• 43 minutes 15 seconds
    From Shame to Power: Emotional Alchemy and Masculinity

    Emotional Alchemy, Shame, and Healthy Masculinity

    Host Andy Grant welcomes back holistic life and relationship coach Markus Kasunich to discuss “emotional alchemy,” shame, and how men may self-emasculate in reaction to toxic masculinity. Markus defines emotional alchemy as a three-part process—emotional awareness (visceral sensing), emotional intelligence (real-time articulation), and processing through feeling—arguing the emotional body can clear old material efficiently. They explore how men commonly repress anger and sadness due to conditioning, and how healing means changing one’s relationship to patterns rather than eliminating conditioning.

    Markus distinguishes toxic masculinity as the shadow side of masculine archetypes (king, father, warrior, magician, sacred lover, sage) and urges men, especially younger men in dating, to cultivate refined, emotionally available masculinity without shame: “The only real ability to process emotions is to feel them,” “You never get rid of the conditioning, but you can definitely change the relationship to the conditioning,” and “The access to your consciousness starts with feeling.”

    00:00 Emotions and Needs
    00:20 Meet Markus Kasunich
    02:12 What Is Emotional Alchemy
    04:20 Clearing Emotions Faster
    06:25 Men and Suppressed Feelings
    08:07 Permission and Awareness
    10:39 Shame and Self Emasculation
    12:58 Toxic Masculinity Explained
    17:18 Owning Conditioning Without Shame
    20:38 Healing Your Relationship
    21:45 Responding Not Reacting
    23:18 Masculinity On Off Myth
    25:21 Dating Shame Spiral
    26:52 Reclaiming Healthy Archetypes
    29:18 Emotionally Mature Man
    31:39 Future Of Masculinity
    33:52 What Women Misunderstand
    36:34 When Vulnerability Gets Rejected
    39:25 How To Connect With Markus
    40:53 Feelings As Consciousness
    42:27 Final Takeaways And Community

    Connect with Markus
    Markus Kasunich — https://markuskasunich.com
    Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/markuswkasunich/
    YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@markuskasunich3583
    Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/markuswkasunich/

    Connect with Andy:
    Join other like-minded men in the Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/group
    Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant
    Andy Grant | https://theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info!
    Real Men Feel | https://realmenfeel.org
    YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel

    #RealMenFeel ep 407

    5 June 2026, 7:00 pm
  • 38 minutes 31 seconds
    Redefining Masculinity: From Soldier to Sensual Guide

    From Marine to Somatic Intimacy Guide: Andre Lazarus on Presence Over Performance

    Host Andy Grant interviews Andre Lazarus, a former US Marine turned somatic intimacy guide and surrogate partner therapist featured on the UK series Virgin Island. Andre describes serving in Afghanistan, leading others, and later being drawn into intimacy work after partners reflected its therapeutic impact, alongside unlearning rigid ideas of masculinity. He critiques the manosphere as often dangerous but notes it offers community and conversation to struggling young men.

    Andre defines somatic work as body-based healing—through breath, touch, and nervous-system regulation—often more effective than talk alone for physical or sexual trauma, and discusses common male intimacy issues like rapid ejaculation, erectile concerns, dissociation, and over-focusing on a partner’s pleasure. He emphasizes breathing as a foundational practice, compassion in difficult family relationships, that surrogate partner therapy is a triadic model with a licensed therapist, and that “intimacy is not performance, its presence,” “simple doesn’t mean easy,” and “there is no one way of being a man.”

    00:00 Surrogate Therapy Explained
    00:43 Meet Andre Lazarus
    01:32 From Marines to Intimacy
    03:28 Masculinity and Unlearning
    07:35 Vulnerability Myths
    09:13 Manosphere Pull Explained
    14:34 Somatics Defined
    16:18 Men’s Hidden Intimacy Struggles
    20:45 Breath as First Practice
    24:03 Healing Father Wounds
    27:05 Virgin Island and Surrogacy
    29:57 Going Public With the Work
    32:42 Boundaries With Clients
    34:33 Never Too Late to Grow
    36:01 Connect With Andre
    37:39 Final Takeaways on Presence

    Connect with Andre
    Andre Lazarus — https://coming-closer.com/
    Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/comingcloserwithandre/
    Highlights of Virgin Island — https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnU9iq6kGBFORNkmpVkNhQ6KoZVkf04T

