He’s buried six friends to suicide, lost his dad, his marriage, and nearly himself — but learned how to turn pain into peace and struggle into strength.

Adam Sharp knows loss.

In the past eight years, he’s buried six people to suicide, lost his dad unexpectedly, and watched his marriage of seventeen years dissolve. Yet somehow, he’s not bitter — he’s grounded, grateful, and wiser than most men you’ll ever meet.

In this powerful conversation, Adam talks about grief, guilt, and the impossible moments that break a man down. He shares how a tough-as-nails counselor helped him face the truth, how the gym and a stack of books rebuilt his mind, and how accountability became the backbone of his healing.

From Spherical Man to family tragedies to finding real love again, this episode is a masterclass in what it means to grow stronger instead of harder.

Adam reminds us that you can’t save everyone — but everyone can save someone.

⚠️ Content Warnings

Suicide, grief, loss of family members, divorce, substance mention, trauma recovery.

🧭 Highlights

• Six suicides in eight years — and the guilt that follows
• What “man up” really does to men
• How one counselor “Betty White’d” him into growth
• The marriage that turned into roommates
• Learning to forgive, to love, and to let go
• Raising kids after divorce — without weapons drawn
• The two books that changed his life
• “You can’t save everyone — but everyone can save someone.”
• “Quit chasing happiness. Just be content.”
• “The hardest thing in life is to forgive the people who’ve hurt you.”
• “When you’re in your weakest moment, find peace in the pain and joy in the struggle.”
• “Sometimes the best way to help is just to give someone your time.”

Adam Sharp, men’s mental health, suicide prevention, grief, divorce recovery, accountability, self-improvement, forgiveness, fatherhood, Spherical Man, Extreme Ownership, therapy for men, Letting Go by Hawkins, Hole in My Love Cup, masculinity, vulnerability, Manalizing podcast, Garth Haslem

🧠 Resources Mentioned

• There’s a Hole in My Love Cup — Sven Erlandson
• Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender — David R. Hawkins
• Extreme Ownership — Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — dial 988 (U.S.)
• Manalizing.com — where men talk about what men don’t talk about

If Adam’s story hit you, share this episode with a friend who’s carrying too much.

Then visit Manalizing.com — join a tribe, tell your story, and be heard.

You can’t save everyone, but you can save someone.

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