23 Aug 2024, 10:52

Private Connection Coaching for Men

Barefoot Rob on phone with you

Do you constantly desire to be liked and accepted by people?

Do you feel a deep sense of despair and loneliness?

Do you dim yourself down in order to fit in?

If you said YES, you’re not alone.

Growing up as a young man, my heart was closed to real connection and intimacy. I sought sex with no strings attached, cheated on my partners, and said yes to engagement and marriage for the sake of security. I was constantly chasing validation and attention from women. It seemed normal to me! But in reality, I was driven by desperation and an insatiable thirst for love and acceptance.

Now I’m a leader of men, having grown ManKind Project Japan for 9 years, inspiring and training men to lead the group (or their own group!) After letting go of a 12 year marriage that had become dysfunctional and giving my ex-wife our house, I finally discovered who I truly am as a heart-centered man. Today I Iive in a place of alignment with my dream woman who encourages me to be a better version of myself each day.

What would happen if you let go of your stories of inadequacy as your identity?

What if you were guided by a healthy and functional man to model your truth of masculinity?

How would you feel to thrive in your vision of life?

What Men Are Saying

“Rob is amazing. He is a perfect facilitator in every way. He is caring, kind, self-effacing, honest. Ten out of ten.”

– Andy Boerger

“Rob has been an enormous blessing in my life. His facilitation work, guidance, and leadership have helped me to sense, understand, express and process my own emotions. In my personal experience Rob is excellent at both counseling and facilitation. He can serve a wide range of clients because he doesn’t have his own agenda, and pays close attention to the subjective and personal aspects of one’s emotions, life circumstances, and individual values, goals, or priorities. Whether you are struggling with overwhelming emotions, seeking greater self understanding, or simply desire more clarity about the direction you want to go in life, Rob can provide the space, tools, and support for you to discover your own wisdom.”

– Nathan Brandli

“Rob, you have helped me immensely for a long period of time. And I know that you have a talent for facilitation. In fact everybody in this whole group knows what great facilitation you do and how you are able to tune into people and help them to get through and go on to find the deeper level of their beings.”

– Will Ewing

Now It’s Your Turn!

If you’re ready to reclaim your power as a man, I invite you to join my personalized program called Discover Your Gold. This 3-month journey is designed to help you explore your inner landscape, rise in your leadership, create a healthy balance between your masculine and feminine energies, and be in alignment with who you are to live authentically from your heart.

Book a free discovery call with me on Zoom here: https://calendly.com/robnugen/discovery. This will help us determine if we’re the right fit to work together. I look forward to connecting with you and learning how I can best support you on your journey to becoming the man you want to be.

05 Jul 2024, 07:10

Connection Circle: For Conscious Men & Women

Rob and Jess in Balinese ceremony outfits

Join us for a special evening as we flow with the divine feminine and masculine in a ceremonial circle for men and women. Enjoy coming together into unity, peace, love, conscious communication, creative expression and connection.

What’s Involved?

Communal Vegan Snacks 6:00pm-6:30pm:

Be welcomed in an intimate space as you cleanse away from your day. Receive energetic cleansing with sage and angelic auric spray. Enjoy delicious vegan snacks including herbal tea and sensual treats to nourish your temple and tantalise your senses with like-minded souls.

Heart-Opening Sacred Shares 6:30pm-7:00pm:

Be led and guided by Jess X Goh, trauma coach in childhood abuse, and Rob Nugen, connection coach for men. Share your truth and be witnessed in a welcoming space where healthy boundaries and connection exercises are consciously communicated. Enjoy the elements of the earth, fire, water and air.

Conscious Connection 7:00pm-7:45pm:

Be illuminated with insights via journaling around the topic to bring yourself clarity how to navigate this topic moving forward. Connect in pairs then group sharing with fluid and fun activities to move out of the mind and into the present moment, back into the heart and body.

Emotional & Energetic Release 7:45pm-8:30pm:

Join Rob and Jess in a group healing session designed to help you navigate through traumatic blockages and patterns of the wounded feminine and masculine. The session aims to bring you back into energetic alignment, helping you to move past traumatic patterns.

  • Meditation: Rob will guide you through a meditation with his loving heart and hands-on Reiki touch.
  • Light Language Transmission: Jess will share her light language transmission to help you start moving through traumatic blockages.
  • Energetic Clearing: Receive pressure point touch, hear and feel vibrations including tuning fork, Tibetan chimes, and singing bowls to shift and clear energetic interferences.