    Connect with Andy:
    Join other like-minded men in the Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/group
    Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant
    Andy Grant | https://theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info!
    Real Men Feel | https://realmenfeel.org
    YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel

    #RealMenFeel ep 406

    29 May 2026, 7:30 pm
  • 31 minutes 44 seconds
    From Busy Brain to Loving Heart: Confessions of a Problem Seeker

    From Busy Brain to Loving Heart: Howard Steinberg on Trauma, Achievement, and Authentic Masculinity

    Host Andy Grant interviews Howard Steinberg, author of Confessions of a Problem Seeker, about how compulsive hyperthinking and achievement masked inherited trauma from being raised by Holocaust survivors, plus the fear and isolation shaped by a childhood type 1 diabetes diagnosis and a likely undiagnosed ADHD. Steinberg describes building an outwardly successful identity as an entrepreneur while living in survival mode, then facing a midlife unraveling marked by business losses, divorce, and shifting family roles that forced surrender and deeper emotional work.

    Howard shares how meditation, breathwork, somatic awareness, spiritual therapy, and psychedelic-assisted healing helped him move from mind-based control to heart-based truth, reframing masculinity as love and vulnerability. Key takeaways include: “I wish I had the courage to live an authentic life,” “The mind operates in fear… the heart operates in love,” and “You’re good enough… nothing to prove.”

    00:00 Top Regret of the Dying
    00:23 Meet Howard Steinberg
    01:18 What Is a Problem Seeker
    03:04 Survival Mode Origins
    06:50 Hiding Vulnerability
    08:01 Authenticity and Psychedelics
    09:11 Midlife Unraveling
    11:58 Ambition as Survival
    14:03 Advice for Life Collapse
    19:05 Tools That Opened the Heart
    22:54 Somatics Get Out of Your Head
    24:47 Trauma Family and Community
    26:17 Forgiving and Reframing Parents
    27:33 Fatherhood Grandfatherhood Love
    28:25 Authentic Masculinity Is Love
    29:20 Where to Find the Book
    29:46 You’re Good Enough
    30:42 Closing Reflections and Community

    Connect with Howard
    Howard Steinberg — https://howardsteinberg.com/
    Confessions of a Problem Seeker: My Lifetime Journey From Busy Brain To Loving Heart — https://amzn.to/3PS3ffX

    Connect with Andy:
    Join other like-minded men in the Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/group
    Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant
    Andy Grant | https://theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info!
    Real Men Feel | https://realmenfeel.org
    YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel

    #RealMenFeel ep 405

    22 May 2026, 7:00 pm
  • 28 minutes 3 seconds
    Men Forge Forward: Overcoming Pressure and Finding Purpose

    Men, Masks, and Meaning: Sean Hegarty on Being “Fine,” Identity, and Men Forge Forward

    Host Andy Grant talks with Sean Hegarty, founder of Men Forge Forward, about how many men hide stress behind the mask of being “fine,” shaped by pressure, responsibility, and fear of appearing weak. Drawing on years as a paramedic and healthcare manager, Sean describes seeing men buckle under hidden load—especially during COVID when support networks vanished—and shares his own “dark time” after being diagnosed with complex PTSD and Functional Neurological Disorder, which ended his paramedic career and triggered depression and suicidal thoughts. Through therapy, networking, and coaching, he learned to separate identity from job, focus inward on values, and build an accessible Skool-based community that became a supportive brotherhood.

    He explains signs of being stuck, the power of vulnerability and peer support, his critique of commercial coaching frameworks, and emphasizes that “it’s okay not to be okay.”

    00:00 I'm Fine Lie
    00:23 Meet Sean Hegarty
    01:11 Emergency Care Stress
    04:10 Masks And Weakness
    06:51 Losing Paramedic Identity
    08:38 Coaching Turning Point
    11:20 Building Men Forge
    13:36 Brotherhood Community
    16:23 Not Finished Just Stuck
    21:34 Signs He's Not Fine
    23:39 Leading With Micro Wins
    25:54 Connect And Closing

    Connect with Sean
    Men Forge Forward — http://menforgeforward.com/
    LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanhegarty01/

    Connect with Andy:
    Join other like-minded men in the Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/group
    Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant
    Andy Grant | https://theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info!
    Real Men Feel | https://realmenfeel.org
    YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel

    #RealMenFeel ep 404

    15 May 2026, 7:00 pm
  • 26 minutes 38 seconds
    Redefining Strength Emotional Fitness and Vulnerability

    Emotional Fitness: Redefining Strength Through Self-Love and Vulnerability

    Host Andy Grant welcomes Shaun Zetlin—master fitness trainer, motivational speaker, and author of Emotional Fitness—who defines “emotional fitness” as empowering yourself emotionally through exercise and releasing emotions stored in the body. Shaun shares how being born with club feet, being picked last, and a humiliating kickball incident where a camp counselor yelled, “What a loser,” led him to survive on shame and fueled his mission to help others not feel ashamed of their bodies. He reframes strength as facing and befriending childhood pain, accepting “Little Shaun” and recognizing that “You wouldn’t be Big Shaun without Little Shaun.”

    Shaun describes a turning point in high school theatre when he found belonging and confidence, and explains why men avoid vulnerability out of fear of being unlovable and cling to familiar belief systems. Viral quotes: “Shame…is the cruelest emotion of all”; “Surviving on shame”; “Everybody suffers in their own way.”

    00:00 Shame and the Mission
    00:18 Meet Shaun Zetlin
    01:01 What Emotional Fitness Means
    02:08 From Outcast to Training
    03:19 Redefining Strength
    07:06 Finding Belonging on Stage
    09:39 Kickball Trauma and Shame
    12:12 Why Men Fear Vulnerability
    16:31 Using the Gym to Avoid Feelings
    18:42 Turning Pain into Service
    24:00 How to Connect and Final Wisdom
    25:52 Closing Message and Community

    Connect with Shaun
    Shaun Zetlin — https://www.zetlinfitness.com/
    Instagram — https://instagram.com/zetlinfitness/
    LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaun-zetlin-96167270

    Resources
    Emotional Fitness: Empower Yourself Emotionally Through Exercise by Shaun Zetlin — https://amzn.to/4tnXcxm

    Connect with Andy:
    Join other like-minded men in the
    Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/group⁠⁠
    Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant
    Andy Grant | https://theandygrant.com⁠⁠⁠ for coaching, healing, and book info!
    Real Men Feel | https://⁠⁠realmenfeel.org⁠⁠⁠
    YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    #RealMenFeel ep 403

    8 May 2026, 7:34 pm
  • 32 minutes 36 seconds
    Reinventing Yourself: Autonomy, Competence, and Connection

    Reinvention, Grief, and Identity After Corporate Life

    On Real Men Feel, host Andy Grant talks with reinvention coach Shelley McIntyre about why workplace change triggers resistance rooted in grief and fear of loss, explained through self-determination theory’s three needs: autonomy, competence, and connection. McIntyre distinguishes reinvention coaching from career coaching by focusing on identity questions—when high achievers feel they’ve “masked” themselves with competence, status, and titles, and fear they won’t matter without them.

    They discuss the hidden grief of losing a career path, the “invisible contract” of loyalty for security that companies don’t actually honor, and signs it’s time to move on, including not liking who you’ve become, loss of belief in the work, and body sensations like “soul rot.” McIntyre outlines phases of reinvention (identity crisis, rebuilding foundation, experimentation) and emphasizes vulnerability, emotional vocabulary tools like an emotions wheel, and low-stakes steps like talking to people who’ve left corporate life, while reminding men that their value is inherent.

    00:00 Three Needs Triangle
    00:44 Meet The Guest
    01:26 From Strategy To Coaching
    02:10 Resistance And Grief
    03:31 Self Determination At Work
    04:45 Reinvention Not Career Coaching
    06:11 When Competence Becomes Mask
    07:57 Title Status And Terror
    10:19 Layoffs Threaten Autonomy
    10:49 Signs It's Time To Leave
    12:55 Annihilation Fear And Culture
    14:45 Invisible Contract Myth
    17:33 Razor Blade Comfort Zone
    18:20 Four Phases Of Reinvention
    20:02 Crisis Versus Pre-Growth
    24:15 Vulnerability Fuels Change
    27:16 Emotion Wheel And Vocabulary
    29:01 Low Stakes First Steps
    30:42 Where To Find Shelley
    31:11 Inherent Value Closing
    31:55 Final Takeaways And Invite


    Connect with Shelley
    Shelley McIntyre — https://burnthemapcoaching.com/
    Burn The Map Podcast — https://burnthemapcoaching.com/podcast/
    LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelley-mcintyre/

