Everyday Legends

In this episode, Nick shares some wonderful and inspiring stories of growing up in small-town Queensland and the kind of community that was, to the point that Barry from the local footy club just doing his thing played a monumental part in Nick becoming the man he is today. There are wonderful lessons in stories like Barry's for us men striving for purpose in our lives and how to be impactful and...

Many men dream of leaving their job to start something new, maybe even a business. But then we're faced with the reality of leaving something secure, a solid paycheck and our basic survival needs taken care of. These two things can often wrestle with a man's desire to apply himself to something meaningful, challenging, and inherently his. There's something about building or creating your own thing...

In this Episode: Lance and Mike start off by exploring some of Lance's histories, having left a secure job in the police at 57 to start his own business consulting on navigating tough situations and building genuine resiliency. Other Ways To Consume this podcast: iTunes Spotify YouTube Mike's Website  

Rock bottom is a term we usually associate with absolute destruction and utter worst-case scenarios. It's a place we have to get up from - ' the only way is up' from there, as the saying goes.   Yet, for many men, rock bottom isn't waking up under a bridge covered in your own shit and piss and vomit having burnt every relationship you've ever had. For many, it's a very different, sometimes far mor...

A short moment from the episode with Mike Campbell on the idea of the 'Lone Wolf' as well as how he goes about coaching men in this way. He dives into his major caching program ELA - EVERYDAY LEGENDS ACADEMY and make the case for not only why everyday men can benefit immensely from being in a like-minded community of men, but why it's so immensely enriching and fulfilling. Get the full episode 44...

"Just be nice" - an often used sentiment that can, well, often lack depth.   Statements like 'just be nice" or "don't be a dick" lack any understanding of why someone might or might not be those things.   It's the same as saying "eat less if you want to lose weight" - sure, thanks for that, I had somehow missed that food is a major contributing factor to body weight.   It has no attempt to underst...

A short moment from the episode with the Mark on how a conversation wanders through many aspects of being a great partner. Get the full episode - episode 39- here: iTunes Spotify YouTube  

Some voices just have weight. Some people do. I am blessed to have plenty of people in my life whose voices carry weight. Certainly to me. One of those is a friend of mine, Nick Bradley-Qalilawa. Nick is someone I've had on the show before, in episode 14 where we explored Race and Racism in Australia . I always enjoy chatting with Nick and get so much insight from him - because he's such as insigh...

A short moment from the full solo episode on how nice Guys are not Good Men with Mike Campbell. Get the full episode - episode 43 - here: iTunes: h ttps://apple.co/3pn7KOZ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3plvzXG Mike's site: https://bit.ly/3IqYiBR YouTube: https://youtu.be/coEAZnhzQDQ

A short moment from the full episode with Mike Campbel on how lack of commitment is costing you & what to do about it Find the full episode of this Everyday Legends podcast episode number 38: iTunes: https://apple.co/3lfAsPh Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3DUCpJ4 Mike's site: https://bit.ly/3yLUPIf YouTube: https://youtu.be/XU-xVkqSXKg

A short moment from the full episode with relationship expert Jayson Gaddis Find the full episode of this Everyday Legends podcast episode number 40: iTunes:  https://apple.co/3DtGQtJ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3uGJXuW Mike's site: https://bit.ly/3hpocdi YouTube:  https://youtu.be/tIgGM0l_BZ0  

Imagine getting the news that your busted shoulder will, in fact, need urgent surgery.  Then getting in the car and going straight home to get on a podcast interview with me.   Well, that's what today's guest did, despite the frustrating situation he found himself in. Actually, it's exactly who he is that allows him to navigate shit like that and still have a great conversation.    ⁠I've learnt a...

The challenges, the triumphs, and the deep purpose of coaching men: Here's something that comes up a lot in my work with men - the idea that guys are and feel the need to be a 'Lone Wolf'. We have glorified the idea of a man being entirely self-sufficient, never needing anyone or anything, no weakness, no whole in his wide and expansive capabilities. Because if you're not a lone wolf, well, you're...

A short moment from the full episode with All Black hard man and compassionate community leader Ardie Savea.   Find the full episode of this Everyday Legends podcast episode number 42: iTunes:   https://apple.co/31U1NRp Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3sa2iS6 Mike's site:   https://bit.ly/320tBmC YouTube: https://youtu.be/WseU2R4Lk44

For the Nice Guys reading and listening to this - I feel you. Because I've been you.⁠⁠ ⁠ 100% self-confessed recovering nice guy here. ⁠⁠ With honest reflection, feedback, clarity, and some sobering acknowledgements I saw that some overarching motivations were because I needed to be liked.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Insecurity yearned to feel like I was important to and valued by others so I could convince myself of th...

For those unfamiliar with New Zealand - we are a small country in the arse end of the world, as we tend to call it. We have some sheep. Probably not as many as you might think. It's very green. Quite beautiful, really. We can claim to Middle Earth, but that's really a minority of the population. We currently love shutting ourselves off from the rest of the world (much to this author's frustration...

There is one thing that comes up more than most when it comes to working with men; PURPOSE. Sure, many guys want to 'get confidence' and some want to simply get out of the frustrating place they are now, stop the sabotage and spending a vast majority of their time caught in their head. But even for those guys, at  some point, the work turns to 'finding purpose', Which, when you talk to them - as I...

Name one thing people avoid probably more than most other things. The plague - definitely. Not really Covid - although, we have become a world of attempting to avoid that at all other costs. I mean, it is the new plague, really.  I digress. I suppose you could say walking into traffic. Perhaps putting metal in the microwave. Things like these do have undesirable consequences, no doubt. But what I'...

Welcome back to the show a good friend of mine and the first guest to appear twice - Mark Groves. For those who don't know Mark, he is a human connection specialist who delivers content, courses, and no BS advice on relationships. Right now I'm talking a lot about relationships and being a - *cough* great partner - so the first person on my list to have a conversation about this stuff for you guys...

I grew up hearing many different things that were presented to me as 'fact'. The thing about growing up is that what we witness, by in large, is what we see as truth in the world until we somehow learn differently. I thought professional wrestling was real for a good while until I had the dream shattered. Many of these truths we take on and form part of our lens of the world, and in other ways oft...

It's been a belief of mine for a while now that many of the most messed up and avoidable issues we have on a global scale are the result of dysfunctional, disconnected, and discontent men. To expand upon that, even more, I think we have a problem with how we portray what a healthy and mature man is, and we lack adequate passages and initiations into true grown-ass mature manhood. As a result, we h...

One of the things I've often seen in the world of personal development is men coming in to do some work on themselves and to 'grow', but a lot of that is being driven by a desire to become more immune to judgement. We get into the work so that we can become more approvable to others, therefore, less open to some kind of hurt, rejection, judgement, wounding. This is not and cannot be the aim - for...

It was 2015 and I started to realise over many conversations with many men about their challenges and things they were facing in their lives that I was answering their pleas for advice and support with the same answer (thereabouts) - ' Have you tried having a conversation about that?' What became apparent to me was that something that had become pretty bloody normal and easy (easiER) for me - to c...

Here's something we STRUGGLE with as men - anger. We shame it, we stuff it away, we shambles it and explode with it inappropriately. We just don't know how to deal with, express and DO anger. Many men have never learnt how to manage and effectively express anger, some learnt incredibly unhealthy and shitty ways of dealing with anger - to explode, to be violent, and to essentially have other people...

I am always learning many things, all the time - still learning. Some things I keep learning over and over - kind of implying I'm not bloody learning them at all. And then there are ones that I learn again and again but in a new way or on a new level, almost. One of those is this: man, as individuals and as a society we need the wisdom, experience, insight, and practises of elders; those people ad...