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Lorin Krenn

Lorin Krenn is a speaker, coach, author and relationship expert specializing in masculine and feminine dynamics, helping people get to the core of their deepest challenges in relationships, purpose, and life. He is the founder of The Core Method™, his trademarked coaching methodology designed to reach the root of any challenge, in a relationship, a career, or a person’s sense of self, in the shortest amount of time possible. His work reaches millions of people each month, and he has been featured by a wide variety of media outlets, including BBC Radio, Sky News, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Sun, and LBC, and he is a repeat guest across several of them.

Masculine and Feminine Dynamics is his podcast, where Lorin brings these same principles into real conversations. Each episode works through an actual pattern from his coaching practice, how someone relates to themselves, to others, or to their own life, and what it takes to heal it. The more these patterns heal, the more that shift carries into everything else. It strengthens your relationships, and positively impacts all areas of life and the sense of direction alongside it, personally and professionally. Lorin draws on this same work with clients from every walk of life, navigating high stakes personal and professional challenges. Tune in and start recognizing your own patterns.

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#159
Wednesday · 21 min
Why Codependency Is a Myth and How Real Connection Works
Needing the people we love is a natural part of being human and a path to spiritual growth. Lorin explains how codependency, a term first used to describe the enmeshment between an addict and their partner, was applied so broadly to relationships that it has created confusion. Drawing on the science of how humans are wired for connection, including Brooke Feeney’s research on the dependency paradox, the episode shows how accepting each other’s need for support helps both partners grow more confident and independent. Lorin questions spiritual ideals of perfect detachment that armor the heart and opens up about learning to receive support in marriage. Listeners leave with practical ways to lean on a safe partner, repair after misunderstandings, and open their hearts to deeper intimacy. Mentioned in this episode: The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life. How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn
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#158
September 30 · 27 min
Manifestation Without Shadow Work Is Dangerous
Manifestation without shadow work is dangerous, because desires born from old wounds carry the same patterns into a bigger prison. Lorin describes shadow work as going into the mud and bringing light into the parts of ourselves we would rather avoid. The episode explores where our desires really come from, how conditioning fuels false urgency, and why receiving what we want before we are ready can become the greatest misery. Lorin offers three questions to discern soul from ego, then shares research on how positive fantasies can slow progress and how visualizing the process improves results. Listeners come away with a practical path to aligned manifestation: pairing clear goals with honest inner work so they grow into what they seek and enjoy the journey. Mentioned in this episode: How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life.
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#157
September 10 · 27 min
The Manipulative Side of People Pleasing Nobody Talks About
People pleasing carries a manipulative side that often goes unrecognized, even when the intent behind it is never to cause harm. At its core, people pleasing is a coping mechanism used to manage the discomfort of disagreement, boundaries, and taking up space, and it serves the ego of the person pleasing rather than the relationship itself. This episode traces the pattern back to the fawning response, a survival strategy that trades authenticity for safety, and unpacks how that trade creates an unspoken debt between partners: giving without expressing true needs, then expecting devotion in return. Left unaddressed, this dynamic breeds resentment, passive aggression, and emotional distance. Lorin breaks down the difference between intent and impact, how the norm of reciprocity operates beneath the surface of every relationship, and what it actually takes to move from a transactional dynamic to a devotional one. Useful for people pleasers and for anyone in relationship with one. Mentioned in this episode: How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life.
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#156
August 25 · 28 min
The Black Sheep of the Family: Why the One Who Got Blamed Was Often the Healthiest One
The black sheep of the family is often labeled the problem, the difficult one, the source of conflict. This episode makes the case for the opposite: the black sheep is typically the family member who refused to keep playing a role they never agreed to, in a system built around appeasing a narcissistic parent or sibling. Lorin breaks down how toxic family systems assign functions rather than allow individuality, why the golden child's praise is really self-praise for the narcissistic parent, and why stepping out of an assigned role triggers punishment rather than resolution. He walks through the common trap of trying to repair the relationship without real accountability from the other side, the "glass box" experience of being unheard, and the grief that follows once someone finally stops fighting to be understood. The episode closes with a reframe: losing false belonging is what makes real belonging, to yourself and to a tribe that values truth over compliance, possible. Mentioned in this episode: The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life. How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn
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#155
August 12 · 35 min
The Mother Wound Is Ruining Your Relationships and You Don't Even Know It
Every person carries a longing for real connection, yet the moment true intimacy arrives, an old instinct can trigger the urge to retreat. In this episode, Lorin unpacks Carl Jung's concept of the negative mother complex and how early emotional wounds continue to shape adult relationships. He identifies five specific patterns that grow out of this wound: becoming the fixer who caretakes at the expense of real connection, fearing closeness and creating distance from partners who are actually showing up, overachieving to earn love instead of receiving it freely, choosing intense but destructive chemistry, and settling for safety while avoiding true passion. Lorin walks through how to recognize each pattern as it happens and gives a specific practice for shifting it, so intimacy stops feeling like a threat and becomes the depth of love and connection listeners actually desire. Mentioned in this episode: How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life.
