Real Men Feel with Andy Grant

Andy Grant | Authenticity & Masculinity Coach
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Real Men Feel helps men grow beyond outdated rules of masculinity to live with authenticity, purpose, and joy. Since 2016, host Andy Grant has explored how vulnerability, courage, and real conversation fuel personal growth, self-improvement, and emotional well-being. 🥇 Silver Signal Award Winner – Most Inspirational Podcast & Best Self-Help Show. 🎧 Join our free community for men at https://realmenfeel.org/group 💬 Want to be a guest? Connect with Andy on PodMatch, https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/realmenfeel 🔗 Show notes & resources: https://realmenfeel.org

  1. 2d ago

    From Financial Success to Inner Peace: Aligning Mind and Heart

    Find your tribe in Authentic AF. Visit https://www.skool.com/authenticaf/about From External Success to Inner Peace: Breathwork, Energy Healing, and Becoming a Peaceful Warrior with Rick Lybarger Host Andy Grant welcomes Rick Lybarger, founder of Wisdom Won, who describes how decades of external achievement as a financial planner masked inner disconnection until divorce, heavy drinking, and a Modern Mystery School Life Activation catalyzed change. Rick shares his background with childhood trauma, shame, and avoidance, and how leaning into “darkness,” heart-based coherence, self-love, and spiritual practice helped him stop drinking and become more present with his children and life. The conversation contrasts financial security with genuine joy, explores Rick’s guiding questions—“Do you love yourself? Do you trust yourself? Do you believe you’re worthy of what you want?”—and explains conscious connected breathwork as a somatic tool for releasing stuck energy and emotions. Rick also discusses coherence techniques (including HeartMath-style breathing), Mystery School teachings, masculine archetypes, and building balance, inviting men to slow down, stop distracting, and improve 1% each day; listeners can find him at wisdomwon.com and join Andy’s Authentic AF group at realmenfeel.org/group. 00:00 Welcome And Guest Intro01:09 Rick’s Wake Up Call03:32 Energy Work And Spiritual Shift06:17 Head To Heart Coherence07:54 Money Versus Inner Peace10:02 Self Love Trust Worthiness13:21 Breathwork Basics And Release18:28 Coherence Breathing Techniques22:32 Beyond Woo Woo Resistance27:42 Life Activation For Men31:54 Archetypes Balance And Anger37:24 Connect With Rick38:26 What Men Need To Know40:11 Closing, Thanks, and Community Connect with RickRick Lybarger — https://wisdomwon.com/Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/wisdomwon_ww/LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-lybarger-cfp%C2%AE-22934b4/ ResourcesHeartMath — https://www.heartmath.com/Just Breathe: Mastering Breathwork — https://amzn.to/3TavibK Connect with Andy:Join other like-minded men in the Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/groupInstagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrantAndy Grant | https://theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info!Real Men Feel | https://realmenfeel.orgYouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel #RealMenFeel ep 413

    From Financial Success to Inner Peace: Aligning Mind and Heart

  2. Jul 10

    Embracing Authenticity and Grit: Real Identity & True Purpose

    Find your tribe in Authentic AF. Visit https://www.skool.com/authenticaf/about Guardians of Grit: Authentic Identity, Purpose, and Raising Strong, Kind Sons On Real Men Feel, host Andy Grant speaks with David Ask, founder of The Ask Experience and author of the upcoming book Guardians of Grit, about authentic identity, purpose, grit, and fatherhood. Ask argues identity is uncovered—not achieved—by clarifying values, convictions, virtues, strengths, and desired impact, rather than defining oneself by roles or performance. He reframes grit as values-based staying power without emotional shutdown and says purpose should primarily focus on helping others flourish. They discuss how fathers can raise strong and kind sons by recognizing the larger story of what’s worth fighting for and by using a “notice, name, nurture” framework, including the idea that a father’s key job is to remove uncertainty. The conversation also explores humility, capability, faith, and the revelation of others’ “riches.” 00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro00:51 What Is Authentic Identity02:14 Childhood to Core Values05:33 Values Convictions Virtues11:08 Purpose, Love, and Alignment16:03 Start With Who, Not Why19:14 Defining Real Grit21:05 Values That Build Grit21:54 Raising Strong Kind Sons23:12 The Bigger Story Of Manhood25:39 Notice Name Nurture27:13 A Father Removes Uncertainty29:33 Humility Over Performance31:11 Dangerous Yet Gentlemen34:14 Faith Identity And Worth37:20 Bottom Of The Ladder39:15 Connect With David40:38 Reveal Others' Riches42:47 Host Takeaways And Next Steps Connect with DavidDavid Ask — https://theaskexperience.com/LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/thedavidask/ Connect with Andy:Join other like-minded men in the Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/groupInstagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrantAndy Grant | https://theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info!Real Men Feel | https://realmenfeel.orgYouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel #RealMenFeel ep 412

