After taking a summer hiatus, the Better Man Podcast returns—with a brand-new format. This season looks at real-life examples from men of various ages. These conversations focus on understanding the fitness journeys of men of all ages as we age. We’ll discuss their “Oh Shit” moment when they realized they needed to make a change, what helped them get started after their “Oh Shit” moment, and what keeps them going after the initial motivation “high” wears off. In this first episode back, I reveal...
Oct 03, 2024•23 min•Season 5Ep. 101
A shocking number of podcasts don’t last 10 episodes. But the Better Man Podcast—which has been extremely valuable for my personal growth as well as our listeners—finally reached an important milestone: The 100th episode! So, in this special episode, I’m sharing the 10 most important lessons I’ve learned from recording 100 episodes of this podcast. And these are lessons that I know will help you in your self-development too. In this episode, you’ll discover: 10 most important lessons I’ve learne...
Jun 20, 2024•24 min•Season 4Ep. 100
A topic that gets mentioned on every episode of the Better Man Podcast is simple: How you can become a better man. But until today, we’ve never had the ability to really pull back the analytics and examine the cold, hard data. That’s why I invited Ben Wigert and Mike Ritz from Gallup. For the past 89 years, Gallup has found analytical insights and trends about how to become happier, what makes someone more fulfilled, and how you can become more content with your life (despite the various struggl...
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Season 4Ep. 99
Here’s a harsh truth: Getting old sucks. But it’s a reality you can't ignore or escape from. It’s easier to get hurt. You feel more sore more often. Little aches and pain become more pronounced and harder to ignore. Your energy and motivation declines. But worst of all: You can’t workout like you used to when you were younger (unless you want to injure yourself). That’s the bad news. The good news? In today’s show, I reveal my top 5 tips for staying fit and injury-free as you get older. Here’s a...
Jun 06, 2024•27 min•Season 4Ep. 98
There is a certain epidemic that’s strangling men’s mental and emotional health. But since it’s sneakier for men than it is for women, many mental health clinicians don’t even know how to spot the signs. I’m referring to depression, isolation, and a lack of connection with other men. Men are lonelier than perhaps ever before. But we experience depressive symptoms in a more subtle way than women—and this further exacerbates our mental health. That’s why I invited one of the most knowledgeable peo...
May 30, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 4Ep. 97
BMP-Ep096: Strategies & Tips For Your At-Home Yoga Practice While an at-home yoga practice has many benefits—such as requiring no commuting, being able to do it whenever and wherever you want, and choosing a yoga routine that best suits your goals of the day—there are a few drawbacks too: You might set unrealistic expectations for your practice. Missing a workout can fill you with guilt. Or your focus might shift out of yoga and into something else, like weight training or running. That’s wh...
May 23, 2024•16 min•Season 4Ep. 96
Everyone wants to be happier, have fewer worries, and feel more excited about life. But often, we sow the seeds to our mental health destruction without even realizing it. This makes happiness impossible and fleeting. But it doesn't have to be that way. 24 years ago, today’s guest, Dain Heer (CEO of Access Consciousness), gave himself six months to change his life, or he was going to commit suicide. Within a couple of weeks, he stumbled onto an unusual—and immediate—way to become happier that al...
May 09, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 95
This past weekend, 10+ guys came together at the Be The Better You Retreat to be open, honest, and vulnerable. While we worked out and did yoga—it is a Man Flow Yoga retreat after all—the true value of the retreat was getting like-minded guys in the same room to talk about their emotions. There were three distinct themes that kept repeating throughout the retreat. And I have my own personal takeaways too. In this episode, I’m sharing a recap of the Be The Better You Retreat and revealing: The th...
May 02, 2024•29 min•Season 4Ep. 94
I used to think that the keys to great health were eating right, exercising often, and getting enough sleep. While these are good for your health, they pale in comparison to the quality of your relationships. In fact, a Harvard study proved that your relationships are the #1 most important factor for your overall health and wellbeing. But many guys, myself included, can be terrible at their most important relationship: The one you and your partner share. I get it, relationships are hard. But men...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 93
Most guys who are interested in self-care and self-improvement struggle heavily with it. Flicking on the TV or loading your favorite social media for doom scrolling is so much easier. Especially when you lead a busy life and are responsible for your family. And you know what? I struggle with this too. It’s a daily battle to pick the activity that’s rewarding in the long-term instead of the one that’s numbing in the short-term. But it’s possible to make the right choice even when you’re exhausted...
Apr 18, 2024•13 min•Season 4Ep. 92
Here’s an uncomfortable truth: You will get injured at some point on your fitness journey. While we can do our best to prevent injuries, injuries are unavoidable. But just because you’ve injured yourself doesn’t mean you have to be sedentary for months. In fact, after listening to this episode, you might be able to cut your recovery time in half. Here’s why: The science behind pain and recovery reminds me of the science behind nutrition. For years, we’ve been told outdated advice on nutrition, a...
Apr 11, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Season 4Ep. 91
For whatever reason, men are particularly bad at managing their stress, anxiety, and overwhelm. I’ve struggled with this myself. Everyone struggles with this. But why? As men, we’ve been discouraged to give our emotions the validation they deserve. Instead of confronting issues, we avoid them by turning into workalcoholics or exercise junkies. While these can be beneficial activities, they cause your emotions to bubble behind the scenes… Until you unleash them at the worst possible times. But th...
Apr 04, 2024•20 min•Season 4Ep. 90
Something devastating happened to you when you turned seven years old… You figured out your default state of being and thinking and trapped yourself in a “mind matrix.” Inside this “mind matrix,” your ego formed, your defense mechanisms solidified, and you started living the rest of our lives on autopilot. This happens to everyone, not just you… But the problem is, relying on defense mechanisms you formed when you were a child makes it easy to self-sabotage in adulthood. To make matters worse… M...
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Season 4Ep. 89
There are a lot of men in the Man Flow Yoga Community who either want more or need more from their subscription. Whether you struggle with motivation, consistency, your relationships, or too much stress, I have good news for you: Man Flow Yoga Engage will help you overcome these struggles (even if they’re not purely physical struggles). I haven’t launched something as big as Man Flow Yoga Engage since I first launched the Member’s Area. And in this episode, I explain… What Man Flow Yoga Engage i...
Mar 21, 2024•25 min•Season 4Ep. 88
One of the most understated things that most men carry around unknowingly is some type of deep grief or sadness that comes from your childhood. But therapy, which is dominated by women, doesn’t give the best route to confront, address, and accept these deep-seated feelings. To make matters worse, most men are so out of touch with their emotions that they can only try to explain them logically. But emotions don’t happen in your head. They live in your body. Understanding this tells us why so many...
Mar 14, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Season 4Ep. 87
Despite never having easier access to other people, men today are lonelier than perhaps any other point in history. We don’t deeply connect with each other. We don’t share our struggles in a vulnerable way. And it comes with the steep cost of loneliness, stress, overwhelm, and other mental health issues. But there’s not a more effective way to overcome acute mental problems than by sharing your struggles with other men. I realized this last week when I was freaking out about everything. I didn’t...
Mar 07, 2024•20 min•Season 4Ep. 86
Motivation is a fickle beast. One day, your motivation soars and you finally start a fitness program. The next day, your motivation strands you and threatens your goals. The trickiest part about motivation is how quickly it comes and goes. Despite it consistently being unreliable, we still feel the need to want to feel it before tackling a big goal. Well, today’s guest, Paul Clingan (aka The Trooper Transmission CT-3939), the founder of The Trooper Transmission—a Star Wars based fitness program—...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 30 min
What do you do when you’re stuck in a rut and your motivation is running out? If your first reaction is to berate yourself out of it or deny that it’s happening—a problem men in particular struggle with—then, well, you can actually prolong the rut you’re in. I’ve experienced this myself. And I’ve also found a better, more productive way to handle a lack of motivation: In today’s episode, I’m sharing the set of strategies I use to pull myself out of a rut, so you can try them whenever your motiva...
Feb 22, 2024•24 min•Season 4Ep. 84
Men today live in a constant state of stress. Despite never being safer from external threats, modern society presents us with more stress than any other generation before us—and it’s killing us. In fact, when you live in a constant state of stress, things that are considered healthy—like weight lifting, cardio workouts, and cold & hot therapy—actually become unhealthy. They deplete your energy savings, swirling your cortisol levels to unmanageable heights, and create a vicious cycle of even...
Feb 15, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Season 4Ep. 83
Today’s hustle culture tricks men, myself included, into jamming more activities into our day to become more productive, more successful, and more fulfilled. But this relentless pursuit of self-development opens up a void in our life. The more things we shove into our day, the less time we have to slow down and reflect on what actually matters. In other words, adding more productivity hacks doesn’t result in significant improvement. It does the opposite: It drives you to the verge of burnout. No...
Feb 08, 2024•30 min•Season 4Ep. 82
Go up to any man on the street and ask him whether he’d like to have more money, and you’ll get the same response: Absolutely. But today’s guest, Noah Kagan, founder of AppSumo and the OK Dork YouTube channel, woke up with a million dollars in his bank account, but was miserable. Despite his success from the outside looking in, his finances didn’t fill the void his work or relationships opened. That’s when he realized that your goals aren’t nearly as important as the systems you set up to make y...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 81
More people than ever have the option to work from home. But is working from home all it’s cracked up to be? Well, working from home may boost your productivity, work-life balance, and reduce your overall stress. But it can also do the opposite: Plummet your productivity, sabotage your work-life balance, and lead to burnout. Personally, working from home worked until it didn’t. After my second kid was born, there were too many distractions at home to accomplish anything meaningful. Plus, it made...
Jan 25, 2024•23 min•Season 4Ep. 80
What if I told you that there’s only one thing standing between you and the most impossible goal you could think of? You’d probably be filled with skepticism, and you wouldn't be wrong. In fact, I was in your exact shoes with today’s guest Jason Drees (former Tony Robbins coach turned mindset coach and entrepreneur) posed that question to me. But here’s the thing… Jason cracked the codes to the universe when he realized that you must change your frequency, not your mindset, to do the impossible....
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 79
The biggest problem affecting men today is that we don’t get to connect with similar men on a deeper level. I struggle with this too, so you’re not alone. Modern life fills our calendars with to-do’s, family, and stress, which doesn’t leave much time to connect deeply with other men. When we do hang out with other men, it’s usually superficial: Watching sports, talking about the news, or having a drink. But something magical happens when you connect with other men on a deeper level: You unlock m...
Jan 11, 2024•25 min•Season 4Ep. 78
We’ve been told conventional health wisdom so much that most people believe it blindly. Things like you need to do cardio to lose weight. Eating fat makes you fat. And you need to eat at least 3 servings of grains to be healthy. The trouble is, these conventional health wisdoms aren’t true. And today’s guest, Mark Sisson—founder of Primal Nutrition and Primal Kitchen, best-selling author, and publisher of MarksDailyApple.com—has been exposing false conventional thought about health his entire ca...
Jan 04, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 4Ep. 77
The statistics around New Year’s Resolutions are startling: 23% of people give up on their New Year’s Resolution by the end of the first week. By the end of January, 43% of people had already quit on their resolutions. And only 9% of people actually complete their resolutions by the end of the year. Why? Well, most people don’t understand how to properly reflect on the past year and set realistic, yet challenging goals for 2024. Even I have fallen into this trap in previous years, which is why I...
Dec 28, 2023•22 min•Season 4Ep. 76
Modern society, social media, and other outside forces convince us that we’re not living up to the best version of ourselves. So, despite already maxing out our willpower, we continue to try to add more and more habits to reach this idealized version of ourselves. But here’s the thing… The fastest and most effective way to create positive change in your life is by subtracting habits that no longer serve you, instead of just letting them pile up. Why? Because we each have a finite amount of willp...
Dec 07, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 75
Two weeks ago, I invited Andrew Daniel onto the Better Man Podcast. In that episode, he revealed the booby trap of the self-help industry which keeps millions of people stuck and miserable. We also briefly discussed his groundbreaking Cinesomatics methodology. Well, in today’s episode he guides me through a sample Cinesomatics session—so you can see how it works in real life. The result? It was one of the more profound experiences I’ve gone through. Despite never meeting in person, Andrew reveal...
Nov 30, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Season 3Ep. 74
BMP-Ep073: The 9 Life-Enhancing Benefits of Gratitude (And How To Start) Humans are hardwired to focus on the negative. This “biological glitch” saved us from tiger attacks in the past—but it causes unnecessary suffering today. It’s unnatural to focus on the good things, which is why practicing gratitude is both so difficult and rewarding. But you know what? The more you practice gratitude, the easier it becomes. And the easier it becomes, the more your quality of life skyrockets. In fact, there...
Nov 23, 2023•34 min•Season 3Ep. 73
The self-help industry is a massive industry. And for good reason: Self-help can teach you how to be the cause in your life rather than the effect. It shows you that you can change your life’s direction and outlook. But what if self-help doesn’t work for you? What if you’ve read all the books, and still find yourself stuck? The unfortunate truth is many that travel down the self-help road find themselves at this fork in the road. Today’s guest, Andrew Daniel is the epitome of this. Why? A few we...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Season 3Ep. 72
