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Healing trauma, shame & masculinity through erotic embodiment
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Mark A Turnipseed
Author • Speaker • CEO of HALO42 • Bisexual LGBTQ Mental Health Advocate
Mark A. Turnipseed is a bisexual speaker, transformation guide, and founder of the Break Free Philosophy™—a radical coaching and retreat experience that fuses primal fitness, shadow work, and erotic liberation to help men reclaim their bodies, their desires, and their divine masculine power.
Once a closeted addict weighed down by shame and repression, Mark rebuilt his life from the inside out—becoming a six-time Ironman triathlete, bestselling memoirist (My Suicide Race), and a leading voice in spiritual-sexual liberation.
Through his coaching and public practice of embodied sensuality, Mark created the persona Ryan Regency—his nude fitness alter ego and sacred exhibitionist. As Ryan, he leads sensual movement classes, erotic rituals, and online trainings designed to dissolve shame and ignite pleasure as a path to wholeness.
Mark’s work exists at the edge—where sexuality, spirituality, and shadow collide. His mission: to help others break free from repression and become living temples of self-worship, ecstatic presence, and divine masculinity.
