The King Within: Modern Masculinity and the Sovereign Man

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify “If you go down, I mean, the ship goes down. Even if you've built an infrastructure in your business to thrive without you... But even if that's true, what about your family?” says Mike Salemi, host of The King Within, whose own journey from outward success to inner disconnect became the catalyst for his mission to help men reclaim their lives from the demands of bu...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify “We cannot become that which we already are, and therefore we cannot be that which we're not,” says Jason Olivea, relationship coach and co-creator of the Inner Compass 9 assessment, who joins The King Within podcast to illuminate the hidden dynamics that sabotage our relationships—even when we seem to have it all. Drawing on decades of experience and the lens of th...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify “If I’m a good partner, you should want to have sex with me. Super fucking common for guys. So what’s the hidden need underneath that?” says Mike Salemi, host of The King Within and today’s solo guest on Start a Conversation. Mike Salemi cuts straight to the core of why so many men feel underappreciated, disconnected, or even resentful in their closest relationships...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify “If we're operating in guilt, what do we spill around people? Guilt. If we're operating in shame, we emit frequencies of shame... However, when there's someone that operates in courage, in presence, in love, you feel that on a deep level that you can hardly articulate.” says Preston Woody, peak performance and men's coach, co-creator of the Massive Action Planner, a...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify “So when a child sees an adult behave in a way that is big and is a little jarring, and then experiences the adult come back and soften and apologize and take ownership, they know they can build trust. Can you imagine that child knowing how to build trust and taking that into their adult world? Then not, not being vigilant around people, hypervigilant, not being mis...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify “Because the moment you see another man pulling through hard shit, you will trust him more whether you want it or not, right? This is going to be true for every person on this planet. If they see that another being is able to pull through hard shit, there is more trust in that person,” says Marco Dinh, executive coach, lifelong martial artist, and somatic strategist...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify "I'm telling you, this is how. You have to go through the process of initiation to even have the embodiment inside to meet them in a way that they are going to let you through their 7 gates and actually then give you the glory of what's in there. You don't get through those gates for free. You got to earn it. That's the initiation." says Mike Elliot, men's transform...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify “There is a mathematical proof for our infinite worth. That’s what allows us to realize that we belong, that we were created by God, universe, source—there was no mistake,” says Ani Manian, founder of Scale with Psychology, who joins The King Within to challenge the very paradigms most men live by. Ani Manian, whose life’s work has helped create more than $2 billion...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify Tuesday, February 10th Downshift Workshop at 4pm PST The Grounded King - Downshift Workshop Captivate “If you prioritize it and you know what to do with where you’re at in that moment, fuck, is it worth it? And once you get some wins around this, it will be generative. It will be momentum that you can build.” says Mike Salemi, host of The King Within, as he dives de...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify "I could tell that you needed that so bad. And, like, part of me...it was a gift to be able to give that to you as opposed to, like, you, like, demanding it, you know, or being like, you know, I just gotta get out of here," says Lauren Rose Salemi, holistic coach, private chef, and partner to host Mike Salemi, as she joins The King Within for a rare, intimate episod...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify “Patience isn’t something you do—it’s what’s left over when your system isn’t defending itself,” says Mike Salemi, host of The King Within podcast, who returns for a powerful solo episode dedicated to fathers striving for more presence and patience at home. Drawing from his own journey and years spent coaching men who “seem to have it all, yet feel like they're losi...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify “Humbleness is understanding that there's always something to learn from anybody,” says Xande Ribeiro, legendary multi-time Jiu Jitsu world and ADCC champion, who joins The King Within podcast for a spirited and deeply honest conversation on cultivating a true warrior mindset. Xande Ribeiro reveals why keeping a “white belt mentality” is the secret not just to maste...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify “A real man should be able to slit a throat and hold a baby in the same day,” says JP Sears, comedian, father, and embodied teacher who joins The King Within podcast to share his unapologetic take on modern masculinity, fatherhood, and the journey to becoming a whole man. With his trademark blend of humor and depth, JP Sears reveals how the warrior archetype was awa...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify "Gratitude is not something of the mind, it's more something of the body," says Mike Salemi, host of The King Within, as he unpacks why so many men struggle to genuinely feel gratitude—even when they know they "should." In this intimate solo episode, Mike Salemi shares how performative gratitude lists and affirmations left him feeling hollow, and reveals the real ba...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify "I'm always a thought away from being with spirit," says Kyle Kingsbury, former UFC fighter, Director of Human Optimization at Onnit, and father, who joins The King Within podcast to reveal how becoming a parent, confronting hardship, and working with plant medicine have radically reshaped his journey. From communing with the soul of his son before birth in visionar...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify "The barrier to entry to building a business has never been lower. The barrier to entry to making a million dollars has never been lower. And the amount of distraction that's available has never been higher," says Mike Bledsoe, entrepreneur, coach, and co-founder of Barbell Shrugged, who joins The King Within for a raw and transformative conversation on wealth, entr...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify “If your nervous system is always set up for chaos rather than peace, it will seek out chaos.” These are the words of Ryan Martin, high performance health and vitality coach, who joins The King Within to share how unhealed stress patterns can sabotage even the most successful men—and reveal why so many of us unconsciously crave drama or struggle to find fulfillment...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify “It sucks walking around not feeling powerful. Sucks walking around having your wife be chronically upset with you. You can fix these things and live a very different life. Life is short. Don’t sit around and just think about reading another book,” says GS Youngblood, author of The Masculine in Relationship , who joins The King Within to deliver a wake-up call to me...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify FREE PDF: The 5 Types of Strength Click Here for our Black Friday Specials ! (expires by Midnight PST December 1, 2025) “There’s arguably few things less attractive to a woman than a man who’s in his victim mentality and making it all about him,” says Mike Salemi, host of The King Within podcast and former powerlifting world champion. Behind the physique and the suc...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify “If you don't own your life, if you don't create it, if you're not the one that says yes and no, if you're not the one that is willing to take risk, push the edges, make mistakes, take your wins and celebrate, then who's going to do it? Nobody is. And you're going to end up one day waking up and going, what happened to my life?” says Tim Corcoran, founder of Headwat...

