This is one of the biggest questions men AND women ask: “Why do men shut down emotionally?”

This episode answers with clarity, neuroscience, and compassion.

MD explains how the male nervous system reacts to conflict, criticism, overwhelm, and emotional intensity — and why shutdown isn’t rejection… it’s protection.

You’ll learn:

• why the brain mistakes emotional conflict for physical danger

• why men withdraw when they feel inadequate

• why the freeze response is more common in men than fight or flight

• how unspoken shame hijacks communication

• the one simple sentence that diffuses tension instantly

This episode isn’t just for men — women listening will finally understand the emotional operating system of the men they love.

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Keywords: relationships, marriage advice, communication skills, emotional shutdown, conflict resolution, masculinity, intimacy, REBUILT.

Every man has a beginning … and whether you acknowledge it or not, your childhood is still shaping your reactions, your patterns, your relationships, and your identity today.

In this powerful REBUILT episode, MD breaks down the neuroscience of childhood conditioning, attachment wounds, father wounds, mother wounds, and how the male brain adapts to emotional stress by developing survival roles that become adult patterns.

If you’ve ever wondered why you shut down, why you avoid conflict, why you overwork, why you choose the partners you do, or why you feel “not enough,” this episode will give you clarity you’ve never had.

You’ll learn how the stories you absorbed early in life became the beliefs that define your decisions today, and how to rewrite them with purpose, self-awareness, and identity rooted in strength rather than survival.

This one is a masterclass in inner work, men’s mental health, self-leadership, and emotional healing.

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Keywords: childhood trauma, father wounds, emotional triggers, identity, men’s psychology, self-worth, nervous system, healing, purpose, REBUILT.

If you’re a man who’s ever looked at your life and thought, “How did I get here?” , then this episode is the reset you’ve needed.

In this REBUILT episode, Michael-David goes deep into the real reason so many men silently lose themselves, in marriage, careers, fatherhood, identity, and purpose, and why you can feel completely disconnected without knowing how to explain it.

Through personal story, neuroscience, and the psychology behind men’s emotional shutdown, MD breaks down how the male nervous system handles overwhelm, why men numb out, and why losing a job, a relationship, or a sense of direction often cracks open the deeper wounds from childhood.

You’ll learn how identity collapses when the structures around you collapse, and how to reclaim clarity, self-worth, purpose, and emotional strength one decision at a time.

This episode blends men’s mental health, trauma recovery, emotional intelligence, faith, and neuroscience in a way men can finally understand and take action on.

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Keywords: men’s mental health, identity crisis, purpose, fatherhood, relationships, emotional shutdown, anxiety, trauma, rebuilding life, 35KaDay, REBUILT podcast.

3X Olympic Pole Vaulter Anicka Newell gets raw and opens up in a way never before seen as she shares about her greatest struggle yet as both a woman and professional athlete.

This is Anicka Newell like you've never seen.

She is no stranger to adversity. Qualifying for 3 continuous Summer Olympic Games is no small accomplishment, and one very few ever do.

In this episode, learn the unconventional path Anicka Newell took that brought her to a sport that has become her greatest teacher.

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https://www.instagram.com/flygirl93

35KaDay is a life-changing podcast series with host Michael-David, sharing incredibly empowering stories from everyday people, authors, celebrities, professional athletes, & entrepreneurs to mindset, relationship & behavioral experts.

Michael-David also shares his raw and intense mindset that has pulled him from a habitually self-destructive life of victimhood paired with survival behaviors and turned his life around by taking full ownership and responsibility of his life and the 35,000 decisions we make as adults on a daily basis.

Becoming a student of life and uncovering and moving through the layers we all pack on as we attempt to survive through hard times, his empathy, compassion and perspectives as a mindset performance coach have impacted millions around the world as he empowers others with the reminder that you are just one decision away from creating a better life.

Follow 35KaDay on all social media channels as well as subscribe to the YouTube channel at the link below or simply enter @35KaDay on social, video or audio platform today!

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Trauma to triumph is the greatest way to describe the story of May Adams of Houston Texas who has never publicly shared her story and how she overcame one of the most traumatic childhoods that led to low self-esteem, toxic relationships and shame.

If you ever met May today, you would never know the path of emotional recovery she has come through to become the thriving wife, mother, friend and entrepreneur she is now.

35KaDay is a life-changing podcast series with host Michael-David, sharing incredibly empowering stories from everyday people, authors, celebrities, professional athletes, & entrepreneurs to mindset, relationship & behavioral experts.

Michael-David also shares his raw and intense mindset that has pulled him from a habitually self-destructive life of victimhood paired with survival behaviors and turned his life around by taking full ownership and responsibility of his life and the 35,000 decisions we make as adults on a daily basis.

Becoming a student of life and uncovering and moving through the layers we all pack on as we attempt to survive through hard times, his empathy, compassion and perspectives as a mindset performance coach have impacted millions around the world as he empowers others with the reminder that you are just one decision away from creating a better life.