Closing Circle 8:30pm-9:00pm:

Integrate your experience with sacred shares and Q&A, personalised card reading to move forward with the divine feminine and masculine and connect with yourself by journaling or socialize with others in the space with light refreshments provided.

​​​​​​​🤝 Connection Circle: For Conscious Men & Women 🤝


Date: Saturday October 26th, 2024
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Venue: SunLily Yoga, Setagaya-ku Ikejiri 3-21-25
Ticket: 15,555 JPY
Book your spot at https://buy.stripe.com/8wM4jtbHGb3W02A5ku

This ceremonial gathering is capped at 7 conscious souls who are up for an intimate evening of loving connection and divine union.

Here’s what previous participants have to say…

“I could feel that there was an inner change in me. Thank you for this valuable opportunity💖”

– Ayako Suzuki

“Thank you both for all your cares, magical, nurturing and insightful shared time ✨ I feel now centered, soft and strong at the same time. ☯️ You made a beautiful alchemy together that heals and touches people 😌”

– Horus

“The healing and connection circle was incredible! I immensely enjoyed all of the facilitated activities, shares, and experiences. There was indeed a great deal of both healing and connection that I experienced that evening. I actually came to the workshop feeling immensely exhausted and stressed that day due to other circumstances. Rob and Jess were excellent at guiding the participants to be present and set aside mental distractions. I experienced a great deal of calmness, and release of physical and emotional pain. There were many activities that provided me with rich personal insight into aspects of my energy and how to communicate and express both masculinity and femininity. The guided sound meditation, light language, and Reiki healing were all extremely relaxing and helped me to release a lot of tangible physical and emotional pain in the moment, as well as to more easily rest and get a good night’s sleep. I was dealing with a lot of exhaustion, ruminations, discomfort in my head space, and other areas such as my knees which hold chronic pain & trauma from injuries. All of these parts of my body felt much better after the healing. Furthermore, I have been able to use the insights and experiences from the other parts of the workshop to improve my communication, establish needed boundaries, and recognize what I can physically do to embody the right kind of energy or attitude that brings further healing and growth in my life!"

– Nathan Brandli

“Thank you so much to Jess and Rob for this enlightening and transformative Connection Circle: For Conscious Men & Women. After integrating the healing I was led to empowering insights and clarity which enabled me to release limiting beliefs in relation to self worth and guilt; release connections unaligned with my authentic self; and take inspired action aligned with my soul."

– Josephine

“Thank you for a wonderful evening. I felt really good and the next day I had a beautiful day with friends and loved ones. And even though I’ve had a lot of dreams they are not distressing like they’ve been in the past. I feel in a good place."

– April Fischer

What To Bring?

  • Pen and journal
  • A sacred item that represents the masculine and feminine
  • Your lovely self!

Please be mindful to arrive on time as doors will close at 6:30pm. Tickets are non-refundable but can be transferred to another who would greatly appreciate this experience.


About Your Facilitators

Jess X Goh helps burnt out, heart-centered professionals to overcome the impacts of childhood abuse. She facilitates this by releasing anger and grief to reduce their anxiety (drug-free). What has led Jess to her spiritual path is to make peace with her traumatic past of domestic violence, sexual abuse and toxic family dynamics. She has manifested her soulmate and business partner and successfully rebuilt her relationship with her dysfunctional mother and estranged brother. Jess runs Life In Confidence, an international trauma recovery practice for over 8 years serving 1000+ high achievers in her workshops and private programs.

Website: www.lifeinconfidence.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@Life-In-Confidence

Rob Nugen helps ambitious men to discover their gold on a journey into the divine masculine. He guides men who feel overwhelmed by their past and the patriarchal way of being to break away from their inner demons of self-defeat and shame through transformative shadow work, space holding and circle work. Rob is a TedX speaker, barefoot walker for over 20 years, trained and run men circles by ManKind Project since 2015 and made the most powerful decision to release himself from a 12 year marriage that had become untenable. Now he’s with his dream woman who matches his values and offers the love he deserves.

Website: www.robnugen.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thunderrabbit

Blessings,
Rob Nugen
Connection Coach For Men
Website: www.robnugen.com
Email: rob@robnugen.com

04 May 2024, 09:10

Overcome Difficult Relationship Dynamics

Rob, Jess, and The Pink Cow banner

Join Jess X Goh and Rob Nugen for a special evening to navigate through the challenges of relationships (of any kind) through a series of engaging conversations and activities to connect with like-minded people and to kick start your healing journey with the masculine and feminine.