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify “When we show up as our most authentic self and run the risk of vulnerability, I actually get to know you,” says Mike Salemi, host of The King Within podcast, who returns to center stage for a powerful reflection on masculinity, fatherhood, and reclaiming grounded leadership. In this deeply personal episode, Mike Salemi unpacks the evolution of his show—from its ori...

Most men don’t realize just how much pain they’re carrying, or how that pain silently bleeds into their work, relationships, and sense of self. In this short solo episode, I break down how unaddressed pain shows up in the body and mind, why “powering through” makes it worse, and what it actually looks like to begin healing. You'll learn a 4-step process for who to work with your pain in real time...

Most men think reactivity is the problem, however it’s not always. In this episode, I break down the key difference between clean, protective reactivity and the kind of emotional reactivity that damages trust and connection. I’ll walk you through what’s really underneath those short fuses, how to shift from unconscious reactions to grounded leadership, and how to start reparenting yourself in the...

Have you ever found yourself stuck in a pattern you know isn’t serving you… and no matter how much you try, you keep repeating it? In this episode, I sit down with my friend and returning guest Greg Schmaus to explore why good men so often betray themselves—even when they’re doing everything they can to “fix it.” We go deep into Family Constellations, the victim triangle, and the unconscious contr...

In this solo episode, I share the transformative experience of my sixth sacred hunt—a trip that reset me from the inside out. From deep rest under an old tree to the intensity of a final morning harvest, this journey was filled with humbling insights on pace, presence, and purpose. I reflect on what it really means to walk with the land, how the hunt became a mirror for my life back home, and the...