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RJ Singh is a corporate and ultra-endurance athlete, family man, and the host of the Ultra Habits Podcast dedicated to pursuing self-mastery. 

His mission is to lead by example and share the ultra habits needed to achieve ultra-performance in all areas of your life.

This episode we discuss... 

• What to do if you're feeling burned out and want to find a way to get back to peak performance.
• Why we must take time to stop, slow down, and rest to achieve more.

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If you’re part of an organization or business or institution … I’m guessing you’ve experienced some conflict.  

• What happens in organizations when cultural conflicts arise? 
• What is the single most common mistake we make when it happens? 
• What can we do to bring us back together? 

Today I’m talking with Dr. Thomas Shelden Griggs, Ph.D. … we talk about some of these issues in the ManKind Project … and well beyond it. 

Our needs and desires are so intense, our commitments and passions so elevated, that we routinely overestimate what is possible, and miss opportunities to take simple, powerful steps to make things better. 

This episode is for you if ... 

• You want to increase your functional skills in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• You are facing difficult issues in your organization and are looking for a place to start

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Today’s episode of the ManKind Podcast is a recent keynote conversation from the ManKind Project USA’s I-Group Summit. Jim Mitchell is a coach and facilitator who has been working with leaders and leadership teams for over 2 decades … creating spaces for transformative growth and collaboration. 

And he makes it look easy. 

Jim takes us on inspirational journey of creating spaces for men’s transformative work. What looks easy … isn’t. 

This whole conversation is an invitation to courage! 

What you’ll learn: 

• What is transformative space? 
• What are the key concepts to build transformative communities? 
• What gets in the way of transformation? 
• How do we move from emotional literacy to emotional fluency? 
• What is RTRS™? What is DDSS™? 

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Jim Mitchell’s web site: https://leadershipmagic.biz/

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Featuring Amos Kamil, Boysen Hodgson, Chris Henrikson

Originally Published in SPRING 2022 in the Kosmos Journal

Boysen Hodgson here. While Brandon is taking some time off for paternity leave with his lovely family, I’m filling in. 

This week, I’m pulling out a conversation recorded for the Kosmos Journal earlier this year. 

In this wide-ranging dialog, we talk about rites of passage work, sacred masculinity, the importance of connection, and also about the core role that ritual, music, poetry and creativity can play in creating community and shifting the culture. 

Audio use by permission of Kosmos Journal. 

ABOUT AMOS KAMIL

Amos Kamil, MFA, MSW, LSW, is an author and psychotherapist who works with men, couples, and adults recovering from trauma and abuse. In his work, he draws on Family Systems, CBT, DBT, Internal Family Systems, and the Gottman Method.

His work has also appeared in numerous media outlets including The New York Times, The Jerusalem Post, Newsweek, The Jerusalem Report, Good Morning America, ABC, NBC, TNT, and ESPN.

ABOUT CHRIS HENRIKSON

Chris Henrikson is the founder and executive director of Street Poets Inc., a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that harnesses the healing power of poetry and music to inspire our next generation to write, rap, and dream a new world into being for us all. 

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• The meaning of 'Sacred' ... as a felt experience
• The importance of connection in ritual space to changing community.

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• Kosmos Journal
• Street Poets Los Angeles
• Amos Kamil

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Boysen Hodgson here … I’m filling in to frame up this week’s show. My heartfelt congratulations to Brandon, Christine, and Bindi Rose Clift - born November 7, 2022. 

Click here for the poem I read in the intro.

Brandon Clift and Jordan Bowman talk today about Raising kids in community. 

Jordan Bowman from Journeyman Triangle returns to the show to talk his work with the Journeyman organization through the framework of rites of passage, mentoring, and community building. It’s about making mistakes, telling stories, and inviting our kids into a powerful sense community through true empowerment. It’s about understanding people as a process!  It’s about humility, vulnerability, agency, freedom and responsibility. This a conversation between two young men looking at parenthood, fatherhood, and community in a way that makes me really hopeful. There are new ways of being and seeing parenting … and so many great efforts happening in our culture to support this movement. 

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In This Episode You Will Learn:

• The Importance of Freedom in supporting teens
• How can you build teens with a strong sense of Agency & Responsibility?

Did You Enjoy Ryan Tuckwood? Here Is How To Find Out More: 

• Journeymen Triangle Website
• Jordan Bowman on Instagram 

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Crossroads - Step Into A New Way Of Being: Is there a gap between who you say you are, or who you think you are, and how you actually show up? Do you have untapped gifts within you? Do you fear bringing them into the light? Through the clutter of conflict, the lenses of endless tasks, and the tyranny of timelines and to-dos it can be easy to lose sight of one’s power to create your imagined life and your ability to positively impact your world. >>>Enroll Here<<<

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Jim Donovan, M.Ed. is a multi-platinum recording artist, educator, and TEDx speaker.

His mission is to share the restorative power of music through education and performance.

