Men’s Therapy Podcast

Visit: ⁠menstherapy.online/start What if anxiety isn’t a thinking problem, but a feeling problem? On this episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay sits down with Dr. Russell Kennedy, known as the Anxiety MD, to explore why so many men struggle with anxiety without even recognizing it. Drawing on his background in medicine, neuroscience, and Eastern philosophy, Russell explains how c...

Visit: menstherapy.online/start The nice guy’s unspoken deal is simple: be agreeable, keep everyone happy, and eventually get the love, approval, or respect you think you’ve earned. On this Men’s Therapy Podcast roundtable, host Marc Azoulay brings together Tim Wienecke, Pete Armstrong, and Josh Brewster to unpack nice guy syndrome, where it comes from, and why trying to be liked by everyone can l...

Visit: menstherapy.online/start The scorekeeping spreadsheet in your head never shows a balanced ledger. On this Men’s Therapy Podcast roundtable, host Marc Azoulay asks why resentment so often arrives in relationships where both partners are convinced they’re the one doing more. He is joined by three therapists. Melissa Ryan, a returning guest, is a couples counsellor in Lakewood, Colorado, who w...

Visit: menstherapy.online/start Sameera Sullivan, a matchmaker, joins Marc Azoulay to unpack why dating feels so hard for men right now. Learn what it takes to find and keep a real relationship. Drawing on her experience vetting and coaching clients, Sameera explains how app fatigue, endless options, and approach anxiety leave many good men stuck. They discuss how attachment styles, love languages...

Visit: menstherapy.online/start Dr. Jessica Gold joins Marc Azoulay to explore the surprising connection between chemistry and romantic relationships. Drawing on her background in organic chemistry, systems theory, and relationship science, Jessica explains why relationships are dynamic systems. She highlights why simply “trying harder” often doesn’t create meaningful change. They discuss high-lev...

Visit: menstherapy.online/start The midlife crisis has a stock image problem: sports car, affair, motorcycle, a man trying to be twenty-two again. On this Men's Therapy Podcast roundtable, host Marc Azoulay brings together three voices who work with men at exactly this turning point. Brooks, a therapist and retreat leader based in Central Iowa with a telehealth practice in Colorado; Desmond Co...

Visit: menstherapy.online/start What happens when the habits men use to cope with life start creating problems of their own? From relying on marijuana every night to struggling to say no, feeling emotionally numb, or carrying grief through the holidays, many men learn to manage difficult emotions by pushing them aside rather than dealing with what is underneath. In this episode of the Men's Th...

Visit: menstherapy.online/start Why do so many men who look like they have it all together secretly feel like they're about to be found out? Imposter syndrome in men rarely looks like self-doubt from the outside. More often it looks like a packed calendar, a growing résumé, and a constant sense that none of it counts. In this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Mark Azoulay talks wi...

Why do so many men bounce off traditional therapy? What would therapy look like if it were actually built for them? In this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Mark Azoulay talks with Dr. Andrew Smiler, psychologist and author of the brand-new Clinical Work with Men: Understanding Masculinity in Psychotherapy , as well as The Masculine Self, the widely used men's studies textbook no...

How do you know what type of therapy is right for you? With options like CBT, DBT, psychodynamic therapy, somatic therapy, and group therapy, finding the right starting point can feel overwhelming. In this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, the conversation explores how men can better understand different approaches to therapy and recognize what they actually need from the process. Some for...

What happens when you achieve everything you thought would make you happy and still don't feel fulfilled? In this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Mark Azoulay talks with therapist, speaker, and author Jason Connell. They talk about what he calls the “success wound”. It is the deep belief that you are not lovable, worthy, or enough unless you continue achieving. Jason works with...

What happens when the emotional pressure of divorce starts driving financial decisions? In this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Mark Azoulay talks with divorce coach Gabriella Martinelli about one of the most complicated parts of divorce: money. Gabriella specializes in the financial side of divorce and explains why being financially savvy does not necessarily mean understanding div...

