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Real Men Feel helps men grow beyond outdated rules of masculinity to live with authenticity, purpose, and joy.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. 1h ago

    The True Flex: Being a More Grounded and Authentic Man

    Find your tribe in Authentic AF. Visit https://www.skool.com/authenticaf/about The Biggest Flex: Being Yourself (19 Quiet Traits of Real Masculinity) Host Andy Grant says being a man means “to be yourself,” not to follow inherited “supposed to” rules from fathers, friends, religion, the media, or culture. He reframes a BuzzFeed list of “guy flexes” as invitations for men to become grounded, authentic, and connected rather than chasing wealth, status, dominance, or looks. He highlights 19 attractive, trust-building qualities: making people feel safe and heard; emotional maturity with exes; kindness to animals; showing up for others; humility; building and cooking; clear communication; willingness to dance; keeping a clean home; quiet competence; healthy self-sufficiency and interdependence; making and keeping plans; job stability without identity overwork; creative expression through music; owning mistakes; choosing inconvenience when it matters; kindness to strangers; and setting goals with disciplined self-compassion. He invites men to reflect on strengths and growth areas and join the Authentic AF men’s group at realmenfeel.org/group. 00:00 Be Yourself Manhood00:56 Big Flex Idea01:56 Flexes That Matter03:24 Drama Free Exes04:32 Tenderness With Animals05:24 Show Up Reliably06:18 Humility And Growth07:21 Build And Create08:04 Cooking And Nurturing09:14 Clear Communication10:51 Dance And Freedom11:57 Clean Home Energy12:50 Quiet Competence13:44 Self Sufficiency Balance14:51 Plans And Integrity15:47 Work Without Identity16:36 Music And Creativity18:08 Own Your Mistakes19:25 Choose Inconvenience20:18 Kindness To Strangers21:30 Goals And Discipline22:31 What These Flexes Mean23:35 Keep Becoming You25:11 Grow With Community25:34 Final Encouragement 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 415

    The True Flex: Being a More Grounded and Authentic Man

  2. 6d ago

    The Emotional Odyssey: Embracing Vulnerability and Resilience

    Join us in Authentic AF. Visit https://www.skool.com/authenticaf/about Real Men Feel: Andy Grant on Men, Emotions, Suicide Prevention, Therapy, and Healing Host Andy Grant shares his guest appearance on How to Man Adventures with Mark Curtin and Josh Tumlin, discussing men and emotions through the lens of first-responder and law-enforcement culture, anxiety, trauma, therapy, and journaling. Andy recounts childhood experiences of parental divorce, an alcoholic and bipolar father, childhood sexual abuse, long-term suicidal ideation, and multiple suicide attempts, and describes a turning point involving a spiritual experience that led him to seek help and share his story. They emphasize that men feel all emotions, warn against a distorted version of stoicism, and encourage direct conversations about suicide, including asking about plans and ensuring safety. The conversation covers finding the right therapy, processing emotions, gratitude, and “vent” journaling, breathwork, and meditation for anxiety, supportive communities, Andy’s book Still Here, and alternative approaches, including energy work and life activation. 00:00 Episode Setup Warning01:39 Meet Mark, Josh, and Andy01:56 Men And Emotions03:57 Childhood Trauma Roots05:18 Suicide And Turning Point07:37 Talking Saves Lives09:33 First Responders Trauma10:54 Processing And Man Box13:01 Journaling For Clarity15:50 Anxiety Stoicism Tools20:50 Police Training And Home24:49 Therapy Groups And Trips29:56 Finding the Right Therapy30:50 Empathy and Energy Work32:31 How to Show Up in Therapy35:18 Why Therapy Feels Negative37:32 Hope and Spiritual Meaning39:13 Helping Someone Suicidal44:13 Habits, Energy, and Community46:27 Change Anxiety and Processing53:08 Resources Healing and Meds57:03 Movement Joy and Manhood59:08 Final Takeaways and Community Connect with Mark and Josh (How-to-Man Adventures)YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@howtomanadventuresInstagram — https://www.instagram.com/howtomanadventures/Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61589737834575 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 414

    The Emotional Odyssey: Embracing Vulnerability and Resilience

  3. Jul 17

    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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Jun 19

    Transform Your Life with ‘What If?’ | From Rock Bottom to Clarity

    Doug Fleener on Sobriety, Self-Trust, and the “What If” Rule: Pause, Question, Go On Real Men Feel, Andy Grant talks with Doug Fleener, author of Start with What If, about how asking better questions can spark practical change. Doug shares how addiction and bankrupting his family business led to a pivotal interruption—“What if today you just went today without drink or drug?”—launching nearly four decades of sobriety. They discuss why men often wait for “rock bottom,” how shame thrives in isolation, and how honesty with another man can turn shame into remorse and responsibility. Doug outlines his “What If” rule—pause, question, go—emphasizing that action creates clarity and that mindset without action changes nothing. He reflects on redefining success beyond money, checking motives, serving others without resentment, and approaching fatherhood as “get to” rather than “have to.” Doug offers a free excerpt and newsletter at startwithwhatif.com, and Andy invites men to realmenfeel.org/group. Quotes: “What if today you just went today without drink or drug?” “The brain is a dangerous place to go alone.” “Mind shift without action changes nothing.” 00:00 Why Men Hide Feelings 00:21 Meet Doug Fleener 01:17 The First What If 03:20 Rock Bottom Choices 08:06 From Shame to Action 09:35 Pause Question Go 11:29 Stop Catastrophizing 14:08 Redefining Success 17:46 Second Chance Fatherhood 19:22 Action Creates Clarity 23:16 Get Help Stay Connected 26:17 Where to Find Doug 28:45 Final Takeaways Connect with Doug Doug Fleener — https://startwithwhatif.com Instagram — https://instagram.com/dougfleener YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@doug-fleener Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/startwithwhatif TikTok — http://tiktok.com/@dougfleener LinkedIn — http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougfleener Resources Start With What If by Doug Fleener — https://amzn.to/4oAHL44 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 408

    Transform Your Life with ‘What If?’ | From Rock Bottom to Clarity
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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
    414
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Andy Grant | Authenticity & Masculinity Coach
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    Real Men Feel with Andy Grant