Men to Mastery Podcast

Tracy Goodwin  has captivated audiences as an award-winning speaker, actor, and director. But, as a child her voice was stifled and in an on-stage tragedy in college, Tracy’s voice was literally beaten out of her. In rediscovering her own voice, Tracy uncovered the direct link between our internal beliefs and external communication. Now, Tracy trains executives, entrepreneurs, parents, and leaders...

Mark England  shares how to take control of your life one word at a time. His mission is helping people use intentional language to shape the beliefs that become reality as more powerful, more fulfilled lives. We discuss breaking the victim mentality, the four main things our words influence, and the importance of written words – especially for children. “What starts as a simple word choice ultima...

Chad Austin  is passionate about helping people who can’t find time for fitness learn how to stop making excuses, so they can make it a priority in their lives. He expertly helps steer people away from the desire of instant gratification and helps them make changes that lead to long term fitness, not just temporary success. As we approach the end of 2020 (yes!!), why not begin now with a sustainab...

Thane Marcus Ringler  is a former professional golfer now focused on bringing the habits, mindsets, and disciplines of a pro athlete to everyday people and life. The #1 limiting factor in his athletic career – mental discipline – and the lessons learned are the platform for Thane’s insightful and actionable ways to own and optimize thoughts and behaviors. Thane also recommends several tools includ...

Micah Murphree  grew up doing hard work on a farm and in sports. As a youth pastor and father of three, he has a passion for developing respectful young men and instilling resilience. When he suddenly found himself out of bounds where he wanted to be physically, he took action – looking to lead by example with passion and perseverance. Micah got moving, he reframed his language and mindset, and co...

Lani Woods  is a mom of two, athlete, adventurer, and healthcare professional. She is also the survivor of an impoverished childhood, depression, and a toxic and abusive relationship. Through it all she recognized in herself an innate resiliency and has turned to physical fitness individually and as a bonding tool for her family. During her recent recovery from a complex leg injury, Lani launched...

Brent Gleeson  is back with his second book in raw, no excuses and no bullshit form. Embrace the Suck – The Navy SEAL Way to an Extraordinary Life is a follow-up and complement to his best-seller TakingPoint , which focused on effectively leading organizations through change. Embrace the Suck drives into developing every organization’s most valuable asset – people…starting with yourself! Brent’s h...

Wayne Herring  is a talented relationship builder, enabled by his genuine interest in people and connection. He’s real, open, full of imperfections and willing to share and learn from them all to get better and make others better. Wayne is an entrepreneur himself whose success in business was accelerated by work on personal development and intentional living. Although that connection isn’t widely...

Ryan Sawyer  shares his journey out of a desperate place that looked like success to everyone else but that was crushing him inside. He finally and literally collapsed under the weight of it all and made a choice to completely reinvent himself, his career, and his relationships. Ryan showed up to this conversation as an open book with no questions off limits and offers not only his story but the l...

Damion Lupo  is uncommon when it comes to the approach and mindset of finance, investing, and wealth creation. He has an ability to flip the thinking 180 degrees such as reading the tax code as an incentive structure rather than a burden, viewing investments for the experience and people, and taking a 20 year forward view on his fund. But Damion’s holistic approach to life and finance wasn’t learn...

Aaron Quinn  is a second generation Firefighter who has been serving the community of Oakland, California his entire career. He is a true servant warrior who knows risk, fear, and pressure. Aaron has been a coach and leader since a young age and brings Crossfit, yoga, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and Wim Hof breathing together in personal and professional performance. In this episode he shares lessons lea...

Kyle Depiesse experienced a complete breakdown. After spending 15 years of his life in the rat race, chasing the success carrot of the corporate world, it all caught up with him. It took being completely broken for Kyle to realize he’d been focused on all the wrong things and began to align himself to what really matters. Now, Kyle’s mission and focus is helping high performing men step into a wor...

In last week’s Episode 057 we visited with  Thom Shea , founder of Unbreakable Leadership  and author of Three Simple Things . In the intro to that one I shared that my family and I had recently completed the Unbreakable 48 event that involves layers of physical, intellectual, relational, and wealth-building exercises over an entire 48 hour weekend – in this case as a virtual event. There were som...

