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Men, This Way Bryan Reeves & Tait Arend | Soulfire Productions
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Few men have safe, trustworthy spaces for real conversations about the things that matter most to us. Instead, men have suffered in silence, but that changes now. Join renowned author and men’s coach, Bryan Reeves, and his lifelong best friend, Tait Arend, a leadership coach, as they delve deep into the urgent topics men are dying to discuss – intimacy, purpose, manhood, love, and much more. Men (and the women who love them) … this way.
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118. You Will Never Grow, If You Don’t Do This
“One of the benefits of having this tool, knowing how to hold other men accountable, is that you get to call men into their greatness. You get to help your kids, your partners, your friends, and your own life step into greatness. So, this is not just a tool for your benefit; it’s about developing a skill set for holding yourself and others accountable. Because at the end of the day, what else are we here for but to help other people step into lives that matter.” —Tait
Today on Men, This Way:
1:37 – The emotional aspects of moving and handling personal effects:
7:14 – The negative connotations of accountability and how it plays a crucial role in personal and relational growth
10:10 – Lone-Wolfing: The feeling that nobody cares
12:24 – Exploring empathy, new experiences, and how men can support each other in personal growth and overcoming challenges
15:02 – The importance of support from men’s groups and the impact of accountability in personal journeys
17:04 – Breaking the Bro Code: Men holding other men accountable
18:45 – The idea of accountability as punishment
20:55 – Losing privileges and going through hardship as part of being accountable
22:20 – The resistance that people feel around accountability
25:47 – The act of being seen and witnessed
28:10 – Accountability statistics and success rate
29:56 – Being supported by people who know what they’re doing
33:43 – Accepting and embracing challenges
43:10 – The importance of celebration and sharing personal successes
47:21 – The impact of recognition on motivation and happiness
51:57 – Recap: The elements of accountability
Connect with Bryan & Tait:
Explore joining us and elevate your relationship: elevaterelationship.com
Website: bryanreeves.com
Instagram: @bryanreevesinsight / @taitarend08
Email: bryan@menthisway.com / tait@menthisway.com
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117. Conflict to Connection: How to End & Repair Unnecessary Conflict
“Sometimes the initiation of conflict is really a bid for connection. It’s really a desire to figure out how we can get this connection going again. A thriving intimate relationship through conflict and repair, it’s vital for us. It’s vital for our health, for our longevity and for our children. But what we need as men in the world is a tool that we can use because we have to learn how to repair.” – Tait
Today on Men, This Way:
04:40 – The Illusions of Conflict
09:38 – The 3 real reasons why you and your partner are having arguments.
15:30 – The most important things to do when you don’t feel safety and trust
18:35 – Recognizing your behavior patterns to learn how to build connection
22:53 – How most men learned the worst strategies to handle conflict
30:00 – The 3 stages of conflict in healthy relationships
34:00 – Why 69% of the disagreements that happen inside of relationships are unresolvable
35:36 – The 2 different conflict motivations of Masculine & Feminine energies
40: 39 – The 4 Steps (4 S’s) to Mastering Conflict and Repair
47:11 – Details about our Elevate your Relationship program
47: 55 – How language needless can transform your relationship
55:35 – Something you can do if you are experiencing unresolved conflicts and are uncertain how to resolve them.
Connect with Bryan & Tait:
Website: bryanreeves.com
Instagram: @bryanreevesinsight / @taitarend08
Email: bryan@menthisway.com / tait@menthisway.com
This show is produced by Synchro Social
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116. Are You Sure Your Partner Feels Safe With You?
