The Great Man Within

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Check out the #100Great Pushup Challenge: https://www.onehundredgreat.com

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Resources Mentioned in this Podcast:

Othership Guided Breathwork App: Click Here The Couples Energy Breathwork Track: Click Here

Previous Breathwork Episode

Ep #166: Breathwork 101: Reduce Stress, Enhance Sleep and 5 Practices to Try Now

Happy new year gentlemen! This is our very first episode of 2022, our 4th year of this show.

Man how rewarding it is to take a bold idea, a burning desire I had, and turn it into reality…something I and Bryan have been deeply devoted to for the last 3 years, and now starting our 4th.

And this is your reminder: How is YOUR bold idea going (referring back to episode #280, Design the Next Year of Your Life, Making One Bold Move).

Today I'm thrilled to do a deep dive on one of the most essential practices in my life for high-performance, upgrading my energy and navigating my stress: Breathwork.

This is only the 2nd episode we've dedicated exclusively to the topic of breathwork. The first episode 166 Breathwork 101: Reduce Stress, Enhance Sleep and 5 Practices to Try Now was very well received by you guys and you expressed a desire for more. So we've listened. This time we're bringing a breathwork expert and facilitator on the show to take you through the art and the science behind how breathwork can lead to high-performance and incredible personal transformations: Robbie Bent.

Who is Robbie Bent?

• Robbie is the founder of Othership – a guided breathwork app that is home to the world's largest library of guided breathwork sessions
• Othership also has physical locations in Toronto where people gather to do cold plunges, hot sauna therapy and breathwork sessions for personal transformation within community
• Robbie found his way to breathwork on his healing journey from addiction to alcohol and other substance abuse…and discovered breath is essential to regulating our nervous systems

In This Episode:

• The 3 types of breathwork practices to 1) up-regulate 2) down-regulate and 3) explore beyond the conscious mind
• How cold and heat exposure shut down the thinking mind and grant access to deeper emotions
• A step by step beginners practice for how to take a cold shower and use your breath to stand in the experience
• A special bonus 10-minute morning routine breathwork track

#281

Register for #100Great (The Great Man Within Pushup Challenge): https://www.onehundredgreat.com

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Here we are, at the end of our 13-week journey in the building your best self-series…and also our last episode of 2021.

So this moment calls for something special, something to ignite your fire, something that speaks to your soul…calling for you to rise up…as a man…an ascend into your highest self.

So I bring to you, a special man, one of our brothers in the Great Man Within Community who has a particular gift for alchemizing words into medicine with his poetry.

In fact, he's written a poem especially for you, listeners of this podcast, as a wake up call and invitation for you to step into something bigger.

That man's name, is Robert Joseph.

Robert is a leader of men. He coaches men and he runs a men's group called Raised by Men.

Robert is one of the original members of The Great Man Mastermind 1.0 and is a beloved brother who's gift of poetry was something he'd kept hidden from the world for 4 decades…

…until he found the courage in our mastermind to share his gift for the first time in a public way.

And in so doing, he blew all of us away. And now, he's no longer hiding that gift…he's sharing it with the world.

Today he'll be sharing 3 poems, which are sourced directly from his heart, speaking directly to your soul. Spoiler alert: expect some goosebumps and chills.

Bryan had a scheduling conflict with this recording, so stepping in once again, is fan favorite Keith Bracci…another one of the leaders in our Great Man Mastermind Community who's making his 4th or 5th appearance on this show.

Prepare to be inspired, in this episode: A Call for Men to Rise feat. Robert Joseph

Robert Joseph's Contact Info:

Email: [email protected] Instagram: @RJCoachingNYC

#280

Register for the #100Great Pushup Challenge: https://www.onehundredgreat.com

The Goal: 100 pushups in a row The Why: Train your body and mind to go beyond perceived limits The What: Learn mindset, breathwork and other training secrets to optimize performance The Commitment: 20 minutes of training a day for 60 days The Who: 500 men* training to bring out their best selves

*This challenge centers men, but all are welcome to participate!

