Men Talking Mindfulness: Mental, Physical, & Emotional Fitness to Elevate Performance and Resilience for Leaders and Teams Un

Jon Macaskill & Will Schneider

Men Talking Mindfulness is dedicated to empowering men to embrace their true selves with bravery and authenticity. Our mission is to guide them on a journey of continual learning, developing self-love, and meaningful living. We work to inspire men to lead lives that they can look back on with pride and to create legacies that align with their deepest values. We are committed to cultivating a space where vulnerability is strength, being yourself is the norm, and where every man can unleash their potential to live a life of exceptional impact and fulfillment. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

  1. 1d ago

    What the Manosphere Really Is w/ Elliot Hulse; Is the Netflix Documentary all Propaganda?

    What is the manosphere, and why are young men gravitating towards it? Elliott Hulse has been on YouTube since 2007. With over one billion views across his channels and 2.4 million subscribers, he’s been mentoring men longer than most of the manosphere’s biggest names have had smartphones. He was filmed for Louis Theroux’s Netflix documentary on the manosphere — three hours of footage with his family that was cut to seconds. In this episode, Elliott sits down with Will to break down what the manosphere gets right, where it goes wrong, the propaganda backed into the Netflix documentary,  and what young men actually need. Disclaimer: The views, opinions, and beliefs expressed in this episode are solely those of the guest and do not represent the values, positions, or editorial stance of Men Talking Mindfulness, its hosts, or its affiliates. MTM is committed to open, respectful dialogue across differing perspectives. IN THIS EPISODE: 1.  The vacuum young men are trying to fill — and why the manosphere speaks to it 2.  The history of the manosphere: how it started, how it evolved, and how the algorithm weaponized it 3.  What real masculinity looks like vs. the caricature the internet sells 4.  Why Elliott believes family — not content — is the answer for men today 5.  What young men actually want when you get past the noise More about Elliott Hulse: 1.  Website: https://elliotthulse.com 2.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elliotthulse @elliotthulse 3.  YouTube — STRENGTH: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ASolYU_Yh3yShLFQC0stg 4.  YouTube — WISDOM: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLrI-dOLyDbRnPyUeWadsOg Take our Awareness to Action COURSE (A2A) 12 modules structured curriculum on attention, presence, practices & performance — plus an inspiring community built in for connection. https://focusnowtraining.com/a2a-course GET MORE FROM MTM: Join our free weekly Substack newsletter → Click HERE Check out our MTM Website to see what else we are up too! mentalkingmindfulness.com GET FOCUSED!! Does your company need help, or would you like to reduce safety incidents?? Head over to focusnowtraining.com - we have you covered! Produced by Robert Lopez cratesaudio.com GET MORE FROM MTM: Text MTM to 33777 — free weekly newsletter Subscribe & Episodes: https://mentalkingmindfulness.com/ FREE APP: https://focusnowtrainingapp.com/ FREE Assessment: https://focusnowtraining.com/assessment-page A2A COURSE: 12 modules on attention, presence & performance. Self-paced. Built for people who hate the word mindfulness. https://focusnowtraining.com/a2a-course BRING FNT TO YOUR TEAM: Custom training for your organization. In-person or online. https://focusnowtraining.com/contact-us Produced by Robert Lopez | https://www.cratesaudio.com/

    What the Manosphere Really Is w/ Elliot Hulse; Is the Netflix Documentary all Propaganda?
  2. 4d ago ·  Bonus

    Professor Joseph Fuller on why men are falling behind and what it means for all of us (An MTM AI Short)

