Living Lionhearted with Eric Rogell

For years, my guest Denny Devlin believed anxiety was just part of being a successful man. He worried about everything, struggled to enjoy his victories, and used alcohol to escape his own thoughts.

Until it nearly cost him his marriage and family.

In this raw, honest conversation, Denny shares how he confronted the Dragons of anxiety and low self-worth, found the courage to change, and discovered something he never expected: the joy waiting on the other side.

What would you discover about yourself if you took on a challenge you weren't sure you could survive?

At 42, Chris Colt was successful by most measures. A 25-year corporate sales career. A wife and three sons. The outward signs of a man who had it together.

But beneath that success, Chris was struggling with something many men quietly battle: his sense of self-worth was tied to his accomplishments.

Then a mentor challenged him to choose a rite of passage for the second half of his life.

Chris chose the Leadville 100: a brutal 104-mile mountain bike race through the Colorado Rockies, with 14,000 feet of climbing at elevations that would test even the most seasoned athletes.

What followed was 18 months of relentless preparation, difficult decisions, and a journey that revealed something Chris never expected.

And the finish line wasn't even the most important part.

In this first episode of Living Lionhearted, Chris and Eric Rogell explore what happens when a man stops looking outside himself for proof of his worth and begins discovering who he really is.

They get into the power of commitment, the battles we fight when nobody's watching, the example we set for our children, and why the hardest challenges often reveal truths we've spent a lifetime avoiding.

Chris also shares an emotional moment at the finish line that still gives him strength years later—and how those lessons helped him face an entirely different challenge when his financial world collapsed.

Because sometimes the greatest thing you gain from an extraordinary challenge isn't the accomplishment. It's discovering the man who was capable of it all along.