Event Details

  • Date and Time: Saturday, June 15, 2024, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM JST
  • Location: The Pink Cow Akasaka, Minato City, Tokyo

What to Expect

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM: Self-love Meditation

Rob will guide you through a self-love meditation that will bring you back home into your heart space while Jess soothes you with her Tibetan bowls and chimes to go deeper into surrender.

5:15 PM - 5:20 PM: Introductions

Share in one word how you felt during the meditation. We will outline the evening and share some boundaries.

5:20 PM - 5:30 PM: Paired Shares

Discuss relationship dynamics with a partner, taking turns to listen and hold space.

5:30 PM - 5:55 PM: Relationship Dynamics Discussion with Q&A

Jess X Goh will discuss how toxic relationship dynamics occur from the wounded masculine and feminine and how to balance these energies. Rob Nugen will share his experiences stepping into vulnerability.

5:55 PM - 6:30 PM: Social Connection & Casual Dinner Connect with others and discuss how you can take your journey further. Dinner at The Pink Cow supports the free running of this event.

For more information and to register, visit Eventbrite.

20 Apr 2024, 09:10

Connection Circle: For Conscious Men & Women

Rob and Jess in Balinese ceremony outfits

Join us for a special evening as we flow with the divine feminine and masculine in a ceremonial circle for men and women. Enjoy coming together into unity, peace, love, conscious communication, creative expression and connection.

What’s Involved?

Communal Vegan Snacks 6:30pm-7pm:

Be welcomed in an intimate space as you cleanse away from your day. Receive energetic cleansing with sage and angelic auric spray. Enjoy delicious vegan snacks including organic herbal tea and sensual treats infused with high frequencies to nourish your temple and tantalise your senses with like-minded souls.

Heart-Opening Sacred Shares 7pm-7:30pm:

Be led and guided by Jess X Goh, trauma coach in childhood abuse, and Rob Nugen, connection coach for men. Share your truth and be witnessed in a welcoming space where healthy boundaries and connection exercises are consciously communicated. Enjoy the elements of the earth, fire, water and air.

Conscious Connection 7:30pm-8:15pm:

Be illuminated with insights via journaling around the topic to bring yourself clarity how to navigate this topic moving forward. Connect in pairs then group sharing with fluid and fun activities to move out of the mind and into the present moment, back into the heart and body.

Emotional & Energetic Release 8:15pm-9pm:

Join Rob and Jess in a group healing session designed to help you navigate through traumatic blockages and patterns of the wounded feminine and masculine. The session aims to bring you back into energetic alignment, helping you to move past traumatic patterns.

  • Meditation: Rob will guide you through a meditation with his loving heart and hands-on Reiki touch.
  • Light Language Transmission: Jess will share her light language transmission to help you start moving through traumatic blockages.
  • Energetic Clearing: Receive pressure point touch, hear and feel vibrations including tuning fork, Tibetan chimes, and singing bowls to shift and clear energetic interferences.

Closing Circle 9pm-9:30pm:

Integrate your experience with sacred shares and Q&A, personalised card reading to move forward with the divine feminine and masculine and connect with yourself by journaling or socialize with others in the space with light refreshments provided.

​​​​​​​🤝 Connection Circle: For Conscious Men & Women 🤝


Date: Friday July 5th, 2024
Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm
Where: Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Ticket: 11,111 JPY
Book your spot at https://book.stripe.com/bIY9DN6nmb3W9DaaEG

This ceremonial gathering is capped at 11 conscious souls who are up for an intimate evening of loving connection and divine union.

Here’s what previous participants have to say…

“Thank you so much to Jess and Rob for this enlightening and transformative Connection Circle: For Conscious Men & Women. After integrating the healing I was led to empowering insights and clarity which enabled me to release limiting beliefs in relation to self worth and guilt; release connections unaligned with my authentic self; and take inspired action aligned with my soul."

– Josephine

“Thank you for a wonderful evening. I felt really good and the next day I had a beautiful day with friends and loved ones. And even though I’ve had a lot of dreams they are not distressing like they’ve been in the past. I feel in a good place."

– April Fischer

What To Bring?

