In this episode of the Mediate This! Podcast, Matthew Brickman sits down with Vince Mahtani, life coach, mentor, speaker, former ministry leader, and entrepreneur, for a deeply personal conversation about the experiences that shaped the man and coach he is today. Vince works with men at the intersection of spiritual, mental, and emotional well-being, helping them become better fathers, husbands, professionals, and men. But that mission grew out of his own difficult journey. Growing up in St. Louis, Vince describes a childhood where love and approval often felt tied to performance, along with complicated family dynamics that deeply affected his confidence and sense of self. After leaving ministry, he became a successful entrepreneur, building an IT company and later launching one of St. Louis’ earliest app-based grocery delivery businesses, years before services like Instacart became commonplace. Success, however, didn’t quiet the voice telling him he still wasn’t good enough. Vince opens up about the collapse of his business in 2016, mounting financial pressure, and the Fourth of July weekend when he reached the lowest point of his life and came dangerously close to ending it. He shares what stopped him, what happened afterward, and how rebuilding his life eventually became part of a larger mission to make sure other men don’t have to suffer in silence. Matthew and Vince also explore generational patterns, fatherhood, divorce, faith, achievement, self-worth, and the “inner critic”, the brutally harsh internal voice Vince eventually learned to identify, personify, and turn down rather than obey. It’s a candid conversation about what happens when achievement isn’t enough, where our internal voices come from, and what it takes to finally stop running from the pain and start going through it. Content note: This episode contains candid discussion of childhood abuse, suicidal thoughts, and suicide. https://www.vincemahtani.com/ SCHEDULE YOUR MEDIATION: https://ichatmediation.com/calendar/ OFFICIAL BLOG: https://ichatmediation.com/podcast OFFICIAL YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/ichatmediation OFFICIAL LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ichat-mediation/ ABOUT MATTHEW BRICKMAN: Matthew Brickman is a Supreme Court of Florida certified county civil family mediator who has worked in the 15th and 19th Judicial Circuit Courts since 2009 and 2006 respectively. He is also an appellate certified mediator who mediates a variety of small claims, civil, and family cases. Mr. Brickman recently graduated both the Harvard Business School Negotiation Mastery Program and the Negotiation Master Class at Harvard Law School.