Donovan is an Assistant Professor and Director of Music and Wellness at Saint Francis University.

His viral TEDx Talk "How to Trick Your Brain Into Falling Asleep" has been viewed over 6 million times to date.

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• A powerful life lesson Jim learned from touring and playing with Carlos Santana.
• Why Jim chose family over fame.
• How nearly losing his life taught him what is most important to him in life.
• How to trick your brain into falling asleep
  
  

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• Jim Donovan's Website: JimDonovanMusic.com
• How To Trick Your Brain Into Falling Asleep
• Jim's TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5dE25ANU0k
• The Sound Health Podcast

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Andrew Banks: “You’re all unrepeatable miracles, why would you not want to be the best you can be every day?”

Ryan Tuckwood, the founder and CEO of the SWISH Sales Method joins Brandon Clift to discuss the importance of having a Motivational North Star in all of your endeavors whether it be in business, relationships and your life.

Ryan is a multiple award winning Entrepreneur responsible for launching the careers of thousands thanks to his SWISH sales method which removes the usual tropes of manipulation and persuasion.

A proud husband and father of two boys, Ryan shares his story of humble beginnings in Leicester, England to securing the investments of three of the five sharks on Australian Shark Tank.

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• How Ryan has been able to grow and achieve so much in such a short period of time thanks to his motivational north star.
• Whey being ambitious and mission-driven does NOT have to be detrimental to your family life.
• The importance of creating a Third Space to relax, rest and recover by connecting with your true self.
  
  

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• Ryan's Shark Tank Appearance: 
• LinkedIn 
• Instagram (Personal)  
• Instagram SWISH Sales Coaching
• Swish FB Group
• Ryan’s Podcast - The Swish Show
• Website

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I’ve spent a lot of my life believing that being free meant being without responsibilities. 

Admittedly … it’s incredibly childish! And the older I get the more clear it becomes that there is a dialog running in my brain all the time … between the adult me and some version of me that’s 2 or 5 or 11 years old … and man … he does not want responsibilities. 

I don’t think I’m unique in that … seeing the world as a place where I get to choose whatever I want and damn the consequences … ‘F' em if they can’t take a joke’ and ‘he who dies with the most toys wins’ 

There are ways that our culture reinforces this kind of living … without integrity … a cohesive binding that makes something whole …  in subtle and not so subtle ways every day. And we can find lots of role models to look up to. 

Maybe there are other ways to understand freedom … and to embrace integrity. 

William Grace Frost has come to understand freedom in a different way. He has had some profound awakenings into what a life of integrity looks like, one of which happened on the New Warrior Training Adventure. 

He’s taken his experience as a professional athlete, as a highly trained coach, and as a student of multiple wisdom traditions, and used it all to create a process called the Men’s Freedom Formula … 

In this episode we talk about integrity, accountability, and freedom … William brings incredible gifts of wisdom and presence … and he also brings a gift … see below.

Learn More and get the free gift 

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Buckle up as you're about to listen to the remarkable life story of author and holocaust survivor, Richard Wiener. 

Richard details his inspiring journey from being oppressed and tormented as the only jew in a school full of Hitler youth, to today as a 95-year-old man with nothing but love and forgiveness for the kids who once wanted him erased. 

In This Episode You Will:

• Discover the power of forgiveness.
• Hear Richard's remarkable story of a picturesque youth that was destroyed by the rise of the Third Reich. 
• How to forgive those who have committed unspeakable wrongs against you. 
  
  

Did You Enjoy Richard Wiener Way? Here Is How To Find Out More: 

• Richard's Book: Survivor's Odyssey - From Oppression To Reconciliation
• Oprah Winfrey Forgivers Her Mother: Video

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Buckle up as you're about to listen to the remarkable life story of author and holocaust survivor, Richard Wiener. 

Richard details his inspiring journey from being oppressed and tormented as the only jew in a school full of Hitler youth, to today as a 95-year-old man with nothing but love and forgiveness for the kids who once wanted him erased. 

In This Episode You Will:

• Discover the power of forgiveness.
• Hear Richard's remarkable story of a picturesque youth which was destroyed by the rise of the Third Reich. 
• How to forgive those who have committed unspeakable wrongs against you. 
  
  

Did You Enjoy Richard Wiener Way? Here Is How To Find Out More: 

• Richard's Book: Survivor's Odyssey - From Oppression To Reconciliation
• Oprah Winfrey Forgivers Her Mother: Video

Additional Resources:

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With over 1000+ Men's Circles (Virtual + In-Person) worldwide, men are waiting to welcome you into a kind, supportive and safe brotherhood of men. FREE Online Men's Groups are available every week.

The Men's Work Introduction For BIPOC Men: https://mkpusa.org/themenswork-bipoc/
If you’d like to join a session exclusively created by and for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) men, we offer a session on Thursday night for you. The Facilitators in this session are all BIPOC men.

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