Thom Shea , founder of Unbreakable Leadership , is an accomplished athlete, decorated veteran, husband, and father of three. He is also the author of the best-seller Unbreakable and his second book, Three Simple Things , just released. Thom and the Unbreakable Leadership team teach high performance in health, wealth, learning, spiritual connection, and relationships. Tune in learn how to succeed i...

Rachel Watters  came from a broken home, battled an eating disorder for nearly a decade, and struggled with insecurity, low self-esteem, and debilitating emotional pain. In 2015 she found herself at the start line of a Spartan Race, terrified by the same self-doubt. Working through the course, obstacles, fears, failures, and finally the finish line permanently changed Rachel’s mindset and beliefs....

Tod Jacobs and Peter Lynn  tackle why we keep getting marriage wrong and how to get it right, both philosophically and in practice. It starts with a reset on the definition and expectations of marriage and a paradigm shift in our focus as a successful partner. In their book Not A Partnership and in this enlightening discussion, Tod and Peter combine ancient wisdom, modern perspective, and positive...

What do alligators, bunny rabbits, and baby kangaroos have to do with relationships?   Figs O’Sullivan  describes himself as a wounded human being who helps people love each other. He’s the founder behind Empathi, committed to providing individuals and couples with the most effective practices for creating amazing relationships.   We explore his process of unpacking conflict down to underlying fea...

Marek Zmyslowski  grew up in Soviet-era Poland and rejected conventional career and perceived security and stability to thrive in the chaos of start-up business. At an early age he realized huge financial success, then loss, and along with it burnout, depression, and personal crisis. A ground-floor opportunity in Africa began the best experience of Marek’s life but led also to the worst experience...

COVID-19 may be the first time the entire world is united on the same side of a crucible and yet individually we must face uncertainty, fear, isolation, and life impacts. This episode presents resources, places, and ways to learn and act . You’ll get tips on health, connection, routine, and mindset – thinking about what’s left and what’s next. And find out about a FREE 14-day online training oppor...

Ever speak to a Zen master? This week’s guest may be as close as I’ve come so far, although it may not be apparent by description alone. Jeff Depatie is a retired tier one special forces sniper who has survived and thrived in the harshest environments on the planet. From just what we can know as civilians about his certifications and experience, Jeff has ticked off about every “manly” thing you co...

Ryan Michler,  founder of Order of Man , leads under the banner Become the Man You Are Meant to Be – Live with purpose, achieve self-mastery, and create your legacy . The Order of Man movement has touched tens and hundreds of thousands of men through events, the Iron Council group, the blog, social media and the website and worldwide through tens of millions of downloads of the Order of Man podcas...

Dan Stanchfield,  or as many know him  Tracker Dan , is a warrior, artist, and scholar who is deeply experienced in wilderness survival, foraging, and hunting. His custom knife designs and his training services are based on years of field-testing and innovations out of necessity – across growing up in the outdoors to Tom Brown’s Tracker School to active and now reserve duty serving in the US Navy...

Kam Knight returns to drill in on the biology of concentration and distraction – at a really key time when many of us find ourselves looking for actionable ways to address the uncertainty of the world. He shares why concentration is so difficult due to competing areas of the brain, why we get fixated on threats and opportunities – real or perceived – and how social media has engineered to tap righ...

Peter Lazaroff is the Chief Investment Office at a $4 billion wealth management firm, a contributing author in Forbes and the WSJ, and recently released his first book Making Money Simple . This conversation, including a discussion of the biology of fear in investors, is super timely. Peter also talks about the science of happiness from spending and giving – in experiences, memories, and relations...

This episode is the biography of a local Fire Dept as seen through the lens of the recent privilege to ride along and observe their crew for a 24 hour shift. It is a story of leadership, effective teams, comradery, and service…of teammates, warriors, humble servants going quietly about their calling with unrivaled calm, care, and compassion.