There’s a moment many men recognize but rarely name.

Life looks fine on the outside, yet inside you feel disconnected, guarded, and quietly running from parts of yourself you never learned how to face.

In this episode, I sit down with Paul Guyon for a deeply honest conversation about how unhealed trauma shapes leadership, relationships, and the way good men lose trust in their own voice.

Paul shares how sex, drugs, and rock and roll once ran his life, how a deathbed promise to his father became a turning point, and how sobriety, faith, and servant leadership helped him rebuild from rock bottom.

We talk about what it really means to let trauma live and then let it go.

Not by pretending it never happened, and not by letting it define who you are today.

This isn’t a conversation about perfection.

It’s about honesty, ownership, and becoming the kind of man your family, your community, and your own heart can trust.

In this episode, we explore:

1. Why unhealed trauma keeps showing up in leadership and love
2. How addiction and avoidance often begin as survival strategies
3. The cost of living in fear while appearing “successful.”
4. Practical ways to release the past without denying it

Connect with Paul Guyon

Reflection Guide for Men: https://leadmachinegrowthshow.com/heart

Paul’s work & podcast: https://leadmachinegrowthshow.com

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🦁 Vincent