PokéMen's Health: Pokémon Meets Men's Health

Pete aka Suave Form is Pokémon content creator who Roy clashed with in the recent Milwaukee VGC Regional (Suave took that dub 2-1 GGs). Suave shares about his beginnings through recently cracking 10k subs on YouTube, the influence of his parents on him being emotionally attuned, struggles find his path, and more. Subscribe to him on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuaveForm Follow him on Twitter...

AOX of VGC Trainer's School and Eric and Kaysie from The Chaos League join for a mash up episode celebrating men's mental health month. The VGC tournament organizing community showed up all month long putting on qualifiers for June 29's Invitational with a $200 prize pool. They hop in to share about what drives them to put on tournaments and how they deal with their mental health as men. =========...

Andres Wilkerson is a VGC Competitor who placed 7th at the last Atlanta Regional Championship. Andres shares about his VGC start all the way through his first day 2 AND first top cut performance at a regional. We also hear about his upbringing as a military kid, the challenges that came along with growing up and, of course, the friends he made along the way. =======================================...

Josiah aka @theduragdragon joins the podcast this week and shares about working in social media, his channels being a creative practice, challenging the standards of masculinity through Pokémon and more. Follow him on TikTok @theduragdragon and on Instagram @duragdragon ============================================= Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing g...

VGC player Joey Tsunami shares about coming up in a patriarchal culture, manhood as a balance of softness and toughness, his journey as a martial artist and more. ============================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing guide, interviews people active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, experiences with masculi...

Hooty/ Victor returns to the podcast for a bonus episode to give his hot takes on Pokémon Day. We chat about needing more Pokémon Concierge in our lives, TCG Pocket highlights, what we imagine might happen with Pokémon Champions and more. ============================================= Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing guide, interviews p...

Nick Moran ( @NickMoWrites) shares about his work at an Esports PR firm, struggles with opening up at therapy, how he's seen societies definition of manhood expand, and more. ============================================ Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing guide, interviews people active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, experiences wi...

Happy Valentine's Day! My gift to you is a bonus episode with friend of the pod, Marcos aka "Moxie Boosted" of Pokémon YouTube fame, joins to share update us on how he's grown since his last visit. He shares about his YouTube success story, his current challenges with burn out, and it wouldn't be a Valentine's Day bonus without hearing about his dating experiences. Roy an...

Rushil aka Conkledonk is a VGC Competitor and host of the Chilling Neigh Podcast. He shares about getting started playing Pokémon VGC, his father and uncle being his first examples of masculinity, how that evolved, and what learning that he was on the spectrum has meant for him. Listen to the Chilling Neigh Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7BviRFvvTsGq8PHx3tU5xQ Roy "Flash" Gordon,...

Roy hops on for a solo episode where he gives some updates on the podcast and introduces the Patreon book club! First read is ADHD 2.0, a guide for individuals living with ADHD to understand and navigate their lives. He shares about his suspected ADHD and some of things he's been dealing with because of it. ============================================= In Chicago? Join Men's Inner Work: Let's Talk...

Yarin is a VGC Competitor and PHD student who helps people with their mindset in their video game businesses. He shares about the growing esports business, growing up a gay man in Puerto Rico, nurturing a positive mindset in the mental game of Pokémon VGC and much more. Follow him on IG: www.instragram.com/yarin_pokemon ========================================= Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wre...

Marcoangelo is a VGC player, writer, and content creator in the Pokémon VGC community. This week he shares about how writing in high school days helped navigate his bipolar depression and led him into his career with Game Rant. Marcoangelo is also one of the minds behind DevonCorp.press, a resource for VGC players to help improve their game while hearing stories from personalities in the community...

One of our PokéMen's teambuilding captains, ZemTennar, hops on the podcast this week. ZemTennar shares about his journey from being solely a consumer of Pokémon content to becoming a creator via streaming and YouTube. He also shares about his experience as a black man, some of his mindset influences like Neil deGrasse Tyson, and ways he's learned to manage his ADHD through meditation and more. Che...

Oh, yes, the time I was a cop. I am solo today sharing about how my chase for purpose and validation led me to becoming a Chicago Police Officer. I think my experience in seeking those things may echo the experiences of many men. Check it out. PokéMens Circle opens again December 9, 6pm CST inside the Discord. Hope to see you there! ========================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a...

Taurian/Stiicky joins the podcast for a run back of episode 33 where he shared about learning to live with his anxiety and becoming more loving than many men have the opportunity to be because of his upbringing around strong women. In this episode, Stiicky shares about his transition from VGC to TCG, elements of both games and why TCG has been a little easier on his mental health. We also get an u...

James/ KhaotikVGC is VGC player who shares about growing up with an alcoholic father, the impact it had on him and how he parents, and lessons he's learned from fatherhood. There's plenty to learn from this episode whether you are a father or not! ============================================ Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing guide, interviews other m...

NAIC Champion Patrick Connors joins the podcast and shares about his journey from starting competitive Pokémon a just few years ago to making his way into a championship performance. He also shares about redefining his masculinity after moving on from competitive sports, his supportive family and his challenges with anxiety. =========================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Com...

Dre (@KingDreC1out on Twitter) is a Pokémon TCG competitor who shares vulnerably about his challenging up bringing, working with gangs as a young child, turning life around to earn a football scholarship all before he found TCG and excelled at it. Want to learn TCG or connect with Dre?: https://metafy.gg/@kingdrec1out =========================================== November 3rd 2pm CST join the Pokéme...

Aox/ @aoxvgc on Twitter is an online tournament organizer with VGC Trainer's School and VGC competitor. He comes on this week to share about what led him to joining the trainer's school, how fatherhood changed his relationship to manhood, and how growing up with autism affected him. VGC Trainer's School is one of our partner organizer's that supports the Fight For Men's Health Tournament Series. #...

Brady Smith/ @vgccorner on Twitter is a 3 times regional champ, multiple time World's qualifier, and VGC coach. He comes on to share about how the game lights up his competitive spirit, his unique coaching business and how he got started, how ending an unhealthy relationship led him to some of his hardest moments, his healing and much more. Follow Brady on Twitter @vgccorner for a ton of free VGC...

Yone / @Yonepatchi on Twitter is a TCG competitor and business owner. Yone joined the pod while Hurricane Helene was approaching her home in Florida to share about her start in TCG, her new pursuit with Tabletop Village, how she found love in the community (including tips on how not to be an unsafe man) and much more. ========================================= Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor a...

Jake from @spearpillarvgc hops on this week to talk about Spear Pillar's inception, supporting his fraternity mates with their mental health, getting over his hesitance to ask for help and more. *********I experienced some mic troubles during this one so my voice quality is not the usual standard. ======================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilita...

Roy is solo sharing three areas of balance he believes all men need to start paying attention to immediately if they are going to be healthy. ===========================================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...

BK/ @ZeroBlaze_ is VGC competitor who shares about how he had to hide Pokémon from his parents, grinding his first full (and very successful) competitive season and the struggles he had to grow through from grad school to his career as a pharmacist. =========================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémo...

Slim is a veteran VGC competitor who shares about his little brother getting him started in competitive Pokémon, his journey with learning to be vulnerable, and why he likely won't ever be done with our community. ============================================ Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental heal...