Follow 35KaDay on all social media channels as well as subscribe to the YouTube channel at the link below or simply enter @35KaDay on social, video or audio platform today!

Links: linktr.ee/35KaDay

Charcie Smiley overcame a deadly tumor on her pancreas that was causing seizures and low blood sugar that doctors originally did not know the cause. Growing up in the rural town of Moundridge, Kansas in the mennonite culture, Charcie, the youngest of 2 girls, was the tomboy with big dreams.

Now in Houston, a mom of three, has taken her passion for health and fitness into a thriving career as a sponsored athlete with ProSupps and her own female-centric online coaching business helping fellow moms get their lives back on track.

Having a bright horizon ahead of her, Charcie Smiley is no stranger to adversity, but where others may have counted her down and out, she has a different journey to live.

Michael-David shares his raw and intense mindset that has pulled him from a habitually self-destructive mindset paired with survival behaviors and turned his life around by taking full ownership and responsibility of his life and the 35,000 decisions we make as adults on a daily basis.

Becoming a student of life and uncovering and moving through the layers we all pack on as we attempt to survive through hard times, his empathy, compassion and perspectives have impacted millions around the world as he empowers others with the reminder that you are just one decision away from creating a better life.

Follow 35KaDay on all social media channels as well as subscribe to the YouTube channel at the link below or simply enter @35KaDay on social, video or audio platform today!

Links: linktr.ee/35KaDay

Positivity is in no shortage. Hundreds of millions of posts on social media of quotes and motivational influencers spewing countless sound bites to direct people to "think positive" and "be positive". What if the hoarding of, repeating statements of and dwelling on positive statements is not going to make your life anymore positive? What's the real answer instigating real change in having better outcomes in your life?

Knowledge is only powerful when it's applied.

Michael-David shares his raw and intense mindset that has pulled him from a habitually self-destructive mindset paired with survival behaviors and turned his life around by taking full ownership and responsibility of his life and the 35,000 decisions we make as adults on a daily basis.

Becoming a student of life and uncovering and moving through the layers we all pack on as we attempt to survive through hard times, his empathy, compassion and perspectives have impacted millions around the world as he empowers others with the reminder that you are just one decision away from creating a better life.

Follow 35KaDay on all social media channels as well as subscribe to the YouTube channel at the link below or simply enter @35KaDay on an social, video or audio platform today!

Links: linktr.ee/35KaDay

The term "quiet quitting" has been impacting companies at scale since the "great resignation" of 2020 and 2021. As top employees begin to question if their going above and beyond is even worth it anymore and as a result resort to doing the bare minimum, it's a problem that if not addressed quickly, the impact to companies could be damaging to the bottom line.

But who's responsible? How can this trend be fixed and get top performers back to a place of maintaining that high momentum needed to grow a company? Michael-David shares some statistics that could offer great insight to what matters to top performing employees and what actions to take NOW that could alleviate losing winning employees all together.

Michael-David shares his raw and intense mindset that has pulled him from habitually self-destructive mindset and survival behaviors and turned his life around by taking full ownership and responsibility of his life in spite of the abuse and rejection he received growing up.

Becoming a student of life and uncovering and moving through the layers we all pack on as we attempt to survive through hard times, his empathy, compassion and perspectives have impacted millions around the world.

Follow 35KaDay on all social media channels as well as subscribe to the YouTube channel at the link below or simply enter @35KaDay on an social, video or audio platform today!

Links: https://linktr.ee/35KaDay

Popular mental discipline program, 75 Hard, created by 1st Phorm CEO and #1 podcast host Andy Frisella, has received plenty of criticism. My close friend Hunter Bazan embarked on the program last minute but did it with nobody but me and 3 others knowing.

I sat down with Hunter to hear his experience after he completed it, the struggles he faced, the things he learned about himself and what others can expect.

Michael-David shares his raw and intense mindset that has pulled him from habitually self-destructive mindset and survival behaviors and turned his life around by taking full ownership and responsibility of his life in spite of the abuse and rejection he received growing up.

Becoming a student of life and uncovering and moving through the layers we all pack on as we attempt to survive through hard times, his empathy, compassion and perspectives have impacted millions around the world.

To learn more about 75Hard, visit AndyFrisella.com/pages/75hard-info

You can also follow Andy Frisella on Instagram @AndyFrisella and his podcast, Real AF on all audio platforms.

Committing to reach a goal in life is never an easy task. To succeed, if you adopt these winning six pillars / actions, you will. These six pillars have been compiled over a lifetime of pursuits, goals, wins and losses throughout Michael-David's life as a competitive cyclist, triathlete and entrepreneur.

Michael-David shares his raw and intense mindset that has pulled him from habitually self-destructive mindset and survival behaviors and turned his life around by taking full ownership and responsibility of his life in spite of the abuse and rejection he received growing up.

Becoming a student of life and uncovering and moving through the layers we all pack on as we attempt to survive through hard times, his empathy, compassion and perspectives have impacted millions around the world.