Feel like you’re falling behind in life?

Like you should be further ahead by now, more accomplished, more secure, more certain, but deep down, you’re wondering if you’ve missed your chance? Or worse, you may think something is wrong with you.

I know that feeling all too well. In my mid-30s, I looked around and saw most of my friends with families, homes, great wealth, and steady careers, while I was still carving my own path. The comparison turned into shame, and the shame kept me stuck.

This episode is for the high-performing man quietly carrying that same weight.

Inside, you’ll discover:

• Why “being behind” is the biggest lie you’ve been sold
• 7 empowering truths to break free from comparison and shame
• How to trust your own timeline and create a life that’s truly yours
• The reframe that turns delays and detours into your greatest advantage

If you’ve been measuring your worth against someone else’s path, this conversation will anchor you back into power, perspective, and peace.

Alignment is the only timeline that matters.

You’re not behind, you’re just on your timeline.

0:02:00 - The painful narrative we carry 

0:06:00 - Truths: You're allowed to want what you want 

0:08:35 - You're allowed to move at your own pace 

0:09:24 - You're allowed to change paths, even late in the game

0:11:55 - We all mature at different speeds 

0:14:58 - You’re not broken for not fitting the mould

0:16:30 - You’re exactly where you need to be to learn what your soul came here to master

0:20:29 - The man who lives from alignment never truly falls behind

Website: www.evanspargo.co

Instagram: @evanspargo

There’s a hidden side to many high-performing men that rarely gets spoken about, sensitivity.

In this powerful episode of The Heart-Led Man, I open up about my own journey as a highly sensitive man. For years, I believed it made me weak… unmanly… broken. I spent most of my life hiding it, behind performance, people-pleasing, anger, or pretending not to care.

But what if your sensitivity isn’t your flaw?

What if it’s actually your greatest strength?

This episode is for the man who’s always been the achiever, the leader, the one who seems to have it all together… yet behind closed doors, he’s overwhelmed, feeling "too much", and silently questioning his worth.

We explore:

• What does it mean to be a sensitive high-achieving man?
• The childhood roots of male sensitivity
• Why so many high performers secretly feel too much and the impact of hiding it
• How emotional depth can become a superpower in leadership and relationships
• The practical steps to owning, integrating, and leading with your sensitivity

You’ll also hear how I’ve worked with countless successful men, business owners, athletes, creatives, who quietly carried the same shame… and finally found freedom.

Whether you’re a man navigating this journey yourself, or someone who loves a sensitive man, this one’s for you.

(0:00:20) Intro / My story of sensitivity

(0:08:10) What does it mean to be a sensitive high-achieving man?

(0:09:55) 4 ways men become highly sensitive

(0:15:15) How does sensitivity manifest as an adult

(0:17:05) The hidden strengths of sensitivity

(0:23:10) How we own our sensitivity and integrate into the next most powerful version of ourselves

Featured Tools Mentioned in This Episode:

• Guided Meditation for Emotional Release:
  https://youtu.be/Fwxgcs-C_VU?si=u60laBHjqo3BZ1Ql
• Guided Breathwork for Men:
  https://youtu.be/9pw5sE54qtI?si=iRC8s9fXVnIoSczU

Let this episode be a permission slip to stop hiding… and start leading from your truth.

📲 If this resonated, leave a review or share it with a brother who needs to hear this.

Website: www.evanspargo.co

Instagram: @evanspargo

We’re halfway through the year and if you’re a high-performing man who’s built success but feels stuck, disconnected, or unmotivated... this episode is for you.

In my work with leaders, business owners, and men inside The Ascension Men's Community, I’m seeing a pattern:

• Goals have stalled
• Energy is low
• Focus is scattered
• And the fire that once drove them feels distant

But the answer isn’t more hustle.
It’s learning to let go of what’s weighing you down.