    Harvard Business School Professor Joseph Fuller joins Jon Macaskill and Will Schneider to break down decades of data showing that men are quietly falling behind in education, the workforce, and health outcomes. Joe explains why this is the first generation since the Great Depression where young men don't expect to match their parents' lifestyle, how the job market shifted away from traditional male-dominated work toward social-skill-heavy cognitive jobs where women outperform men by 25 to 35 percentage points, and why the "college for all" philosophy fails 60% of 18-year-olds who will never finish a four-year degree. The conversation covers how schools were designed in ways that disadvantage boys, the professionalization of youth sports ($40 billion industry), applicant tracking systems that create "scar tissue" work identities, the historical pattern linking young men without household formation prospects to societal instability, and practical solutions including apprenticeships starting in 10th grade, teaching social skills in elementary school, AI-assisted learning, and eliminating homework. Jon shares how these trends show up in his own family. Joe closes with a direct charge: don't wait for someone else to do something. Mentor a kid. Show up. Full episode: https://pod.fo/e/3335aa Full video: https://youtu.be/ekGQtNiRP-k Take the free awareness assessment: https://focusnowtraining.com/assessment-page Get the free app (mobile): https://focusnowtraining.com/get-the-app-page Learn about the Awareness to Action course: https://focusnowtraining.com/a2a-course Get Jon's book DIAL in Your Leadership for free: https://dial.thrivecart.com/dial-book Text MTM to 33777 for all of this stuff in one link! GET MORE FROM MTM: Text MTM to 33777 — free weekly newsletter Subscribe & Episodes: https://mentalkingmindfulness.com/ FREE APP: https://focusnowtrainingapp.com/ FREE Assessment: https://focusnowtraining.com/assessment-page A2A COURSE: 12 modules on attention, presence & performance. Self-paced. Built for people who hate the word mindfulness. https://focusnowtraining.com/a2a-course BRING FNT TO YOUR TEAM: Custom training for your organization. In-person or online. https://focusnowtraining.com/contact-us Produced by Robert Lopez | https://www.cratesaudio.com/

    Professor Joseph Fuller on why men are falling behind and what it means for all of us (An MTM AI Short)
  3. Jul 6

    When We Connect, We Survive with Dr Shauna Springer on the 10 Beliefs About Mental Health That Are Quietly Killing Our Bravest

    What if the things we say and do to support our bravest are actually the things putting them at risk? Dr. Shauna Springer is back. A Harvard-trained psychologist and Chief Psychologist at Stella Mental Health, she’s spent over a decade as a trusted “doc” to warfighters and first responders. Her new book, Fallout: 10 Common Beliefs That Kill Our Bravest and the Truths That Can Save Them, dismantles the well-intentioned myths quietly costing lives — from suicide awareness campaigns to the idea that resilience can simply be taught. In this episode, Shauna aka Doc joins Jon and Will to dig into why connection beats every tool and treatment, why grief and trauma need completely different approaches, and the innovative biological treatment changing how PTSD is healed. IN THIS EPISODE: 1.  Why suicide awareness campaigns can increase risk instead of preventing it 2.  The difference between grief, trauma, and moral injury — and why they need different treatment 3.  Elasticity vs. resilience: a better framework for sustainable peak performance 4.  Why suicide often feels selfless, not selfish, to a warrior — and how that changes prevention 5.  The dual sympathetic reset (DSR/SGB): treating PTSD as a physiological injury first More about Dr. Shauna Springer: Check out her website to connect and learn more plus find her latest books.: https://www.thinlineadvisory.comEmail: doc@thinlineadvisory.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/docshaunaspringer/Column: Mental Edge Mondays — https://www.crackyl.com/mental-edge-mondays-the-body-keeps-the-score-but/Stella Mental Health: dual sympathetic reset / stellate ganglion block treatment - https://stellamentalhealth.com/treatments/sgb-dual-sympathetic-reset- GET MORE FROM MTM: Text MTM to 33777 — free weekly newsletter Subscribe & Episodes: https://mentalkingmindfulness.com/ FREE APP: https://focusnowtrainingapp.com/ FREE Assessment: https://focusnowtraining.com/assessment-page A2A COURSE: 12 modules on attention, presence & performance. Self-paced. Built for people who hate the word mindfulness. https://focusnowtraining.com/a2a-course BRING FNT TO YOUR TEAM: Custom training for your organization. In-person or online. https://focusnowtraining.com/contact-us Produced by Robert Lopez | https://www.cratesaudio.com/

    When We Connect, We Survive with Dr Shauna Springer on the 10 Beliefs About Mental Health That Are Quietly Killing Our Bravest
  4. Jun 29

    Mediocrity Happens by Default, Exceptional Happens by Design: Greg Scheinman on Releasing the Midlife Accumulation Trap

    What if the move most men never make in midlife is the one that changes everything? Greg Scheinman has had two seven-figure exits — one acquired by Disney CEO Michael Eisner. He’s coached over 100 executives, completed HYROX Nationals, and at 53 is in the best shape of his life. But things weren’t always that way. Greg has been through alcoholism, depression, the loss of his father at 17, and hit rock bottom twice. What he found on the other side became the Midlife Mail — a weekly newsletter followed by over 50,000 men who are done going through the motions. In this episode, Greg joins Jon and Will to talk about the one move most men in midlife never make: releasing instead of adding. Dropping the old titles, the ego armor, the relentless accumulation of achievement — and designing the life you actually want. IN THIS EPISODE: 1.  Why midlife is about releasing, not reinventing — and what that actually looks like in practice 2.  The Six F’s framework: redefining success around Family, Fitness, Finance, Food, Fashion, and Fun 3.  Conformity, complacency, and redundancy — the three traps keeping most men stuck 4.  Show me your calendar, I’ll show you your priorities: the design-over-default framework 5.  Why knowledge doesn’t make you better — and the one thing that actually does Follow Greg Scheinman: -Website: https://gregscheinman.com-Newsletter, Podcast & More: https://midlifemale.com -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gregscheinman/ (@gregscheinman) GET MORE FROM MTM: Text MTM to 33777 — free weekly newsletter Subscribe & Episodes: https://mentalkingmindfulness.com/ FREE APP: https://focusnowtrainingapp.com/ FREE Assessment: https://focusnowtraining.com/assessment-page A2A COURSE: 12 modules on attention, presence & performance. Self-paced. Built for people who hate the word mindfulness. https://focusnowtraining.com/a2a-course BRING FNT TO YOUR TEAM: Custom training for your organization. In-person or online. https://focusnowtraining.com/contact-us Produced by Robert Lopez | https://www.cratesaudio.com/

    Mediocrity Happens by Default, Exceptional Happens by Design: Greg Scheinman on Releasing the Midlife Accumulation Trap
  5. Jun 26 ·  Bonus

    Dr. Varpas de Sa Pereira on Warrior Withdrawal: why leaving the military feels like going cold turkey (An MTM AI Short)

    Dr. Varpas de Sa Pereira, US Marine veteran, former USASOC Special Operator, and clinical psychologist at the VA, joins Jon Macaskill to break down warrior withdrawal syndrome and why traditional diagnoses like PTSD and adjustment disorder miss the mark for so many veterans. Dr. Varpas uses a substance abuse model to explain why military service functions like a drug and why separation produces real withdrawal symptoms, even in veterans who never deployed to combat. He covers why basic training alone is enough to create the warrior identity, how infinite choice after the military breeds anxiety the same way zero agency breeds depression, and the PLEASE acronym (physical health, limit screen time, eat right, avoid mood-altering substances, sleep, exercise) as both a skill set and a scoreboard.  Jon and Dr. Varpas also dig into sleep as the foundational fix, the grenade analogy for interpersonal conflict and why mindfulness extends the fuse, marksmanship as active mindfulness, and why that critical first six months after separation is when most major negative life events happen. Full episode: pod.fo/e/2ebcc0 Full video hereFree A2A Awareness assessment, free Focus app, and limited free access to the full A2A course: text MTM to 33777 GET MORE FROM MTM: Text MTM to 33777 — free weekly newsletter Subscribe & Episodes: https://mentalkingmindfulness.com/ FREE APP: https://focusnowtrainingapp.com/ FREE Assessment: https://focusnowtraining.com/assessment-page A2A COURSE: 12 modules on attention, presence & performance. Self-paced. Built for people who hate the word mindfulness. https://focusnowtraining.com/a2a-course BRING FNT TO YOUR TEAM: Custom training for your organization. In-person or online. https://focusnowtraining.com/contact-us Produced by Robert Lopez | https://www.cratesaudio.com/

