New Blog Post: The Wild Flower, The Desert Rose, and the Ache That Won’t Let Go


Hey Reader,

I want to share something with you that’s been decades in the making.

For most of my life, I carried a deep ache—a hunger I couldn’t name but also couldn’t escape. It showed up in childhood crushes, romantic fantasies, emotional intensity, and a constant low-level sense that something… or someone… was missing.

It took me years to realize the ache wasn’t about a woman.
Not about the one I married.
Not the ones I admired.
Not even the ones I secretly fantasized about in my lowest moments.

It was about something I hadn’t yet found in me.

This week, I finally put words to that journey in a new blog post.

If you’ve ever felt like something’s missing…
If you’ve ever longed for the woman who would make it all feel right…
If you’ve ever felt the pull of fantasy, the ache of dissatisfaction, or the guilt of not being able to “just be happy” with the good woman in your life…

This one’s for you.

I don’t write it as a man who’s figured it all out.

I write it as a man who’s finally stopped chasing the ache—and started listening to it.

There’s a new free guide that goes with it:
"The Longing That Won’t Leave: Transforming Longing into Leadership and Fantasy into Fulfillment."

Download it. Read it slowly.
And let it show you the way home.

Because... that ache?

It was never your enemy.

It’s been pointing the way all along.

The Wild Flower, The Desert Rose, and the Ache That Won’t Let Go

Published on April 14, 2025

For years, I chased something I couldn’t name—a magnetic longing for the feminine that followed me from childhood crushes to marriage, from infatuation to spiritual ache. I thought it was about a woman. I thought it was about sex. I thought it would go away once I found “the one.”

It didn’t.

This is the story of that longing. The shame it carried, the fantasies it fueled, and the fire that finally refined it.

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Sven Masterson

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