Ascent for Men

You bought the gun anyway. You bought the shoes anyway. You told yourself she didn't notice. She noticed. She just stopped telling you. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free get into the lie most men are living, not the big dramatic betrayals, but the small daily promises broken so often that your wife has quietly decided it doesn't matter what you say anymore. And that silence is...

You would burn Tom Brady's jersey if he stood at the podium after a bad game and blamed his offensive line, his receivers, and his coaching staff. You'd call him a bad leader. You'd be done with him. So why do you walk through your front door every night and do exactly that? In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free get into what King David actually looked like as a man, not becau...

Your kids didn't become who they are on their own. You built them, for better or worse. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Tyler Free get into the parenting conversation most men avoid: that your children's behavior, confidence, emotional reactions, and standards are a direct reflection of yours. They cover why "be careful" is one of the most damaging phrases you can say t...

Jesse asked the room: if your wife and your job were gone overnight, would you know who you are? Every man said he'd be lost. Every single one. These were Christian men. Church going men. Men who thought they had a foundation. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Free break down what actually happened at the Ascent for Men Summit, the moments that hit hardest, the questions that exposed t...

Most men can't look themselves in the mirror and say "I love you." They call it hokey. The truth is they don't have the nerve because they've built their entire identity on things that can be taken away. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Tyler Free go deep into what God actually says about who you are and why most men are living under an identity handed to them by the...

If your wife is short-tempered, checked out, or running the house alone, look in the mirror. She didn't become that woman on her own. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Tyler Free break down the conversation most men's conferences are too soft to have: that the woman standing in front of you right now is a direct reflection of the man you've been choosing to be. Jesse tells the...

Your family is in the room. Do you know where the exits are? Do you know who the threat is? Most men don't and they've never even thought about it. In this episode, Jesse Carstairs and Adam Tyler Free, retired Green Beret, founder of the Brotherhood, break down what it actually means to be dangerous: spiritually prepared, mentally switched on, and physically ready to protect your family in...

Most men are showing up soft, in their marriages, in their faith, in their homes and nobody around them is telling them the truth. Jesse Carstairs and Adam Tyler Free aren't here to be polite about it. Jesse is a men's coach, host of the Lions of Faith community, and a husband and father who has built his life around a faith first standard. Adam is a retired Green Beret, founder of the Bro...