    Connect with Andy:
    Join other like-minded men in the
    Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/group⁠⁠
    Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant
    Andy Grant | https://theandygrant.com⁠⁠⁠ for coaching, healing, and book info!
    Real Men Feel | http://⁠⁠realmenfeel.org⁠⁠⁠
    YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    #RealMenFeel ep 402

    1 May 2026, 6:00 pm
  • 28 minutes 5 seconds
    Life Reboot: Embracing Vulnerability and Setting Boundaries

    From Burnout to Boundaries: Clarity, Values, and Life Reboot

    Host Andy Grant interviews coach Loren Silverman, who helps overwhelmed high performers set healthier boundaries, clarify values, and rebuild steadier lives, including through his gamified 12-week “Life Reboot Nerd Edition” (a Dungeons & Dragons-style framework where clients “level up” real-life skills like boundaries and energy mastery). Silverman shares his own burnout and how the 2022 Ukraine invasion—impacting his Ukrainian dev team—prompted him to travel to Poland to transport refugees, reshaping how he wanted to serve people.

    Loren emphasizes pausing for self-awareness, naming emotions (using tools like a feelings wheel), and choosing clarity over trying harder when misaligned with values: “Are you just not satisfied, or are you despondent?” He defines boundaries as protecting time and energy, warns against reflexive yeses, describes “cleaner conversations” via clear requests, and uses pinball’s “dead bounce” as a metaphor for patience and measured response. He encourages men to embrace vulnerability and intimacy with male friends.

    00:00 Name Your Feelings
    00:18 Meet Loren Silverman
    00:57 Burnout to Coaching
    01:36 Ukraine Turning Point
    05:20 What Burnout Felt Like
    07:25 Values Before Action
    08:27 Pause Reboot Grow
    09:01 Clarity Beats Effort
    11:15 Life Reboot Nerd Edition
    14:03 Boundaries That Protect
    17:25 Clean Conversations
    19:44 Feelings Wheel Basics
    20:58 Tracking Real Progress
    22:04 Pinball Life Lessons
    24:56 Connect and Final Wisdom

    Connect with Loren
    Loren Silverman — https://www.silvermancoach.com/
    LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorensilverman/
    Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/lorensilvermancoach/
    Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578400050255

    Connect with Andy:
    Join other like-minded men in the
    Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/group⁠
    Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant
    Andy Grant | https://theandygrant.com⁠⁠ for coaching, healing, and book info!
    Real Men Feel | https://⁠⁠realmenfeel.org⁠⁠
    YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel⁠⁠⁠⁠

    #RealMenFeel ep 401

    24 April 2026, 5:55 pm
  • 49 minutes 13 seconds
    The Invisible Scorecard—What Men Measure and Who They Become

    Episode 400: The Invisible Scorecard

    Host Andy Grant marks Real Men Feel’s 400th episode and 10-year anniversary with returning guest Vanessa Cardenas, a relationship reset expert, to examine how men constantly measure themselves through an “invisible scorecard” of success, money, status, age, and relationship milestones. They discuss how comparison “pulls a man out of his life and puts him onto someone else’s timeline,” eroding confidence and intimacy, especially when men fill gaps with imagined stories about past partners.

    Cardenas emphasizes authenticity, dropping the mask, reducing destructive scorekeeping, and using milestones in healthy ways, noting that clarity builds confidence, which in turn supports intimacy. She shares coaching approaches that focus on the here-and-now, appreciation and recognition in relationships, and practical communication shifts.

    They also explore how significant transformation can happen in 400 minutes, hours, days, or months, and close by urging men to stop measuring by others’ standards and focus on who they are becoming.

    00:00 Episode 400 Milestone
    01:24 Vanessa Returns
    03:35 Why We Measure
    04:50 Men Internal Scorecard
    08:27 Comparison Social Media
    12:17 Mythic Man Programming
    14:06 Find Your People
    17:19 Comparison Kills Intimacy
    20:20 Clarity Builds Confidence
    22:22 Say It Differently
    25:03 Relationship Reset Work
    26:32 Coaching Not Therapy
    27:49 Starting Sessions With Praise
    29:30 Drop Comparisons And Scorecards
    31:06 Milestones Versus Keeping Score
    32:14 Transform In 400
    36:29 Men Need Appreciation
    39:03 Compliments And Being Noticed
    42:41 Invest In The Work
    43:39 Authenticity And Connection
    46:24 Metallica Quote And Joy
    47:51 Final Takeaways And Thanks

