PokéMen's Health: Pokémon Meets Men's Health

Pete aka Suave Form is Pokémon content creator who Roy clashed with in the recent Milwaukee VGC Regional (Suave took that dub 2-1 GGs). Suave shares about his beginnings through recently cracking 10k subs on YouTube, the influence of his parents on him being emotionally attuned, struggles find his path, and more.

Subscribe to him on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@SuaveForm

Follow him on Twitter: @SuaveForm

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing guide, interviews people active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, experiences with masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives.

The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, become leaders in their lives, and be their authentic selves.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, Spotify and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

AOX of VGC Trainer's School and Eric and Kaysie from The Chaos League join for a mash up episode celebrating men's mental health month. The VGC tournament organizing community showed up all month long putting on qualifiers for June 29's Invitational with a $200 prize pool. They hop in to share about what drives them to put on tournaments and how they deal with their mental health as men.

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing guide, interviews people active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, experiences with masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives.

The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, become leaders in their lives, and be their authentic selves.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, Spotify and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Andres Wilkerson is a VGC Competitor who placed 7th at the last Atlanta Regional Championship. Andres shares about his VGC start all the way through his first day 2 AND first top cut performance at a regional. We also hear about his upbringing as a military kid, the challenges that came along with growing up and, of course, the friends he made along the way.

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Celebrate Men's Mental Health Month by hopping into the qualifying tournaments for the PokéMen's Health Invitational on June 29. Find more info in the Discord! Link below.

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing guide, interviews people active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, experiences with masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives.

The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, become leaders in their lives, and be their authentic selves.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, Spotify and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Josiah aka @theduragdragon joins the podcast this week and shares about working in social media, his channels being a creative practice, challenging the standards of masculinity through Pokémon and more.

Follow him on TikTok @theduragdragon

and on Instagram @duragdragon

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing guide, interviews people active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, experiences with masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives.

The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, become leaders in their lives, and be their authentic selves.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, Spotify and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Support the podcast and access exclusive content to help with your workouts, book club, and more on Patreon:⁠ https://patreon.com/user?u=31352927&utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

VGC player Joey Tsunami shares about coming up in a patriarchal culture, manhood as a balance of softness and toughness, his journey as a martial artist and more.

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing guide, interviews people active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, experiences with masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives.

The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, become leaders in their lives, and be their authentic selves.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, Spotify and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Support the podcast and access exclusive content to help with your workouts, book club, and more on Patreon:⁠ https://patreon.com/user?u=31352927&utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Hooty/ Victor returns to the podcast for a bonus episode to give his hot takes on Pokémon Day. We chat about needing more Pokémon Concierge in our lives, TCG Pocket highlights, what we imagine might happen with Pokémon Champions and more.

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing guide, interviews people active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, experiences with masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives.

The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, become leaders in their lives, and be their authentic selves.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, Spotify and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Support the podcast and access exclusive content to help with your workouts, book club, and more on Patreon:⁠ https://patreon.com/user?u=31352927&utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Nick Moran ( @NickMoWrites) shares about his work at an Esports PR firm, struggles with opening up at therapy, how he's seen societies definition of manhood expand, and more.

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing guide, interviews people active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, experiences with masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives.

The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, become leaders in their lives, and be their authentic selves.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, Spotify and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Support the podcast and access exclusive content to help with your workouts, book club, and more on Patreon:⁠ https://patreon.com/user?u=31352927&utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Happy Valentine's Day! My gift to you is a bonus episode with friend of the pod, Marcos aka "Moxie Boosted" of Pokémon YouTube fame, joins to share update us on how he's grown since his last visit. He shares about his YouTube success story, his current challenges with burn out, and it wouldn't be a Valentine's Day bonus without hearing about his dating experiences.

Roy and Marcos discuss developing confidence in dating, dating in the Pokémon community, and the age old question: do you put your love of Pokémon in your dating profile?

Join Marcos and his nearly 197k+ followers on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/c/MoxieBoosted

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing guide, interviews people active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, experiences with masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives.

The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, become leaders in their lives, and be their authentic selves.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, Spotify and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Support the podcast and access exclusive content to help with your workouts, book club, and more on Patreon:⁠ https://patreon.com/user?u=31352927&utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Rushil aka Conkledonk is a VGC Competitor and host of the Chilling Neigh Podcast. He shares about getting started playing Pokémon VGC, his father and uncle being his first examples of masculinity, how that evolved, and what learning that he was on the spectrum has meant for him.

Listen to the Chilling Neigh Podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/show/7BviRFvvTsGq8PHx3tU5xQ

Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing guide, interviews people active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, experiences with masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives.

The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, become leaders in their lives, and be their authentic selves.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, Spotify and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Support the podcast and access exclusive content to help with your workouts, book club, and more on Patreon:⁠ https://patreon.com/user?u=31352927&utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Roy hops on for a solo episode where he gives some updates on the podcast and introduces the Patreon book club! First read is ADHD 2.0, a guide for individuals living with ADHD to understand and navigate their lives. He shares about his suspected ADHD and some of things he's been dealing with because of it.

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In Chicago? Join Men's Inner Work: Let's Talk on January 25 12pm CST for some in person support and growth work for men:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mens-inner-work-lets-talk-tickets-1120021005979?aff=oddtdtcreator

Need some Reg G practice? Hop in to this Sunday's Fight For Men's Health 2pm CST:

https://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/671fd85a0947ec3b5d18d6b6/details

Next PokéMen's Circle is January 27th 7pm CST , join the Discord to participate:

https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a former pro wrestler turned VGC Competitor and men's healing guide, interviews people active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, experiences with masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives.

The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, become leaders in their lives, and be their authentic selves.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, Spotify and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Support the podcast and access exclusive content to help with your workouts, book club, and more on Patreon:⁠ https://patreon.com/user?u=31352927&utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink