Identity & Masculinity
Who you are underneath what you do.
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Emotional Fitness: Training Your Mind Like a Muscle
Just like going to the gym to train your body, your emotional resilience requires active reps, heavy lifting, and deliberate rest.
Identity vs. Performance: You Are Not Your Trophy
Why tying your self-worth to athletic performance, career success, or accolades is a dangerous game, and how to separate who you are from what you do.
Real stories
When Everything Collapsed, He Chose to Stay
Minh Nguyen, a father and entrepreneur, opens up about the rise and fall of his mortgage-industry career — losing over $1.1 million — and the shame and suicidal thoughts that followed. He shares the turning point that changed how he defines success, fatherhood, and self-worth.
Hear the conversation →The Champion Nobody Knew Was Struggling
American Ninja Warrior champion Jackson Erdos went from elite youth athlete to world-class competitor while quietly battling depression, anxiety, substance use, and suicidal ideation as a teenager. He talks about checking himself into residential treatment, losing close friends to suicide, and learning that your identity is not your performance.
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All Identity & Masculinity episodes →
Jackson Erdos - Climbing the Mountain Takes Years: American Ninja Warrior on Depression, Identity...
with Jackson Erdos
Minh Nguyen - "I was ready to crash the car”: Losing Everything, Shame, and Choosing to Stay - H...
with Minh Nguyen
Zander Keig - Bridge Building in a Divided World: Men, Mental Health, and Being Pro-Human - HMIO...
with Zander Keig
Corey Corpodian - Emotional Fitness: Building Resilience and Overcoming Depression - HMIO 323
with Corey Corpodian
Esther Perry - Rewriting Survival: Men's Path to Mental Wellbeing HMIO 322
with Esther Perry
Dr. Eric Arzubi - When Anxiety Hits Hard: A Doctor’s Journey from Wall Street to Frontier Psychia...
with Dr. Eric Arzubi