    Connect with Vanessa
    Understanding Ear — https://understandingear.com
    LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-cardenas-relationship-reset/
    Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/vanessa_understandingear/
    YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@Vanessa-Cardenas

    Resources
    Prior appearances of Vanessa Cardenas — https://www.realmenfeel.org/guests/vanessa-cardenas/

    Connect with Andy and the Real Men Feel Podcast:
    Join other like-minded men in the
    Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/group
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    Real Men Feel | httsp://⁠⁠realmenfeel.org⁠
    YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel⁠⁠

    #RealMenFeel ep 400

    17 April 2026, 5:37 pm
  • 43 minutes 53 seconds
    Betrayal Trauma Isn't Something You Just Get Over

    Betrayal, Shame & Rebuilding Trust: The Therapy Brothers on Real Recovery


    On Real Men Feel, host Andy Grant talks with licensed clinicians Brannon Patrick and Tyler Patrick (the Therapy Brothers) about betrayal, shame, trust, and recovery after relationship rupture. They share what drew them into trauma, addiction, infidelity, and betrayal work, why men often seek help only after disclosure or rock bottom, and how fear of rejection and “unlovability” drives hiding, overperforming, and defensiveness. They describe betrayal trauma as complex trauma with PTSD-like symptoms and explain that healing requires safety, validation, and time rather than pressure to “just get over it.”

    They unpack “Mr. Nice Guy” patterns as fear-based manipulation, distinguish apology from accountability rooted in personal integrity, and emphasize rebuilding trust through authenticity, empathy, and consistent action. They outline shame resilience—awareness, self-compassion, and courageous disclosure—and discuss surrendering performance-based spirituality.


    00:00 Shame and Hiding
    00:32 Show Intro and Guests
    01:29 Why They Became Therapists
    05:33 Men and Rock Bottom
    09:29 Betrayal Trauma Explained
    11:53 Why Just Get Over It Fails
    13:27 Mr Nice Guy Pattern
    18:07 Authenticity and Self Trust
    21:03 Roots of Betrayal and Addiction
    22:12 Apology Versus Accountability
    23:32 Integrity Apologies
    24:18 Building Safety Trust
    25:29 Shame Hiding Cycle
    28:38 Shame Resilience Tools
    30:03 Surrender Not Performance
    33:05 Tyler Rock Bottom Story
    36:40 Reclaim Your Heart
    39:19 Connect With Brothers
    40:16 What Men Need Know
    42:36 Final Takeaways


    Connect with Brannon and Tyler
    Reclaim Your Heart — https://reclaimyourheart.org
    Therapy Brothers — https://therapybrothers.org/
    Instagram — https://instagram.com/therapy.brothers
    YouTube — https://youtube.com/@therapy.brothers


    Connect with Andy and the Real Men Feel Podcast:
    Join other like-minded men in the
    Authentic AF Community | https://www.realmenfeel.org/group
    Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant
    Andy Grant | https://theandygrant.com⁠ for coaching, healing, and book info!
    Real Men Feel | http://⁠⁠realmenfeel.org
    YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel⁠⁠


    #RealMenFeel ep 399

    10 April 2026, 8:17 pm
  • 39 minutes 57 seconds
    Aligning Success with Soul: From Rock Bottom to Purpose

    Success, Intuition, and Purpose: Paul Davis on Unlocking Your Genius

    Host Andy Grant interviews business growth consultant and intuitive advisor Paul Davis about aligning business success with purpose, meaning, and self-care. Davis explains that financial turnarounds don’t last if the owner’s mindset, beliefs, and unresolved childhood trauma aren’t addressed, citing ACE scores and how fear, shame, and guilt can escalate depression and suicidal ideation. He shares his own lifelong suicidal thoughts, why he hid them to avoid appearing weak or risky in senior roles, and how his brother Eugene’s death prompted him to speak openly and develop a methodology for purpose.

    Davis outlines “genius” as an innate spirit and describes four purpose elements: a life quest/mission, divine inspiration, three “genius drivers” for fulfillment, and a “genius role” archetype. He emphasizes giving “from the saucer, not from the cup,” building intuition, and living with an “open hand” rather than a constant focus on productivity.

