Men to Mastery Podcast

Dr. John Nichols is an OB-GYN in Utah and specializes in high risk cases - moms and babies. Because of their overall risk profile COVID-19 is a particular concern right now. While he is not a virologist, he has access to the most current information and experts on behalf of his patients. Additionally, he is an osteopath - meaning that he takes a holistic view of patients and treatment. He's also a...

Today’s modern world allows us abundant comforts but the human spirit doesn’t thrive on being overly comfortable. It withers. Having it too easy leads, at best, to feeling unfulfilled and adrift. Worse, we see depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and other thrill-seeking addictions. Training to do hard things not only prepares us for the challenges life will always throw at us, it provides ways t...

Olivia Mead is the founder and CEO of Yoga For First Responders on a mission to support academy, in-service, and retired public service professionals. Olivia and team developed and offer a unique teaching protocol for first responders based on traditional Hatha combined with Trauma-Informed Yoga. With an intimate understanding of the stress of the job calling, Yoga For First Responders (YFFR) teac...

The power of fire can warm, give, and sustain life or take and destroy. Today’s guest has been forged in the fire and is literally named for it. Todd Ignatius Gross Jr of Breaking Glass Ceilings opens up about social anxiety, depression, learning disabilities, even the will to live. About how learned associations and emotional attachments held him in place. Most importantly and actionably we talk...

Today is a solo-cast to chat about one of my favorite things – BHAGs. Big Hairy Audacious Goals . Today we’ll talk about why I love ‘em, who they’re for, accountability, and the importance of plans supporting the goals. As fodder I’ll recap what I set out for 2019, wins and lessons, and what’s on the radar for 2020. And in the process I’ll give you the 3 most important things you need to be succes...

Josh Guerrero is an archeologist, philanthropist, veteran of the Marine Corps and Peace Corps, and versatile traveler and adventurer intent on making the most of his time on this wonderful planet. A two week study abroad in Japan as a young student ignited Josh’s love of international travel and a desire to see much more of the world. Since then he’s done two stints as an expatriate – in The Gambi...

Kam Knight shares the biology behind fear and other emotions, the power of mental images, and the hard-wired challenges to concentration and memory. In addition to the background, he provides techniques to harness fear, to use visualization more powerfully than willpower, to convince our brains to concentrate, to solidify memories and practice recollection, and speed reading for faster learning. K...

John Cain  is a father and serial entrepreneur living his passion and empowering change makers through Relentless MV. John and team have created a truly unique event that marries keynotes of world-class achievement, epic experiential adventures in a renowned location, a limited and referral-based attendee list, and a 3-day format to foster lasting connections. John visits the show to share more ab...

Mark Divine is the New York Times best-selling author of Unbeatable Mind. In his newest book, Mark reveals and drills into the seven key principles it takes to foster and lead elite teams. He shares lessons learned in his own businesses and on the battle-field to apply to top-tier teams. I’m honored that Mark, as one of my coaches, offered the opportunity of a pre-read of this one a couple months...

This week is a really fun look at all the good, bad, and ugly of Spartan Race 2019 and with excitement at the start of the 2020 race season just days away. We’re doing it panel style with three of the biggest personalities in the sport – Nathan Connolly , Renalto Hardin II , and Scott Knowles . These guys share what brought them to OCR, what they love about Spartan, and what they’re looking forwar...

Chad Zueck  is the founder of A New Kind of Man podcast and community. We reconnect in Part 2 of this episode to explore the 4 Pillars underlying the mentoring and coaching that Chad offers his tribe and now more broadly through the launch of his new podcast. Timed with wrapping up 2019, we take the opportunity to cover the importance of big, scary goals and share a few of ours from the years past...

Chad Zueck  is the founder of A New Kind of Man podcast and community. He overcame hardship, self-doubt, and a broken home to lead a life of service, helping to heal and inspire other men. Chad’s work has many similarities to our Man of Mastery mission and in our belief that everyone has a unique path and remaining untapped potential. Chad kindly facilitated this two-part crossover interview episo...

