The Modern Man Podcast

"When we start sharing with people what our values are, what are our boundaries, what are the non-negotiables in our life, and then we start not following through on that… it's a slippery slope." – Dai Manuel In this episode of The Modern Man, I welcome Dai Manuel, a lifestyle business mentor, high-performance life coach, author, and Tedx speaker. Dai is also a dad who's dating his wife! Why? Tune...

Are you letting fear hold you back from reaching your greatest goals? Let's talk about how to reverse that. In this episode of The Modern Man, I welcome Christopher Dedeyan, a peak performance coach, professional speaker, and advocate for learning disabilities. Chris specializes in helping top tier individuals and entrepreneurs hit peak performance in their personal and professional lives.   Chris...

"Leaders can't afford not to ask people for help because if somebody in your chain of command has a really good idea, that can make your business, it can make your pitch, it can bring people home alive. You need to surface that kind of insight." – Randall Crowder How does it feel to be told you're going to war? In this episode of The Modern Man, I speak with Randall Crowder, an angel investor, adv...

"When I started exposing my body to cold water, I became so present. It was like my body was saying, hey, I'm here, come back to me. When you go into that extreme state… you're able to reregulate the mind, the body, your resetting the hormones, activating the nervous system, and at the end of the day, you're resetting the stress response in the body." – Wyatt Ewing Did you know cold plunges can de...

"We can't give up. I think the more we talk about it, the more we interrogate it, the more we speak out against bullying, against people who make fun of people who act differently, and the more that will change. But it's up to all of us." – Silvia Dutchevici In this episode of The Modern Man, I welcome Silvia Dutchevici, a psychotherapist, author, and Founder and President of Critical Therapy Inst...

"Productivity changes as you get older and what you really want to aim for and how you do it shifts as well." – Daniel Sih In this episode of The Modern Man, I welcome Daniel Sih, an award-winning productivity author, speaker, entrepreneur, father, and husband. Daniel teaches people how to rethink their relationship with technology and shift their work and life habits to be more productive. Essent...

In this episode of The Modern Man, I'm joined by Alison A. Armstrong, an author, educator, and creator of several courses including Understanding Men and Understanding Women. She also created an audiobook that I've been playing on repeat called The Amazing Development of Men . Alison's work has helped me, along with countless other men, communicate and articulate what I'm going through to the wome...

"Men have more to give than they realize." – Scott Rammage In this episode of The Modern Man, you'll meet Scott Rammage, a serial entrepreneur and host of The Brotherhood of Fatherhood Podcast. This is an incredibly inspiring and empowering discussion about facing adversity in fatherhood and being a better man, father, and husband than you are right now. Scott has been married for 26 years and has...

 "The medicine is in the brotherhood." – Brian Strahine What is men's sacred liberation? Join me in this episode of The Modern Man as I welcome Brian Strahine, a Men's Liberation Coach, breathwork facilitator, and yoga and primal movement teacher, along with EJ Chambers, a yoga and meditation teacher, breathwork facilitator, and Reiki healer. Together, Brian and EJ are building a community of conn...

"Life grows to the extent that you do." – Ian Lobas   Join me in this episode of The Modern Man as I welcome Ian Lobas, a Personal Performance & Evolvement Coach and Founder of Men on Purpose , a movement created to elevate, educate, celebrate, and empower men to be on purpose. As a coaching pioneer, Ian is helping people to be more intentional and live more purposefully by helping them get awaren...

 "The moment that we switch optimal performance of trying to be somebody else to actually just being myself, then everything shifts. We start to find this beautiful flow, this beautiful dance with life to where we're just crushin' it because we're doing everything that we love to do."  – Lane Belone   What does it mean to unleash your humble alpha? Join me in this episode of The Modern Man as I we...

"One of the biggest problems that's facing humanity today is the fact that we don't see ourselves in reality, as we truly are, in relationship to our environment. We're co-creating our environment constantly. So, we're not victims of the matrix, we are the cause of the matrix, but we're also the cure of the matrix."  – Leo Treadwell We're still exploring what it means to be men these days, but acc...

