True North Man

On this week's episode of the True North Man Podcast, Paul interviews Paul Cooley author, speaker, coach, entrepreneur, and podcast host. In this episode, Paul discusses: The King's Code, and how his wife leaving and turning to God helped him develop it How he saved his marriage His “Win Back Your Wife” Webinar Favorite Quote: "The more weeds we allow to grow in our garden, the harder it is to produce a good crop.” Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here. www.TrueManNorth.com Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor:  Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

On this week's episode of the True North Man Podcast, Paul interviews Mike Zeller, the founder of Super Human Heath, author, and contributor to Forbes and Fox News. In this episode, Paul discusses: His book “The Genius Within” Knowing your strengths and your zone of genius Abundance mindset and not being afraid to fail Favorite Quote: "Failure is not a failure until you give up” Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here. www.TrueManNorth.com Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

On this week's episode of the True North Man Podcast, Paul interviews Eric Gubler, an entrepreneur, realtor, owner of Kangaroo Moving, and a member of the 25-million-dollar club. In this episode, Eric discusses: His homeschooling How to get started in real estate investment Favorite Quote: “When you want to make money, if you chase money you will make $0. If you want to make money and you try to make a little bit at a time you will make all the money.” Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here. www.TrueManNorth.com Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

On this week's episode of the True North Man Podcast, Paul interviews Jefferson Rogers, the owner of a 20 million dollar business, author of All IN, and host of the ALL IN podcast. In this episode, Jefferson discusses: Going from sleeping on his brother's couch to starting and owning a successful business. The events he hosts Real Estate investments Favorite Quote: "Happiness is not something that you attain by going out and collecting things and collecting wins. You have to be happy in the moment and in the process” Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here. www.TrueManNorth.com Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

On this week's episode of the True North Man Podcast, Paul interviews Babs Faseesin, author and CSO of RIOTT Consulting In this episode, Babs discusses: - His “Wheel of Life” and its six pillars - The importance of relationships and spirituality - The realistic self-assessment - Limiting mindsets - Some of his recommended books Favorite Quote: “I talk to people every day, I coach clients every day and fundamentally what I see as a common thread is the fact that we are constantly running away from something that we should be running towards'”. Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here. www.TrueManNorth.com Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word! We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

On this week's episode of the True North Man Podcast, Paul interviews Justin Breen, the founder, CEO, and Owner of BrEpic Communications LLC. In this episode, Justin discusses: - Colby Scores, and how they relate to entrepreneurship. - The four things Justin has found that all entrepreneurs have in common. - Justin's invite-only BrEpic, a business that connects like-minded entrepreneurs. Favorite Quote: “A true entrepreneur would never ask what you cost or charge… they would ask ‘what does an investment with you look like'”. Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here. www.TrueManNorth.com Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

On this week's episode of the True North Man Podcast, Paul interviews Forbes Masterclass Instructor and Business Consultant Peter Taunton. In this episode, Peter discusses: - Philanthropy - His four pillars of life - The life lessons he learned working for his father starting at 8 years old - The importance of strong relationships with family Favorite Quote: “I know through my life that if you want something, you better go get it. It's not just going to fall into your lap” Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here: www.TrueManNorth.com Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next!

On this week's episode of the True North Man Podcast, Paul interviews Chandler Walker, an entrepreneur, founder of Stone Age Fuel, and CEO of Elite Ads. In this episode, Chandler discusses: - Opening his business StoneAge Fuel - Chandler's wellness pillars - Crypto-currency Favorite Quote: “When you want to make money, if you chase money you will make $0. If you want to make money and you try to make a little bit at a time you will make all the money.” Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here. Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

On this week's episode of the True North Man Podcast, Paul interviews Cary Jack, a lifestyle entrepreneur, and the author and founder of The Happy Hustle. In this episode, Cary discusses: His Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure The Happy Hustle and what it means to be a “Happy Hustler” Cary gives Paul a Happy Hustle assessment.   Favorite Quote: “What problem do you feel called to serve, in one word?… Who exactly do you feel called to solve that problem for?... What is your uniqueness, and how can you exploit that in the service of others?”   Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here www.truenorthman.com.   Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

On this week's episode of the True North Man Podcast, Paul interviews Larry Broughton, an award-winning entrepreneur / CEO, best-selling author, keynote speaker, hotelier, and former US Army Green Beret In this episode, Larry discusses: The power of serving other people. How he persevered through struggles and traumas in life The importance of setting expectations in your personal and business relationships   Favorite Quote: “Very few non-profits, very few businesses ever get it right the first time. You gotta take course corrections song the way”   Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here www.truenorthman.com.   Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

On this week's episode of the True North Man Podcast, Paul interviews Marques Ogden, a public speaker, and former NFL football player. In this episode, Marques discusses: The mistakes he made early on that led to him losing his first business The importance of being genuine and honest His approach to coaching and what “coaching” means   Favorite Quote: “What you say about yourself builds your self-confidence. What others say about you build your book of business.”   Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here www.truenorthman.com. Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

