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Sex, Spirit, Love, and Longing: My Personal Journey | Part 1 [210]
Manage episode 483063655 series 2992769
What happens when spiritual devotion and gay identity collide in the search for love?
In this raw, never-before-shared episode of The Deeper Dating Podcast, Ken takes you on an intensely personal journey through his early spiritual awakening, sexual discovery, and search for authentic connection.
From mystical meditations and cult-like spiritual circles to heartbreak, celibacy, sexual compulsion, and finally integration,
Ken explores the winding path that led him from loneliness and longing to a deeper understanding of self, love, and the divine.
Vulnerable, courageous, and powerfully human.
Listen For:
5:28 Losing his friend group and finding solitude
6:42 A radiant stranger in the vegetable aisle
9:45 Meeting Paramahansa Yogananda through a book and a photo
11:53 Telling Bruce “I love you” and being fully received
25:34 Losing spirituality and reclaiming his sexual self
27:53 The tension between sexuality, spirituality, and identity
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210 episodes
Manage episode 483063655 series 2992769
What happens when spiritual devotion and gay identity collide in the search for love?
In this raw, never-before-shared episode of The Deeper Dating Podcast, Ken takes you on an intensely personal journey through his early spiritual awakening, sexual discovery, and search for authentic connection.
From mystical meditations and cult-like spiritual circles to heartbreak, celibacy, sexual compulsion, and finally integration,
Ken explores the winding path that led him from loneliness and longing to a deeper understanding of self, love, and the divine.
Vulnerable, courageous, and powerfully human.
Listen For:
5:28 Losing his friend group and finding solitude
6:42 A radiant stranger in the vegetable aisle
9:45 Meeting Paramahansa Yogananda through a book and a photo
11:53 Telling Bruce “I love you” and being fully received
25:34 Losing spirituality and reclaiming his sexual self
27:53 The tension between sexuality, spirituality, and identity
SUBSCRIBE TO DEEPER DATING ON APPLE PODCASTS
Leave a positive rating for this podcast with one click
CONNECT WITH KEN:
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