“Getting into a relationship is one of the most courageous acts that men and women can have. Each of us are bringing our own pain and suffering into a relationship, and now trying to work it out between two couples. Not only that, everybody's walking into a new relationship with a 100% breakup rate prior to getting into that relationship. So how do we be in a relationship, holding what we're holding, and create safety and trust for one another in ways that matter, that can help us calm our nervous system? And nobody trains us how to do it.” - Tait
Today on Men, This Way:
4:00 - Understanding how women don’t feel safe in the world
14:10 - Ways in which men unintentionally damage trust in relationships
22:00 - The gifts that women bring to a relationship
26:00 - The result of men’s lack of presence
29:50 - Breaking down the idea of “f*ck your feelings”
33:50 - How men don’t feel safe in relationships
40:00 - Identifying criticism delivered unskillfully
43:20 - The four horsemen of the relationship apocalypse
48:10 - Having freedom in relationship
53:15 - 3 steps to connect with your partner
Connect with Bryan & Tait:
Roadmap to Thriving in Relationship: training.elevaterelationship.com
Website: bryanreeves.com
Instagram: @bryanreevesinsight / @taitarend08
Email: bryan@menthisway.com / tait@menthisway.com
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115. Our Experience Surrendering Control to Gain Real Power
"Pretending to have control where we don't only leads to losing ourselves in the chaos...Embracing this, we learn to dance with uncertainty, finding true power not in control, but in acceptance and adaptability.” - Tait
Today on Men, This Way:
6:30 - The overwhelming complexities of life and finding power in surrender
9:30 - The illusion of control and how embracing uncertainty can lead to greater power and freedom
17:20 - The importance of shifting from trying to exert power over others to sharing power with them
22:00 - Preparing your children vs. controlling them
26:40 - How men isolate themselves & understanding “Mr. Nice Guy”
34:40 - The paradox of power and a simple formula for creating change in life
40:40 - Power with vs. power over: “Everything in the forest is the forest”
43:50 - Living inside uncertainty and utilizing it as a tool
46:00 - The practice of real surrender; allowing messiness vs. the need to “fix”
53:20 - Power leaks: letting go of behaviors that numb emotions, like pornography use; the impact of negative self-talk & compassion; setting boundaries and speaking up for oneself
1:03:30 - Vulnerability as a superpower
1:07:15 - How to add power to your life: the role of habits in standing in your power
Connect with Bryan & Tait:
Referenced book: The Surrender Experiment
Website: bryanreeves.com
Instagram: @bryanreevesinsight / @taitarend08
Email: bryan@menthisway.com / tait@menthisway.com
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114. Confronting Masculine Checkout Syndrome in Relationships
“One of the things we have to be willing to do as men is look at what the impact our actions and our lack of presence is having on ourselves and on the people that we care about most.” - Tait
Today on Men, This Way:
Commitment challenges men face with fully choosing partners
Presence in relationships & how inconsistency leads to a lack of safety and trust
“Masculine Checkout Syndrome,” emotional and mental disengagement in men
Reflections on how past behaviors impacted relationships
Practical methods for improving daily connection and presence
Connect with Bryan & Tait:
Website: bryanreeves.com
Instagram: @bryanreevesinsight
Email: bryan@menthisway.com / tait@menthisway.com
This show is produced by Soulfire Productions -
113. A New Era Begins: 40 Years of Friendship, Masks Men Wear, Embracing Honesty
"As men, we paint our faces the best we know how, and we go out into the world and try to be good men, fathers, workers, providers, lovers — and in large measure, because we don’t know what we're doing, we end up leaving a trail of tears behind for ourselves and for the people that we love the most. It's not because we don't want to do better, it's because we haven't been shown how."
Welcome to the relaunch of "Men, This Way," where Bryan and his childhood best friend, Tait Arend, step into their roles as co-hosts, aiming to amplify the impact they have on men striving to live a good life.
Today on Men, This Way:
The evolution of Bryan and Tait's 40-year friendship
Four masks men wear to navigate societal pressure
Personal journeys toward honesty and vulnerability
The importance of deep, trustful male relationships
Personal Growth Formula: Insight plus action equals meaningful change
Connect with Bryan & Tait:
Website: bryanreeves.com
Instagram: @bryanreevesinsight
Email: bryan@menthisway.com / tait@menthisway.com
This show is produced by Soulfire Productions
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