    Dr. Varpas de Sa Pereira on Warrior Withdrawal: why leaving the military feels like going cold turkey  (An MTM AI Short)
  6. Jun 22

    How Community and Discipline Rebuilt Hal Hughes Life While recovering from TBI and Addiction

    What does a man do when no one is coming to save him? Hal Hughes is a registered psychotherapist, former police officer, and federal corrections officer who survived two traumatic brain injuries, a bipolar and PTSD diagnosis, and an opiate addiction that nearly killed him. At his lowest, he was on eight psychiatric medications and undergoing electroconvulsive shock therapy. Today, Hal runs Hughes Counseling in Smiths Falls, Ontario, specializing in first responders, military personnel, and anyone navigating the wreckage of a life that got away from them. In this episode, Hal joins Jon and Will to break down the philosophy, the structure, and the daily discipline that actually gets a man through the hard stuff — not the kind you read about, but the kind he earned the hard way. IN THIS EPISODE: 1.  Two TBIs, bipolar, PTSD, and opiate addiction — Hal’s full story 2.  The sharp instrument: why the human mind cuts us when we’re untrained 3.  The rat park experiment and why addiction only gets fixed in community 4.  The healing circle that led to forgiveness — and where “more love, less judgment” was born 5.  Get the vehicle right first: the body-mind framework that makes everything else possible More about Hal Hughes: 1.  Website: https://www.halhughes.com GET MORE FROM MTM: Text MTM to 33777 — free weekly newsletter Subscribe & Episodes: https://mentalkingmindfulness.com/ FREE APP: https://focusnowtrainingapp.com/ FREE Assessment: https://focusnowtraining.com/assessment-page A2A COURSE: 12 modules on attention, presence & performance. Self-paced. Built for people who hate the word mindfulness. https://focusnowtraining.com/a2a-course BRING FNT TO YOUR TEAM: Custom training for your organization. In-person or online. https://focusnowtraining.com/contact-us Produced by Robert Lopez | https://www.cratesaudio.com/

    How Community and Discipline Rebuilt Hal Hughes Life While recovering from TBI and Addiction
  7. Jun 19 ·  Bonus