What happens when a therapist realizes that a client can spend three years in the same chair talking about the same problems without actually changing? In this episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast, the host reflects on his own experience as a psychotherapist and asks a difficult question: Is traditional one-on-one psychotherapy actually working for men? After seeing a client struggle with the same...

What if the video game your kid spends hours playing isn't pulling them away from you—but could actually be one of the best ways to get closer? On this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay talks with psychotherapist Brian Keating, who specializes in Minecraft therapy and works with children, young adults, and families. Brian explains why dismissing video games as "b...

Narcissism might be the most overused word on the internet, and one of the least understood. On this Men's Therapy Podcast roundtable, host Marc Azoulay brings together four voices who each see the topic from a different angle: Dr. Mark Ettensohn (clinical psychologist, host of Heal NPD), Dr. David Hawkins (Marriage Recovery Center, author and clinician), Sarah, known online as Cluster B Milks...

What happens when a man has the bank account, the house, the title, the "objectively good" life, and still can't sleep past 2 a.m.? On this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay talks with Megan McDonald, founder of SomaQ (Somatic Intelligence Quotient), a former high-performing healthcare executive who burned out so completely her body started sending signals h...

What does masculinity look like when you're a Muslim man trying to navigate red pill culture, feminism, and a faith tradition that's been around for 1,400 years, all at once? On this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay talks with Nabeel Azeez, author of 40 Hadith on Masculinity, who's spent a decade writing about masculinity from an Islamic lens, first through h...

A lot of parents start this conversation with the same quiet fear: what does it mean about my kid, about our family, about me, if my child is exploring a gender or sexuality that doesn't match what I expected? On this roundtable episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay brings back two returning guests. Relationship and dating coach Shana James (author of Honest Sex) and psyc...

.Ask a parent what's going on with their Gen Z son , and you'll usually get a shrug, a worry, or both. On this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay reconnects with an old friend, Joanna Lilley. She is a therapeutic consultant and host of the podcast Success is Subjective . She spends her days working directly with young adults navigating exactly this territory. Joann...

Walk into a CrossFit box at 6 a.m. and you'll see men doing more than chasing a workout PR. According to men's coach and ex-pastor Jason Lyle, they're doing therapy without calling it that. On this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay sits down with Jason, who spent ten years owning a CrossFit gym and now runs Sacred Grit, a men's coaching practice built arou...

Every time a testosterone clinic pops up along the highway, third-generation chiropractor Dr. Kyle Hulsebus gets the same question from patients: "Doc, is it low testosterone?" After years of testing men from their 20s to their 80s, his answer is almost always no. On this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay sits down with Dr. Kyle to unpack why testosterone myths have become th...

There's a pattern Coach Kevin Voisin keeps running into with his highest-performing clients: guys who can build a hundred-million-dollar business without blinking, then go home and have no idea how to navigate a conversation with their wife. The gap between those two skill sets, he says, comes down to the male ego, the same mental tool that sharpens ambition and decision-making early in life,...

In 2025, Americans legally wagered more than $165 billion on sports, money moving through an industry that, outside of Nevada, didn't legally exist until 2018. Somewhere inside that number is a much harder one to see: how much of it isn't entertainment at all, but sports betting addiction quietly working its way through a generation of men who never thought they had a gambling problem. Tha...

The numbers are hard to sit with. In the most recent year for which data were available, 53% of men who died in the United States did so before the age of 75. Not in a developing country. Not a century ago. Right now, in one of the wealthiest nations on earth, the majority of men are dying before they should. And a significant portion of those deaths are preventable. That is where this episode of...

Something is off for Gen Z men right now. It can look like confidence on the surface, online presence, gym routines, and a few matches on the apps. But underneath all of that, there is often a young man who does not know who he is, who feels invisible in his own friendships, and who is watching his dating life go nowhere without understanding why. If you have a question for Marc you can email us a...