On this week's episode of the True North Man Podcast: Paul interviews Matt Beaudreau, a keynote speaker, and co-creator of Apogee Strong In this episode, Matt discusses: - The schools he has founded and created as part of Apogee Strong - His insights after looking into the education system - How his Apogee Strong program and schools are doing away with the indoctrination of the modern schooling system and teaching young people to think for themselves. Favorite Quote: “The way they train elephants is when they're young they tie their leg to a stake in the ground and the young elephant gets pissed and is like 'absolutely not' and starts yanking and pulling and he's not strong enough at that point to pull the stake out of the ground. Well they do that long enough and what happens is then the elephant becomes huge this big strong magnificent beast, and the moment his leg is tied with the same size rope, he just stops. He just automatically assumes 'well I know that I know the end story here man I can't pull against it' when the reality is he just doesn't realize all he's got to do is pull now and it wouldn't even be a thing, right? Well, that's what's happening to so many of our men in society.” Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here. www.TrueNorthMan.com  Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

On this week's episode of the True North Man Podcast: Paul interviews Rodrigo Vargas, a Pastor, speaker, and coach. In this episode, Rodrigo discusses: His journey from addiction and atheism to becoming a pastor How the Bible changed his life How he came back from losing his business and 1.5 million dollars and became sober. Favorite Quote: “I made all that money. I had a residual income of $500,000 a year. But I wasn't happy. What's the point?” Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here. www.TrueNorthMan.com Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Everybody fails, but only a few have the guts to face it head-on and keep going. Tomas' first firm crashed and burned within five years of its inception, yet it was through failure that he learned some of the most valuable lessons that he would not swap for anything. “I've taken those teachings and used them in business and life,” he says. The epitome of “the technician turned COO” has seen it all through smashing, building, surviving, and prospering in his business! So, how do you become unstoppable in your business? Listen to your guest pave the path for you in today's show.     Tomas Keenan is the COO at Apex Entourage. He is now a global business coach, public speaker, bestselling author, and the host of the Step It Up Entrepreneur podcast. Through his work at Break Free Academy, he helps ambitious business owners create a lasting impression on their communities and the rest of the world.   It cannot be an average man's story to go from operating a seven-figure firm to closing it down and moving his family from New York City to Dallas, Texas, searching for a better life. Tomas had to make some massive moves along his journey to create a space of fulfillment for him. In this episode of the True North Man podcast, your guest walks Paul through his fascinating life journey. Tomas accomplished great feats by stepping outside his comfort zone. As he says, “If I hadn't decided to get uncomfortable, I wouldn't be where I am today.” Tune in for an interview that'll take away your final excuse for not being the person you always want to be.  What You Will Learn:   What life-changing incident convinced Tomas that he wasn't living up to his full potential. How he started his career with Break Free Academy. Why comparing yourself to others isn't always negative, and how it turned out to be motivating for Tomas.   And much more!   Favorite Quote:   “Once you decide to take responsibility for everything that happens to you in your life, you have a complete mental shift and everything gets better. That's the key to building a character of a true leader.”     Tomas Keenan   How To Get Involved:   Find more about Tomas and connect with him through the link here.    You can listen to his podcast by clicking here. Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here.   Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

