Visit stuschaefer.com for complete show notes of every podcast episode: Michael has over 20 years of experience treating emotional issues. He’s a certified psychoanalyst who practices from a Contemporary Relational model and is the author of No More Mr. Nice Guy: The Hero's Journey - A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming an Integrated Male. He believes that at the heart of all mental health issues are feelings that are experienced as unbearable, so they are replaced by oversimplified approaches that don't work in the real world. The solution is to re-integrate your feelings, which will provide a greater sense of freedom, effectiveness, and aliveness