Authentic Man Program Review
Reviewer: Brian Broderick
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Website Reviewed: Authentic Man Program
This Authentic Man Program review is based on my experience having gone to one of their AMP intensives and have watched all of their DVD products.
The Authentic Man Program brings inner game to a whole new level. Their philosophy is based on the idea that all the dating and pickup techniques that are being taught out there will all fall flat unless you have your own inner game nailed down tight. They like to think of it as a tree. All the leaves and limbs are your dating strategies and what you say when you walk up to a girl. The roots of the tree are your inner game and beliefs. You need to make sure that the roots are healthy in order for all the leaves and branches to truly flourish.
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In case you’re not following the metaphor, once you get your inner game handled you won’t even need to worry about pickup routines and canned techniques. It will just all flow naturally from your personality.
That’s a pretty tall claim, but I have to be honest with you. They deliver on it. Their system can uproot and resolve any inner game problem ranging from approach anxiety, being creepy, being slimy, being too much of a nice guy, being too much of a jerk, being too distant, and pretty much a host of other things.
Their philosophy follows what they call the Holarchy, a five-tiered system where each level builds upon and informs the next. The five levels are:
Presence – This is how awake you are the present moment. Did you just notice her scowl or were you too busy thinking about the next witty thing to say?
Appreciation – This is how much you are willing to accept what’s happening. If you get pissed off when she rejects you, you’re not accepting what’s happening.
Integrity – This is how you hold yourself and how aligned you are with your values. Most guys mess this up by either posturing or collapsing (chances are good you are too).
Wholeness – This is how you much feel completely okay as you are. When you feel complete there is no striving to get something outside of yourself
Play – This is the afterglow that just flows naturally out of everything else. You don’t really need to worry about this, it just happens.
With the DVD’s you can go through the first three levels of the Holarchy in the comfort of your own home. These DVD’s are absolutely great. Each one comes with a workbook with exercises you can do to make sure you get the full benefit of the Authentic Man Program.
The Power of Presence was their first DVD that they put out and the format is a little shaky. At the end of each chapter there’s an annoying message that flashes across the screen telling you to do the workbook assignment. They thankfully fixed this in the other DVD’s and the workbook and videos are much better integrated.
When you do the AMP intensive, you spend time doing exercises that work on these different levels and you get live feedback on how you hold yourself in each exercise. The first evening is basically an introduction to the Authentic Man Philosophy followed by a breathing exercise that digs deep into your unconscious. It might sound kind of hippy-dippy, but this exercise was really crazy. One guy at the AMP intensive said “Wow! After that, I don’t think I’ll ever need to buy drugs again!” Take from that what you will.
The second day is just the guys and you go through all the different levels of the Holarchy doing a variety of exercises. A lot of it seemed very subtle to me, and I’ll admit I felt like a fish out of water there. The wholeness exercise was pretty powerful though. Most of the guys there ended up digging deep into a lot of dark parts of their past and releasing a lot of pain. At the end of the night, you go out to a club and practice approaching women from a place of authenticity without using canned techniques. It’s a real eye opener and it makes the whole “game” a lot different. Throughout the night Decker, the man whose game inspired the Authentic Man Program, takes you aside for a one-on-one conversation where he personally gives you feedback on what you need to work on. Let me tell you, this guy is the real deal! I didn’t get a chance to talk to him much on Friday or Saturday, but this guy saw right through me and nailed me perfectly. Decker knows exactly what he’s talking about.
The last day goes through the Holarchy again, but all the exercises are done with women. Let me tell you, this is where all this stuff starts to come together and really take a foothold. When you can literally see and feel how women react to changes in how you present yourself, you learn a lot really fast. There’s nothing quite as powerful as testing all your self-limiting beliefs about women right there on the spot in front of a bunch of very sharp and observant women. The wholeness exercise at the end of the day completely cracked me open. I felt like every possible thing that I could be uptight about just melted away. I literally felt more relaxed than I could remember and it really showed.
The Authentic Man Program is really top notch. If you want to attract women with your own authentic personality and not a bunch of canned bullshit, then this is for you. It’s for people looking to really grow and change as men. If you want to really step into your masculinity and have rewarding relations with women that are light years beyond what you even imagined were possible, then this is definitely for you. If you’re just looking for a quick fix, a band-aid to cover the bullet wound so to speak, then this isn’t for you.