal struggles with sleep apnea and bodily symptoms and how that introduced him into breath-work and an intense health exploration journey
• How his marriage crises was a pivotal point into self enquiry and self work
• How he identified his own self judgment and his realisation that he is a equal contributor to his relationship
• How his own childhood trauma profoundly influenced him as an adult and the work he had to do to unpack that
•  How meeting the woman’s emotional needs helps in the bedroom
• How we are a culture that is deeply uncomfortable with feelings and emotional releases
• How women just want to be heard and men just want to “fix it”, how to navigate this, serve each other and have a better understanding of the masculine and feminine.
• Where to start with the work
• What Dan’s Men’s retreats and Men’s groups look like
• Exploring your “shadow” self and Ego
• The father and sons rights of passage he facilitates
• The importance of rights of passage for boys
• Women’s cycles and the profound impact it had on his own relationship when he had this understanding
• The community work he is doing

And so much more…

Episode Resources

Arne Rubinstein – Rites of Passage TED talks 

The Community Solution

Episode 4- ” Let’s Talk Breathing and Feeding Dysfunction ” with Dan Hanson – Listen on SPOTIFY HERE and APPLE HERE

Follow me on Instagram: the_pregnancy_collective

Follow me on Facebook: The Pregnancy Collective

Check out Dan Hanson ;

Self Enquiry and Rites of Passage work 

Breathe Health Retreats

Check out his Community Solution work here

The Community Solution

Check out his work with Myofunctional therapy here;

Myofocus Education

Follow Dan Hanson on Facebook 

Dan Hanson

Facebook Breath Health Retreats

Facebook: The Community Solution

Follow Dan on Instagram:

Breath Health Retreats

Check out the episode available on Apple and Spotify

Please note; all information shared on this Podcast by myself or guests is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice.