Lion Counseling Podcast

🎙️ Why You Keep Repeating the Same Mistake | Leadership Under Pressure #79 One of the most practical leadership tools emphasized at Echelon Front Muster is the debrief: Review what happened. Own your mistakes. Identify lessons. Improve the next iteration. It’s a powerful framework. But what happens when a man keeps identifying the same pattern… and still repeats it? In this episode of Leadership U...

The Trauma Reset | EMDR Intensives for High-Achieving Men High achievers often know how to push through pain—but that doesn't mean the pain is gone. Many of the men I work with are disciplined, successful leaders, business owners, executives, athletes, pastors, and professionals. They've built impressive lives, yet still struggle with burnout, emotional numbness, recurring relationship patterns, a...

🎙️ Why Leaders Misread Their Impact | Leadership Under Pressure #77 One of the hardest truths about leadership is this: You are not judged only by your intentions. You are judged by your impact. At Echelon Front Muster, there was a strong emphasis on how leaders are perceived and how their actions affect the people around them. But what happens when a man believes he’s showing up one way… while th...

🎙️ Counselors Destroy Child Therapists 😂 - Episode 76 What happens when licensed therapists critique... child therapists? In this episode, Zack surprises Mark with a series of hilarious videos featuring young children giving couples relationship advice. Some of their recommendations are surprisingly thoughtful. Others go completely off the rails. As therapists, they break down each "therapy sessi...

🎙️ Why Ownership Breaks Down Under Pressure | Leadership Under Pressure #75 One of the most valuable parts of the Echelon Front framework is that they don’t just teach ownership. They also talk about why people resist it. Fear. Ego. Overwhelm. Blame. Avoidance. Defensiveness. Those are real barriers—and if you’ve led people for any length of time, you’ve seen them everywhere. But what happens when...

🎙️ Does Shame Change People? | Therapists React to Caleb Hammer Millions of people watch Caleb Hammer because he says what everyone else is thinking. He's blunt. He's confrontational. And for many viewers, it's incredibly satisfying to watch. But does being harsh actually help people change? In this episode of the Lion Counseling Podcast, therapists Mark Odland and Zack Carter react to several vir...

🎙️ Why Leaders React Instead of Think | Leadership Under Pressure #73 At Echelon Front Muster, Mark Odland was struck by the simplicity and power of the Leadership Loop: Detach. Assess. Decide. Act. It’s a powerful framework for leadership under pressure. But what happens when a man thinks he’s detached… while he’s actually emotionally activated? In this episode of Leadership Under Pressure, Mark...

🎙️ Andrew Tate Says Depression Isn't Real. A Therapist Responds. | Lion Counseling Podcast #72 Andrew Tate says depression isn’t real. He says what’s useful matters more than what’s true. And he says men become weak when they spend too much time at home with their families. But is he completely wrong? In this episode, Mark and Zack react to Andrew Tate’s interview with a psychotherapist and break...

🎙️ Why Communication Breaks Down Under Pressure | Leadership Under Pressure #71 One of the most practical leadership ideas Mark Odland heard at Echelon Front Muster was the importance of communication clarity: It’s not enough to say something. A leader has to make sure the message was actually received. But what happens when you think you’re communicating clearly… and the people around you experie...

🎙️ Why Therapy Fails So Many Men | Lion Counseling Podcast #70 The therapeutic mindset has become one of the dominant forces in modern culture. We're told to process our feelings. We're told to heal our inner child. We're told to prioritize self-care. But according to some critics, the result isn't a healthier society—it's a more anxious, fragile, and divided one. In this episode, Mark Odland and...

🎙️ Detached… or Emotionally Gone? | Leadership Under Pressure #69 At Echelon Front Muster, one of the leadership principles that stood out to Mark Odland was detachment: The ability to step back, create space, assess clearly, and make good decisions under pressure. It’s a powerful skill. But what happens when “detachment” turns into emotional shutdown? In this episode of Leadership Under Pressure,...

🎙️ Episode 64 – Oleg Taktarov | UFC Pioneer, Hollywood, Masculinity, and the Cost of Strength In this episode of the Lion Counseling Podcast, Mark Odland sits down with UFC 6 tournament champion, actor, and UFC pioneer Oleg Taktarov for a deep conversation about masculinity, mindset, identity, suffering, and the psychology of strength. Far beyond a typical MMA interview, Mark interviews Oleg from...

🎙️ Why High-Performing Men Get Defensive | Leadership Under Pressure #67 One of the most powerful ideas taught by Jocko Willink and Echelon Front is Extreme Ownership. Take responsibility. Own your mistakes. Stop blaming other people. Lead yourself first. And Mark Odland agrees with it. But what happens when a man genuinely believes in ownership… yet still becomes defensive, avoidant, reactive, or...