    Embracing Authenticity and Grit: Real Identity & True Purpose

  3. Jul 3

    The Essence of Responsibility: Showing Up with Integrity

    Find your tribe in Authentic AF. Visit https://www.skool.com/authenticaf/about Nothing Changes Until You Show Up: Redefining Masculinity Host Andy Grant interviews Daryl Dittmer on Real Men Feel about what it means for men to “show up” with honesty, discipline, integrity, and responsibility rather than performing through money, muscles, status, or possessions. Dittmer describes true masculinity as being a provider and protector while also allowing feelings and building loving relationships, sharing how his blue-collar upbringing and recovery from drugs and alcohol pushed him toward intentional self-work. He explains crossroads often arrive by surprise and require humility and teachability, outlines daily practices like meditation, exercise, breathwork, and gratitude, and introduces “micro-quitting” as small acts of avoidance that undermine effort and attitude. He emphasizes rebuilding self-trust by starting small, taking action, and focusing inward—“first things first”—to find peace, contentment, and fulfillment, and he directs listeners to his podcast Show Up. 00:00 What Showing Up Means00:21 Meet Daryl Dittmer01:05 Defining a True Man02:41 Misconceptions and Masculinity03:57 Crossroads and Humility07:30 When You Are Not Showing Up10:05 Daily Habits and Rituals15:32 Responsibility Without Shame19:58 Work Ethic and Micro Quitting24:00 Rebuilding Self-Trust26:13 Clearing Mental Garbage29:28 From Success to Fulfillment32:27 Where to Find Daryl33:46 First Things First35:47 Closing and Next Steps Connect with DarylDaryl Dittmer — https://www.daryldittmer.com/Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/daryl_dittmer/LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryl-dittmer-734205294/Daryl’s PodcastShow Up with Daryl Dittmer — https://www.daryldittmer.com/podcast Connect with Andy:Join other like-minded men in the Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/groupInstagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrantAndy Grant | https://theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info!Real Men Feel | https://realmenfeel.orgYouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel #RealMenFeel ep 411

    The Essence of Responsibility: Showing Up with Integrity

  4. Jul 1 ·  Bonus

    I Turn 60 Today: Growing Up Without Growing Old

    Let's connect in Authentic AF: https://www.skool.com/authenticaf I Turn 60 Today: Growing Up Without Growing Old | Real Men Feel with Andy Grant Andy Grant, host of Real Men Feel, shares that he turns sixty today and reflects on never expecting to live past twenty. He notes he doesn’t feel much different from how he did at thirty and is in better shape now than when he graduated from university. Andy challenges the common belief that aging is inevitably “all downhill,” saying that may be true for some people but not for him, and encourages others to respond the same way. He emphasizes that growing up doesn’t have to mean growing old and cites men who felt great into their eighties and nineties because they kept learning, staying active, trying new things, laughing, and living. His advice at sixty: never stop learning, never stop trying new things, never stop having fun, and don’t waste life needing to be right all the time. 00:00 Turning Sixty Today 00:37 Rethinking Your Peak 00:44 Rejecting Age Decline 01:21 Growing Up Not Old 01:42 Advice For Sixty 01:50 Choose Happy Over Right 02:11 Life Is Good #RealMenFeel 410

