The Mask with Abhiveer

Abhiveer Shekhawat
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The Mask is a podcast about what lies behind success — the discipline, doubt, and identity shifts that shape men chasing greatness. Born from host Abhiveer’s own journey of losing his identity after a career-ending tennis injury, it explores the side of high performance no one talks about: the loneliness, pressure, and inner work required to rebuild. Each episode is an unfiltered conversation with athletes, founders, and creators learning to balance drive with peace — redefining what strength and masculinity look like in today’s world. It’s not about the wins. It’s about the cost of them.

  1. 2d ago ·  Video

    Why Potato Juice Beats $1000 Creams: Malini on Dark Circles & What Brands Hide

    From $200 Billion Industry to Your Kitchen: The Ayurvedic Expert Who Says Your Skin Isn't Broken, the Beauty Industry Just Convinced You It Was What if 70% of skincare products contain parabens, mineral oil, and formaldehyde? What if the "natural" almond oil sold for 200 rupees is 95% paraffin, and the cream you trust reaches your bloodstream in 20 minutes, bypassing your liver and heading straight for your kidneys, hormones, and DNA? Malini Ori has spent 50 years proving the real medicine is already in your kitchen: potato juice erases dark circles overnight, haldi and mustard oil heal wounds the army hospital couldn't, and fermented rice water lightens pigmentation better than any serum. Your grandmother's recipes weren't old wives' tales. They were biochemistry we forgot how to read. In this conversation, Malini unmasks the industry: the sunscreen that leaches vitamin D and weakens bones while promising protection, the baby oil that's just mineral oil from petroleum, the ingredient list where formaldehyde and silicones hide at the bottom while brands market the top two lines. She explains why Botox betrays the natural philosophy she's built her life on, why baking soda strips pesticide residue better than any wash, why sea salt and neem clear scalp buildup in 10 minutes, why aloe vera and jojoba mimic your skin's own sebum, why multani mitti with yogurt and orange peel clears acne in two weeks, and why your skin absorbs 100% of what touches it while your stomach's acid actually filters what you eat. She talks about her daughter Mishti surviving meningitis when doctors predicted permanent damage, about Giloy crushed with almonds and black pepper breaking an eight month fever in three days, about her mother choosing haldi and sarsong ka tel over the army hospital, and about walking away from salon reps pushing paraffin. She studied under Shahnaz Husain for three years, trained in aromatherapy in the UK, and now teaches at India's government essential oil institute in Kannauj, where she discovered Ayurveda and aromatherapy are cousins, not competitors. ABOUT MALINI ORI: Health and beauty consultant, aromatherapist, Ayurvedic practitioner, Reiki master, and reflexologist based in Dubai. She ran a Dubai salon for 25 years before selling it to build natural skincare rooted in Ayurveda, using bakuchiol, white willow bark, jojoba, almond, and flaxseed. Her core belief: your skin absorbs everything within 30 minutes, natural doesn't always mean safe, toxicity shows on your face no matter your budget, and the moment you stop learning, you get old. SUBSCRIBE for conversations that unmask the truth: the beauty industry profits from convincing you that you're broken. The moment you stop outsourcing your skin to chemicals and start trusting your kitchen, you take your face back. #MaliniOri #AyurvedicSkincare #NaturalBeauty #KitchenRemedies #PotatoJuice #AloeVera #Aromatherapy #EssentialOils #ParabenFree #Oxybenzone #NeemPowder #JojobaOil #MultaniMitti 00:00 The $200 Billion Lie 00:49 The Potato Juice Protocol 02:01 Haldi and Tel vs Army Hospitals 05:15 What Goes On Skin Enters Blood 12:21 The Almond Oil Scam 14:22 Essential Oil Rules Nobody Tells You 10:21 The Beeswax Death 15:33 Healing Burns With Potato and Aloe 20:31 Shahnaz Husain's Only Student 22:00 Can You Really Lighten Skin? 24:16 Why Indians Faced the Sun Through Water 25:39 Why Malini Quit Sunscreen 27:04 Toxicity Shows On Your Face 29:13 The Freckles That Taught Self-Love 30:20 Why I'm Against Botox and Fillers 31:53 Escaping the Calorie Counting Prison 33:00 Paratha vs Puff Pastry 34:26 Ingredients Destroying Your DNA 35:47 Read the Bottom Two Ingredient Lines 37:45 Why Sunblock Does More Harm Than Good 39:08 Ayurveda Did Retinol First 41:17 Jojoba Oil Mimics Human Sebum 42:26 Seeds That Build Hyaluronic Acid 43:01 The 2,600% Search Spike Explained 44:49 Kannauj: 5,000 Years of Essential Oils 45:43 Sanjeevani Booti and Hanuman Ji 47:15 Why Cats Don't Age Like Humans 48:48 Live Recipe: Acne 51:22 Live Recipe: Pigmentation 52:26 Live Recipe: Aging Skin 54:04 Rock Your Baby: Dancing for Joy 55:19 Dubai's Hair Fall Crisis 59:10 Scalp Scrub: Sea Salt and Neem 59:40 DIY Aloe and Flaxseed Ice Cubes 1:01:09 Potato and Baking Soda, Underused 1:02:23 Soaking Produce in Baking Soda 1:04:09 Few Friends, No Bling, Good Thoughts 1:06:24 Give Without Expecting the Phal 1:09:39 Giloy Cured Eight Months of Fever 1:11:00 Your Grandmother's Kitchen Was a Pharmacy