    The Power of Forgiveness: A Father's Day Special

    Father's Day is almost here, so Jon and Will sat down to talk about what fatherhood actually asks of us. Not the highlight-reel version. The real one. This episode is about forgiveness. The kind you give your kids, the kind you give your own father, and the kind you eventually have to give yourself. We get into how holding onto resentment quietly wrecks the connection you say you want, and what changes when you finally put it down. We talked as dads. We also talked as sons, because you can't really separate the two. Some of this got personal. That felt right for the topic. If you're a father, or you're still working through things with your own, this one's worth your time. What we cover: Why Father's Day is a good excuse to look honestly at how we show up as dadsForgiveness as a real tool, not a soft one, for repairing the father-child bondHow resentment blocks the peace and clarity most of us are chasingWhat we've learned sitting on both sides of the relationship... as fathers and as sonsWhere forgiveness actually starts the healing, and where it just papers over thingsMost of this work starts with one skill, paying attention to what's actually going on inside you before you react. That's the whole premise of our Awareness to Action course. If you want to build that skill on purpose, you can check it out here: https://focusnowtraining.com/a2a-course And if you're not sure where you stand right now, start with our free Awareness Self Assessment. It takes a few minutes and gives you a real read on where your attention is going: https://focusnowtraining.com/assessment-page Time stamps: (00:01)Forgiveness and Fatherhood: An Advanced Human Skill(10:16) Forgiveness and Fatherhood(12:39) "Understanding and Forgiving Our Fathers Across Generations"(15:09) Forgiving and Accepting Parents for Who They Are(17:45) The Neuroscience and Psychological Benefits of Forgiveness(19:04) "Parental Influence on Adult Behavior: A Study on Forgiveness and Vengeance"(20:45) "The Interconnection of Forgiveness, Mindfulness, and Self-Compassion"(24:33) "Understanding Emotional Differences and Healing Relationships with Fathers"(26:25) Forgiveness and Self-Compassion: Healing Relationships and Moving Forward with Integrity(28:08) "Transformative Power of Awareness and Forgiveness"(29:53) Modeling Forgiveness for Our Children(31:42) The Power of Empathy and Forgiveness in Personal Growth(37:22) "Understanding and Forgiveness: Transforming Relationships"(44:41) "Discussing 'The Living Years' Lyrics"(45:21) The Importance of Forgiveness in Relationships(48:49) "Podcast Sign-Off and Father's Day Wishes" GET MORE FROM MTM: Text MTM to 33777 — free weekly newsletter Subscribe & Episodes: https://mentalkingmindfulness.com/ FREE APP: https://focusnowtrainingapp.com/ FREE Assessment: https://focusnowtraining.com/assessment-page A2A COURSE: 12 modules on attention, presence & performance. Self-paced. Built for people who hate the word mindfulness. https://focusnowtraining.com/a2a-course BRING FNT TO YOUR TEAM: Custom training for your organization. In-person or online. https://focusnowtraining.com/contact-us Produced by Robert Lopez | https://www.cratesaudio.com/

    The Power of Forgiveness: A Father's Day Special
  8. Jun 17 ·  Bonus

    Dr. Lisa Larkin: what every man needs to know about menopause (and why it matters for your relationship)

    Dr. Lisa Larkin, doctor of internal medicine and 35-year women's health specialist, joins Jon and Will to explain what men need to know about menopause and perimenopause. She covers why women age completely differently than men (fits and starts vs. gradual decline), the biological reasons behind declining libido, sleep disruption, mood changes, and body changes in women's 40s and 50s, and why communication is the single most important thing couples can do during this transition. She also breaks down breast cancer risk assessment (25% of women are high risk and don't know it), the history of hormone therapy from the 2002 Women's Health Initiative scare to where the science stands now, why she opposes high-dose testosterone pellets for women, and why lifestyle beats supplements every time. Dr. Larkin is a breast cancer survivor herself and past president of the Menopause Society. Full episode: https://podfollow.com/mentalkingmindfulness/episode/03387a9002dca750859496876727425e576ad645/viewFull video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-gSueDpfWYFree A2A course access: use code FREE at https://men-talking-mindfulness-a2a.circle.so/checkout/free-accessFree Awareness assessment and Focus app: https://mentalkingmindfulness.com/linkinbio or text MTM to 33777 GET MORE FROM MTM: Text MTM to 33777 — free weekly newsletter Subscribe & Episodes: https://mentalkingmindfulness.com/ FREE APP: https://focusnowtrainingapp.com/ FREE Assessment: https://focusnowtraining.com/assessment-page A2A COURSE: 12 modules on attention, presence & performance. Self-paced. Built for people who hate the word mindfulness. https://focusnowtraining.com/a2a-course BRING FNT TO YOUR TEAM: Custom training for your organization. In-person or online. https://focusnowtraining.com/contact-us Produced by Robert Lopez | https://www.cratesaudio.com/

    Dr. Lisa Larkin: what every man needs to know about menopause (and why it matters for your relationship)
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Men Talking Mindfulness is dedicated to empowering men to embrace their true selves with bravery and authenticity. Our mission is to guide them on a journey of continual learning, developing self-love, and meaningful living. We work to inspire men to lead lives that they can look back on with pride and to create legacies that align with their deepest values. We are committed to cultivating a space where vulnerability is strength, being yourself is the norm, and where every man can unleash their potential to live a life of exceptional impact and fulfillment. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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