What you might have skipped noticing about your workout sessions is, your daily small wins inside the gym can make you win a lot more outside of it. If you're still not convinced, hear out some of the real experiences from a “fitness ninja” in today's show.   Marc is here with his nineteen years of experience in the fitness industry. The outstanding results that his clients achieved over the years prove again and again that outcomes of exercises aren't restricted to how much weight you lose, or what health benefits you make in the process. It has got much more to do with your life than you can even fathom!   Marc Zalmanoff is the owner of Marc Z Fitness and Nutrition that gives effective guidance to people in attaining an optimum level of fitness. What he takes as pride in working for this industry so long is his power to make a real difference in people‘s lives with his invented tools. Besides being a coach, he is an author and the host of The Make Good Choices podcast. His positive energy is infectious and is sure to make an impact on you the moment you come in contact with him.   In this episode of the True North Man podcast, Paul and Marc cover a lot more than just fitness and nutrition, that help you gain insight into the topic. Tune in now to know how living a healthy life can eventually lead to a happy life. What You Will Learn:   What's the key to consistency in your daily workout. Why you shouldn't underestimate "regular brisk walking" as a game-changer in the long run. How physical fitness makes you more productive in every sphere of your life. Why people lack the motivation to work out and how they can outrun their excuses.   And much more!       Favorite Quote:   “I think a lot of us have the opportunity to be the generational curse breakers of our families. If you've come from a long line of poverty, obesity, alcoholism and whatever that seemingly has cursed your family for generations, every one of you can break that with your conscious efforts and actions.”     Marc Zalmanoff   How To Get Involved:   Find Marc through his Website, or you can connect with him on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. You find all other great ways to connect with him here. Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here.   Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Michael was four years old when his mother cut off his right index finger and was twelve when he “got high” for the first time. He spent most of his childhood homeless and in poverty. Clueless about what he wanted to do with his life, he spent all his teens selling drugs, breaking into houses and stealing cars for survival. What he thought would bring an end to his troubles, is money. Money did come. At twenty-one, he started making a six-figure income. However, things took a turn for the worse. He became morbidly obese, smoking two packs of cigarettes a day, drinking himself to sleep, and more. Life became a disaster for him. Nothing changed for the better until he acknowledged his past and accepted the reality. “I was leveraging and using my trauma as an excuse to not show up for myself,” Michael confesses. This key moment prompted him to start living his life with the motto, “no excuses, just results.” Now, Michael is a motivational speaker, coach, mentor, and author. He assists people in “understanding and overcoming” their childhood trauma with practical tools so that they can create the life they want to live. He also hosts Think Unbroken Podcast as part of his mission to make a difference in the world. In this episode of the True North Man podcast, Paul and Michael have a deep conversation on childhood abuses, their impact on life, and recovery from that. Your guest helps you understand: “the past traumatic events may be your foundation, but they cannot determine your future.”    What You Will learn: What recovery stages Michael had been through to create a life of significance. Why he was scared to acknowledge his past harrowing experiences. How childhood trauma affects adulthood and how damaging it can be. And much more!   Favorite Quote: “What you think becomes what you speak, what you speak becomes your action, and your action becomes your reality.  If you ever think you're not good enough, that's going to be your reality, because you're going to create the action that's going to make that true.”  -          Michael Unbroken   How To Get Involved: Find Michael on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.  You can know more about his coaching by clicking here and for listening to his podcast click here.   Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here.   Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Is hunting a blood sport or a sport that's in your blood? Unlike many, Robbie believes hunting is not merely killing animals. It's something beyond that with a broader perspective. Men are natural hunters as he reminds saying, “If you go back in your lineage, someone had been a successful hunter for you to be here.” Whether you're a non-hunter, new to the sport, or a seasoned pro, it's hard to deny that “hunting is in our blood”. Robbie Kroger is a scientist. A native to South Africa is now a proud American and a member of the hunting family. He founded a movement called Blood Origins, to reach out to more people and spread the truth around hunting. They've got incredible films that document many inspiring stories. While most hunting shows focus on the sport and the ultimate kill of the quarry, Robbie likes to portray the hearts of the hunters to the people. His podcast shows are a sort of smorgasbord of everything related to this sport. In this episode of the True North Man podcast, Paul and Robbie talk about the importance of hunting, its positive aspects, what it does for wildlife and human life, and many interesting facts. Being a seeker after truth, your guest makes sure the non-hunters carry the right message from this conversation so as not to stick to any assumptions about hunters and their purpose of doing the sport. Tune in to know why there's a need to humanize hunting.   What You Will Learn: How hunting connects us to Nature. What “Blood Origins” is all about. Why there's such a polarization around the topic of hunting. How hunting is a tool to achieve conservation success. And much more!   Favorite Quote: “There's a sense of pride, a sense of adventure, a sense of discipline, a sense of accomplishment that comes with hunting, just like someone would experience when they climb a peak.”         - Robbie Kroger   How To Get Involved: Find Robbie on Facebook and Instagram and know everything about his Blood Origins through the Website. You can watch the Blood Origins short films by clicking here.   Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here.   Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

What do you do when you mess up everything in life? Alex was only 18 years old when he had been through the dark phase of his life. Like many of you, he was clueless, not knowing what to do to keep him going in such a tough time. A drug addict, alcoholic, teen dad to a prematurely born baby was struggling hard to pull through the situation until he took the responsibility to transform and create his life the way he wanted it to be.  Alex Ramirez is now blessed with an amazing family. His daughter turned out to be a “miracle” in his life. Be it his family, health, or profession, he stood out in every area of his life. He has become the CEO of The Six Figure Agency, which educates people on the best financial decisions. He also hosts his show, The Gentleman's SHF Talk Podcast, and feels empowered to help people achieve success, happiness, and fulfillment in their lives. In this episode of the True North Man Podcast, Alex helps Paul walk through his fascinating life journey. His profound realizations throughout the journey helped him become the man of substance, he is today. Your host says, “This episode is sure to leave behind some golden nuggets for you all to chew on.” Tune in now and listen to this phenomenal conversation, gearing you up to become the best version of yourself.   What You Will Learn: How Alex never let his past determine his future. What lessons he learned from the mistakes in his life. Why it's important to know your weaknesses. How change is a continuous process and not an event in life.   And much more!     Favorite Quote: “Self-discovery is the process of becoming conscious of the unconscious, and then consciously creating the person that you want to become.”  Alex Ramirez   How To Get Involved:   Find Alex on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook. You can look for The Gentleman's SHF Talk Podcast and his coaching program here. Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here.   Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Experienced in working as a veteran firefighter and being a health freak, Gary never thought he would fall into cannabis and CBD until he investigated and found the “massive medicinal aspect to it.” Finding nobody's talking about it, Gary started his podcast Good Dudes Grow, intending to educate people, help them understand the benefits of CBD products, breaking down the stigma around it. On interviewing physicians, athletes, entrepreneurs, and several experts on his show, he has proven the fact again and again: “CBD and hemp products are not for potheads. It's not used as an addiction. It's very medicinal when you do it right and find the right product.” Gary Roberts is the founder and CEO of Pure Body Zen, a company built around creating and selling the best quality CBD products that miraculously work to heal the body and mind uniformly. Losing his daughter and father in the same year to opioids, left a mark profound enough for him to start a wellness program and bring an end to addiction in society. Promises Recovery Centers, a nonprofit, is soon about to commence with its supportive programs to impact the community as a whole. In this episode of the True North Man Podcast, Paul and Gary dive deep into the myths surrounding the world of hemp and its derivatives to bring to light some of the best features of hemp products and their natural remedies to physical and mental ailments. Gary gives every detail with the latest update on the products including the psychedelics, new stuff. Tune in to have an insight into this plant-based medication and its great impact in the present world.   What You Will Learn: Why it's important to purchase CBD products from the right sources and how they can be misleading otherwise. How the products help your body recover and get back to functioning as it should do. What kind of mental illness can be treated with the proper dosage of this plant-based medicine. What impact Gary wants to create in the lives of veterans and first responders through this medication and why. And much more!   Favorite Quote: “What CBD does is, it makes the body recover to bring itself back to a level homeostatic state.  In other words, it starts your own body's engine to repair itself.”         - Gary Roberts   How To Get Involved: Find Gary on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram. You can learn more about Pure Body Zen on their Website, on LinkedIn, and on Instagram. To listen to his podcast episodes click here. Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here. Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

If your body needs a daily workout to function at its best, exercising your brain can produce the same effective results. Today in this episode you meet Toby, who can help you enhance your brain performance with his vast knowledge in Brain Science and various advanced technologies. Toby Pasman is a Neurophysiology Researcher, graduated from the University of Oregon. At present, he is a neurotechnician at FHE Health and a brilliant host of Roscoe's Wetsuit Neuro Podcast, an applied Neuroscience show featuring raw, unfiltered conversations with researchers and clinicians. He also founded Roscoe's Wetsuit Neuro, an applied Neuroscience company offering brain health coaching and Neuromodulation therapy to people who are interested in achieving that optimal cognitive functioning. In this episode of the True North Man podcast, Paul and Toby have an insightful conversation in regard to Neuroscience, the therapies, how they are beneficial for men, and a lot more to engage your thoughts. Paul rightly points out saying, “Should there be men experiencing any kind of grogginess, fogginess, depression, anxiety, PTSD or anything to do with the brain, I have no doubt that there is some good wisdom dropped here.” Tune in to collect all of them now.   What You Will Learn:   Why Toby pursued his career in Neuroscience.   What diseases and psychological issues can be treated with Neuromodulation techniques. How effective the treatment can be. How your brain performance can be maximized with the technologies. And much more!   Favorite Quote: “With these different Neuromodulation technologies, it can be super helpful to calm down the nervous system, allow the body and brain to get deep, restorative relaxation, which it really needs to repair itself and regenerate.” -Toby Pasman   How To Get Involved: Find Toby on LinkedIn or to get more information you can look for Roscoe's Wetsuit Neuro where you can find his podcast episodes as well.   Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here.   Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Sitting in silence before God, deepening your relationship with Him, and sensing His love for you can be a profound experience. Centering prayer is the pathway to getting connected with the divine. Rich has been a regular practitioner of this prayer for years. Finding this a “life-giving and life-changing” practice, he can't wait to share his experience and thoughts with you all in this episode. Rich Lewis is an author, a speaker, and a coach who considers Centering Prayer a means of inner transformation. His last book titled Sitting With God is a testimony to the transforming power of God's love. In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Rich discuss contemplative prayer practices, specifically Centering Prayer, the history behind it, how you practice it, and the impact such prayer can have on your lives. As the discussion rolls on, you learn how you can connect with your true self through this silent prayer. Tune in to know more about this simple yet most profound practice that can turn your life around.   What You Will Learn: How you benefit through the practice of Centering Prayer. What the steps are to this practice. Why the approach can lead to deep inner healing. And many more nuggets of wisdom!   Favorite Quote: “The purpose of centering prayer is to sit with God, get ourselves and our thoughts out of the way, and let God act on us at a deep level.” - Rich Lewis   How To Get Involved: Find Rich and check out for a free sample of Sitting With God through his Website here. You can connect with him on Facebook as well. Know about Contemplative Outreach through their Website here. Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer through his Website here.   Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

What makes you a high-performing leader? If your knowledge of leadership isn't producing effective outcomes at your workplace or life, listen to this podcast episode to know what's missing from your end. Jason coaches leaders to become more influential, convincing, and motivating to bring out the best in others. Dr.Jason Jones is a business psychologist, an author, a keynote speaker, and an executive coach. When it comes to leadership development and culture development for organizations, he is an expert in equipping people with effective tools based upon the latest in neuroscience research. He is the author of two famous books, ‘28 Days to a Motivated Team' and ‘Activator.' In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Jason dive deep into the topic of motivation, bringing to light how you leverage brainpower to keep yourself motivated and how you become an activator unleashing potential in people. Your brain continues to grow and change if you are doing the right things to optimize it. Hear Jason offering you a plethora of ideas and information to help you perform your best in your daily life and inspire others to do the same.     What you will learn: What powerful part of the human brain is God's precious gift to making you responsible for higher-functioning. How you can “rewire your brain” to become a happier soul. Why Jason's book Activator is an insightful reading to take your leadership to the next level. Why spiritual practices are good things to do. And more interesting facts!   Favorite Quote: “An activator is someone who facilitates lighting up the brain of another person creating  better energy and the momentum in their life so that they can thrive.” -  Dr.Jason Jones   How to get involved: Find Jason on his Website or you can connect with him on LinkedIn and Instagram. Buy a copy of Activator and get your free book bonuses here. Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

How do you stay balanced when life throws you a curveball? Brian was left hopeless when his marriage broke up a decade ago. Filled with shame, forsaken, and terrified to lose everything, it wasn't easy for him to bounce back. However, he did. Having experienced a deep transformation, a renewed faith, things changed within and around him for the better. Dr. Brian Russell is an author, a professor of Biblical Studies, and a spiritual transformational coach. He is the founder of Deep Dive Spirituality a coaching program for pastors and spiritual leaders. His forthcoming book, Centering Prayer talks about silent, solitary practices before God that can turn your life around. He is also the host of The Deep Dive Spirituality Conversations podcast. Reading the Bible for the last 37 years, turned him into more than a master in it. In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Brian engage in a rich conversation, deepening your understanding of the Scriptures, your relation to God, Faith and Spirituality, life in general, and much more. The discussion brings clarity to many of the baffling thoughts you might deal with. A believer or a non-believer, you are sure to win some valuables from this enlightening talk.    What you will learn: What dark phase of life Brian had been through after his marriage broke up and how he got over it. How Brian opened himself up to deep experiences of inner healing by God's grace. Why there is sin in this world even when God is all-powerful and good. How you strengthen your belief in God. Why every person should strive to become ‘the person you are created to be' by the Lord. And many more enlightening moments!   Favorite Quote: “We're all redeemable if we open ourselves up to God. There is true, sanctifying grace that God gives to transform us and  help us to grow.” -          Dr. Brian Russell   How To Get Involved:   Find out Brian through his Website, or on Linked In, Instagram, and Twitter. You can know more about his Centering Prayer book here and The Deep Dive Spirituality Conversations podcast here.   Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Why do men and women differ when it comes to expressing emotions? Unlike women, most men tend to hide emotions. They are conditioned to believe that expressing their feelings is out of character with the male identity. However, suppressing emotions and feelings can be incredibly toxic and detrimental to a man's mental health. Jack strongly empathizes with men as he says, “There is a kernel of truth to the fact that men's needs are just not part of the picture these days.” He had been a social worker and always looked up to a healthy society with equity in the true sense. He always knew at the back of his mind that along with the male and female relationship issues, multiple social problems are cropping up for society's lack of awareness of the gender issues of men and boys. At present, Jack Kammer hosts two podcasts called Men Are Talking, where he interviews men and the other one is Goodwill Toward Men, in which he interviews women. On this episode of True North Man, Paul and Jack delve deep into the core beliefs of gender identities of men and women, and consequent gender issues of men, how men have been conditioned to be masculine, their inhibitions in articulating their emotions, their suffering, and all leading to grave concern in society. Tune in to this episode to gain insight.    What you will learn: What kind of impact does a father's presence have in a family unit. What are men's needs in the current scenario, and how fulfilling those can level out a balance between the sexes. Why the concept of work-life balance is relevant as much for men as it is for women. How important it is for men to become vulnerable and vent out their emotions freely. And much more!   Favorite Quote: “It's not healthy for us to be big, strong, tough men all the time. The stress of being big, tough, strong men all the time is hurting us badly.” -       Jack Kammer   Connect with Jack: Website Men Are Talking & Goodwill Toward Men Podcasts   How To Get Involved:   Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com  Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Living within your comfort zone, not trying to excel in what you do - can be pretty easy in life, leaving you just average, not mirroring the authentic person you are. How about altering your steps bringing forth the best version of you? A person weighing over 300 lbs. before getting focused on his health and losing more than 100 pounds in a short span without fad diets or weight loss drugs displays his strong motive and determination. This is just a glimpse of Drewbie's realization of his potential, which took him a bit longer. But the moment he fathomed them, he was unstoppable. Drewbie, a loving husband, a caring father, and a successful professional, wouldn't have made it to where he is if he hadn't been more intentional in changing his path of action for good. He says, “I'm kind of an average guy that decided I didn't want to be average anymore. “Starting from rock-bottom to working it out to the top had been an inspirational journey, he vents out in his bestselling book, ‘Crushing the Day', adding value in others. Drewbie Wilson is now the Vice President at ‘Break Free Academy', a multi-million dollar consulting company. In this episode of True North Man, Paul interrogates Drewbie, digging out every ins and outs he took along his journey and, most notably, his core values to serve others with integrity and humility, getting him to the peak of his journey.  Listen to this empowering conversation gear up to crush your day before the day crushes you.   What you will learn: Why it is crucial to get around people living the life you look up to. How Drewbie's purpose of serving people benefited him at the end of the day. What keeps Drewbie grounded when ego takes the forefront and what role ‘faith' plays in his life. Why Drewbie has taken a fondness for cycling as a sport and how it has turned into more than a mere sport for him. And much more!   Favorite Quote: “Ego is like a pinch of salt. A little bit is great, but a little too much of it will destroy the dish. And so I think that's where gratitude is important because gratitude is kind of the counter to the ego that dilutes it.”   Drewbie Wilson     Connect with Drewbie: Website Crushing the Day Book   LinkedIn   Facebook How To Get Involved:   Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Many people wrestle with the thought they can either have great success in their careers or be good family men. Rob, your guest, differs in opinion, saying, “You can do both. It might take a little bit more effort, a little bit more focus, a little more prioritizing things, a little bit more intention, but at the end of the day, it's possible.” Rob was troubled to see people struggling to make both ends meet. Whereas witnessing his grandfather accomplishing goals, making success, and balancing everything had been the greatest inspiration for him. He discovered it's not your fame, success, and power impacting your life more than the legacy you create for others. Rob Hook is a legacy coach, a financial planner. He turns out to be a very successful host of the ‘Contenders Wanted' Podcast. A Contender in his podcast is one wanting the very best in life. As he says, “They're a champion by not just being great in one area but a champion of life.” In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Rob engage in an insightful talk, bringing to light what it needs to make a successful life without sacrificing your family, health, faith, and other valued possessions in life. Tune in to listen to and align those small disciplines and actions compounding into creating a legacy and a life worth living for you and your family.   What you will learn: How do you determine what the purpose in your life is. What builds a foundation to experience both success and legacy. How you become more intentional in prioritizing things in life and find the essential tools to do that. Why it's important not to ignore your little purposes in life to create something grand out of it. And much more!   Favorite Quote: “Legacy in my mind is the idea of creating a life worth living. It's about creating the future that you hope to have with your actions today.”          - Rob Cook   Connect with Rob: Contenders Wanted Website LinkedIn Facebook   How To Get Involved:   Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

A privileged childhood, a caring family, an abundance of all – is all you can wish for, unlike Pedro wanting to escape all this to find something more profound as - “Who am I as a man?”. He was living a secure and comfortable life in the beginning with no hardships. He was left defeated with nothing to chase and nowhere to reach until he decided to be strong and outdo himself. Pedro Meneses is now the Founder and CEO at ‘The Way of the Modern Beast'. He has taken his business to its peak with his clear vision and diligence. Turning from rock bottom to a successful entrepreneur took him years to break his back. Pedro admits saying, “To understand what it means by the rewards behind working hard and being disciplined and really developing yourself in all areas of your life, didn't happen to me until I turned 24 or 25 years old”. He moved to the US, leaving everything behind, starting a new chapter in his life full of adventures, desperation, challenges to unleashing ‘the Giant' within him. In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Pedro discuss the fundamentals of self-mastery, enabling you to discover your true purpose, take command over your life, and harness the forces that bring forth the most elite version of you to shape your destiny.  Tune in to this insightful conversation and acknowledge that ‘voice inside you' never leads you astray.   What You Will Learn: How the most challenging decision in life turned out to be the most rewarding one for Pedro. What parameters and discipline help children build their character and teach life lessons in them. Why it is essential to listen to the ‘little voice inside' to keep reminding yourself what's missing and how you fulfill that to a meaningful life. And much more!   Favorite Quote: “There's nothing I believe is more powerful than a confident man. If you are confident you are going to stay firm even when you have messed up, and you're going to take responsibility for your actions.”   Pedro Meneses                                                                                                    Connect With Pedro and follow him on social media at these given links: Connect with Pedro Twitter Chronicles Of A Modern Beast   How To Get Involved:   Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

As a formerly incarcerated felon, Jay Dan Gumm understands all too well the ways his background was against him. That's a big part of why he named his top-rated podcast, now streaming in prisons and jails across America, “Background Check,” and it's why he became founder and CEO of Forgiven Felons, too.  A nonprofit organization that Jay runs with his wife, Forgiven Felons equips men with housing and the life skills needed to turn over a new page in life: “I just wanted to have a landing place for men to get out of prison and successfully reenter society,” he says.  For a lot of men, and incarcerated people in general, where they first go after leaving jail or prison isn't often a space that sets them up for success. That's part of the reason rates of recidivism are so high. Nationally, combining numbers from federal and state prisons, the recidivism rate is almost 80%. It's something Jay has seen happen to people he's close to, and it's a pattern he wants to help change. In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Jay talk about what led Jay to “willfully walk away” from God and his faith earlier in life and ultimately landed him behind bars, and how he's using his experience to help others today.   What You'll Learn How Jay learned to embrace the word “felon” without letting it define him (and why he says God wanted him to) How a stint in solitary confinement opened his heart to the Holy Spirit Why so many people wind up re-incarcerated, and how he hopes to change that And much more!   Favorite Quote:  “We want to help more people get out of prison and successfully reenter society so they don't go back. Because that's a huge problem. It's called recidivism. And the church has a recidivism problem, too. Recidivism is just a relapse into old patterns. It's all behavior, and even in the church, there's a tendency and a temptation to go back to your old ways and your old patterns. And so we exist to help guys not recidivate.” — Jay Dan Gumm   Connect With Jay:  Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com  Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.  

Clay Smeltzer is sometimes asked why he coaches men. The answer? He knows what it's like to not have a purpose. For much of his life, he had “no d*** clue” who he was and was “faking everybody out” — himself the most.  “I've been through the s***storm of sitting here on my couch, having a panic attack, watching a TV show and going, ‘Is this really what my life is about?'” He says. “Am I going to wake up every day filled with anxiety and this shame cycle that says, ‘If I can't take care of myself, and I can't fix myself, how the h*** am I going to fix anything else?'”  As a husband, as a father and as a professional, Clay felt he was constantly letting everyone down — this, when he'd made all the “right” choices. He'd gone to college. Found a steady career path as a teacher. Got married. Had kids. Bought a house. And still, he felt “worthless.”  Eventually, Clay was able to confront the major role anxiety was playing in his life. That's when things started to change for the better. Today, he helps other men identify and confront the negative thought patterns, fears, and trauma that are keeping them stuck in destructive patterns without a purpose. On this episode of True North Man, Paul and Clay tell each other their stories of forging a foundational identity after years of living without one.   What You'll Learn How Clay came to learn the lesson that “nobody validates me but me” How he went onto form a coaching “brotherhood” after recognizing there are “a lot of men out there who are hurting” What it looks like to define and rebuild masculinity  And much more!   Favorite Quote:  “Men get stuck in these same shame cycles. We get stuck in this negativity about ourselves. We get stuck in the expectation that ‘I have to be this, when my reality is here.' And having a difference between your expectation and your reality causes this frustration. And then we get into the monotonous cycle; we wake up Mondays, we go to work until Friday, we live for the weekend, and we do the same s*** all over again… and we're sitting there going, ‘F***. What's going on?'” — Clay Smeltzer   Connect With Clay:  Instagram LinkedIn Purpose Infused Coaching   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com  Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.  

Shea Taylor's instinct to protect others and, as he puts it, to “beat up bad guys” comes in part from having been bullied himself. Growing up in Eastern Kentucky, he had a lot of health problems; as a high school freshman, he was 5 feet tall and weighed just 88 pounds. “My dad was a high school janitor,” Shea says. “We weren't financially rich by any stretch of the imagination. I grew up on a dairy farm in a two bedroom house with five brothers.” He remembers being picked on a lot, and working hard: “You had to grind for everything.” But when, toward the end of high school, he shot up to over 6 feet, put on weight and started excelling in baseball, that was when “everything clicked.” Which is why, after breaking his leg playing baseball and later damaging — then losing — that same leg in a motorcycle accident, Shea had to contend with what limited mobility meant for his identity and for his self-confidence. Spoiler alert: He'd go onto become one of the first amputees to fight in the MMA. On this episode of True North Man, Paul and Shea talk about perseverance and letting your faith help shape your resilience.    What You'll Learn How, after 15 days in the ICU, 12 surgeries and a lot of prayer, Shea ultimately made the decision to lose his leg What it's like to be one of the first and only fighters with a prosthetic in the MMA How Shea is giving back to where he came from as an entrepreneur today And much more!   Favorite Quote:  “I would much rather have tried something and failed it than to have thought about doing something and it eat at me and not try it for five plus years, then go back on it, miss my opportunity and have regret. Because regret will absolutely eat your soul… it's always ‘if it had been different' or ‘if it had been this.' Screw that.” — Shea Taylor   Connect With Shea:  Instagram Facebook   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com  Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.  

When Dr. Benjamin Page was still a student in chiropractic college, he found himself internally nearing rock bottom. In addition to the stress of schooling and the overwhelm of deadlines, he struggled to navigate emotional problems and staying in the present moment felt near impossible.  “I was kind of sick emotionally,” he recalls. “I was talking to myself in a way that I shouldn't be talking to myself.”  That was when he discovered the healing powers of gardening. He'd built a plain planter box, about three feet long and a foot wide, and he also found some flower pots that had been thrown away. After assembling and spending 15 minutes in that space — his first garden — he could already notice a difference. He felt better. “I clearly remember that those 15 minutes of just hanging out with that planter box and these two flower pots with peppers and tomato plants was life-changing,” he said. “I started to feel that I could do it, and those 15 minutes brought me into the present moment. I was able to just focus on one thing.”  As a chiropractic physician today, time spent in nature is a massive component of Benjamin's approach toward holistic health. In his book, “Playing In The Dirt: The Key to Sustainable Health,” he lays out eight ways that nature and gardening can help us heal in a multitude of ways — spiritually, physically, and emotionally. In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Benjamin talk about how nature helps the body, mind, and soul heal and the reasons ecotherapy can help men provide better for themselves and their families, too.   What You'll Learn What Benjamin believes modern medicine can and can't do Why it's so important to go outdoors barefoot (and how that can help your body neutralize excess free radicals and reduce inflammation) What the Bible has to show us about the importance of gardening for health And much more!   Favorite Quote:  “All our emotional problems will be demonstrated physically. Spiritual problems will demonstrate physically and emotionally — they're all inter combined. It's all one. You cannot have one without it affecting the other. And if we're not well physically, we're not going to be well emotionally and spiritually.”  — Dr. Benjamin Page   Connect With Benjamin:  Instagram Facebook The Wellness Farmer Podcast   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com  Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Demetrye Isoldi grew up in a broken home.  His mother was verbally, physically and psychologically abusive to him and his sister, and she would sometimes sleep with men in front of them. His biological dad was a rapist and pedophile who spent most of his time in and out of jail, and his brother today is serving three life sentences for murder. But it was the harm done to him by his mother that left the biggest mark.  “All she knew was hurt. All she knew was pain. And that's what she gave me,” he said. Recovering from the pain of his childhood and eventually going to seminary inspired Demetrye to write his book “Son of a Whore.” It was in the seminary that he was finally able to leave survival mode, with all its scarcity and insecurities, behind him and embrace the man God wanted him to be.  “I wrote that (book) because I wanted to give someone who may have had the same upbringing as me hope to realize that they can survive it, and not only survive but be the father, the husband and the individual that God created them to be,” he said.  On this episode of True North Man, Paul and Demetrye talk about forgiveness and becoming the parent you didn’t have.   What You’ll Learn How Demetrye’s faith has helped him overcome the scars of his childhood, including fear, insecurity and sex addiction What it means to live a heart-centered life as a Christian What it took for Demetrye to eventually forgive his parents And much more!   Favorite Quote:  “One of the things that I've really become comfortable with is embracing pain. We're quick to become averse to pain. We resist pain. We're quick to grab onto joy, happiness, all these things, because it feels good… look at Christ. He endured pain. if he hadn’t endured pain, we wouldn't have what we have today. So pain, if we allow it, can be a teacher to teach us something. Instead of avoiding the pain, sometimes you need to sit in that pain to learn whatever it is that we need to learn.” — Demetrye Isoldi   Connect With Demetrye:  demetryeisoldi.com   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com  Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

