Purpose & Direction

Boyd Varty – Lion Tracking, Meaning Making, And Healing Trauma

Talking points: working in/with the wild, initiation, trauma, what nature teaches you, masculinity

This has been one of my most anticipated guests of all time. Like, years. An incredible storyteller, a man with a mighty heart and passion for everything wilderness, this is an episode I encourage you to share with the men in your life. Seriously.

The wildlife and literacy activist Boyd Varty, author of the memoir Cathedral of the Wild, had an unconventional upbringing. Born to a family of conservationists, Boyd grew up on Londolozi Game Reserve in the South African wilderness, a place where man and nature strive for balance, where perils exist alongside wonders. Founded more than 90 years ago as a hunting ground, Londolozi was transformed into a nature reserve beginning in 1973 by Varty’s father and uncle, visionaries of the restoration movement. But it wasn’t just a sanctuary for the animals; it was also a place for ravaged land to flourish again and for the human spirit to be restored. When Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years of imprisonment, he came to the reserve to recover.

Since childhood, Boyd shared his home with lions, leopards, snakes, and elephants and has spent his life in apprenticeship to the wisdom of nature. Boyd survived a harrowing black mamba encounter, a debilitating bout with malaria, even a vicious crocodile attack, but his biggest challenge was a personal crisis of purpose. As a university student, he studied psychology and ecology, supplementing his education by learning martial arts in Thailand, hiking through the jungles of the Amazon, and apprenticing to a renowned tracker from the Shangaan tribe, deepening his intimate knowledge of the natural world. Boyd grew up speaking the local language and learning the true meaning of coexistence between people and with nature.

Connect with Boyd

-Website: https://boydvarty.com/

-Book: The Lion Tracker’s Guide To Life: https://boydvarty.com/book/the-lion-trackers-guide-to-life/

-Podcast: https://boydvarty.com/about/40-days-40-nights/

-Twitter: https://twitter.com/boydvarty

-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boyd_varty/

-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boydvartyinc/

 


 

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Professor Scott Galloway – Why Young Men Are In Decline, And What To Do

Talking points: porn, masculinity, male decline, radicalization

Listeners, this one has been a long time coming. I’ve been a big fan of Scott’s work for a long time, and love his no-nonsense approach, particularly when it comes to what’s going on with men and modern culture. Not only that, but Scott has the science to back it up, something I deeply appreciate. Men, share this with your friends. Ladies, share this with your men. This is important stuff.

Scott Galloway is a Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, where he teaches Brand Strategy and Digital Marketing to second-year MBA students and is the author of the Digital IQ Index ®, a global ranking of prestige brands’ digital competence. In 2012, Professor Galloway was named “One of the World’s 50 Best Business School Professors” (Poets & Quants). Professor Galloway is also the founder of several firms, including:

L2, a subscription business intelligence firm serving prestige brands;

-Red Envelope, an e-commerce firm (2007, $100mm revs.); and

-Prophet, a global brand strategy consultancy with 250+ professionals

Professor Galloway was elected to the World Economic Forum’s “Global Leaders of Tomorrow,” which recognizes 100 individuals under the age of 40 “whose accomplishments have had impact on a global level.” Professor Galloway has served on the board of directors of Eddie Bauer (Nasdaq: EBHI), The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), Gateway Computer, and Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. He received a BA from UCLA and an MBA from UC Berkeley.

Connect with Scott

-Website: https://www.profgalloway.com/

-Twitter: https://twitter.com/profgalloway

-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/profgalloway/

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The Power Of Self-Recognition, And How To Develop It

What if you didn’t need outside validation? What if you could actually celebrate your own achievements? In a decade of working with men, I’ve noticed a lot of us struggle with this (myself included) and that hinders our capacity to contribute to the world the way we want to. So here are some ways to develop better self-recognition skills—and why.


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Ryan Michler – What Is Masculinity And Why It Matters

Ryan was one of the very first guests I had on the show, so this has been a long overdue conversation! As per the title, this is a simple but charged interview; we dig deep into Ryan’s take on the question “what is masculinity?”

Ryan Michler is a husband, father, Iraqi Combat Veteran, and the Founder of Order of Man. Ryan grew up without a permanent father figure and has seen first-hand how a lack of strong, ambitious, self-sufficient men has impacted society today. He believes many of the world’s most complicated problems could be solved if men everywhere learned how to be better husbands, fathers, businessmen, and community leaders.

It has now become his life’s mission to help men across the planet step more fully into their roles as protectors, providers, and presiders over themselves, their families, their businesses, and their communities. You can find him blogging and podcasting at Order of Man where he is working to help men become all they were meant to be.

Connect with Ryan

-Website: https://www.orderofman.com/

-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanmichler/

-Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanmichler

-Book: The Masculinity Manifesto: https://amzn.to/3jJcmiE

-Book: Sovereignty: https://amzn.to/3G6zwqQ


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New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work. Try This Instead.