In this episode, I share the 5 habits I’ve helped men release, had to let go of myself, and the solutions, to unlock a new level of clarity, confidence, and momentum:

(0:03:30) Instant Gratification
(0:08:30) Being Too Serious
(0:11:18) Hiding Yourself
(0:15:55) Complaining
(0:20:05) The Lone Wolf Mentality

Letting go of these patterns can reignite your leadership, drive, deepen your presence, and help you finish 2025 stronger than you started, both in life and love.

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Join The Ascension Men’s Community, a powerful brotherhood for leaders ready to master themselves and create lasting change. Q3 intake is now open.
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🎧 The Heart-Led Man Podcast is hosted by Evan Spargo, MCC Coach & Founder of The Ascension. Helping men lead with purpose, presence, and peace, without losing themselves or the people they love.

Website: www.evanspargo.co

Instagram: @evanspargo

Are you constantly stuck in your head overthinking, second-guessing, and silently battling a voice that tells you you're not enough?

In this episode, I break down what I call "The war in your head", the internal chaos so many high-performing men face behind the scenes, and why more success, more discipline, or more productivity won't fix it.

You'll hear:

• My personal story of internal conflict, burnout, and self-sabotage
• The invisible patterns I see in high-achieving men who look successful on the outside but are spiraling inside
• The 6-step Inner Fire Method I use with clients (and myself) to finally break free from the cycle

This isn’t just theory, I give you real tools, reflection prompts, and practical steps you can implement right away to shift from self-judgment to self-leadership.

(0:00:44) What the War in Our Heads mean

(06:50) My Story 

(0:12:50) The Patterns I see in Other Men

(0:15:15) Introduction of the 6-step Inner Fire Method

(0:15:50) Step 1 - Wake

(0:18:15) Step 2 - Feel 

(0:21:55) Step 3 - Face 

(0:25:05) Step 4 - Heal

(0:30:25) Step 5 - Rise

(0:32:10) Step 6 - Lead

Want to go deeper?

🎁 Download the free 6-Step Integration Worksheet to apply everything from this episode:
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🚀 Ready to master this process and transform from the inside out?
Join my 6-week live course: Win the War in Your Head
Only 12 spots. We start June 24.
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Website: www.evanspargo.co

Instagram: @evanspargo

Why do so many high-performing men feel lost, anxious, and disconnected, even after building a successful life?

In this deeply personal and powerful episode, Evan reveals the hidden root behind this quiet suffering: a lack of purpose, and disconnection from our natural gifts.

Through his own story and the stories of clients who went from anxious and unfulfilled to clear, confident, and fully alive, he explores:

• Why your deepest wound holds the key to your purpose
• How performance masks pain (and how to break the cycle)
• What happens when men reclaim the passions and gifts they abandoned as boys
• The questions every man must ask to find lasting peace and power

If you’ve ever felt like something’s missing, even though life looks good on the outside, this episode will speak directly to you.

Ready to reclaim your fire?

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Website: www.evanspargo.co

Instagram: @evanspargo

If you’re a high-performing man who constantly procrastinates, overthinks every move, or feels like nothing you do is ever good enough, this episode is for you.

In this raw and real solo episode, I unpack one of the biggest internal blocks I’ve battled in my life and leadership: Perfectionism.

You’ll discover:

• Why high-achieving men are more prone to perfectionism
• How perfectionism disguises itself as productivity, but keeps you stuck
• The hidden link between your childhood conditioning and your adult performance
• How this pattern quietly sabotages your relationships, confidence, and success
• The exact shift that helped me finally take action and start living on my terms

I’ll also share how perfectionism kept me from launching this very podcast for years, and the mindset that helped me break free.

If you’ve been waiting for the “perfect” time to start that project, have that conversation, or take a bold step forward...

This is your permission slip.

Your power isn’t in being perfect, it’s in being present, real, and in the arena.

Ready to break the cycle? Let’s go.

(0:01:56) - What is Perfectionism?

(0:02:47) - Positives of Perfectionism 

(0:04:24) - Unhealthy impact of Perfectionism 

(0:07:02) - My Story with it

(0:10:42) - How to let go of perfectionism 

Website: www.evanspargo.co

Instagram: @evanspargo

In this episode, I talk about what it's like to promote ourselves as introverts, the challenges, why we get stuck, how to overcome our fears and take steps to promoting ourselves in a way that's authentic to us.