Join The Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin

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Here we are, nearing the end of 2021…and it's time for our one of our most popular annual traditions on this show:

Design the Next Year of Your Life, 2022

In this Episode:

• 3 reasons why new year's resolutions fail
• 5 ways to know the "next level" is calling you in life
• 3 steps to picking your bold move

Episode referenced in this episode:

#120 Find Your Potential Through These 43 Challenges feat. Ben Aldridge

#279

Register for the #100Great Pushup Challenge: https://100great.raisely.com

The Goal: 100 pushups in a row The Why: Train your body and mind to go beyond perceived limits The What: Learn mindset, breathwork and other training secrets to optimize performance The Commitment: 20 minutes of training a day for 60 days The Who: 500 men* training to bring out their best selves

*This challenge centers men, but all are welcome to participate!

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Would you like more energy? What type of energy would you want? If you had more energy, what would you use it for?

These are big questions you need to be able to answer if you are going to be your Best Self in 2022.

To answer these questions, you need to understand:

The 4 Dimensions of Energy

1. Physical: Quantity of Energy
2. Emotional: Quality of Energy
3. Mental: Focus of Energy
4. Spiritual: Force of Energy

#278

Register for #100Great (The Great Man Within Pushup Challenge): https://100great.raisely.com

Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin

In this Episode:

• What is the #100Great 100 pushup challenge?
• Who's participating
• Why this challenge is 2/3rd mental and only 1/3rd physical
• How your participation will help support mental health awareness
• How this challenge will connect you to a global community of men doing inner work

Podcasts Referenced in This Episode:

#248: Is Alcohol Keeping You from Your Great Man? feat Steve Wilt

#96: Calling for a Men's Mental Health Revolution feat. Sam Webb

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If you are serious about executing on your goals – or your Bold Move for 2022 – then you need to solve for the 5 big barriers to execution.

The 5 Barriers to Executing Your Goals:

#1. Desire: Your desire isn't strong enough #2. Commitment: Your commitment is less than 100% #3. Simplicity: Your plan is too complex. #4. Energy: You give up when your energy shifts. #5. Accountability: You make it way too easy to give up.

#276

REGISTER FOR #100GREAT Pushup Challenge: https://100great.raisely.com/

Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin

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Juvoni is a friend of the show and 3rd time guest – an annual tradition we have on downloading his list of best book recommendations.

He's an impassioned student and teacher of systems that help you create & learn about yourself, others & the world.

Juvoni also loves combining skills to overcome adversity w/ creative intelligence.

Juvoni's Book Recommendations:

1. Letting Go: The Path to Surrender by David Hawkins
2. Living from a Place of Surrender by Michael Singer
3. Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder by Gabor Mate
4. The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef
5. The Intellectual Life by O.P. A.G. Sertillanges

Bryan's Book Recommendation:Love Wins by Rob Bell

Dominick's Book Recommendations: Turning Pro by Stephen Pressfield The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron Wild Power by Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity and Love by Bell Hooks The Mamba Mentality by Kobe Bryant Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach

Bonus: The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist

Podcast Referenced in This Episode: #266: Money, Sex and Identity (DQ Solo)

Juvoni's Contact Info: Twitter: https://twitter.com/juvoni Website: https://juvoni.com Email: [email protected]

Juvoni's Previous Episodes:

#56: Your Ultimate Guide to Books: Choosing, Reading and Retaining #194: Your Ultimate Guide to Books Part 2

#275

REGISTER FOR #100GREAT Pushup Challenge: https://100great.raisely.com/

Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin

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Anger is our friend. Not a nice friend. Not a gentle friend. But a very, very loyal friend. It will always tell us when we've been betrayed. It will always tell us when we've betrayed ourselves.

- Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way

Anger is a potent energy that very few men have an empowering relationship with. For many of us, it sabotages, it gnaws away at our insides, it causes us to say and do things we regret, it harbors resentment with the people we love.

There is no way we can be our best selves – our Great Man – when we have such a disempowering relationship with our anger.

And yet, anger also holds the potential to be an incredible gift…if we can learn to build our capacity to work with this powerful emotion.

When a man learns how to experience his anger without suppressing or exploding…he finds his power:

- He speaks up for what he believes in - He maintains his boundaries - He creates safety for others - He resolves conflicts and dissolves resentment

A man who can work with anger in this way is trustworthy. Sexy even.

