PokéMen's Health: Pokémon Meets Men's Health

Light on the mons, heavy on the story time today. I've spent the last four years in a men's circle. I share the three things it gave me that helped me become more honest, healthy and confident to be authentically myself. Tune in next week for our next guest, Yone! ========================================= Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active...

Kaysie/ LoOTVGC is a VGC competitor and tournament organizer in the community. He joins us today to share about our new Limitless series, taking resposibility for his mother's care during her illnesses, and how the Kalos region got him back into the game in more ways than one. ====================================== Join the first tournament of the Fight For Men's Health Series: https://play.limitl...

TalonMasterJ is a streamer and VGC competitor. He shares about a respect for his fellow person guides him, the emotional challenge of finding a job and that time he used his Masterball on a Psyduck, and what's got him excited in Reg H. Vincent/Hooty pops in for our hit segment "Hooty's Hotties" to discuss a little Reg H to kick things off. ======================================== Roy "Flash" Gordo...

David Hernandez, host of the As The Pokéball Turns Podcast, joins Roy to share about how he started his Pokémon podcast, the importance of sharing your story, overcoming self sabotaging and more. Follow the As The Pokéball Turns Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts: https://asthepokeballturns.buzzsprout.com/ ======================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's...

@CruzeCorp is a long time VGC player and content creator. He shares about creating Pokémon content in the early days of YouTube, manhood as standing on ethics, coping with his mother's passing and more. ========================================= Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinit...

Roy is solo this episode and shares about his days as a pro wrestler, dropping the limiting beliefs that held him back from pursuing his dream, and a few WWE events he got to participate in. ========================================= Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculin...

Keely / @ElectriKeely is a streamer and VGC competitor who Roy played at NAIC! She shares how she got started with streaming during the pandemic, how that led her to VGC and how it all helped her improve her relationship to her anxiety. =========================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokém...

iWill is the content creator and VGC competitor behind this past weekend's St Jude's Charity tournament which saw 242 competitors. That's almost 3x last years attendance! He shares about his start with St Jude's, some Pokémon nostalgia, self care as our number one responsibility as people, and how great relationships have shaped him as a man. Also we have our first "Hooty'...

Tevon/ @AllySwitch_VGC is a VGC Player who shares his start with VGC. how he experiences masculinity through promoting peace and growth, and challenges with self confidence. ====================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon...

Akbar is a first season VGC competitor from Chicago. He and Roy started their season together traveling to Peoria and thought it'd be fun to review the ups and downs of their rookie season from then through NAIC in New Orleans. In addition to that Akbar shares advice for brand new players and let's us in on his battle with cancer and how it encouraged him to start VGC. ====================...

Hallie aka @localdingusVGC is a social media specialist, video editor and VGC competitor (with a badass Flutter Mane tattoo). She shares about a rocky welcome when she began VGC, challenges with body image and her new gig editing for our dear friend, Moxie Boosted. ========================================= Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews ot...

Taurian aka Stiicky is a VGC competitor who shares about how competitive Pokémon encouraged him to finally get into action around learning how to manage his depression and anxiety. He also tells us about how he got started in VGC to support a friend and how being raised by women positively affected him. ==================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men&#39...

Sunnie aka Cathy a shiny hunting streamer and VGC competitor. Sunnie shares about getting her start on streaming, women being as serious as any other competitor, the need for men to listen and more. Check out her Twitch stream: https://www.twitch.tv/sunnie ====================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men acti...

Vincent aka Hooty was Roy's round 2 opponent from the recent Indianapolis Regional. They talk teams, the regional experience, Hootie's relationship and much more. ============================================= Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pok...

Host of YouTube series Master Quest and co-creator of the Not A Scratch Podcast, Muhammed aka Lumishen joins the show. He shares about how a sense of responsibility to his family has inspired him in life thus far, his content creation, and more. Not A Scratch Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3T2OgKKYmkdmw5tHA3sPOu?si=94daeb33db1e4818 Master Quest: https://www.youtube.com/@LumiShen ==========...

Miller aka AnimeRedneck is a VGC competitor shares about getting into the community, drawing inspiration from community members and more while we smoke up strong. I'm still sleepy from this sesh. ==================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how...

Asa is a VGC competitor who shares about how they connect to their Native American culture, what it was like to discover their two spirit identity, and more. ========================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cult...

Thomas Hayden is a VGC competitor and online tournament organizer in the Pokémon community. He's also super well versed in cannabis and other plant medicines which made him the perfect guest for the VERY FIRST PokéBuds bonus. Expect these bonus episodes to be longer, less focused and slower paced as we get to know our guests a bit more closely. Tommy shares how he got into VGC and the tourname...

Hot off his 7th place performance in last weekend's Orlando regional, we get to share our episode with Joshua Lorcy. He is a streamer and VGC competitor who shares about his meteoric rise from beginner to top level threat. Lorcy opens up about healing after the end of a long relationship, his strong work ethic and more. ====================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC...

MJ is a graphic designer, illustrator and VGC competitor. MJ shares about getting into art, developing his art style, and being yourself. ================================ Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy...

Courtney aka Wiggliar is streamer, VGC competitor and the first lady to join us on the pod. She shares about her love for the Pokémon community along with some of the challenges for a woman in the community and at VGC events. ================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental heal...

Eli is a VGC player and former military man who shares about the struggles of wearing the uniform and overcoming depression. =================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their...

ToppoWoppo is a passionate hard Trick Room player who streams on Twitch. He shares about his battle with OCD and meeting his wife. (Spoiler: Pokémon played a role!) =================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon has contrib...

Darsh Patel is an entrepenuer and competitive VGC player. He shares his experience with the pressure to achieve as a man. Check out Darsh's start-up, Growth Street Hub, if you're looking to maximize your learning potential and enhance your career prospects: https://growthstreethub.com/?fbclid=PAAabHb10KpHe6zk4LdRUEJ95HDri0gCj92RPxZz9vVKhwBcN3SIc6i-XitPg Check out his Growth Street Podcast...

Anthony aka RedPandaVGC joins me for my first Stream Together experience on Twitch. In addition to Pokémon, he's also a cracked Fortnite player and streamer. He shares a lot about how he learned to get out his own way with his behavior and the people he was keeping in his life. ============ Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men acti...