What happens when a man facing a midlife crisis and clinical depression discovers that his position of comfort is actually a "position of contracture" keeping him stuck?

In this eleventh episode of Follow Me to the M-R-O-P!, host Brian Mueller sits down with Steve Conroy for a powerful account of his 2006 initiation at Frost Valley, New York. Steve shares how arriving at the rites in a raw, vulnerable state allowed him to experience a "miraculous" breaking apart of his old self, leading to a profound reframing of his life’s struggles.

Steve recounts the "aha moments" that defined his journey—from a quiet bus ride conversation with Fr. Richard Rohr to receiving spiritual messages from nature and strangers in airports. He speaks with raw honesty about the "hot  ...