Aug 4, 2020
A Story of hope
Eric MacDougall was in foster care for 3 1/2 years between the
ages of 10 1/2 and 14 years old.
While in foster care he found some great male role models that
offered him the opportunity to learn all about boundaries and
discipline - even if he didn't consider it an opportunity at the
time!
While learning to deal with a deep sense of loneliness, he also had
to face his own self limiting beliefs and filters through which he
had built some faulty belief systems. His foster family gave him a
chance to experience love and resilience while overcoming
abandonment issues and developing his sense of independence.
As he became a man he was no longer willing to push everyone away
and live in the old stories that caused pain and didn't serve him
anymore. As a result of that journey he has been sober for 2 years
now and has committed to breaking the cycle of hurt and
abandonment.
Today he is looking to add value to the lives of others as he is
intentionally looking for older men to learn from as well as
honoring the elders in his life!
His passion has become helping young men to understand that there
is a healthy masculinity that serves everyone and overcoming the
culture of toxic masculinity that has pervaded our society.
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