Gentle Men, the Experience

In this episode, we talked about the importance of treating your word with honor, how integrity is cultivated and how honoring your word can affect your relationships, especially with yourself!

Timestamps:

[00:00:00] The impact of letting go

[00:06:09] Celebrations: Jeff’s wedding, relationship growth, and going forward

[00:11:04] Misconceptions about honoring one’s word

[00:13:58] What is integrity?

[00:19:04] Cultivation of integrity

[00:33:07] Creating something new in your life

[00:45:10] Why you need to slow down to speed up!

[00:48:10] Wrapping up

In this episode, Larnel Vickers joined us in a discussion about the challenges in the workforce and how to make a change.

We also talked about how to channel personality and skills to create opportunities and make a difference in the world! 

We touched on some important conversations and how to create more inclusive environments in the workplace. 

Finally, we shared some great advice on how to be a force for good and inspire hope in others.

Timestamps:

4:50- Introduction: what we are celebrating

13:05- Embodying self to identify opportunities

21:07- Finding a community that listens and inspires hope

30:59- Advocating for diversity and inclusivity in the workplace

37:42- Learning to associate yourself with the people that drives the same goal

40:43- Problems in the workforce: women empowerment, diversity, and abolishing social structure

42:58- Talking about the conversations that matter

53:21- Honoring the superpower of womanhood

56:05- Wrapping up

Welcome to the 11th episode of season 2! Throughout this episode we talked about:

• Importance of compassion in relationship building
• Vulnerability Of Sharing
• Practicing forgiveness
• Sacrifice behind every success
• Compassion for the self and for everybody!

Timestamp:

[00:00:52] Introduction

[00:04:58] The challenge of time

[00:09:21] Rising to greatness through sacrifice and compassion

[00:14:46] Urgency to act now

[00:19:25] The mode of survival

[00:27:12] Practicing the superpower of compassion

[00:36:07] Listening to someone and working with each other closely

[00:40:36] Moving energy to achieve peace of mind and calmness

[00:42:39] Wrapping up

Webster defines courage as: "Having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty." but there’s got to be more than fear and difficulties. Let’s join Jason and Jeff on a deeper talk about being courageous.

The discussion we’ll be focused on:

• What it means to be courageous
• Doing something difficult or something you fear
• Deeper understanding of the effects of one’s fears   

Timestamps:

[00:00:26] Introduction and celebrations

[00:03:46] What is courage?

[00:04:54] Jason and Jeff’s take on being courageous

[00:08:00] Courage over fears

[[00:18:03] Taking incremental steps to finding your authentic self

[00:25:51] Understanding fear

[00:31:43] Wrap up

We are out for another episode of the Gentlemen Podcast, the number one podcast for open-hearted leadership.

In this episode, our guest is Ben Simms. He is an award-winning director, executive producer, and photographer; who has been an integral part of projects in over 40 countries and across all seven continents. He had done everything from live events, live television events, documentary films, commercials, interactive, feature films, and adventure television for companies like Netflix, NBC Fox, Discovery, Showtime, um, and even Nike.

We’ll be discussing:

• the love for creation
• importance of being prepared
• how people monetize your creativity
• stories of how creativity takes over lives
• getting out of your comfort zone  

Timestamps:

[00:00:33] Introduction

[00:03:11] Things that Ben Simms holds most dear to him.

[00:08:27] How did Ben start to realize his passion for creation?

[00:12:34] Importance of preparation

[00:15:55] Making money out of your creativity

[00:19:56] Ben’s journey to making stories

[00:25:38] Jason’s story of turning to his creative side

[00:37:33] What Ben’s working on at the moment

[00:37:33] Pieces of advice on doing something out of your comfort zone

[00:46:37] Ben, Jason, and Jeff’s realization

Welcome to this REAL and authentic conversation as we talk about what it means to be vulnerable and completely stripping away from perfection. We’ll be discussing:

• Mode of creation
• Acknowledging imperfections and vulnerability
• Measuring excellence by our own standards
• Why it’s okay to make mistakes
• The end goal of perfection  

Timestamps:

[00:01:11] Introduction

[00:06:24] Using imperfections to create our own excellence

[00:11:33] Creating an authentic connection

[00:21:06] Going into conversations without assumptions

[00:31:15] Fear of judgments and failure

[00:37:58] Accepting mistakes to move forward

[00:41:00] Taking a moment to get connected to the things that matter

[00:43:29] The beauty behind every mess

[00:45:00] Wrapping up

In this fun and explosive episode, our guest Chris brought the house down with his hysterical personality! His music parody videos dominated the internet in 2018 with over 400 million views. We talked about what it means to achieve our passion by taking action immediately! Aside from that, our fun-filled and insightful conversation includes:

• Drastic changes in the artistic community during the pandemic
• Believing in yourself when no one else can
• Fighting internal struggles and fear
• Forging passion and motivations
• Acting on opportunities immediately 

Timestamps:

[00:02:22] Introduction to Chris and his “taking an immediate action” mindset

[00:07:30] Taking immediate action when the opportunity arises

[00:12:23] Overcoming fear and being your authentic self

[00:17:45] How being dependent opens up your true passion

[00:27:38]Writing books and producing worthy content

[00:41:21] Realizing vision coming from the place of authenticity

[00:50:54] The importance of consistency

[00:55:59] Celebrating every progress

[00:59:11] Wrapping up

In this episode, we talk about: 

• What it means to take immediate action
• Understanding and overcoming procrastination
• The Importance of communication
• Handling anger and other emotions 

[00:04:00] Introduction and reasons to celebrate

[00:11:00] What does take immediate action mean

[00:13:00] Why do people procrastinate?

[00:14:00] Overcoming procrastination

[00:25:30] Communication, key to building relationships

[00:32:00] How to handle extreme emotions like anger

[00:40:00] Jason and Jeff’s Episode realizations

[00:43:00] Wrapping up

In this episode, we give more importance to having leadership skills and discuss ablout:

Life’s reasons for celebrations

Challenges and how to overcome them

What it means to be in partnership

What it takes to have good leadership skills 

[00:00:00] Introduction

[00:03:00] Jeff and Jason’s reasons for celebrating

[00:09:00] Jeff and Jason’s challenges

[00:15:00] Overcoming challenges

[00:25:00] How to deal with partnerships

[00:34:00] Building leadership skills

[00:42:00] Wrapping up

Tune into this episode as we give more importance to our well-being and discuss about:

• What is breathwork meditation
• Breathwork techniques
• When to best do breathing exercises
• Breathwork benefits
• How social media can be an avenue for negativity
• Tips for breathwork 

Timestamps:

[00:00:00] Introduction

[00:01:00] Joey Hauss explains breathwork

[00:03:00] Joey Hauss leading Breathwork exercise

[00:23:00] How Joey Hauss lead breathwork exercises

[00:26:00] Why do you need to start your day with breathwork exercises?

[00:28:00] Relieving stress through breathing exercises

[00:33:42] Jason’s idea for breathwork app

[00:36:00] Social media and its negativity

[00:39:00] How meditation is helping Jason

[00:42:00] Joey Hauss’ tips for listeners

[00:45:00] Jeff’s realization on meditation

[00:48:00] How to contact Joey Hauss

[00:51:00] Wrapping up