🎙️ Episode 66 - The Two Toxic Family Patterns Destroying Relationships | Enmeshment vs Disengagement Why do some families feel emotionally suffocating… while others feel emotionally cold and disconnected? In this episode of the Lion Counseling Podcast, licensed marriage and family therapist Mark Odland and counselor/coach Zack Carter break down three powerful family system dynamics that quietly sh...

🎙️ Why Discipline Breaks Down Under Pressure | Leadership Under Pressure #65 Jocko Willink is right: discipline creates freedom. Structure matters. Standards matter. Doing what you say you’re going to do changes your life. But what happens when discipline suddenly stops working under pressure? In this episode of Leadership Under Pressure, Mark Odland breaks down why high-performing men can dominat...

🎙️ Episode 65 – UFC Hall of Famer Mark “The Hammer” Coleman on Addiction, Redemption, Faith & Fighting Back UFC Hall of Famer and MMA pioneer Mark Coleman joins the Lion Counseling Podcast for one of the most raw, emotional, and inspiring conversations we’ve ever had. Known as the “Godfather of Ground and Pound,” Mark Coleman helped shape modern MMA and became the first-ever UFC Heavyweight Ch...

🎙️ Discipline Works… Until It Doesn’t | Leadership Under Pressure #63 Most high-performing men already know what to do. They’ve read the books. Built the habits. Practiced discipline. Pushed themselves harder. And for many men, that works. But for some men… something still breaks under pressure. In this flagship episode of Leadership Under Pressure, Mark Odland explores the critical distinction be...

🎙️ Episode 62 – Why High-Achieving Men Quietly Fall Apart (The “Drift” No One Talks About) Most men don’t crash… they drift. In this powerful conversation with Larry Hagner—founder of the Dad Edge movement and author of The Pursuit of Legendary Fatherhood—we break down the silent patterns that cause high-performing men to slowly lose their edge, their purpose, and their connection to what matters...

🎙️ Episode 61: From Anxiety to Alignment — How to Stop Grinding and Start Receiving (with Jerrid Sebesta) What if your success is being fueled by anxiety… and it’s costing you peace? In this powerful Lion Legacy Conversation, Mark Odland and Zack Carter sit down with speaker, author, and coach Jerrid Sebesta to unpack a radically different way of living—one that moves beyond grinding, pressure, an...

🎙️ Episode 60: Why Your Anxiety Isn’t Getting Better (Even When You’re Doing Everything Right) What if your anxiety isn’t improving because you’re trying too hard to fix it? In this episode of the Lion Counseling Podcast, Mark Odland and Zack Carter introduce a powerful shift in how to approach anxiety—drawing from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Instead of battling your thoughts and emot...

🎙️ Episode 59 – Jonathan Pageau: You’re Not Seeing Yourself Clearly What if the way you see yourself is the very thing shaping your suffering… and your healing? In this powerful conversation, I sit down once again with Jonathan Pageau to explore the role of images—not just in art or theology, but in the human soul. We dive into how distorted self-perception, pride, trauma, and identity all interse...

🎙️ Episode 58: Sam Guzman | When Being a Good Man Isn’t Enough He built one of the most influential platforms on Christian masculinity. But behind the message… was a deeper realization: Knowing what it means to be a man isn’t the same as becoming one. In this episode, Mark Odland and Zack Carter sit down with Sam Guzman—Licensed Clinical Counselor-—and author of The Catholic Gentleman—to explore t...

🎙️ Episode 57: Ben "The Baker” Neumann | One Fight from the UFC… Then Everything Changed What happens when a professional fighter questions whether his career aligns with his faith—and then finds clarity? In this powerful conversation, Mark sits down with Ben “The Baker” Neumann—former MMA fighter, black belt in a Rickson Gracie lineage gym, and entrepreneur—to explore the deeper story behind his...

🎙️ Episode 67 – Why Your Sex Life Feels Stuck (And How to Fix It Without Trying Harder) If your sex life feels stuck, it’s probably not because there’s no attraction—it’s because something is getting in the way. In this episode, Mark Odland and Zack Carter break down one of the most misunderstood dynamics in marriage—through both psychological insight and a biblical framework for love, trust, and...

🎙️ Episode 56: Dan Severn | The Mindset That Built a Champion Most people know Dan Severn as one of the original pioneers of the UFC. But very few understand the kind of man you have to become to live the way he has. In this Lion Legacy Conversation, Mark Odland sits down with UFC Hall of Famer Dan “The Beast” Severn for a rare, long-form discussion that goes far beyond fighting. This conversation...