  • Pen and journal
  • Cushion and blanket
  • A sacred item that represents the masculine and feminine
  • Your lovely self!

Please be mindful to arrive on time as doors will close at 7pm. Tickets are non-refundable but can be transferred to another who would greatly appreciate this experience.


About Your Facilitators

Jess X Goh helps burnt out, heart-centered professionals to overcome the impacts of childhood abuse. She facilitates this by releasing anger and grief to reduce their anxiety (drug-free). What has led Jess to her spiritual path is to make peace with her traumatic past of domestic violence, sexual abuse and toxic family dynamics. She has manifested her soulmate and business partner and successfully rebuilt her relationship with her dysfunctional mother and estranged brother. Jess runs Life In Confidence, an international trauma recovery practice for over 8 years serving 1000+ high achievers in her workshops and private programs.

Website: www.lifeinconfidence.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@Life-In-Confidence

Rob Nugen helps ambitious men to discover their gold on a journey into the divine masculine. He guides men who feel overwhelmed by their past and the patriarchal way of being to break away from their inner demons of self-defeat and shame through transformative shadow work, space holding and circle work. Rob is a TedX speaker, barefoot walker for over 20 years, trained and run men circles by ManKind Project since 2015 and made the most powerful decision to release himself from a 12 year marriage that had become untenable. Now he’s with his dream woman who matches his values and offers the love he deserves.

Website: www.robnugen.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thunderrabbit

Blessings,
Rob Nugen
Connection Coach For Men
Website: www.robnugen.com
Email: rob@robnugen.com

20 Mar 2024, 09:10

Connection Circle: For Conscious Men & Women

Rob and Jess in Balinese ceremony outfits

Join us for a special evening as we flow with the divine feminine and masculine in a ceremonial circle for men and women. Enjoy coming together into unity, peace, love, conscious communication, creative expression and connection.

What’s Involved?

Communal Vegan GF Dinner 6:30pm-7pm:

Be welcomed in an intimate space as you cleanse away from your day. Receive energetic cleansing with sage and angelic auric spray. Enjoy a nourishing gluten-free vegan dinner: organic herbal tea and sensual treats infused with high frequencies to nourish your temple and tantalise your senses with like-minded souls.

Heart-Opening Sacred Shares 7pm-7:30pm:

Be led and guided by Jess X Goh, trauma coach in childhood abuse, and Rob Nugen, connection coach for men. Share your truth and be witnessed in a welcoming space where healthy boundaries and connection exercises are consciously communicated. Enjoy the elements of the earth, fire, water and air.

Conscious Connection 7:30pm-8:15pm:

Be illuminated with insights via journaling around the topic to bring yourself clarity how to navigate this topic moving forward. Connect in pairs then group sharing with fluid and fun activities to move out of the mind and into the present moment, back into the heart and body.

Emotional & Energetic Release 8:15pm-9pm:

Join Rob and Jess in a group healing session designed to help you navigate through traumatic blockages and patterns of the wounded feminine and masculine. The session aims to bring you back into energetic alignment, helping you to move past traumatic patterns.

* Meditation: Rob will guide you through a meditation with his loving heart and hands-on Reiki touch.
* Light Language Transmission: Jess will share her light language transmission to help you start moving through traumatic blockages.
* Energetic Clearing: Receive pressure point touch, hear and feel vibrations including tuning fork, Tibetan chimes, and singing bowls
  to shift and clear energetic interferences.

Closing Circle 9pm-9:30pm:

Integrate your experience with sacred shares and Q&A, personalised card reading to move forward with the divine feminine and masculine and connect with yourself by journaling or socialize with others in the space with light refreshments provided.

​​​​​​​🤝 Connection Circle: For Conscious Men & Women 🤝


Date: Friday 29th March 2024
Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm
Where: 23 Blair St, Bondi Beach
Ticket: AUD $111 Book your spot at https://buy.stripe.com/00g5lGb6Z47o7NC4gt

This ceremonial gathering is capped at 6 conscious souls (Just 4 spots remain!) who are up for an intimate evening of loving connection and divine union.

What To Bring?

  • Pen and journal
  • Cushion and blanket
  • A sacred item that represents the masculine and feminine
  • Your lovely self!

Please be mindful to arrive on time as doors will close at 7pm. Tickets are non-refundable but can be transferred to another who would greatly appreciate this experience.