    Why Potato Juice Beats $1000 Creams: Malini on Dark Circles & What Brands Hide

  2. Jul 22 ·  Video

    Why Pain Doesn't Mean Game Over: Sidhart Uniyal on ACL Tears, 4 Surgeries & the Hunger to Fight

    From Three Surgeries to a Fourth Pending: The Footballer Who Learned That Injury Doesn't End a Career, It Teaches You to Become the Smartest Player on the Field At 18, a professional footballer tears his ACL. He's told surgery is his only option. He comes back in four months instead of the usual eight or nine — only to get hurt again in a college match, because nobody ever taught him how to actually heal, just how to perform. This is Sidharth Uniyal's story: three knee surgeries before the age of 25, a fourth one still pending, and a hard-won understanding that the sport you love doesn't always love you back. In this conversation, Sidharth talks candidly about the different faces athletes put on — the guy who works harder than anyone in the room and still ends up injured, the player who rushes back because a doctor gave the all-clear, the young athlete torn between chasing his passion and supporting his family, the competitor who keeps playing hurt because stopping feels like losing. He explains why almost no one tells injured athletes they can come back, why doctors lead with an MRI scan instead of reassurance, why ACL tears in sports like football and tennis are so often non-contact injuries, and why he pushed his own return to four months when the standard recovery is closer to nine. He walks through the second injury — a collision with a goalkeeper during an inter-college match in Malapur, Punjab — and the decision that followed: stepping away from professional football entirely. Not because he stopped loving the game, but because he realized love and happiness aren't the same thing, and sometimes walking away is what survival looks like. He describes football as more than a sport — a battlefield, in his words, where everything is fair game. Now, with a fourth surgery still ahead of him, Sidharth is still training, still running, still convinced he'll be the strongest version of himself even decades from now. He talks about how each injury, rather than breaking him, sharpened his understanding of the game — turning him into a more intelligent, more deliberate player every time he returned. Player IQ, he argues, is built in the recovery room as much as on the pitch. This episode covers: what nobody tells you about ACL tears, the disconnect between medical clearance and true readiness, why non-contact injuries are so common in pivoting sports, the pressure of balancing financial survival with athletic ambition, and why he believes an injury can teach an athlete more than years of winning ever could. ABOUT SIDHARTH UNIYAL: Sidharth Uniyal is a professional footballer who has undergone three knee surgeries and is preparing for a fourth. He started playing football at a young age and quickly became known as one of the most relentless workers on the field. After his first ACL and meniscus surgery, he returned to professional football in just four months — well ahead of the typical recovery timeline. A second injury during a college match in Malapur, Punjab, led him to step back from professional football, after coming to terms with the idea that passion and happiness don't always align. He now sees his injuries not as setbacks but as the foundation of a smarter, more resilient approach to the game — and to life. SUBSCRIBE for honest conversations that challenge how we think about setbacks: injury doesn't end you, it rebuilds you and the moment you stop chasing happiness for its own sake and start chasing growth, something shifts. 00:00 His Injury Story: 4 Surgeries, Doctors and the Truth They Don't Tell You 06:52 The Real Science of Pain: Biological, Psychological and Social 15:44 Testing Yourself: Simple Ankle and Hip Mobility Checks at Home 20:30 Busting the "Functional Training" and Muscle Isolation Myths 28:59 Belief Systems and Blame: Why Doctors, Physios and Patients All Get It Wrong 37:41 Real Problems vs Created Problems: The Business of Fear 45:02 Load vs Capacity: The One Rule Behind Every Injury 56:59 No Exercise Is Wrong: Deadlifts, Spine Training and Gym Myths 1:08:31 Weekend Warriors, Warm-Ups and How Athlete Training Has Evolved 1:20:06 Training Anywhere and the Final Lesson: Just Keep Breathing

    Why Pain Doesn't Mean Game Over: Sidhart Uniyal on ACL Tears, 4 Surgeries & the Hunger to Fight

  3. Jul 15 ·  Video

    Why Women Athletes Fight Harder for Less: Sravya on Money, Marriage & What Tennis Takes From You

