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ORGANIZE, MINIMIZE, OPTIMIZE, ANALYZE, SYNTHESIZE Dec 06, 2022

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What practical steps can you take to discover and uncover the man you are capable of being, and actually start living at your very best?

As the year comes to a close it is time to take action, and if you are already doing that, time to step it up a gear.

Let's take a deeper look at the impact that organising your environment, minimising your consumption, optimising your action, analysing your ethos or code of honor regularly and synthesising all these aspects can have on our lives if we commit to the process and remain consistent. My bet is that the impact will be so significant you won't recognise the man in the mirror before long.

ROLL WITH IT Nov 29, 2022

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Whether it is surfing, jiu-jitsu, mountain biking, or more importantly being a father and husband, rolling with it, as opposed to fighting against an opponent, the trail, the wave or the members of our family, and depleting our strength and damaging our connection, is the more effective way to approach most of life's challenges. Understanding that when you start stepping in and up life won't simply get easier, but you will be more prepared to meet those challenges is also essential to being consistent and to keeping on going even when results and goals seem far off.

The Navy Seals have a great saying: Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast. So choose the sure and steady path towards your vision of the life you are capable of experiencing.

HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS? Nov 22, 2022

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Money? Status? Prestige? Attractiveness? Sex? Knowledge? Skill? Something deeper? Progress towards your goals? Towards being just that little bit better? A little more self-controlled? Disciplined.

What are the yardsticks you use to measure your success in life?

What emotions go along with the outward rewards? What is your thought life like?

Let's delve deeper into what makes life meaningful and gives us as individuals a sense of well-being and purpose.

LIVE LIKE A LION Nov 15, 2022

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Using symbols can be very powerful, and although it may seem hackneyed, cliched and even cheesy, the image of a lion can inspire many things in a man and father. From the way, he languidly swaggers across the savannah, to his apparently laid-back approach to life, his ability to let his little ones nip at his ears and climb all over him, and then get up and completely savage a hyena to protect the pride when he needs to, there are many ways in which we can emulate these majestic animals.

Joshua and Tom go deep on the metaphor and then delve into what we are really here on earth for and where we can find true contentment and life: in deep and meaningful connection with the people in our lives and nature, without all the noise and unnecessary things that end up weighing us down and stealing our joy...just like a lion!

STILL YELLING AT YOUR KIDS? Nov 08, 2022

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Today Joshua and Tom delve into a subject that is a little uncomfortable for grown men who find themselves venting at small human beings that they had a part in bringing into the world.

When you think of it, it really is strange to find yourself moaning, complaining, scolding or shouting at our children. It should raise a lot of questions about ourselves.

Why?

What could it possibly achieve?

Have we ever taught our children how to behave and function as we want them to or believe best for them and the rest of the family?

Where does this anger come from?

How much is down to our own neglect of our mental and emotional health?

How much does tiredness and giving our energy to other less important people and pursuits result in our lack of patience?

We hope to provide some answers to some of the above-mentioned questions and get you thinking about how you can stop yelling at your kids!

FINDING AND RESCUING THE COMPLETE MAN Nov 02, 2022

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“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?”

In this episode, we really go deep and pull back the veil on what is really going on inside of us as men, and what could be if we are prepared to do the hard yards.

We discuss how we like to hide behind a quick "I'm fine" or little catchphrases about our week or get stuck in negative thinking and talk, and how reframing is a powerful technique to turn trouble into triumph.

Most importantly the conversation revolves around how we can recognise when we as the complete man show up and how to rescue ourselves from living as half the man we could be, and that is if we are lucky. Each one of us has that very best version of ourselves crying out from down in the bottomless pit for rescuing. Only we can send down the rope and pull him up. Yes, it is going to be an arduous task. But everything of true value always requires that, and there is no nobler task than finding and rescuing your complete self.

Gentlemen, we only have this one shot, there is no time to spare. Get listening and then get acting with urgency.

A CALL TO MEN: FIND YOUR PATH Oct 26, 2022

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Today Joshua shares his personal journey and the difficult, uncomfortable but increasingly rewarding path that he has chosen to become the very best he is capable of being.

KYLE CARNOHAN | SUPER HUMAN FATHERS Oct 18, 2022

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Kyle Carnohsn is 41 years old, a father of 5. and has been married to his wife Whitney for 20 years. He is a fireman, a musician, a skateboarder, and an extremely effective body and mind transformation coach. He started Super Human Fathers as an Instagram account a few years back. He created it in order to hold himself personally accountable to stop behaving like a jerk and take ownership of his faults. Like you and I, Kyle was regularly short with my kids, sarcastic with my wife and lazy around the house. He would use excuses in order to get out of being my best self. “I'm stressed from work” “I need a break. I have anxiety and depression. I just need some relaxation and downtime. But once he really tapped into that true voice, his personal progress in every aspect of life began to skyrocket. No more excuses. No more lying to himself. I started taking full responsibility by taking massive action on the things that mattered most in my life—every minute of every day. On the show today Kyle shares some of the things that he does to keep things at their best and how you too can become a Super Human Father.

JONATHAN RIOS | PRIMAL VIRTUES Oct 11, 2022

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Today I am joined by Jonathan Rios of Primal Virtues on the show.

Jonathan is a licensed psychotherapist, author & men’s coach who is deeply committed to remaining undomesticated. He once bungee jumped over the Nile river, dirt biked through Tanzania, trained in the mountains with a Navy Seal, played Soccer in Northern Ireland and is a military academy graduate.
He and his dream girl have fostered 13 teenage boys while also successfully raising 4 daughters of their own.
Jonathan's core motivation in life is to live courageously having fulfilled his purpose with excellence.
In his free time, he is a blogger, author, and a self-proclaimed mediocre white belt in Jiu-jitsu. He is currently in private practice as a psychotherapist.

Jonathan talks about excuses and how they shouldn't keep one from becoming the best one can be, and how surrounding yourself with high-level men. We discuss how important being a man of action and working on the fundamentals are in working against mental health issues, and delve into the virtues that characterise a man of strength and efficacy. Jonathan also lists one of the problems facing modern men is that they are given hand outs and don't work for what they have and that they don't see any growth in themselves, leading to unhappiness and a lack of well-being. We also chat about how our children are always watching us and this is enough motivation to live a life of courage, fortitude and temperance. We hope you get a lot out of this conversation.

BACK TO BASICS: DON'T COMPLICATE THE SIMPLE & SIMPLIFY THE COMPLEX Oct 04, 2022

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Joshua and Tom are back with a brand new adventure into the mental, physical and spiritual well-being and effectiveness of men and more specifically fathers.

They share that in spite of all the reading and research and philosophising and dealing with trauma, we still need to make sure we take the practical steps to put us in the position to own all the arenas of our lives.

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