  "Without vision, people perish." -Bronson Hill Inflation can be our friend... if we know how to use it to our advantage. One way to do that is through real estate. Real estate is one of the few investments that offer long-term value and can continue to appreciate over time without any extra effort on our part! In fact, it is one of the safest investments we can make because it has been historica...

"Your purpose amplifies your identity. It makes you more of who you are because you're working in your identity through your purpose." -Steven Kuhn Our title or position is not who we are— that's what we do. We all go through phases where we feel like we should act or speak a certain way to avoid offending someone. But living in a period when opinions matter more than authenticity and trends try t...

"In the pursuit of chasing something greater, there's more potential that we all have. It just takes going through some hard times to figure out what we're really made of." -Daniel Blue   We can all relate to the feeling of being lost and not knowing where we're going. Some of us are better at navigating our way through these feelings than others, but it's always possible to find ourselves at cros...

"Balanced masculinity [is] where our definition of who we want to be comes from inside ourselves, when we have the ability to look at ourselves more objectively." - Jason Skeesick   If you were to be offered a very promising job, would you take it?    If you answered 'yes' then you're not doing what you were meant to be doing. Because if you were, nothing would be able to stop you from doing what...

"Start changing how you think about things. Don't think like the average person." - Paul Halme   A good money mindset is the key to a successful financial life. It's what separates the people who make money and those who just have it. If we have a good money mindset, we understand that our wealth is not found in our bank account but in our ability to generate income, manage expenses, and build ass...

"Everybody has a unique way of being— You can't escape who you are. And so it's better to be the best you that you can be, rather than trying to be somebody else." -Steven Rudolph Some people think that potential is something that you have, but haven't realized yet. But others believe that potential is something you can only reach when you achieve your goals. Like most things in life, there's a mi...

"There's an opportunity if you have the right mentality." -Chaz Springer El Success is a mindset. It's an internal attitude that influences our thoughts, actions, and emotions. People with a mind set up for success are positive and persistent. They have a strong work ethic and are willing to learn and profit from their mistakes. Most importantly, they are able to remain optimistic and believe in t...

"Who we are is not our pain." -Greg Wieting Trauma is a normal reaction to an abnormal situation. However, living with trauma isn't really ideal, especially if it's causing us to act out in destructive ways or making us withdraw and isolate ourselves from the people closest to us.  Trauma can also manifest itself in physical ways. We might start experiencing headaches, body pain, or problems with...

"What you made a choice on does not determine where your life is going to go. It might have an impact on it but you can choose . -Dylan Sessler We've all been prisoners to our own darkness at some point in our lives. Maybe it was abuse, maybe it was addiction, maybe it was trauma—whatever your worst nightmare might be, there's a way out! It doesn't matter how far back your darkest moments are—you...

"Most people who find success are people like me who are too dumb to quit… You are your own champion. Nobody else is going to choose you to stand out front. You get to choose yourself and become that champion." -Donnie Boivin The first step in chasing our dream is knowing how much it's worth. (Read that again.) One of the common traps we will encounter in our journey is the trap of going back to a...

"There's a lot more than what we see and hear and taste and smell and feel. There's a lot more to life." -Ali West Life can change in a moment. A new job, a new relationship, the death of a loved one, or other circumstances can throw us off our game and send us reeling. When this happens, it's tempting to try and make sense of it by thinking about ourselves in terms of how we've always been define...

"These tactics work, but it's dangerous. No business is 100% guaranteed to work so you just want to make sure you've done your due diligence in your research." -LaJuan Hughes   If you're like most business owners, you understand the importance of good credit. After all, your credit score can make or break your ability to get financing for your business.   But what you may not realize is that your...

"Don't do something that you can't see yourself doing for the rest of your life." -Steve Lutsk Finding time to exercise and get in shape is a real struggle for us, men. After all, there's always something else to do—whether it's changing diapers or making dinner, or running our business.  But here's what I know: if we're going to be healthy and fit for life, then we need to make time for ourselves...