    From Player Panel to Passport Problems: The Tennis Player Fighting the System Before She Even Steps on Court 80% of the world's tennis tournaments offer men hospitality and prize money that women at the same level never see. Indian players plan visas a year out while Europeans cross borders on a train ticket. Marriage often means retirement for a female athlete, but for a male athlete it means a wife waiting at home while he travels 40 weeks a year. Sravya is one of the few Indian players in the room where decisions about women's tennis actually get made, sitting on the ITF's global player panel while still competing on tour. She's climbed from rank 850 to 590 in three months under Sanya Mirza's Next Set program, proof of what happens when someone finally believes in you. She's also proof that Indian women succeed despite the system, not because of it, that there's no clear path to the top, and that the moment a girl turns 25, marriage pressure gets louder than any crowd. In this raw conversation, Sravya unpacks what nobody talks about: why ITF W50s skip the hospitality ATP Challenger 50s get as standard, why women need 12 match wins a year for a ranking while men need one, why she cooks vegetarian meals in secret on a hot plate in hotel rooms, why 47% of elite athletes struggle with mental health but nobody admits it until a panic attack hits mid-match, why male athletes have partners waiting at home while female athletes get asked why they're still single, and why family asks about marriage before they ask about ranking. She talks about why more tournaments in India finally gave players a real shot, why Sanya Mirza's program changed her life in weeks, why pickleball is stealing players from a sport that made itself too elitist, why Europeans take trains between tournaments while Indians wait months for visas, and why every Indian girl playing tennis today does it because Sanya Mirza exists. ABOUT SRAVYA: Indian professional tennis player, ranked 590 after climbing from 850 in three months under Sanya Mirza's Next Set program. She serves as Asia's representative on the ITF Women's Player Panel, six elected players advocating for tournament conditions, visas, hospitality, prize money, and player welfare on tour. She competes year round, traveling 40 weeks a year, cooking in hotel rooms on a portable hot plate, and hunting for practice partners match by match. She believes Indian athletes succeed in spite of the system, that marriage often means retirement for women in sport, and that if not her, then who. SUBSCRIBE for conversations that unmask the truth: the system isn't built for women like her, and she's competing anyway. #Sravya #IndianTennis #WomenInSports #ITFPlayersPanel #SanyaMirza #NextSet #WomensTennis #PassportProblems #VisaStruggles #HospitalityGap #PrizeMoneyGap #MarketingWomensSport #DespiteTheSystem #MentalHealthInSports #MarriagePressure #VegetarianOnTour #PickleballThreat #MoreTournamentsInIndia #AbhiveerPodcast 00:00 Opening: The Room Where Decisions Get Made 02:15 The ITF Women's Player Panel 05:40 Passport Problems: 15 Day Deadlines 08:22 Not Enough Tournaments, Not Enough Prize Money 11:03 Hospitality Gap: Challenger 50s vs W50s 14:27 Ice Packs, Towels, and Flies on Court 16:50 Why Sponsors Care About Viewership 20:18 Marketing Female Athletes: Osaka and Raducanu 23:45 French Open Night Sessions: Women Left Out 26:30 1.4 Billion People, Still a Broken System 29:12 No Clear Path to the Top in India 32:40 Despite the System, Not Because of It 35:55 Women Need 12 Wins a Year for a Ranking 39:20 More Tournaments in India Change Everything 42:10 Home Court Advantage 45:33 A Week on Tour: Cooking and Messaging for Practice 49:18 Vegetarian on Tour: Half My Bag Is Protein Powder 52:05 Rehab and Recovery Every Single Day 54:40 The Glamorous Life That's Actually Repetition 57:22 The High of a 15-13 Super Tie Break 59:50 47% of Elite Athletes Struggle in Silence 1:02:35 Panic Attack on Court 1:05:10 Therapy Changed My Life 1:08:25 Physical Pain and Loneliness on Tour 1:11:40 Why It's Easier for Male Athletes to Have Partners 1:15:18 Object Permanence: Why Men Don't Wait 1:18:55 Why Female Athletes Don't Fit the Mold 1:22:30 Marriage Pressure Starts at 25 1:25:10 Getting Married Is Like Retiring 1:27:45 Sanya Married at Her Peak 1:30:20 We Play Because Sanya Mirza Exists 1:32:50 Fight for Your Joy 1:35:15 Closing: She's Competing Anyway

    Why Women Athletes Fight Harder for Less: Sravya on Money, Marriage & What Tennis Takes From You

  4. Jul 8 ·  Video

    Why Miscarriage is a Sperm Issue: Anushka on What Doctors Don't Test & How to Prepare for Pregnancy