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#154
July 28 · 36 min
The Father Wound in Women: 3 Ways It Shows Up With Men, and What It Does to Him
In this episode, Lorin explores the father wound and how it shapes the way women experience relationships with men. He opens with a coaching example of a woman who was on the verge of leaving her partner, only to realize she was viewing him through what he calls father wound glasses, projecting her father's patterns onto a man who did not actually carry them. He outlines three common ways the father wound shows up in relationships: needing constant hits of safety, using distance to avoid vulnerability, and feeling drawn to what is familiar rather than what is safe. He also explains how each pattern affects the man on the receiving end, often leaving him trying to become the father his partner never had, a role he can never truly fill. The episode closes with four practices for shifting out of these patterns, including separating facts from story and identifying what is hers to own versus his. Links referenced in this episode: lorinkren.com/coaching lorinkren.com/trainings Mentioned in this episode: How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life.
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#153
July 14 · 28 min
The Darker The Night Of Your Soul, The More You Are Meant To Serve
There is a moment when the identity you have built your whole life around stops making sense. Old roles feel hollow, relationships shift, and you find yourself in a kind of no man's land where you cannot go back to who you were and do not yet know who you are becoming. In this episode, Lorin breaks down the three distinct phases of the dark night of the soul, dissolution, the void, and dawn, so listeners can recognize exactly where they stand in their own process. He then shares five practices to work with this experience directly rather than bypass it: resisting the urge to force a solution, grieving the old self the way you would grieve any real loss, moving the body and getting into nature, finding someone who can witness the transformation without pulling you back into old patterns, and journaling as a way to let the process speak for itself. Lorin also names a trap he says almost no one talks about: mistaking the sense that nothing matters for spiritual truth, when it is actually a form of bypassing. Lorin closes with a practical reframe: this stripping away is not punishment, it is preparation for a deeper calling, and the goal is not to figure everything out immediately but to trust the ground will return. Mentioned in this episode: The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life. How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn
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#152
June 30 · 59 min
Women No Longer Tolerate The Same. Men Are Asked To Change. The Silent Relationship Crisis - with Terry Real
Terry Real has spent 40 years working with couples on the brink of divorce, and he argues the core problem is that we live in a culture that values personal growth and ignores relational growth. Women have changed. Men largely have not. And the result is a silent crisis playing out inside marriages around the world. In this conversation, Terry and Lorin go deep on what it actually takes to build a lasting relationship: why traditional masculinity is, in Terry's words, a relational disability; the difference between individual empowerment and relational empowerment; how to hold your ground and love someone at the same time; and why shame and grandiosity are two sides of the same coin. This is one of the most direct, practical conversations on real relationship work you will find anywhere. Referenced in this episode: terryreal.com | Terry Real, creator of Relational Life Therapy Terry Real on Instagram: @realterryreal YouTube: ‪@realterryreal‬ Books mentioned in the episode: https://terryreal.com/books/ Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship I Don't Want to Talk About It Mentioned in this episode: How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life.
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#151
June 16 · 26 min
The One Thing No One Tells You About Mother & Father Wounding
Most people on a healing journey believe they have moved past their parents' patterns. They meditate, they do the inner work, they say with real conviction, "I am nothing like my mother" or "I am nothing like my father." And yet the same reactions keep showing up in their closest relationships: shutting down, getting defensive, feeling criticized when nothing critical was said. In this episode, Lorin breaks down one of the most overlooked layers of healing the mother and father wound: the unconscious imprints that get passed down and repeated, even by people who consciously tried to do the opposite of what their parents did. Lorin shares a personal story about his father, who vowed never to repeat his own father's emotional absence and showed up far more present in many ways, yet still passed down a version of that same wound in a different form. This becomes the entry point for a wider look at two layers of healing: the work of addressing the relationship with a parent directly through boundaries, letting go of guilt, or cord cutting, and the much harder work of recognizing where their reactions, defensiveness, avoidance, the need to explain or defend yourself, have become part of your own. Lorin walks through how to spot these patterns in daily life, why the shadow works so hard to keep them hidden, and what changes the moment they are brought into the light, both in yourself and with the people you love most. He closes with two practical steps anyone can take to start identifying and working with their own imprint. Mentioned in this episode: How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life.