About Your Facilitators

Jess X Goh helps burnt out, heart-centered professionals to overcome the impacts of childhood abuse. She facilitates this by releasing anger and grief to reduce their anxiety (drug-free). What has led Jess to her spiritual path is to make peace with her traumatic past of domestic violence, sexual abuse and toxic family dynamics. She has manifested her soulmate and business partner and successfully rebuilt her relationship with her dysfunctional mother and estranged brother. Jess runs Life In Confidence, an international trauma recovery practice for over 8 years serving 1000+ high achievers in her workshops and private programs.

Website: www.lifeinconfidence.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@Life-In-Confidence

Rob Nugen helps ambitious men to discover their gold on a journey into the divine masculine. He guides men who feel overwhelmed by their past and the patriarchal way of being to break away from their inner demons of self-defeat and shame through transformative shadow work, space holding and circle work. Rob is a TedX speaker, barefoot walker for over 20 years, trained and run men circles by ManKind Project since 2015 and made the most powerful decision to release himself from a 12 year marriage that had become untenable. Now he’s with his dream woman who matches his values and offers the love he deserves.

Website: www.robnugen.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thunderrabbit

Blessings,
Rob Nugen
Connection Coach For Men
Website: www.robnugen.com
Email: rob@robnugen.com

20 Jul 2020, 18:55

Bold Life Brotherhood - CONNECTION with People

In the third week on CONNECTION, we focused on our connections with other people. What do you think they SHOULD be doing? How might these ideas point to things that you can do instead of changing the other person?

Quite some great insights tonight. I discovered ways in which I am not taking care of myself, and some ways I can enjoy my work more.

  • What do you think your favorite person SHOULD do?

  • What does this “SHOULD” point to you doing (for) yourself?

13 Jul 2020, 06:56

bold life brotherhood connection 2 now

Four men attended last night, so we had balanced numbers for the breakout rooms. I was glad to hear the processes were new experiences for them to bring their awareness to the present moment.

The verbal version of automatic writing brought interesting insights; several of the men will take time to practice this again during the week. It reminds me of my days in RC (Reciprocal Counseling).

Thanks to my friend Will Ewing for his words about BLB:

For me the Bold Life Brotherhood has been a gentle journey into
self-awareness. It has helped me to resolve some of my
long-standing personal issues and has been a stepping stone for me
to communicate better with my family.  I'm very grateful to Rob
and his steadfast dedication to helping the world evolve in a
positive manner.

- Will Ewing

06 Jul 2020, 21:31

Bold Life Brotherhood - Connection 1 - Body

Tonight in Bold Life Brotherhood, we described our realtime felt experience in our bodies. e.g. “I feel the slight pressure in my fingertips as I push these plastic shapes on the keyboard. I feel the intake of air filling my lungs and stomach stretching as I breathe.”

Each man spoke for a minute, narrating his felt experience. Then we amped it up for each of two rounds:

  1. Close your eyes and do the same, share what is happening for you now..

  2. Feeling inside your body, inside your skin, narrate what are you experiencing in realtime (not what your skin feels, but what your internal parts feel)

Quite a cool experience!

10 Apr 2020, 14:01

Connection workshop on Friday morning

I enjoyed leading the first Connection Circle on a Friday morning, as part of Oren’s Quarantine Activity Guide for April 2020. This was the fourth or so time I have led the workshop, and great to see all new people in attendance.

The list below was my agenda, with the numbers being minutes on each bit. 2 hours worked out quite well!

  • 2 Ground rules
  • 5 Grounding
  • 15 Check in (name location feeling)
  • 3 Time + mindfulness = joy
  • 20 Three rounds of gratitude
  • 15 How have you spent your time recently?
  • 5 break (get writing utensils)
  • 25 Healing the past visualization (while connected to the present)
  • 15 If anything, what might you want to change about how you spend your time?
  • 10 (optional) What new opportunities have you noticed?
  • 10 Set SMART Stretch for self

Next circle will be 9:30am - 11:30am Tokyo time Friday April 17th. Enjoy deep connection with like minded people in the safe setting of your own home! must RSVP to join!

30 Mar 2020, 17:30

Great connection circle on Zoom

So far today 2 people have let me know they will attend the connection circle I plan to lead tonight. Neither of them have attended before; I look forward to a great meeting!

later

It was a great meeting! Six people total, including myself. Here’s what we did.

Join our upcoming events via Tokyo Sōl on Meetup!