True North Man

Sitting in silence before God, deepening your relationship with Him, and sensing His love for you can be a profound experience. Centering prayer is the pathway to getting connected with the divine. Rich has been a regular practitioner of this prayer for years. Finding this a “life-giving and life-changing” practice, he can’t wait to share his experience and thoughts with you all in this episode.

Rich Lewis is an author, a speaker, and a coach who considers Centering Prayer a means of inner transformation. His last book titled Sitting With God is a testimony to the transforming power of God’s love.

In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Rich discuss contemplative prayer practices, specifically Centering Prayer, the history behind it, how you practice it, and the impact such prayer can have on your lives. As the discussion rolls on, you learn how you can connect with your true self through this silent prayer. Tune in to know more about this simple yet most profound practice that can turn your life around.

What You Will Learn:

• How you benefit through the practice of Centering Prayer.
• What the steps are to this practice.
• Why the approach can lead to deep inner healing.
• And many more nuggets of wisdom!

Favorite Quote:

“The purpose of centering prayer is to sit with God, get ourselves and our thoughts out of the way, and let God act on us at a deep level.”

- Rich Lewis

How To Get Involved:

Find Rich and check out for a free sample of Sitting With God through his Website here.

You can connect with him on Facebook as well.

Know about Contemplative Outreach through their Website here.

Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here.

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What makes you a high-performing leader? If your knowledge of leadership isn’t producing effective outcomes at your workplace or life, listen to this podcast episode to know what’s missing from your end. Jason coaches leaders to become more influential, convincing, and motivating to bring out the best in others.

Dr.Jason Jones is a business psychologist, an author, a keynote speaker, and an executive coach. When it comes to leadership development and culture development for organizations, he is an expert in equipping people with effective tools based upon the latest in neuroscience research. He is the author of two famous books, ‘28 Days to a Motivated Team’ and ‘Activator.’

In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Jason dive deep into the topic of motivation, bringing to light how you leverage brainpower to keep yourself motivated and how you become an activator unleashing potential in people. Your brain continues to grow and change if you are doing the right things to optimize it. Hear Jason offering you a plethora of ideas and information to help you perform your best in your daily life and inspire others to do the same.  

What you will learn:

• What powerful part of the human brain is God’s precious gift to making you responsible for higher-functioning.
• How you can “rewire your brain” to become a happier soul.
• Why Jason’s book Activator is an insightful reading to take your leadership to the next level.
• Why spiritual practices are good things to do.
• And more interesting facts!

Favorite Quote:

“An activator is someone who facilitates lighting up the brain of another person creating  better energy and the momentum in their life so that they can thrive.”

-  Dr.Jason Jones

How to get involved:

Find Jason on his Website or you can connect with him on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Buy a copy of Activator and get your free book bonuses here.

Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com 

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How do you stay balanced when life throws you a curveball? Brian was left hopeless when his marriage broke up a decade ago. Filled with shame, forsaken, and terrified to lose everything, it wasn’t easy for him to bounce back. However, he did. Having experienced a deep transformation, a renewed faith, things changed within and around him for the better.

Dr. Brian Russell is an author, a professor of Biblical Studies, and a spiritual transformational coach. He is the founder of Deep Dive Spirituality a coaching program for pastors and spiritual leaders. His forthcoming book, Centering Prayer talks about silent, solitary practices before God that can turn your life around. He is also the host of The Deep Dive Spirituality Conversations podcast. Reading the Bible for the last 37 years, turned him into more than a master in it.

In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Brian engage in a rich conversation, deepening your understanding of the Scriptures, your relation to God, Faith and Spirituality, life in general, and much more. The discussion brings clarity to many of the baffling thoughts you might deal with. A believer or a non-believer, you are sure to win some valuables from this enlightening talk. 

What you will learn:

• What dark phase of life Brian had been through after his marriage broke up and how he got over it.
• How Brian opened himself up to deep experiences of inner healing by God's grace.
• Why there is sin in this world even when God is all-powerful and good.
• How you strengthen your belief in God.
• Why every person should strive to become ‘the person you are created to be’ by the Lord.
• And many more enlightening moments!