    From Medical System to Motherhood Crisis: The Nutritionist Who Discovered Your Baby's Gut Health Starts With What You Eat, and Miscarriage Is a Sperm Problem, Not Just a Women's Issue What happens when 80% of mothers feel depleted after birth, 13% fall into depression, and nobody tells them their diet is the cause? Anushka, a Dubai-based maternal and infant nutritionist, reveals how medicine optimizes for babies while failing mothers: breast milk changes hourly, your body cannibalizes its own bones to feed your baby if undernourished, and miscarriages and placenta issues are often sperm fragmentation problems, not women's health failures. The first 1,000 days run on the mother's mineral stores and nervous system, yet no one teaches this. Anushka unpacks the myths: mothers told to add formula because their milk "isn't good enough"; women eating five foods because doctors only tell them to cut more; parents starting solids with apples and bananas at six months despite babies being unable to digest fiber; fathers unaware their sperm quality shapes their baby's brain and gut health. She explains why thyroid panels differ by sex, why socks stop postpartum night sweats, why seed oils harm babies' brains, why weekly postpartum bowel movements are wrongly called "normal," and why 49% of women hand over financial control, never told depletion is financial and emotional too. 🎧 ABOUT ANUSHKA: Anushka is a Dubai-based maternal and infant nutritionist helping mothers with low milk supply, reactive babies, and gut-healing approaches to solids, through a functional medicine and ancestral lens. She believes modern medicine has medicalized birth, that breast milk is live tissue from your blood and bones, that sperm fragmentation drives miscarriages, that pediatricians get almost no nutrition training, and that infant gut health shapes lifelong immunity, brain, and nervous system function. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for conversations with people unmasking the truth: medicine fails mothers from day one, your body breaks itself down to feed your baby, miscarriage is often a sperm issue, fiber-first solids harm babies, and stepping away from a broken system sets you free. #Anushka #MaternalNutrition #InfantNutrition #PostpartumDepletion #BreastfeedingSupport #LowMilkSupply #SpermFragmentation #MiscarriageIsASpermIssue #TraumaInformed #OnBreastProducing #BothBreastsProducing #MentalHealthMatters #BondingWithBaby #NourishYourself #RemoveTheMask #AuthenticMotherhood #TheMask #AbhiveerPodcast 00:00 Opening: Miscarriage Is a Sperm Issue - What Doctors Don't Test 02:45 The System Is Failing Mothers: Why Nobody Cares About a Healthy Mom 04:16 Birth Trauma: Lying Down, Starving, and Stressed Under Bright Lights 05:51 You're a Shit Mom From Day One: The Breastfeeding Pressure Nobody Talks About 08:51 The Formula Propaganda: Why Your Milk Was Always Good Enough 10:03 Breast Milk Is Magic: Self-Adaptive, Alive, and Built for Your Baby 12:00 When Mothers Are Starving: Eating Five Foods Because Baby Reacts to Everything 14:15 The Village That Doesn't Exist: Nuclear Families and Survival Mode Advice 16:49 Your Body Is Quietly Breaking Down: Calcium, Iron, and Bone Depletion 18:21 Thyroid, Hashimoto's, and Why Women's Parameters Are Measured for Men 21:49 Sperm Fragmentation: The 90-Day Prep Men Aren't Doing 25:42 Am I a Bad Mother If I Can't Breastfeed? The Question That Breaks Hearts 32:00 A Mother Who Isn't Nourished Makes Milk That Keeps Baby Alive - Not Thriving 34:15 Postpartum Depression: Intrusive Thoughts, Brain Fog, and Wanting to Be Alone 37:02 Warm Womb, Warm Health: Why Cold Foods Are Destroying Fertility 40:54 Omega-3 vs Omega-6: The Fats Building Your Baby's Brain 44:01 Seed Oils Were Made for Machines, Not Humans: The Industrial Revolution Lie 47:50 Modern Medicine Has Its Place - But You Can't Medicalize Everything 50:00 Asking for Help Is Not Failure: Building Your Own Village 50:52 Baby Gut Health: The Virgin Gut and Why You Can't Just Feed Them Anything 52:42 Introducing Allergens: Why Timing and Gut Readiness Matter More Than Studies 58:14 Pediatricians Get 20 Hours of Nutrition Training - And It Shows 1:01:19 Closing: Infancy Sets Up the Adult Gut - Don't Take It Lightly

    Why Miscarriage is a Sperm Issue: Anushka on What Doctors Don't Test & How to Prepare for Pregnancy

  5. Jul 1 ·  Video

    Why You're Attracted to Toxic Partners: Monica on Healing Wounds, Self-Love & Finding Queen Energy