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#150
May 29 · 24 min
Why a Man Without Meaning Cannot Show Up Fully in Relationships
Most men believe they are showing up fully in their relationships. They are doing everything right on paper. And yet something feels off. The intimacy is not quite there, the trust is not fully built, and resentment quietly grows. In this episode, Lorin breaks down one of the most misunderstood dynamics in relationships: what happens when a man turns his partner into his source of meaning, identity, and purpose, and why, despite his best intentions, it creates the opposite of what he wants. Lorin explores the difference between a man who has found his deepest calling and commits to a relationship from that place of fullness, and a man who is unconsciously asking his partner to give him what only he can find within himself. Over time, this erodes trust, produces resentment, and leaves both people feeling disconnected. This episode also speaks directly to women, helping them recognize this dynamic and understand what is actually happening beneath the surface. Lorin closes with two practical steps any man can take right now. Mentioned in this episode: How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life.
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#149
May 13 · 23 min
When a Man Shuts Down (what is really happening)
When a man shuts down in relationship, the common belief is that he doesn't care, that he's avoidant, or that he doesn't love her. A man who shuts down is actually a man overwhelmed by feeling, gripped by shame, trying to cope with an experience that feels too big to regulate. Shame is different from guilt. Guilt says "I've done something wrong." Shame says "there is something wrong with me." It's a crushing belief of being bad and unworthy. When a woman expresses upset or pours love into the relationship, it can activate this old wound in a man, and his system responds by disappearing. What follows is a painful loop. The woman feels rejected by his silence and becomes more intense in trying to reach him. Her response, though loving, pushes him further into shame. Her wound that she is too much and his wound that he is not enough affirm each other, even as both long for connection. The way through is for the man to face his shame. Naming it, owning it without collapse, staying connected to breath and body. The practice is about cultivating the capacity to stay a little more open, a little more present, even when triggered. From that place, a man becomes someone a woman can deeply trust. Mentioned in this episode: The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life. How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn
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#148
March 9 · 18 min
The Spiritual Trap Men Fall Into: Becoming Overly Soft
Many men open their hearts and become emotionally available, but lose themselves in the process. They suppress vital masculine traits like boldness, decisiveness, and having an edge. The result is a man who becomes available but loses his spine. But a truly powerful man embodies both softness and fierceness. He brings heart openness and surrender at home while showing up with a strong spine in the world, standing in truth and power. When they express masculinity from an unconscious level or try to overcompensate, men remain incomplete. A man stuck in only softness loses attraction, safety, and respect from the feminine. A man stuck in only structure loses trust and connection. People walk over the too-careful man, while the heartless warrior causes pain. The world desperately needs men who don't back down, who stand in truth, who fight when necessary, but whose hearts remain wide open. Mentioned in this episode: The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life. How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn
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#147
February 23 · 25 min
Why the Journey of an Old Soul Feels So Hard
Old souls carry a profound gift: depth, intuition, and awareness that others rarely match. But this gift comes with a sharp edge: the loneliness of never feeling truly met, whether in friendships, family, or love. In this episode, Lorin offers a way for old souls to stop fighting the cycles of peak awareness and grief, and to undergo a spiritual death and rebirth, so that the very depth that once isolated them becomes magnetic, drawing the right people, circumstances, and love into their lives. Without this process, we stay trapped in the loop. We keep experiencing transcendent moments only to collapse back into old wounds of isolation. This is an invitation to let that grief of not-belonging carve out deeper space for your truth. Mentioned in this episode: The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life. How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn
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#146
February 9 · 59 min
Why Spiritually Aware People Get Stuck and How to Shift Your Energy (with Jeffrey Allen)
We're constantly bombarded with negative information that hijacks our attention and drains our energy. Social media algorithms are designed to trigger emotional reactions, leaving us feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and disconnected from reality. When we scroll through disturbing content, we often mistake other people's fear for our own, identifying with emotions that aren't even ours. Instead of shutting down when faced with distressing information, we need to step back and ask “what's beyond this? What's the bigger picture?” When we do this, we realise the alarming messages we're seeing represent only a tiny sliver of reality, not the whole truth. Five Days to Calm Your Mind and Meet Your Spirit – Jeffrey’s course, FREE to Lorin’s listeners Jeffrey’s website Spirit Mind – Jeffrey’s work with Hisami Follow @iamjeffreyallen on Instagram Follow Jeffrey on YouTube Mentioned in this episode: How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life.
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#145
January 26 · 58 min
True Freedom in Relationships and the Beliefs That Keep Us Trapped - with Peter Crone
Most of us are trapped in an invisible prison of our own conditioning. We've spent decades absorbing narratives about who we should be, what we should achieve, and how we should prove our worth. These stories run so deep we don't even realise they're there anymore. But when we're willing to look honestly at our reactions, fears, and patterns within relationships, we can finally see where we're not free. This applies to romantic partnerships especially, but also to our connections with colleagues… even AI. Without addressing these patterns, we become masters of our limitations. We might achieve material success, make money, tick all the boxes, but we'll still feel like we're hitting our head against a wall. This discussion with expert coach Peter Crone offers a moment of honest reflection which can help you reveal the invisible container you've been living within. Follow @petercrone on Instagram Learn more about Peter’s Freedom membership Learn more about Peter's Mastermind Mentioned in this episode: How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life.