Favorite Quote:

“We're all redeemable if we open ourselves up to God. There is true, sanctifying grace that God gives to transform us and  help us to grow.”

-          Dr. Brian Russell

How To Get Involved:

Find out Brian through his Website, or on Linked In, Instagram, and Twitter.

You can know more about his Centering Prayer book here and The Deep Dive Spirituality Conversations podcast here.

Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com 

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Why do men and women differ when it comes to expressing emotions? Unlike women, most men tend to hide emotions. They are conditioned to believe that expressing their feelings is out of character with the male identity. However, suppressing emotions and feelings can be incredibly toxic and detrimental to a man’s mental health.

Jack strongly empathizes with men as he says, “There is a kernel of truth to the fact that men's needs are just not part of the picture these days.” He had been a social worker and always looked up to a healthy society with equity in the true sense. He always knew at the back of his mind that along with the male and female relationship issues, multiple social problems are cropping up for society’s lack of awareness of the gender issues of men and boys.

At present, Jack Kammer hosts two podcasts called Men Are Talking, where he interviews men and the other one is Goodwill Toward Men, in which he interviews women.

On this episode of True North Man, Paul and Jack delve deep into the core beliefs of gender identities of men and women, and consequent gender issues of men, how men have been conditioned to be masculine, their inhibitions in articulating their emotions, their suffering, and all leading to grave concern in society. Tune in to this episode to gain insight. 

What you will learn:

• What kind of impact does a father's presence have in a family unit.
• What are men’s needs in the current scenario, and how fulfilling those can level out a balance between the sexes.
• Why the concept of work-life balance is relevant as much for men as it is for women.
• How important it is for men to become vulnerable and vent out their emotions freely.
• And much more!

Favorite Quote:

“It’s not healthy for us to be big, strong, tough men all the time. The stress of being big, tough, strong men all the time is hurting us badly.”

-       Jack Kammer

Connect with Jack:

Website

Men Are Talking & Goodwill Toward Men Podcasts

How To Get Involved:

Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com 

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Living within your comfort zone, not trying to excel in what you do - can be pretty easy in life, leaving you just average, not mirroring the authentic person you are. How about altering your steps bringing forth the best version of you?

A person weighing over 300 lbs. before getting focused on his health and losing more than 100 pounds in a short span without fad diets or weight loss drugs displays his strong motive and determination. This is just a glimpse of Drewbie’s realization of his potential, which took him a bit longer. But the moment he fathomed them, he was unstoppable.

Drewbie, a loving husband, a caring father, and a successful professional, wouldn’t have made it to where he is if he hadn’t been more intentional in changing his path of action for good. He says, “I'm kind of an average guy that decided I didn't want to be average anymore. “Starting from rock-bottom to working it out to the top had been an inspirational journey, he vents out in his bestselling book, ‘Crushing the Day’, adding value in others. Drewbie Wilson is now the Vice President at ‘Break Free Academy’, a multi-million dollar consulting company.

In this episode of True North Man, Paul interrogates Drewbie, digging out every ins and outs he took along his journey and, most notably, his core values to serve others with integrity and humility, getting him to the peak of his journey.  Listen to this empowering conversation gear up to crush your day before the day crushes you.

What you will learn:

• Why it is crucial to get around people living the life you look up to.
• How Drewbie’s purpose of serving people benefited him at the end of the day.
• What keeps Drewbie grounded when ego takes the forefront and what role ‘faith’ plays in his life.
• Why Drewbie has taken a fondness for cycling as a sport and how it has turned into more than a mere sport for him.
• And much more!

Favorite Quote:

“Ego is like a pinch of salt. A little bit is great, but a little too much of it will destroy the dish. And so I think that's where gratitude is important because gratitude is kind of the counter to the ego that dilutes it.”

• Drewbie Wilson

Connect with Drewbie:

Website

Crushing the Day Book

LinkedIn

Facebook

How To Get Involved:

Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com 

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Many people wrestle with the thought they can either have great success in their careers or be good family men. Rob, your guest, differs in opinion, saying, “You can do both. It might take a little bit more effort, a little bit more focus, a little more prioritizing things, a little bit more intention, but at the end of the day, it's possible.”