    From Relationship Wounds to Radical Healing: The Coach Who Discovered That What You Call Love Might Just Be Your Inner Child Looking for a Parent What if the butterflies, obsession, and chemistry we call love are actually your nervous system recognizing familiar wounds? In this episode, Monica, a Dubai-based relationship and feminine embodiment coach, shares how two unhealthy relationships led her to discover that your past often chooses your partners, your "type" is often your wound, and real love begins when you stop abandoning yourself to earn someone else's. We explore devotion, subconscious patterns, inner child healing, financial independence, and why lasting relationships are built from wholeness, not lack. In this raw conversation, Monica unpacks the unconscious patterns that keep people stuck in unhealthy relationships, from giving away financial control and staying in relationships that no longer serve you, to confusing obsession with love and hiding behind emotional walls. She explores what real safety, devotion, and self-worth look like, why inner child work is the foundation of lasting change, and how healing is an ongoing journey of reconnecting with yourself rather than seeking someone else to complete you. 🎧 ABOUT MONICA: Monica is a Dubai-based relationship and feminine embodiment coach and the author of The Queen Treatment. After overcoming her own unhealthy relationship patterns, she now helps women heal childhood wounds, rewire subconscious beliefs, and build healthy, secure relationships through somatic healing, inner child work, and nervous system reprogramming. Her philosophy is simple: real love comes from wholeness, not desperation. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more conversations with people who removed the mask of the woman outsourcing her worth to a man, the person mistaking obsession for love, the partner leaking sexual energy while calling it loyalty, the inner child disguised as an adult looking for a parent in every relationship and stepped into the uncomfortable, liberating truth that your past picks your partners, that chemistry might just be wound recognition, that devotion is measured in actions not words, and that the moment you stop abandoning yourself to earn love, you take your life back #Monica #RelationshipCoach #FeminineEmbodiment #TheQueenTreatment #PrincessVsQueen #DatingFromLack #DatingFromWholeness #InnerChildWork #YourPastPicksYourPartners #YourTypeIsYourWound #WoundRecognition #ChemistryIsTrauma #DubaiDating #TransientCity #LonelinessEpidemic #FinancialDependence #StayAtHomeMomsSalary #41PercentIncomeDrop #WhyWomenStay #GleedenApp #AffairCulture #HealingIsConstant #ShortTermPainVsLongTermPain #LeavingIsScary #RemoveTheMask #AuthenticLove #TheMask #AbhiveerPodcast CHAPTERS 00:00 Opening: What You Call Love Might Just Be Your Inner Child Looking for a Parent 01:34 Princess Energy vs Queen Energy: Dating From Lack or Dating From Wholeness 04:29 Why Self Sufficiency Comes First: You Can't Pour From an Empty Cup 06:52 What Queen Energy Actually Looks Like: Standards You Hold for Yourself 09:17 The Gold Digger Myth: It's About Discernment Not Provision 11:45 Women Are Visionaries: How the Right Woman Amplifies a Man's Abundance 13:20 He's Just My Type: What Your Childhood Wounds Are Actually Picking 16:08 Your Past Picks Your Partners: Why Familiar Feels Like Love 18:55 Genuine Connection vs Wound Recognition: How Do You Tell the Difference 21:37 The One Thing You Can Do Today: Spend Time With Your Inner Child 24:10 The Obsession Trap: When Your Inner Child Thinks He Can Make You Whole 27:42 Real Connection vs Addiction: What Divine Union Actually Feels Like 30:15 The Intensity Lie: Why Movies Sold You Toxic Love as Romance 32:48 What Men Get Catastrophically Wrong: It's Not About Money, It's About Safety 36:20 Emotional Safety: Holding Space for Your Emotions Without Exploding Them 38:44 What Devotion Actually Looks Like: Actions That Prioritize Her Well Being 41:29 Micro Cheating: The Normalized Betrayal No One Talks About 44:16 Why Men Mock Devotion: Calling Other Men Simps Reveals Deep Insecurity 47:35 The Victim or the Victor: Taking Responsibility vs Blaming the Opposite Sex 50:22 Dating in Dubai: The Transient City Where Loneliness and Money Collide 53:40 The Two Unhealthy Relationships That Changed Everything 56:18 Healing Is a Constant Journey: Two Years of Deep Inner Work 58:05 Connecting With Your Inner Child: The Relationship That Changes Everything 01:00:27 What Masks Do You Wear: The Light and the Shadow You Don't See 01:02:33 To the Woman Who Knows She Needs to Leave: Choose the Short Term Pain 01:04:11 Closing: What You Call Chemistry Might Just Be a Wound That Found Its Mirror

    Why You're Attracted to Toxic Partners: Monica on Healing Wounds, Self-Love & Finding Queen Energy

  6. Jun 24 ·  Video

    Why Men Stay Silent Until They Break: Adil on Red Pill Culture, Cheating & Finding Your Brotherhood