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#144
January 12 · 29 min
You Are Not Here to Save Anyone: The Real Work
Many spiritually intelligent people are draining their power because they're trying to help others. They're caught in a saviour pattern that has a spiritual mask around it, leading to misaligned connections where their energy is drained. At worst, people end up in abusive dynamics while trying to help someone who isn't open to receiving that help. True service energises you because there's a flow of energy: you give from your heart, and the recipient is open to receiving what you offer. There's no expectation of specific returns, but there must be receptivity. Serving nourishes your soul, while saving depletes it. Saviour patterns drain our power and peace. Our energy becomes scattered and drained as we try to force outcomes with people who aren't receptive. But this episode offers practical ways to check if you’re in saviour mode, and begin to protect your energy. Mentioned in this episode: The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life. How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn
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#143
Dec 29, 2025 · 28 min
Why Old Souls Cannot Date and What Actually Works Instead
Conventional dating simply doesn't work for old souls. The games, pretending, and shallow dynamics that are normalised in modern dating are completely draining for spiritually mature people who are oriented toward truth and authenticity. People who continue pursuing conventional dating methods often find themselves in a cycle of frustration and misalignment. This lower vibration attracts more of the same energy, leading to wasted time with incompatible partners. The resistance created from this frustration only pushes the right person further away. If you’re an old soul, you have permission to stop forcing yourself into misaligned dating experiences and instead focus on living truthfully. When we align with our soul's purpose and truth, we naturally attract the right person through resonance rather than performance. Old souls are meant to meet, not search or chase. Mentioned in this episode: The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life. How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn
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#142
Dec 15, 2025 · 30 min
Why Men Fear Disappointing Women: The Hidden Pattern That Destroys Attraction
Many men carry a deep fear of disappointing women. This fear manifests as people-pleasing behaviours: saying yes when they mean no, changing opinions to avoid conflict, apologising excessively, and avoiding difficult conversations. These actions might seem harmless, but they're rooted in fear rather than authenticity. To break free from people-pleasing patterns, men need to start by expressing their truth without over-explaining or softening it. And they need to make decisions and stand behind them. Women can lose respect for men who don't respect themselves. They can’t trust a man’s yes or no, they can end up constantly on guard and unable to feel his authentic presence. But breathing through the discomfort of potential disagreement builds a new muscle; one that will ultimately create more trust and deeper connection in your relationships. Mentioned in this episode: The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life. How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn
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#141
Nov 27, 2025 · 27 min
How the Mother Wound Blocks a Man from Love and His Power
Many men today never complete the crucial step from boyhood to manhood: separating emotionally from their mothers and establishing their own authority. This leaves them emotionally stunted, unable to form healthy partnerships or embody true commitment. They remain trapped in patterns of seeking approval, avoiding conflict, and prioritising harmony over truth. Men need to cross that symbolic threshold where they shift from dependency to sovereignty. This doesn't mean cutting off their mother, but transforming the relationship from boy-mother to man-mother, where he walks his own path without needing her emotional approval. When a man fails to address his mother wound, his energy becomes scattered, his boundaries inconsistent. He can’t fully choose or commit to a woman because that capacity simply isn't there. But in this episode, Lorin offers ways to examine where you might be carrying false guilt, to notice how this guilt affects your decisions and drains your energy, and to begin releasing it. Mentioned in this episode: How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life.
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#140
Nov 13, 2025 · 28 min
How to Recognize an Awakened Man or Woman
It’s not always easy to recognise genuine awakening in our partners. We can mistake spiritual talk for true embodiment, or confuse peak experiences with integrated wisdom. This creates painful cycles of disappointment in our relationships. But awakened beings share core qualities regardless of gender: unwavering integrity, grounded spirituality, emotional maturity, and devotion to service. Chasing relationships with unawakened beings leads us to repeat painful cycles. Drama becomes addictive, our nervous systems start equating intensity with aliveness, and we remain trapped in suffering rather than experiencing the true richness of conscious partnership. But this episode offers a simple reflection to help you begin the journey toward recognising genuine awakening, both in yourself and in a potential partner. Mentioned in this episode: The Awakened Masculine Program An 8-week immersive journey. For the man who is done repeating the same patterns in relationships, business, leadership, and life. How Old Souls Find Their True Purpose A 2.5-hour live online workshop with Lorin Krenn
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