Rob was troubled to see people struggling to make both ends meet. Whereas witnessing his grandfather accomplishing goals, making success, and balancing everything had been the greatest inspiration for him. He discovered it’s not your fame, success, and power impacting your life more than the legacy you create for others.

Rob Hook is a legacy coach, a financial planner. He turns out to be a very successful host of the ‘Contenders Wanted’ Podcast. A Contender in his podcast is one wanting the very best in life. As he says, “They’re a champion by not just being great in one area but a champion of life.”

In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Rob engage in an insightful talk, bringing to light what it needs to make a successful life without sacrificing your family, health, faith, and other valued possessions in life. Tune in to listen to and align those small disciplines and actions compounding into creating a legacy and a life worth living for you and your family.

What you will learn:

• How do you determine what the purpose in your life is.
• What builds a foundation to experience both success and legacy.
• How you become more intentional in prioritizing things in life and find the essential tools to do that.
• Why it’s important not to ignore your little purposes in life to create something grand out of it.
• And much more!

Favorite Quote:

“Legacy in my mind is the idea of creating a life worth living. It's about creating the future that you hope to have with your actions today.”

         - Rob Cook

Connect with Rob:

Contenders Wanted Website

LinkedIn

Facebook

How To Get Involved:

Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com 

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A privileged childhood, a caring family, an abundance of all – is all you can wish for, unlike Pedro wanting to escape all this to find something more profound as - “Who am I as a man?”. He was living a secure and comfortable life in the beginning with no hardships. He was left defeated with nothing to chase and nowhere to reach until he decided to be strong and outdo himself.

Pedro Meneses is now the Founder and CEO at ‘The Way of the Modern Beast’. He has taken his business to its peak with his clear vision and diligence. Turning from rock bottom to a successful entrepreneur took him years to break his back. Pedro admits saying, “To understand what it means by the rewards behind working hard and being disciplined and really developing yourself in all areas of your life, didn’t happen to me until I turned 24 or 25 years old”. He moved to the US, leaving everything behind, starting a new chapter in his life full of adventures, desperation, challenges to unleashing ‘the Giant’ within him.

In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Pedro discuss the fundamentals of self-mastery, enabling you to discover your true purpose, take command over your life, and harness the forces that bring forth the most elite version of you to shape your destiny.  Tune in to this insightful conversation and acknowledge that ‘voice inside you’ never leads you astray.

What You Will Learn:

• How the most challenging decision in life turned out to be the most rewarding one for Pedro.
• What parameters and discipline help children build their character and teach life lessons in them.
• Why it is essential to listen to the ‘little voice inside’ to keep reminding yourself what’s missing and how you fulfill that to a meaningful life.
• And much more!

Favorite Quote:

“There's nothing I believe is more powerful than a confident man. If you are confident you are going to stay firm even when you have messed up, and you're going to take responsibility for your actions.”

• Pedro Meneses                                                                                                 

Connect With Pedro and follow him on social media at these given links:

Connect with Pedro

Twitter

Chronicles Of A Modern Beast

How To Get Involved:

Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com 

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As a formerly incarcerated felon, Jay Dan Gumm understands all too well the ways his background was against him. That’s a big part of why he named his top-rated podcast, now streaming in prisons and jails across America, “Background Check,” and it’s why he became founder and CEO of Forgiven Felons, too. 

A nonprofit organization that Jay runs with his wife, Forgiven Felons equips men with housing and the life skills needed to turn over a new page in life: “I just wanted to have a landing place for men to get out of prison and successfully reenter society,” he says. 

For a lot of men, and incarcerated people in general, where they first go after leaving jail or prison isn’t often a space that sets them up for success. That’s part of the reason rates of recidivism are so high. Nationally, combining numbers from federal and state prisons, the recidivism rate is almost 80%. It’s something Jay has seen happen to people he’s close to, and it’s a pattern he wants to help change.

In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Jay talk about what led Jay to “willfully walk away” from God and his faith earlier in life and ultimately landed him behind bars, and how he’s using his experience to help others today.

What You’ll Learn

• How Jay learned to embrace the word “felon” without letting it define him (and why he says God wanted him to)
• How a stint in solitary confinement opened his heart to the Holy Spirit
• Why so many people wind up re-incarcerated, and how he hopes to change that
• And much more!