Kyle Maynard  is a record-setting mountaineer, weight-lifter, and martial artist. He has traveled the world extensively. He’s an ambassador for multiple non-profits, a best-selling author, entrepreneur, recipient of numerous awards, and speaker to Fortune 500 companies and recently to the United Nations. Not bad…How about doing it all before the age of 35 and having been born as a congenital quad-...

Shawn Bucher , The Business Chef , joins the show to discuss innovation, success, and failure in the context of one of the toughest industries around – food service. High stress, long hours and holidays, a physically demanding environment, customer expectations, and constant staff turnover make it very challenging to lead effectively, foster business partnerships, and turn a profit.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! This is a special, holiday solo-cast to take time out and not only express gratitude but to dive into ways to foster and express gratitude, bring it into a daily routine, and to build upon consistent daily action to set and achieve big, audacious, scary and seemingly impossible goals. We take time in this episode to roll out What Am I Reading?, to highlight a few valuable new p...

Laval St. Germain is a world-class mountaineer and extreme athlete, cyclist, and ultra-marathoner. He recently set a record rowing solo 5500km across the Atlantic Ocean to raise money for a local cancer hospital and in solidarity with a close friend who had just been diagnosed. We even get a sliver of a hint on Laval’s next adventures.

This solo-cast dives further into Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG), Cognitive Bias, and Tactical Breathing. Recapping a variety of recent experiences and opening up about failures, we cover vulnerability with and commitment to teammates and talk about emotional control.

Ben Killoy , of the Military Veteran Dad  podcast, is on a mission to bring every dad home. Ben has gone from being paralyzed by fear to realizing that being a dad can help us find courage in life and that you’re always one conversation away from greatness. In this episode we discuss how Ben uses getting outside of his comfort zone to help show up fully for his family and as a father.

Craig Hemke, aka Turd Ferguson, applies several decades of commodity and market expertise to challenge conventional perspective on currency, markets, the economy, and even geo-political news. Craig shares his thoughts and insights as to precious metals trends and the financial markets.

Joel Runyon , the founder of  Impossible , is an athlete, speaker, adventurer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He joins the show to discuss the mindset behind accomplishing things that previously seemed impossible and what the world looks like on the other side of the impossible.

Patrick Sweeney , the Fear Guru , previews the research, neuroscience, and framework in his newest book, Fear is Fuel . Patrick was an Olympic-level athlete and then technology entrepreneur until a wake-up call from a cancer diagnosis and brush with death. He realized that fear had governed his entire life and that to fulfill his mission as a father he must face down his biggest fears and begin to...

Nathan Connolly was born with Spina Bifida and doctors predicted he would never even walk. By the age of 10 he had summited Half Dome and other peaks. Now Nathan is competing to be the first adaptive athlete to make the Spartan Pro Team and is on a mission to inspire the participation of many more adaptive athletes in Spartan racing.

Paul Moore started, grew, and sold a business to become a millionaire at an early age…and then lost it all to the tune of $2.5 million in debt. Paul and his family gave their way out of debt and in the decades since have gained experience investing in real estate rentals, flips, development, multi-family, hotels, and other commercial properties. Many of the lessons were hard-earned through the fai...

Greg Amundson previews his newest book, The Good Soldier: How to Fight Well, Finish the Race, and Keep the Faith . He has studied biblical accounts of warfare to share an innovative perspective on the Warrior archetype. The Good Soldier also puts forth radical new principles on leadership that run contrary to modern theory.

Patrick Antonucci, host of the Dad Hackers Podcast, and I sat down recently to riff about fatherhood and go through tips and hacks in the context of our daily lives. The Dad Hackers community is on a mission to enable and educate Christian dads. It’s a mission that intersects nicely with the Man of Mastery look at self-improvement and parenting. Patrick shared powerful questions to use with the ch...