    From Cheater to Men's Coach: The Man Who Discovered That Real Masculinity Isn't About Hiding Your Pain, It's About Building Brotherhood What happens when a whole generation of young men learns masculinity from Red Pill influencers, Andrew Tate disciples, and Fresh and Fit podcasters who teach them that degrading women, collecting bodies, and never showing emotion is what makes you a high value man? When someone realizes the real crisis isn't that men are too emotional, it's that they're dying inside because they have no one to talk to, no tribe to lean on, and no safe space to admit they're struggling? This is the story of building a brotherhood in a world that taught men to suffer alone, from watching young boys idolize toxic role models who are just hurt people pretending to be whole to creating weekly men's circles across Dubai and Abu Dhabi where hundreds of men drop the mask, check in without shame, and finally admit they're lonely, angry, heartbroken, or lost, proving that vulnerability is strength, that accountability saves lives, that 72 year olds and 16 year olds sitting in the same circle create wisdom you can't find in books, and that the moment you stop performing strength and start asking for help, you become free 🎧 ABOUT THE CONVERSATION: This episode unpacks the Manosphere crisis, why young boys are being raised by Andrew Tate instead of their fathers, why 49% of married men cheat and most of them can't explain why, and why the rise of HS Tiki Toki, Fresh and Fit, and Rollo Tomasi is filling a vacuum that schools, parents, and society left empty. It walks through what happens inside a men's circle, from the five minute guided breath work that drops you into parasympathetic mode to the PAIS check in framework covering physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, sexual, and social health, to the facilitated discussion where men aged 16 to 73 share wisdom across generations without interruption, judgment, or ego. It reveals why men stay silent until they break, why hurt people hurt people, why cheating was never about the women but about validation and unhealed trauma, and why healing your relationship with your parents especially your mother and father is the key to becoming whole 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more conversations with people who removed the mask of the high performer hiding loneliness, the tough guy suppressing emotions, the cheater chasing validation, the angry man blaming the world and stepped into the uncomfortable, liberating truth that real strength is facing your pain, that brotherhood saves lives, that forgiveness sets you free, and that the moment you stop pretending to be someone else, you become the man you were always meant to be #Manosphere #RedPill #AndrewTate #ToxicMasculinity #HealthyMasculine #MensCircles #Brotherhood #ManCaveProject #DubaiMensGroup #AbuDhabiMensGroup #VulnerabilityIsStrength #MenDontCry #EmotionalSuppression #WhyMenCheat #MarriedMenCheating #HurtPeopleHurtPeople #IntegrityOverEverything #FreshAndFit #HSTikiToki #RolloTomasi #LouisTheroux #IntoTheManosphere #YoungBoysNeedRoleModels #FatherlessGeneration #SingleMomHomes #MasculineRoleModels #StructureAndDiscipline #BreathWorkForMen #PAISFramework #PhysicalIntellectualEmotionalSpiritualSexualSocial #ActiveListening #MeTooSignal #CheckInCircle #GenerationalWisdom #16To73YearOlds #IronPath #AwakenedPath #MasteryPath #NervousSystemRegulation #AccountabilityMatters #HoldingSpace #ForgivenessHeals #ResentmentKillsYou #AngerOnTheRoad #ParentsDidTheirBest #HealYourRelationshipWithMom CHAPTERS 00:00 Opening: When Success on Paper Still Feels Like Loneliness 00:48 The Red Pill Trap: When Boys Pretend to Be Men 02:25 HS Tiki Toki and the Influencer Hustle: Making Money by Degrading Women 01:11 The Vacuum Gap: Why Young Men Have No Role Models 07:36 What Red Pill Actually Gives Them: Structure, Discipline and Belonging 08:42 Hurt People Hurt People: The Dark Side of Misandry and Misogyny 10:56 Why Men Cheat: Lust, Discipline and the Inability to Control Impulses 12:42 Integrity Over Everything: My Past with Cheating and Finding Redemption 17:11 The Man Cave Experience: Brotherhood, Breathwork and the Check-In 22:08 Wisdom Across Generations: When 16-Year-Olds Sit With 70-Year-Olds 23:57 The Three Pathways: Iron, Awakened and Mastery 25:33 Brotherhood in Action: From Legal Support to Raising a Man From Debt 27:39 Why Men Only: The Power of a Single-Gender Space 31:23 Vulnerability Is Strength But You Still Have to Move Forward 34:32 The Mask of Strength: Why Performing Kills You Slowly 37:53 Compassion for Your Parents: What They Were Going Through at Your Age 41:11 The Four-Hour Conversation That Healed Everything 42:40 Your Triggers Are Your Teachers: What Pisses You Off Reveals What Needs Healing 44:24 Closing: Find Your Brotherhood and Face What's Holding You Back

    Why Men Stay Silent Until They Break: Adil on Red Pill Culture, Cheating & Finding Your Brotherhood

  7. Jun 17 ·  Video

    Why Men Stay Silent Until They Break: Adil on Emotional Suppression, Brotherhood & Healing