    I Turn 60 Today: Growing Up Without Growing Old

  5. Jun 27

    Celebrating Male Friendship and Connection

    Turning 60 and Staying Connected: Celebrating Male Friendship Host Andy Grant records a road-trip documentary to Northern California with five high school friends celebrating turning 60, using intimate one-on-one interviews to explore adult male friendship amid “male loneliness” statistics (men with six or more close friends dropping from 55% to 27%, and 15% reporting zero close friends). His friends discuss the conscious effort required to maintain long-distance bonds, barriers like busyness, being a homebody, and social anxiety, and the value of communities such as church men’s groups, volunteering, and shared activities; one shares the “big important thing” approach of scheduling recurring traditions to keep friendships alive. They advise men without friends to make the first move and invite others in (“Come on over for supper”), be themselves rather than perform bravado, and express appreciation and affection (“If you can hug, you’re gonna be an awful lot happier”). Andy also shares past suicide attempts and realizing that the feared stigma often exists only in his mind, closing by inviting listeners to join the Authentic AF community. 00:00 Road Trip Friendship Doc 00:18 Why Male Friendship Matters 01:22 Staying Close Across Distance 02:27 Faith Groups And Brotherhood 03:34 Busy Lives Social Anxiety 05:07 Friendship Through Fun 06:46 Effort And Ride Or Die 08:51 Make It A Big Thing 10:43 Advice For Men Alone 13:01 Mental Health Storytime 14:38 One Thing Men Should Know 17:01 Turning Sixty Reflections 17:57 Closing Thoughts & Invitation Connect with Andy: Join other like-minded men in the Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/group Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant Andy Grant | https://theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info! Real Men Feel | https://realmenfeel.org YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel #RealMenFeel ep 409

    Celebrating Male Friendship and Connection

  6. Jun 5

    From Shame to Power: Emotional Alchemy and Masculinity

    Emotional Alchemy, Shame, and Healthy Masculinity Host Andy Grant welcomes back holistic life and relationship coach Markus Kasunich to discuss “emotional alchemy,” shame, and how men may self-emasculate in reaction to toxic masculinity. Markus defines emotional alchemy as a three-part process—emotional awareness (visceral sensing), emotional intelligence (real-time articulation), and processing through feeling—arguing the emotional body can clear old material efficiently. They explore how men commonly repress anger and sadness due to conditioning, and how healing means changing one’s relationship to patterns rather than eliminating conditioning. Markus distinguishes toxic masculinity as the shadow side of masculine archetypes (king, father, warrior, magician, sacred lover, sage) and urges men, especially younger men in dating, to cultivate refined, emotionally available masculinity without shame: “The only real ability to process emotions is to feel them,” “You never get rid of the conditioning, but you can definitely change the relationship to the conditioning,” and “The access to your consciousness starts with feeling.” 00:00 Emotions and Needs00:20 Meet Markus Kasunich02:12 What Is Emotional Alchemy04:20 Clearing Emotions Faster06:25 Men and Suppressed Feelings08:07 Permission and Awareness10:39 Shame and Self Emasculation12:58 Toxic Masculinity Explained17:18 Owning Conditioning Without Shame20:38 Healing Your Relationship21:45 Responding Not Reacting23:18 Masculinity On Off Myth25:21 Dating Shame Spiral26:52 Reclaiming Healthy Archetypes29:18 Emotionally Mature Man31:39 Future Of Masculinity33:52 What Women Misunderstand36:34 When Vulnerability Gets Rejected39:25 How To Connect With Markus40:53 Feelings As Consciousness42:27 Final Takeaways And Community Connect with MarkusMarkus Kasunich — https://markuskasunich.com Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/markuswkasunich/YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@markuskasunich3583Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/markuswkasunich/ Connect with Andy:Join other like-minded men in the Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/groupInstagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrantAndy Grant | https://theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info!Real Men Feel | https://realmenfeel.orgYouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel #RealMenFeel ep 407

