Enjoy these 29+ hours of powerful podcast episodes about what it takes for modern men to show up as healthy leaders in intimate relationships. Listen below or click the spotify playlist to queue them all up for a long drive.
There's a moment in every man's life where he stares at the ceiling at 2 AM, feeling the space between him and his partner like an ocean, wondering if staying for the kids is noble sacrifice or slow suffocation. I got to explore this agonizing territory on Melanie Curtin's show, diving into one of the...
I had a fascinating conversation with Melanie Curtin that sits right in this impossible paradox: men are supposedly obsessed with their penises, yet carry profound shame about the most basic thing penises do. We live in a culture that simultaneously expects men to be sexual beings while making them feel fundamentally broken when their bodies...
I just got to join Melanie Curtin on her show Dear Men, and we dug into something that comes up for so many guys I work with: what happens when you or your partner needs space? This one hits close to home for me. I spent years in a previous relationship where I couldn't even...
Melanie Curtin and I got into one of those conversations that I wish I could have had with every guy who's ever asked me whether they should see a therapist or hire a coach. We covered the territory that so many men are curious about but rarely get straight answers on, and honestly, her insights...
Talking with Melanie Curtin reminded me why I love diving into topics that make people squirm a little. We explored polarity work and the real mess that happens when people treat these masculine/feminine concepts like gospel instead of the flexible tools they're meant to be. She brought such clarity to why this framework can transform...
What if the very thing we think makes us "nice guys" is actually the thing that's robbing us of our power? I just had this incredible conversation with Melanie Curtin that completely reframed how I think about stepping into authentic masculine power. We dug deep into the nice guy patterns that keep us trapped, what...
All right, I had a blast on Melanie's podcast talking about emotional expression with my wife Violet. We got into something that's been a game changer in our relationship, this idea of three stages of emotional processing. Stage one is pure reactivity, stage two is that more spacious, let's talk it through approach, and stage...
There's a moment in my conversation with Melanie where she describes watching her client, a genuinely good-hearted man, trying to explain away his partner's explosive rage for the third time that week. He's sitting there, shoulders slumped, telling Melanie how maybe if he just communicated better, maybe if he was more patient, maybe if he...
Why do so many men who are successful in every other area of their lives feel completely defeated by dating apps? I got to explore this question with Melanie on her show Dear Men, diving into one of those topics that comes up constantly with the guys I work with. The reality is, dating apps...
There's a moment in every man's life where he realizes that being "nice" isn't actually nice at all. It's in that uncomfortable recognition that I sat down with Melanie to explore one of the most challenging connections I've encountered: how Nice Guy Syndrome creates the ...
I just did an episode on Dear Men with Melanie Curtin about nervous system regulation in relationships. One of those conversations that felt really important, particularly for men who find themselves constantly trying to take care of their partner's emotional state while their own tank is running on empty. We talked about what regulation actually...
I had one of those conversations with Melanie Curtin on her podcast Dear Men that stayed with me long after we stopped recording. We kept circling back to this thing that's been showing up everywhere in my work lately: why is it so damn hard for men to simply ask their partners for what they...
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