The Honest Path

⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 2:37 Quarter 1: Only men can solve this problem 15:33 Quarter 2: The culture is asking you to lead 23:42 Halftime 27:31 Quarter 3: A Bug or a Feature? 36:11 Quarter 4: The Gap you can no longer ignore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Podcast Guide:  First Quarter: Nobody Else Can Solve This Problem - There is a unique respon...

This is the FINAL of our 10-week series where we broke down each chapter of our new book, Relationship Genius: The Ten Laws of Human Connection. We hope you've enjoyed this preview of the material and, if you did, will dive deeper in the book! Check it out at thehonestpath.org ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 6:08 Quarter 1: Discovering Discontentment 15:03 Quarter 2: The Damage of Comparisons 23:53 Hal...

This is the ninth of a 10-week series where we will be breaking down each chapter of our new book, Relationship Genius: The Ten Laws of Human Connection. We hope you will enjoy this preview of the material and, if you get the book, will read along with us! Check it out AND get our Small Group Guide at thehonestpath.org ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 6:14 Quarter 1: Why Good Men Hide 13:22 Quarter 2: T...

This is the eighth of a 10-week series where we will be breaking down each chapter of our new book, Relationship Genius: The Ten Laws of Human Connection. We hope you will enjoy this preview of the material and, if you get the book, will read along with us! Check it out at thehonestpath.org ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 3:06 Quarter 1: Givers and Takers 13:50 Quarter 2: Love Does Not Compel 23:14 Hal...

This is the seventh of a 10-week series where we will be breaking down each chapter of our new book, Relationship Genius: The Ten Laws of Human Connection. We hope you will enjoy this preview of the material and, if you get the book, will read along with us! Check it out at thehonestpath.org ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 3:27 Quarter 1: The Fidelity Iceberg 14:38 Quarter 2: Every Day is Training Day...

This is the sixth of a 10-week series where we will be breaking down each chapter of our new book, Relationship Genius: The Ten Laws of Human Connection. We hope you will enjoy this preview of the material and, if you get the book, will read along with us! Check it out at thehonestpath.org ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 8:32 Quarter 1: Anger is a Dummy Light 16:46 Quarter 2: Keeping Anger From Becomin...

This is the fifth of a 10-week series where we will be breaking down each chapter of our new book, Relationship Genius: The Ten Laws of Human Connection. We hope you will enjoy this preview of the material and, if you get the book, will read along with us! Check that out and RSVP for our Sep 10 event at thehonestpath.org ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 8:45 Quarter 1: Honor can be Confusing 14:56 Quart...

With Jim out of town this week, Jon is joined by his good friend, Pastor Allen Swayze of Chelan Bible Church. This is the fourth of a 10-week series where we will be breaking down each chapter of our new book, Relationship Genius: The Ten Laws of Human Connection. We hope you will enjoy this preview of the material and, if you get the book, will read along with us! Check it out at thehonestpath.or...

This is the third of a 10-week series where we will be breaking down each chapter of our new book, Relationship Genius: The Ten Laws of Human Connection. We hope you will enjoy this preview of the material and, if you get the book, will read along with us! Check it out at thehonestpath.org ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 5:53 Quarter 1: Every Man Creates a Climate With His Words 15:54 Quarter 2: Your M...

This is the second of a 10-week series where we will be breaking down each chapter of our new book, Relationship Genius: The Ten Laws of Human Connection. We hope you will enjoy this preview of the material and, if you get the book, will read along with us! Check it out at thehonestpath.org ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 5:53 Quarter 1: Your Brain is a Story Machine 15:54 Quarter 2: Courageous Curiosi...

This is the first of a 10-week serious where we will be breaking down each chapter of our upcoming book, Relationship Genius: The Ten Laws of Human Connection. We hope you will enjoy this preview of the material and, if you get the book when it releases this Friday, will read along with us! thehonestpath.org ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 11:19 Quarter 1: Identity Confusion and Where it Comes From 18:...

*Correction: Jon refers to Lake Washington as Lake Mercer in this episode. Probably because of Mercer Island. Whoops! ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 06:05 Quarter 1: Rituals vs Habits 15:55 Quarter 2: Rituals embody meaning 25:03 Halftime 31:10 Quarter 3: Rituals are key to your identity 40:22 Quarter 4: Where do I start? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:07:15 Quarter 1: Everyone Has Family Baggage 00:24:30 Quarter 2: Does Genes + Home Environment = Fate? (no!) 00:38:28 Halftime 00:42:21 Quarter 3: Being Your Own Man 00:50:50 Quarter 4: Forging Your Own Your Legacy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PODCAST GUIDE:  Quarter 1: Everyone Has Family Baggage - The closer huma...

⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:07:49 Quarter 1: The Culture We're Actually Living In 00:22:29 Quarter 2: Anxiety Is Human, Not a Failure Grade for Men 00:33:34 Halftime 00:38:54 Quarter 3: Heaven is Other People 00:54:43 Quarter 4: What the Bible Actually Offers (Not a Slogan — a Person) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PODCAST GUIDE:  1ST QUARTER —...

In this episode I (Jon) misuse the word typologic, twice! I meant archetypal. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me? For America? America, We Need a New Beginning | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k4oajXMsVQ POD Guide:  QUARTER 1 — Great Beginnings - The New World wasn't a blank slate morally — it was the old world's brutality and settlement playing out...

Podcast Guide: Quarter 1: You Have More Fear Than You Realize - Most people don't know how fear-driven they are. It's the water they swim in.  - Parenting decisions are driven primarily by what you want to prevent, not what you want to cultivate. - Political convictions shaped mostly by who or what you're afraid of. - Career choices made to secure against failure rather than move toward calling. -...

Podcast Guide: Quarter 1: The Two Essential Qualities of Love - Strength and Tenderness Belong Together - Masculine love is both strong and gentle. - Love is not passivity - and men are notoriously passive right now - WHY? - Love requires leadership cuz it Creates culture - Real men create safety through stability. - Strength without tenderness becomes domination - Tenderness without strength beco...

Podcast Guide: Quarter 1: Why We Fear Silence The Truth Shows Up When Things Get Quiet Most men don't fear silence; they fear what silence reveals. Busyness can become a sophisticated form of avoidance. Endless stimulation keeps us from examining our lives. We often confuse activity with progress. The difference between being productive and being distracted Facing reality versus escaping reality A...

Podcast Guide: Every man has patterns. Some build life. Some quietly destroy it. Today’s conversation is about how real change actually happens. Four Quarters: FIRST: Identifying The Cycle SECOND: Getting Beneath Your Behaviors THIRD: Rebuilding Your Environment and Structure FOURTH: Building a New Life with Truth and Brotherhood Quarter 1: Identifying the Cycle “Same story, different day” cycles...

Pod Guide: Four Quarters: FIRST: What your anger is really saying (awareness) SECOND: Winning in the Moments of Anger (self-control) THIRD: 5-Steps to process anger in a healthy way FOURTH: Living free by Giving and Receiving Grace Quarter 1: What Your Anger Is Really Saying (Awareness) - Anger is not random—it’s revealing something deeper. - What if your anger isn’t the problem—but your failure t...

Podcast Guide: I wish someone had told you - but they didn’t, so we will: The truth is simple: Your life will not become strong by accident. It will only become strong if you build it—one decision, one action, one habit at a time. You don’t need more time. You don’t need more information. You don’t need a perfect plan. You need to move. FOUR QUARTERS: ONE: THE AWAKENING: WHAT NOBODY TOLD YOU  TWO:...

Podcast Guide: Big Idea: Joy is not something you stumble into accidentally—it is something you build intentionally. Four Quarters: 1. Who killed Joy: Where Has All The Joy Gone? 2. Disciplines That Create the Joy You Have 3. Disciplines that Protect Joy 4. Finding Sustainable Joy: The Eternal Root Q1: Who killed Joy: A Hopeless Culture Regret (past), anxiety (future), and comparison (everywhere)...

Podcast Guide: First Quarter: The Problem - Why most men are Lone Rangers Second Quarter: the Vision - What a Posse actually is Third Quarter: The Barriers - why most don’t start Fourth Quarter: The Path - How to build one Quarter 1: The Problem — Why Most Men Are Alone Isolation isn’t accidental—it’s the natural drift. TWO KINDS OF DUDES: DOn’t want it vs Can’t make it happen  • Two kinds of isol...

Podcast Guide:  Identity Formation is the secret sauce of Relational Genius (Who you ARE determines the Power of your relationships) First Quarter: The Identity Shift You Need Second Quarter: Keeping your Loves Properly Ordered Third Quarter: Choosing the Way You Show Up Fourth Quarter: The Inner Life that Sustains You Quarter 1 — The Identity Shift: Becoming the Kind of Man Relationships Flourish...