In This Episode:

• How to stop suppressing – or suppressing and then exploding – your anger
• Why suppressed anger leads to resentment…which in turn builds walls between you and the people you love
• The 4 types of messages that anger is trying to communicate to you
• How the "Board of Directors for your Emotions" visualization technique saved me from acting out of anger and creating 6 months of chaos in my life
• 3 practices to train your nervous system to handle anger more resourcefully and powerfully

#274

REGISTER FOR #100GREAT Pushup Challenge: https://100great.raisely.com/

Register for Design the Next Year of Your Life Masterclass:

I'm fired up to invite you to a 90-minute virtual Masterclass on How to Design the Next Year of Your Life, 2022.

It's taking place Wednesday, November 17th, 7:00-8:30pm ET on Zoom.

In this 90-minute masterclass, you'll learn:

• Why resolutions fail (and what you need instead)
• A 15-minute exercise to capture your standout moments from 2021
• How to identify ONE "Next Level" area that you'll be stepping into in 2022
• Build a plan to bring your ONE "Next Level" vision into reality
• Accountability strategies to make sure that plan gets executed

All Registrants Will Receive:

• Recording of the Masterclass
• Guided Meditation to Envision the Next Year of Your Life
• Worksheet: Design the Next Year of Your Life PDF

To register, click here: Design the Next Year of Your Life, 2022

Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin

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Welcome to week #7 of the Building Your Best Self Series, a 13-episode mini adventure to call forth your best self as you head into 2022.

Today I'm rolling solo…and I'm talking about GOING BOLD.

In this Episode:

• Why executing on 1 bold move is worth more than a dozen safe moves
• Why your "comfort ceiling" is keeping you stuck below your potential
• 3 stories about how bold moves paid off in my life

#273

Register for Design the Next Year of Your Life Masterclass:

I'm fired up to invite you to a 90-minute virtual Masterclass on How to Design the Next Year of Your Life, 2022.

It's taking place Wednesday, November 17th, 7:00-8:30pm ET on Zoom.

In this 90-minute masterclass, you'll learn:

• Why resolutions fail (and what you need instead)
• A 15-minute exercise to capture your standout moments from 2021
• How to identify ONE "Next Level" area that you'll be stepping into in 2022
• Build a plan to bring your ONE "Next Level" vision into reality
• Accountability strategies to make sure that plan gets executed

All Registrants Will Receive:

• Recording of the Masterclass
• Guided Meditation to Envision the Next Year of Your Life
• Worksheet: Design the Next Year of Your Life PDF

To register, click here: Design the Next Year of Your Life, 2022

Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin

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Welcome to week #6 of the Building Your Best Self Series, a 13-episode mini adventure to call forth your best self as you head into 2022.

Today we are talking about Building Your Wolfpack.

In the Great Man Within community, we have a mantra: stop lone wolfing your life. The Lone Wolf is the man going through life mentally, emotionally and spiritually on his own. Lone wolves starve. Men thrive when in community with other men.

And when you embark upon this personal development journey, you may find the types of men you're currently surrounded by can't quite support or understand where you're trying to go. That can cause tension in your existing relationships.

If you're experiencing that friction already, you're not alone. To highlight this, I ran a poll on my Instagram account this past week where I asked 4 questions (150 responses):

#1. Did your personal development journey strengthen your relationship with existing friends or cause tension?

44% strengthened 56% caused tension

#2. When you began your journey, did you have a friend also working on that, or did you go at it solo?

27% friend 73% solo

#3. Did you feel supported by or resistance from your friends?

48% supported 52% resistance

#4. Did you end up saying goodbye to old friendships?

83% yes 17% no

So, the bottom line is, as you grow, and as your priorities change it can cause friction with your existing relationships…AND it represents a powerful opportunity to consciously create the pack of men you want to surround yourself with now and into the future.

Joining Bryan and I for today's discussion is our special guest Jay Washington. Jay is one of the most visible, vocal and influential men in our Great Man Within Communities. He's in two of the masterminds, and appeared on episode #210 of the podcast Uncomfortable Conversations with Black Men.

In this Episode:

• 3 signs you may have outgrown your friend group
• 3 questions to ask about the type of wolfpack you want to build
• 3 qualities I look for in the types of men I bring into my life