    From Toxic Masculinity to True Brotherhood: The Men's Coach Who Discovered That Living Two Lives Almost Killed Him and That Real Strength Isn't About Hiding Your Pain, It's About Facing It What happens when a man spends his entire life suppressing emotions because he was taught crying is weakness, cheats on girlfriends because he's chasing validation instead of love, lives at home until 31 because he's too afraid to step into his own power, and finally gets kicked out by his mom and dumped by his girlfriend in the same week? When someone realizes that the mask of the tough guy, the high performer, the man who has it all together is actually the thing slowly killing him from the inside? This is Adel's story, a masculinity coach and founder of The Man Cave Project, from being so insecure he needed alcohol just to dance in front of friends to building a brotherhood for men across Dubai and Abu Dhabi, from living a double life pretending to be confident while crumbling inside to discovering through a family constellation in Morocco that the love he was chasing from women was really the love he never got from his mom, proving that men don't need to be fixed, they need to be seen, that three out of four suicides are men because we're taught to suffer in silence, and that the moment you stop hiding who you really are, you become whole In this raw conversation, Adel opens up about the masks we all wear: the man suppressing emotions because asking for help feels like weakness, the high performer who can't set boundaries because he's terrified of confrontation, the lonely entrepreneur spending money he doesn't have to impress people who don't care, the son living in the shadow of his father breeding resentment instead of respect, the boyfriend cheating because he's looking for his mother's love in every woman he meets. 🎧 ABOUT ADIL: Adil is a masculinity coach and founder of The Man Cave Project, a community for men by men to build better men through weekly men's circles, workshops, fitness events, and honest conversations without shame, ego, or taboo. He is of Pakistani and Indian descent, grew up in the UK, worked for the government in procurement before moving to Dubai five years ago with no money, no plan, and a vision to help men talk. He spent years as an angry man, a cheater, a people pleaser who couldn't set boundaries, and someone so insecure he outsourced his confidence to alcohol, intelligence, and his best friend, now runs The Man Cave Project in Dubai and recently launched in Abu Dhabi, works with men on confidence, addiction, and relationship issues, and believes that men want two things more than anything: peace and freedom, but most men have neither because they're trapped by their own emotions and the masks they wear. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more conversations with people who removed the mask of the tough guy hiding pain, the high performer afraid of confrontation, the lonely man thinking he's not good enough, the son living in his father's shadow and stepped into the messy, uncomfortable, liberating truth that real strength is facing your emotions, that brotherhood saves lives, that women lose attraction when you don't keep your word, and that the moment you stop pretending to be someone else, you become free. CHAPTERS 00:00 Opening: When Your Body Holds What Your Mind Tries to Forget 01:51 The Morocco Breakdown: When Mom Kicked Me Out at 31 03:45 The Reiki Session That Changed Everything: Family Constellation Work 28:54 From Broke to Brotherhood: The Divine Intervention That Saved Me 30:03 Dubai Will Break You So You Can Become Better 33:25 The Mask We All Wear: Living Two Lives Will Destroy You 49:16 Why Men Are Lonely: The Crisis No One Talks About 38:49 Peace and Freedom: The Two Things Every Man Really Wants 37:08 Your Triggers Are Your Teachers: Where to Start Looking 42:26 The Gym Isn't About the Gym: Building Self-Esteem From Within 1:15:23 Under Anger Is Always Sadness: Processing What Men Suppress 1:21:53 Strong vs Numb: The Difference No One Sees 1:31:54 The Manosphere Trap: What Young Men Are Being Sold Online 1:27:34 Find Your Brotherhood: The One Thing That Will Save You 1:29:24 Closing: Live Your Life Before Your Parents Die #Adel #ManCaveProject #MasculinityCoach #BrotherhoodDXB #MensMentalHealth #ThreeOutOfFourSuicides #MenDontCry #ToxicMasculinity #HealthyMasculine #FamilyConstellation #MoroccoRetreat #RekiHealer #CheatingBoyfriend #LivingAtHome #KickedOutAt31 #SuppressedEmotions #LonelinessKills #SetBoundaries #Confrontation #ManOfYourWord #SelfEsteem #IntegrityMatters #ConfidenceIsAnInsideJob #WorkOnYourself #StopPretending #TwoLives #SplitSoul #VoldemortAnalogy #BeWhole #PeaceAndFreedom #LowTestosterone #SocialIsolation #AskForHelp #OneConversationSavesALife #MeTooSignal #StopChasing #BuildYourself #WomenNeedSafety #AttractionIsTrust #FinancialFreedom #CasioWatch #FakeWatch #LiveYourLife #LeaveDadsShadow #ParentsWillDie #DontLiveForThem #BreakFree #Manosphere #RedPillMovement

    Why Men Stay Silent Until They Break: Adil on Emotional Suppression, Brotherhood & Healing

