The iCoachCharacter Locker Room

Most leaders know how to achieve. Few know how to receive. In this episode, Ryan Young walks through Formation Reps Vol. 1 — a guided practice built on Matthew 22:37–39 that asks a simple but uncomfortable question: what are you trying to earn that God has already offered? This isn't a devotional you just listen to. It's a rep — a real exercise in noticing where performance has quietly taken the p...

In this episode Ryan Young, former NFL player and founder of I Coach Character, invites leaders to move from performance-driven living to whole-person formation, centered on loving God, others, and yourself. He challenges common “locker room” rules and explains why receiving God’s love is essential for sustainable, healthy leadership; while offering reflections, practical soul-work questions, and...

"The Love You Never Learned" Most leaders can tell you exactly what they do. Very few can tell you who they are. In this episode, Ryan Young opens up about the season that broke him. The NFL, a failing first marriage, and the self-destructive choices that followed and traces it all back to one root: he had been trained his entire life to perform, but never formed in identity. Using Matthew 22:37–3...