    From Shame to Power: Emotional Alchemy and Masculinity

  7. May 29

    Redefining Masculinity: From Soldier to Sensual Guide

    From Marine to Somatic Intimacy Guide: Andre Lazarus on Presence Over Performance Host Andy Grant interviews Andre Lazarus, a former US Marine turned somatic intimacy guide and surrogate partner therapist featured on the UK series Virgin Island. Andre describes serving in Afghanistan, leading others, and later being drawn into intimacy work after partners reflected its therapeutic impact, alongside unlearning rigid ideas of masculinity. He critiques the manosphere as often dangerous but notes it offers community and conversation to struggling young men. Andre defines somatic work as body-based healing—through breath, touch, and nervous-system regulation—often more effective than talk alone for physical or sexual trauma, and discusses common male intimacy issues like rapid ejaculation, erectile concerns, dissociation, and over-focusing on a partner’s pleasure. He emphasizes breathing as a foundational practice, compassion in difficult family relationships, that surrogate partner therapy is a triadic model with a licensed therapist, and that “intimacy is not performance, its presence,” “simple doesn’t mean easy,” and “there is no one way of being a man.” 00:00 Surrogate Therapy Explained 00:43 Meet Andre Lazarus 01:32 From Marines to Intimacy 03:28 Masculinity and Unlearning 07:35 Vulnerability Myths 09:13 Manosphere Pull Explained 14:34 Somatics Defined 16:18 Men’s Hidden Intimacy Struggles 20:45 Breath as First Practice 24:03 Healing Father Wounds 27:05 Virgin Island and Surrogacy 29:57 Going Public With the Work 32:42 Boundaries With Clients 34:33 Never Too Late to Grow 36:01 Connect With Andre 37:39 Final Takeaways on Presence Connect with Andre Andre Lazarus — https://coming-closer.com/ Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/comingcloserwithandre/ Highlights of Virgin Island — https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnU9iq6kGBFORNkmpVkNhQ6KoZVkf04T Connect with Andy: Join other like-minded men in the Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/group Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant Andy Grant | https://theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info! Real Men Feel | https://realmenfeel.org YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel #RealMenFeel ep 406

    Redefining Masculinity: From Soldier to Sensual Guide

  8. May 22

    From Busy Brain to Loving Heart: Confessions of a Problem Seeker

    From Busy Brain to Loving Heart: Howard Steinberg on Trauma, Achievement, and Authentic Masculinity Host Andy Grant interviews Howard Steinberg, author of Confessions of a Problem Seeker, about how compulsive hyperthinking and achievement masked inherited trauma from being raised by Holocaust survivors, plus the fear and isolation shaped by a childhood type 1 diabetes diagnosis and a likely undiagnosed ADHD. Steinberg describes building an outwardly successful identity as an entrepreneur while living in survival mode, then facing a midlife unraveling marked by business losses, divorce, and shifting family roles that forced surrender and deeper emotional work. Howard shares how meditation, breathwork, somatic awareness, spiritual therapy, and psychedelic-assisted healing helped him move from mind-based control to heart-based truth, reframing masculinity as love and vulnerability. Key takeaways include: “I wish I had the courage to live an authentic life,” “The mind operates in fear… the heart operates in love,” and “You’re good enough… nothing to prove.” 00:00 Top Regret of the Dying 00:23 Meet Howard Steinberg 01:18 What Is a Problem Seeker 03:04 Survival Mode Origins 06:50 Hiding Vulnerability 08:01 Authenticity and Psychedelics 09:11 Midlife Unraveling 11:58 Ambition as Survival 14:03 Advice for Life Collapse 19:05 Tools That Opened the Heart 22:54 Somatics Get Out of Your Head 24:47 Trauma Family and Community 26:17 Forgiving and Reframing Parents 27:33 Fatherhood Grandfatherhood Love 28:25 Authentic Masculinity Is Love 29:20 Where to Find the Book 29:46 You’re Good Enough 30:42 Closing Reflections and Community Connect with Howard Howard Steinberg — https://howardsteinberg.com/ Confessions of a Problem Seeker: My Lifetime Journey From Busy Brain To Loving Heart — https://amzn.to/3PS3ffX Connect with Andy: Join other like-minded men in the Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/group Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant Andy Grant | https://theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info! Real Men Feel | https://realmenfeel.org YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel #RealMenFeel ep 405

    From Busy Brain to Loving Heart: Confessions of a Problem Seeker
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Real Men Feel helps men grow beyond outdated rules of masculinity to live with authenticity, purpose, and joy. Since 2016, host Andy Grant has explored how vulnerability, courage, and real conversation fuel personal growth, self-improvement, and emotional well-being. 🥇 Silver Signal Award Winner – Most Inspirational Podcast & Best Self-Help Show. 🎧 Join our free community for men at https://realmenfeel.org/group 💬 Want to be a guest? Connect with Andy on PodMatch, https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/realmenfeel 🔗 Show notes & resources: https://realmenfeel.org

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  • Creator
    Andy Grant | Authenticity & Masculinity Coach
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    412
  • Rating
    Explicit
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