Self-Promotion is the ability for us to share who we are in front of others, to be seen and heard, to speak up in front of a group of people, to share ourselves on social media, to ask for what we want, to promote our own personal brands and businesses.

For many introverts promoting ourselves becomes a challenge, because it feels 'unnatural' and goes against our 'nature'. There are countless of men out there who are not living up to their potential and not sharing their gifts with the world right now, because of fear, discomfort and a lack of confidence. Also, because they believe they can't, due to being 'too introverted'. 

This is something I have struggled with my entire life being highly introverted by nature, but something I've learned to overcome and continue to push through so I can share my gifts into the world, run a business and achieve my goals in life. 

(0:02:14) - My story

(0:10:00) - What keeps us stuck as introverts in promoting ourselves (1. Identity)

(0:11:50) - Make it about ourselves 

(0:13:30) - Fear of being seen

(0:15:08) - Entitlement 

(0:17:03) - Dysregulated nervous system

(0:19:05) - How to self-promote as an introvert (1. Regulate nervous system)

(0:21:15) - Incremental exposure 

(0:24:25) - Higher purpose

(0:25:40) - Consequences

(0:27:10) - Courage

Website: www.evanspargo.co

Instagram: @evanspargo

In episode 6, Evan discusses how us as Men can rebuild the attraction and desire in our relationship. Evan shares insights from his own experiences in relationships, from the many men he works with who have had struggles in their long term relationships and marriages, and the common patterns around a lack of attraction and desire. He's come up with 5 ways men can take responsibility for their part in the relationship, and rebuild the attraction and desire levels to where they want it to be again.

(0:01:03) - Resentment

(0:03:20) - Make it personal 

(0:05:45) - Take lead

(0:09:37) - Flirt without expectation

(0:10:45) - Ask

Website: www.evanspargo.co

Instagram: @evanspargo

Welcome to the Heart-led Man Podcast.

In episode 5, Evan discusses all about the inner critic, the voice inside our heads we battle with, and especially suffer in silence with, as men. Evan covers his own battles with his inner critic and how it's impacted his life, and the men in his world. He explains why the inner critic forms within us and then describes several ways we can break free from the shackles of the inner critic, so we can continue to grow, and take action towards the life we want and who we want to become.

(0:00:20) - Intro of the Inner Critic

(0:06:22) - Why we have the Inner Critic

(0:11:38) - Ways to Break Free: Number 1 - Self Compassion

(0:13:57) - 2 - Build Relationship

(0:16:49) - 3 - Process it

(0:20:23) - 4 - Purpose 

Website: www.evanspargo.co

Instagram: @evanspargo

Welcome to the Heart-led Man Podcast.

In this episode, Evan discusses his method of how to find our superpowers. The unique, natural gifts we innately embody and develop over time, which leads to greater purpose and fulfilment in our lives, and contributes positively to the world.

Many men these days suffer from feeling stuck, lost, directionless and purposeless, which can have a detrimental effect on our mental health. By discovering our superpowers, this can lead us to our purpose in our lives, this can lead us to a more meaningful career, fulfilling relationships and develop greater confidence in ourselves.

When we are giving our natural gifts as men, we feel at our best, which means everyone around us get's to that too.

Tune in as Evan shares his own journey of discovering his superpowers and how he brought them to life, and learn how you can find and cultivate your own unique superpowers. 

(0:01:15) - Why is it important to find our superpower?

(0:05:00) - How do you know when you've found them?

(0:06:27) - Impact on mental health

(0:09:02) - How do we find our superpower?

(0:09:29) - Q1: Naturally good at

(0:11:33) - Q2: What we enjoy

(0:13:25) - Q3: Learned from childhood pain

(0:16:21) - Q4: What want to share with others

(0:18:44) - Putting it all together 

Website: www.evanspargo.co

Instagram: @evanspargo