Marco Beneteau’s Author Blog: Manifesting Communities of Fun, Love and Transformation
[Latest book]Relational Power: Make Friends, Influence Others, and Foster Connection Through the Practice of Authentic Relating
Read the draft version of my new book on the web, Free download, Kindle/Print, and Audiobook. See also the Relational Power Crowd-Sourcing Update Log
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From Marco’s Blog
- My own “stroke of insight”; plus moving to Mexico
This article is titled after Jill Bolte Taylor’s famous TED talk My stroke of insight. It is surely the hardest post I have ever written. Mostly because there is just too much to tell. I am still “in the eye of the storm” and struggling to organize huge lifestyle changes […] - Relational Power: Call for engagement
Very exciting news! The draft of my new book, Relational Power Part 1, has now been published to all channels. including web, Kindle, Paperback and free download. Can you help me out? I want to get A/R more into the mainstream (to give it, say, equal visibility to NVC). I have this bold idea (maybe narcissistic-deluded, […] - Quick check-in from “the land of enchanment”This post is both a quick check-in, an announcement, and a new article, How to be authentic and loving in an emotionally illiterate culture. Quick check-in from “the land of enchantment” In November I finished Part 1 (out of 3) of Relational Power, published that draft to all channels, and […]
- Moving to New Mexico; two new books!
In this issue: Moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico New book is out, in draft version: Relational Power: Win Friends, Influence Others, and End Loneliness Through the Practice of Authentic Relating The paperback for the memoir, Broke, Single, Crazy and Old: The Redemption of a Sex and Love Addict, is also […] - On the road again; life in the political cult; new book
Even more than usual here, I don’t know what to say in a check-in. My life lately has been rich and complex, and any paragraph in this email I could expand into a tome. I will stick to the four news items, of which three are big. On the road […] - The “Nano-RV”: Converting a Ford Focus to a miniature RV / Traveling vehicle
Context for this article When gas exceeded $4 per gallon this summer, I decided I needed to do something with my 2013 F150 with a cap, that I had converted into what I called “the micro-RV” (photo to the right). I was really very happy with the micro-RV, but I […] - Converting a cheap Guide Gear wood stove to a secondary combustion system
Context for this article When I built-up my 32′ Fifth-wheel RV as a permanent home in summer of 2021 I was looking for a small wood stove. I really wanted the Cubic Mini Grizzly stove. It was the right size for this space (8,000 to 18,000 BTU/hr, or 2.3 to […] - Final days at Hridaya Yoga, Mazunte, Mexico
I am in a cafe watching the ocean, on my final weekend at Hridaya Yoga. I will be back in Denver on Thursday. I will begin by saying I have been in great intellectual activation (even hypomanic ideation) my whole time here. It started in Guatemala with all my successes […] - Guatemala to Mazunte, Mexico; and 9 days at Hridaya YogaThis note has two chapters as I have been in two different worlds for the last two weeks. From Guatemala to Mazunte, Mexico (9 days) This was supposed to be a vacation, but it was hardly that. To begin I was still processing the extraordinary events of my time in […]
- San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala: take-aways
So I am about 1 ½ months into what’s becoming a 3-month adventure: it’s looking like roughly two months digital-nomading in the hippie paradise of San Marcos La Laguna, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Followed by a 3 ½ week yoga retreat at Hridaya Yoga in Mazunte, Mexico, which is about a […]
From the Authentic Singles Blog
- Online Dating and the Man/Woman Game: My Storyon January 31, 2019
(Note: this post is also available in audio as a podcast here or in iTunes). My Dating and Relationship Story “Sexuality is the #1 super-power” — Dieter Duhm “Sex is dirty. Save it for someone you love” — Esther Perel This is a book for men who want to win with women. Men who want
- What Women Want: Towards a New Psychology of Love, Sex and Gender Relationson January 31, 2019
[Note: this article is also available as a pocast here] “Men and women have searched for each other for generations and always missed one another” – Dieter Duhm Contents Preamble Asbstract Re-Inventing Feminism Sexual Polarity according to David Deida Sexual Polarity for Women Sexual Polarity for Men How to Find Out More Preamble (July 2019)
- I have a Dream: the social-political context of love and sexon July 16, 2018
(Listen to the podcast version of this article here) Note: this article is part of my memoir, Broke, Single, Crazy and Old. I present it here as an addendum to the What Women Want article, as it goes more deeply into the political theory or ideology that underlies much of my work around sexuality. The
