Welcome to the Adam Lamb Adventure Club podcast. In this episode I spoke with Om Rupani.

Om is a BDSM educator in the NYC area. I first met him at his workshop “Dating & Dominance for the Modern Man”, held at his home in Jersey City. The workshop profoundly shifted how I relate to women, and paradoxically led to me taking a year off from pursuing them.

Om’s approach, based on two decades of data working with men, women, and couples, was somehow equally heart-felt and confronting. I found that many of his ideas were new to me, particularly in man/woman relating, sub/dom archetypes, and his view that modern feminism is synonymous with a disrespect of men.

After listening to all of his podcast episodes, which I highly recommend, I still had questions. Om was kind enough to give me an hour of his time.In this episode, we discuss:

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• Polarity

  
  
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• Agreement

  
  
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• Containment

  
  
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• The importance of adoration in romance

  
  
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• When to end a relationship

  
  
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• Developing self-containment through meditation and physical activity

  
  
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• When to take a break from women

  
  
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• The importance of men having male friends

  
  
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• Porn & masturbation

  
  
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• Om’s favorite depiction healthy masculinity in media

  
  
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• Men as sex workers for women

  
  
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• Feminism

  
  
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• Growing up in India

  
  
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• The Landmark Forum

  
  
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• His path from student to co-facilitator with Laurie Handlers

  
  
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• What is love?

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Om's workshops can be found at omrupani.org

  
  

  his online community is at omrupani.com

  
  

  
  

  
  
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