The Embodied Masculine

Alec Carrier is a former Army Black Hawk helicopter pilot, entrepreneur, and graduate of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He left the structure of military life to navigate the uncertainty of entrepreneurship, fatherhood, and building a more intentional life. What happens when the identities you've built your life around begin to fall away? In this conversation, Alec reflects on his transiti...

What if the path to a more grounded, authentic masculinity begins not with doing more, but with becoming more present? Frank W. J. Anderson, MD, MPH is an Obstetrician-Gynecologist, mindfulness meditation teacher, author, and podcast host. In this conversation, Frank shares how mindfulness transformed his life, from a pivotal meditation retreat in Thailand to his work as a physician, father, and t...

Laura reflects on what it means to be an ally to men in a cultural moment where conversations about masculinity often feel polarized and adversarial. Through her experiences as a bodyworker, community builder, mother, and longtime San Francisco resident, she explores the challenges men face in modern dating, relationships, and identity, and why many feel unseen, misunderstood, or disconnected from...

Rafat reflects on how the absence of early brotherhood—spaces of safety, belonging, and vulnerability—can leave men feeling disconnected from themselves and other men, and how many carry an unspoken “brother wound” into adulthood. Through his experience growing up in Bangladesh, feeling not “man enough,” and his journey of returning home to himself, he explores identity, healing, and what it takes...

Nick reflects on how anger, when suppressed or misdirected, can disconnect men from themselves and those around them, and how many lack healthy, embodied ways to process it. Through practices rooted in physical expression, emotional regulation, and self-awareness, he explores a more grounded masculinity, one that integrates intensity without losing control. Drawing on his upbringing as an only chi...

Kyle reflects on how traditional male success—status, career, power—often comes at the expense of presence at home, and how many men lack the language and practice for deeper emotional connection. Through examples such as men’s groups, therapy, and fatherhood, he points to a more grounded masculinity rooted in vulnerability, accountability, and the open honoring of the people you love. Hosted on A...