Favorite Quote: 

“We want to help more people get out of prison and successfully reenter society so they don't go back. Because that's a huge problem. It's called recidivism. And the church has a recidivism problem, too. Recidivism is just a relapse into old patterns. It's all behavior, and even in the church, there's a tendency and a temptation to go back to your old ways and your old patterns. And so we exist to help guys not recidivate.”

— Jay Dan Gumm

Connect With Jay: 

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

LinkedIn

How To Get Involved:

Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com 

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Clay Smeltzer is sometimes asked why he coaches men. The answer? He knows what it’s like to not have a purpose. For much of his life, he had “no d*** clue” who he was and was “faking everybody out” — himself the most. 

“I’ve been through the s***storm of sitting here on my couch, having a panic attack, watching a TV show and going, ‘Is this really what my life is about?’” He says. “Am I going to wake up every day filled with anxiety and this shame cycle that says, ‘If I can’t take care of myself, and I can’t fix myself, how the h*** am I going to fix anything else?’” 

As a husband, as a father and as a professional, Clay felt he was constantly letting everyone down — this, when he’d made all the “right” choices. He’d gone to college. Found a steady career path as a teacher. Got married. Had kids. Bought a house. And still, he felt “worthless.” 

Eventually, Clay was able to confront the major role anxiety was playing in his life. That’s when things started to change for the better. Today, he helps other men identify and confront the negative thought patterns, fears, and trauma that are keeping them stuck in destructive patterns without a purpose. On this episode of True North Man, Paul and Clay tell each other their stories of forging a foundational identity after years of living without one.

What You’ll Learn

• How Clay came to learn the lesson that “nobody validates me but me”
• How he went onto form a coaching “brotherhood” after recognizing there are “a lot of men out there who are hurting”
• What it looks like to define and rebuild masculinity 
• And much more!

Favorite Quote: 

“Men get stuck in these same shame cycles. We get stuck in this negativity about ourselves. We get stuck in the expectation that ‘I have to be this, when my reality is here.’ And having a difference between your expectation and your reality causes this frustration. And then we get into the monotonous cycle; we wake up Mondays, we go to work until Friday, we live for the weekend, and we do the same s*** all over again… and we’re sitting there going, ‘F***. What’s going on?’”

— Clay Smeltzer

Connect With Clay: 

Instagram

LinkedIn

Purpose Infused Coaching

How To Get Involved:

Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com 

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Shea Taylor’s instinct to protect others and, as he puts it, to “beat up bad guys” comes in part from having been bullied himself. Growing up in Eastern Kentucky, he had a lot of health problems; as a high school freshman, he was 5 feet tall and weighed just 88 pounds.

“My dad was a high school janitor,” Shea says. “We weren't financially rich by any stretch of the imagination. I grew up on a dairy farm in a two bedroom house with five brothers.”

He remembers being picked on a lot, and working hard: “You had to grind for everything.” But when, toward the end of high school, he shot up to over 6 feet, put on weight and started excelling in baseball, that was when “everything clicked.” Which is why, after breaking his leg playing baseball and later damaging — then losing — that same leg in a motorcycle accident, Shea had to contend with what limited mobility meant for his identity and for his self-confidence. Spoiler alert: He’d go onto become one of the first amputees to fight in the MMA.

On this episode of True North Man, Paul and Shea talk about perseverance and letting your faith help shape your resilience. 

What You’ll Learn

• How, after 15 days in the ICU, 12 surgeries and a lot of prayer, Shea ultimately made the decision to lose his leg
• What it’s like to be one of the first and only fighters with a prosthetic in the MMA
• How Shea is giving back to where he came from as an entrepreneur today
• And much more!

Favorite Quote: 

“I would much rather have tried something and failed it than to have thought about doing something and it eat at me and not try it for five plus years, then go back on it, miss my opportunity and have regret. Because regret will absolutely eat your soul… it’s always ‘if it had been different’ or ‘if it had been this.’ Screw that.”

— Shea Taylor

Connect With Shea: 

Instagram

Facebook

How To Get Involved:

Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com 

Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.