  8. Jun 10 ·  Video

    Why Laziness Is Your Superpower | Dr. Shakti on Money & the Monkey Mind

    From Burnout to Financial Freedom: The Doctor Who Discovered That Rest Isn't Laziness, It's Your Biological Intelligence Resisting Unnecessary Effort What happens when 70% of people live paycheck to paycheck, global debt hits $307 trillion, and the wealth gap is the widest in recorded history, yet we're all working harder than ever? This is Dr. Shakti's story, a financial coach, property investor, and author of A Million Dollar Nap, who walked away from the 9 to 5 trap after realizing salary keeps you surviving not thriving. He went from carrying financial anxiety while working full time to financial freedom early, from believing laziness was a disease to understanding it as biological intelligence that resists wasted energy, proving you don't need to hustle yourself into burnout, that AI trading tools can deliver 600% returns per year, and that the moment you stop confusing movement with progress and start thinking like a lion instead of a monkey, you take your life back. In this raw conversation, Dr. Shakti unpacks the masks we wear: the high performer whose adrenal glands scream for rest, the employee too scared to take sick leave, the person chasing salary like a drug instead of building assets. He explains why fixed deposits barely beat inflation, why real estate's 10 to 20% a year isn't enough to retire in three to five years, and why financial freedom isn't unlimited cash but a plan to keep your life going even if you never work a traditional job again. 🎧 ABOUT DR. SHAKTI: Dr. Shakti is a financial coach, property investor, forex trader, and author based in Dubai, and founder of Real & Royal, a coaching company that helps people reach financial freedom in three to five years instead of waiting until retirement. He spent years in a traditional career, banking hundreds of unused sick days because time off meant an unbearable backlog, until he saw the system was built to keep people surviving not thriving. He moved from Australia to Dubai to surround himself with the rich mindset, not just rich people. He is the author of A Million Dollar Nap and Say Yes to Laziness, which reframes laziness as biological intelligence and a strategic tool. He believes laziness is choosing not to act even when you can, that we must stop the monkey mind and think like a lion, and that retire should mean reaching a state where you no longer have to work but want to. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more conversations with people who removed the mask and stepped into the truth that financial freedom is a feeling not a number, that rest is the foundation of all productivity, and that the moment you make money work for you, your life actually starts. 00:00 Opening: The Global Debt Crisis - Why 70% Live Paycheck to Paycheck 05:27 Biological Intelligence: Why Laziness Is Actually Your Superpower 09:57 The Monkey Mind vs The Lion: Stop Confusing Movement With Progress 12:39 Rest, Healing, Learning, Earning: The Sequence Everyone Gets Wrong 17:20 The Real Problem: Why Working Harder Doesn't Solve Money Anxiety 18:24 What Is Work Really? Redefining Success Beyond the 9-to-5 Trap 23:58 Hard Work vs Disguised Suffering: The Inefficiency No One Talks About 38:02 The 90-Second Rule: How Unprocessed Emotions Become Chronic Pain 49:45 Financial Freedom Formula: The Math Behind Retiring in 3-5 Years 1:00:59 AI, Trading & 600% Returns: Tools That Make Money Work for You 1:05:19 From Scarcity to Abundance: Why Fear Is False Evidence Appearing Real 1:11:34 The K Economy: Why AI Will Split the Middle Class in Two Directions 1:11:38 Say Yes to Laziness: The Book That Challenges Hustle Culture 1:14:37 What Financial Freedom Actually Feels Like: Doubled Income, Half the Hours 1:16:23 Closing: One Action Before Tomorrow - From Hustle to Abundance #DrShakti #FinancialFreedom #RealAndRoyal #RetireFirst #MillionDollarNap #SayYesToLaziness #BiologicalIntelligence #RestIsNotLaziness #HustleCultureMyth #PaycheckToPaycheck #GlobalDebt #WealthGap #LifestyleInflation #SalaryAddiction #MonkeyMindset #LionMindset #FixedDepositMyth #PropertyInvesting #ForexTrading #AITrading #600PercentReturns #ThreeToFiveYears #TrackDontBudget #IncreaseYourIncome #AbundanceMindset #ScarcityMindset #FearIsFalse #CourageIsGenerosity #NelsonMandela #SomaticHealing #ChronicPain #NervousSystemReset #BurnoutCulture #Presenteeism #DeathByOverwork #IndustrialRevolution #EightHourDay #COVIDTransformation #StillnessAndCalmness #BrainFM #NeuralBeats #DeclutterTheMind #WendyJones #DanMartell #ChatGPT #Claude #AITools #KEconomy #ElonMusk #DubaiMindset #MovedFromAustralia #BodyKeepsTheScore #FeelItToHealIt #90SecondsToProcess #JimCarrey #FinancialAnxiety #NetWorthEquation #RetireAt30Not60 #WorkFromLoveNotFear #RemoveTheMask #AuthenticFreedom #TheMask #AbhiveerPodcast

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The Mask is a podcast about what lies behind success — the discipline, doubt, and identity shifts that shape men chasing greatness. Born from host Abhiveer’s own journey of losing his identity after a career-ending tennis injury, it explores the side of high performance no one talks about: the loneliness, pressure, and inner work required to rebuild. Each episode is an unfiltered conversation with athletes, founders, and creators learning to balance drive with peace — redefining what strength and masculinity look like in today’s world. It’s not about the wins. It’s about the cost of them.

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  • Creator
    Abhiveer Shekhawat
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Explicit
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