    00:00 Why Leaders Stay Silent
    00:27 Meet Paul Davis
    01:29 Business Meets Mindset
    03:22 Sunrise Wake Up Call
    05:15 Dark Questions Early
    06:29 Research And New Method
    08:35 Service And Mission
    09:57 Why Success Feels Empty
    10:38 Trauma Triggers Self Care
    15:04 Why He Hid It
    18:17 Loss Changed Everything
    20:19 Defining Genius
    21:02 Divine Inspiration Explained
    21:32 Why Finding Your Why Fails
    22:10 Genius Drivers And Fulfillment
    22:49 Genius Roles And Alignment
    24:27 Success Without Purpose
    26:23 Intuition And Seventh Son
    29:19 What Leaders Need Most
    31:24 Find Your Lifelong Quest
    35:00 Meaningful Life And Legacy
    37:04 Open Hand Living Advice
    38:59 Final Wrap And Resources

    Connect with Paul
    Paul Davis — https://davisbusinessconsultants.com/
    LinkedIn — linkedin.com/in/pauldavisdublin
    YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/davisconsultants

    Resources
    Genius Unlocked: Discover Your Life Purpose & Innate Genius by Paul Davis — https://amzn.to/4tq8JNc
    All of Paul’s books — https://amzn.to/4t86RrH

    Connect with Andy and the Real Men Feel Podcast:
    Join me and connect with other like-minded men in the
    Authentic AF Community | https://realmenfeel.org/group⁠
    Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant
    Andy Grant | https://theandygrant.com⁠ for coaching, healing, and book info!
    Real Men Feel | https://www.realmenfeel.org/
    YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel⁠⁠

    #RealMenFeel ep 398

    3 April 2026, 6:00 pm
  • 40 minutes 56 seconds
    Men's Silent Struggles: Overcoming Loneliness and Rejection

    Rebuilding After Betrayal, Divorce, and the Dead Bedroom: Ralph Brewer on Men, Shame, and Support

    Host Andy Grant interviews men’s coach Ralph Brewer about rebuilding after infidelity, divorce, and relationship collapse. Ralph shares his own experience of being divorced within 60 days after his spouse’s infidelity and becoming a single father of three, including how he blamed himself for years and later learned he couldn’t control another person’s choices. He explains how therapy and connecting with other men led him to create the “Dad Starting Over” platform, write five books—starting with the breakout “The Dead Bedroom Fix”—and build HelpForMen.com and the paid Brotherhood community with frequent Zoom meetings, forums, conferences, and coaching.

    They discuss common patterns among anxious, codependent “Mr. Nice Guy” men paired with avoidant partners, how “man up” emotional suppression causes flatness and mental health issues, the risks of bitterness and rapid rebound dating, and why peer support and asking for help are essential.

    00:00 Shame and Masculinity
    00:19 Show Intro and Guest
    01:28 Ralph's Divorce Story
    02:34 Owning Too Much Blame
    03:58 Therapy and Brotherhood
    05:10 From Blog to Brand
    07:32 Identity After Breakup
    10:29 Man Up Culture Costs
    12:15 Anxious Avoidant Trap
    15:48 Rewiring Shame and Self-Worth
    18:07 Dead Bedroom Explained
    19:58 First Step Honest Inventory
    21:11 Why Men Choose Wrong
    21:51 Pragmatic Partner Vetting
    22:55 Divorce Patterns Repeat
    23:56 Avoiding Bitter Blame
    25:36 Rebound Relationship Trap
    26:53 Neurodivergence And Dating
    29:27 Rock Bottom And Coping
    32:04 Brotherhood And Community
    36:52 How To Find Ralph
    38:31 Ask For Help
    40:01 Final Takeaways

    Connect with Ralph
    Ralph Brewer — https://helpformen.com/
    Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/dadstartingover
    Instagram — https://instagram.com/dadstartingover

    Resources
    The Dead Bedroom Fix by Ralph Brewer — https://amzn.to/4tgMJ7n
    All of Ralph’s books — https://amzn.to/4s85KYM


    Join other like-minded men in the
    Authentic AF Community | http://realmenfeel.org/group
    Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant
    Andy Grant | https://theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info!
    Real Men Feel | http://realmenfeel.org
    YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel

    #RealMenFeel ep 397

    27 March 2026, 7:00 pm
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