If you’ve been listening for a while, you know full well I’m not a fan of New Year’s Resolutions. Back in my early thirties, after countless attempts at getting into the next gym habit or productivity hack, I practiced something else that had a lot more impact. This is what it was.


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Kyle Creek – On Depression, Social Media, And Entering Into Fatherhood

Ladies and gentlemen, Kyle Creek, aka The Captain. When I first came across this man’s work, I greatly admired his amazing ability to get straight to the point. I’ve wanted to have him on the show ever since. This is a wide-ranging, honest conversation on fatherhood, depression, how social media affects our individuality, and so much more. 

Also, I’m going to share his website bio here unedited because it’s…well, it’s just fantastic.

“As a kid, I wanted to be a cowboy. Then, my mom bought me a skateboard and I got on with my life. In college, I decided copywriting was the career move for me and, for the last decade, I’ve held a variety of creative positions both in-house and within agency settings. I’ve also published five books, spoken at events around the country, and educated the masses about shark dating as the host of “Shark Sex 101” for Discovery Channel’s ever-popular Shark Week series.

My work has had its share of recognition — but nothing will ever mean as much to me as the “2016 AAF People’s Choice Show Winner” award that I received for tattooing a former employer’s face on my ass as part of a charity auction.

My only regret in life is being just a grammar gunslinger and not an actual cowboy. I don’t even own a horse.”

Connect with Kyle

-Website: https://www.kylecreek.com/

-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sgrstk/

-Twitter: https://twitter.com/sgrstk

 

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The Nice Guy Trait No One Talks About

A lot of men bump up against this and don’t even realize it, and it ultimately becomes an origin point for a lot of other issues nice guys face in their relationships. So let’s get talking.


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Defining Purpose

You see (and read, and hear) a LOT about purpose. What it is, where to find it, yada yada yada. I’m not so sure purpose is that easily defined. I’m not convinced it’s something you can even find. Why? You’ll just have to listen in.


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Wim Hof – Breathe, Motherf***er

There are moments in the podcast life that aren’t just a highlight, they straight-up blow your mind. Wim Hof has been an inspiration for me and many friends and men I’ve worked with for years now. I finally got him on the show to talk about what led to him discovering cold immersion therapy and breathwork, what happens to the body and the nervous system during breathwork or when you’re feeling fear, its effects on inflammation, and the ultimate purpose of men. Do. Not. Miss. This.

Also, in honor of this episode, I partnered up with TheColdPlunge.com, whose work I love. I use mine daily and the simplicity is an absolute game changer. Use the promo code MANTALKS to save a good chunk of money and join me in the plunge!

Connect with Wim

-Website: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/

-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iceman_hof/

-Twitter: https://twitter.com/iceman_hof

-YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxHTM1FYxeC4F7xDsBVltGg

-BBC Series: Freeze the Fear: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bwtn6q

 


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Tell Her What The !@#$ You Want

I’ve seen it happen too often. Men get this idea that they shouldn’t have (or express) any needs. Then they lose sight of those needs and they and their partner are left guessing, reactive, and confused. This is a particular problem for Nice Guys. 


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Tim Corcoran – The Purpose Crisis

This has got to be the soonest I’ve had a guest return for a “part 2” conversation. Tim is an expert at connecting people their purpose, something he considers soul-based. Our last conversation was powerful, but I felt we’d just scratched the surface. So dig in with us here on why so many men feel purposeless, the role nature plays in that, how technology alters how we connect, and much, much more.

Tim Corcoran is the founder of Purpose Mountain, where he serves as a certified Nature-Based Purpose Guide to support people who hear the call from wild nature to discover their purpose, those with a burning desire to live their vision and a willingness to work with resistance and fears through the Ecology of Self and Voice Dialogue. Tim also serves as co-Director of Twin Eagles Wilderness School, an organization he co-founded with his wife, Jeannine Tidwell, in Sandpoint, Idaho in 2005 dedicated to facilitating deep nature connection mentoring, cultural restoration, and inner tracking.

Tim is a leader of men’s groups and holistic rites of passage for males, guiding and initiating men and boys into the new paradigm of the mature masculine. Since 1999, Tim has dedicated his life towards consciously furthering this vision of living in balance with the Earth, community, family, self, spirit, and soul. Healing the cultural rift between the mainstream and indigenous cultures, transformational consciousness work, the spiritual journey, ancestral work, deep nature connection, family and holistic health are all deep commitments in his life. Tim is a heart-centered father of two brilliant boys and husband to a magnificent wife and lives in pristine Sandpoint, Idaho.

Connect with Tim

-Website: https://www.purposemountain.com/

-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PurposeMountain/


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How To Create Direction In Your Relationship

Getting clear on where you’d like a relationship to go isn’t always easy, and I think a lot of us men simply weren’t given any skills on how to do this. This is what I’ve learned and what’s been incredibly effective for me, and if there’s anything you think I missed, feel free to DM me @mantalks on Instagram!


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