James Jacobi felt he was following in his father’s footsteps when he entered the corporate world straight out of college. It was a life he went onto live for 11 years, and he did well in his career — but all the while, it felt like he was expected to be two entirely different people.  “I struggled with that,” James said. “I mentally bring work home, and I mentally bring stuff from home into work. And so I always struggled with that mentality. I can’t be two people… that dichotomy felt weird to me, and I felt like many people live that life. It just didn’t sit well with me.”  Something in his heart, which he now recognizes as a nudge from God, kept telling James he needed a change. A business could be done differently, he felt, in a way that allowed people to be whole people. That didn’t mean turning profit wouldn’t also be a primary goal — a business is a business. But it was time to redefine what doing well in business looked like and what values it promoted.  Today, as the author of “Radical Integrity: 7 Breakthrough Strategies for Transforming Your Business, Sales and Life” and also the owner of his management consulting firm, James gets to help others live lives that are not only successful but holistic and integrated, too. In this episode of True North Man, Paul and James talk about the value of blending the personal with the professional and utilizing the gifts God gave you — no matter the amount of risk involved.   What You’ll Learn The one question that completely changed James life and sent him down a different path Why, as an entrepreneur, he says it’s so essential to pick your audience (and make it a niche one) How his faith helped him leave his corporate life And much more!   Favorite Quote:  “This is my dream for my life… And it's got all the emotions mixed into it: the anxiety, the worry, the joy, the gratitude, the fulfillment. It's got all of it. In many ways, I think the entrepreneur’s life is very, very aligned with your journey with God. You’ve got roller coasters, you’ve got adventure, you’ve got seasons of abundance, and then you have seasons of scarcity, where you need to trust more.” — James Jacobi   Connect With James:  Facebook Instagram LinkedIn   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com  Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Joshua T Berglan knows there’s value in owning your pain. For too long, he found ways to escape his pain, as well as to escape the pain he caused others. Before he found God six years ago, he’d been arrested six times for a number of reasons, domestic violence, cocaine and alcohol-fueled fights among them. And yet, he’d never been in jail for longer than 12 hours at a time; “I didn’t really feel any pain,” he says. Meanwhile, having been abused, molested and abandoned earlier in life, he continued hurtling head-long down a dark path.  Then, during his sixth time in LA County jail, while he was in the psychiatric ward’s isolation unit, he had a moment with the Holy Spirit. Since then, he’s lived by a “bold faith” and dedicated himself to a new mission as Chairman of the Live Mana Worldwide Foundation, a new media nonprofit that elevates passion and purpose through TV, film, events, vision consulting and brand development services.  In his ministry career with Live Mana, Joshua works specifically with those who can also understand the hell of addiction, homelessness, living with HIV, abuse and more. Part of battling your demons, he believes, is not looking away from the pain. “The whole point of what we’re doing is to make people feel the pain so they can really look inside and go, ‘Oh my god, this is my story’ or ‘this happened to me, here’s the solution,’” Joshua says.  On this episode of True North Man, Paul and Joshua talk about finding redemption, giving a voice to those who’ve been rejected and left behind (including by the church), and embracing God’s truth.   What You’ll Learn How an encounter with the Holy Spirit in a jail’s psychiatric unit led Joshua to turn his life around Why finding God doesn’t mean your healing and recovery work is instantly over (“I had a month-long meth binge in the middle of me loving Jesus,” he says) Why he believes in the “supernatural power of truth” And much more!   Favorite Quote:  “You can’t outrun your problems. You can’t outrun God. You can’t outrun any of it. Because every time you think you’ve escaped it, it’s going to come hit you in the face again. But guess what — that’s not the devil. That’s God giving you an opportunity to break through and heal.” — Joshua T Berglan   Connect With Joshua:  Facebook Instagram Live Mana Worldwide   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com  Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Nine years ago, as Aadam Adkins tells it, he had all the hallmarks of a successful life. He had a plush job in corporate America that let him travel the world and offered plenty of perks. And he felt he’d checked a lot of the boxes that were expected of him.    “I lived the life I was supposed to live — I was that guy who just fell in line,” Aadam says. “I was the kid who got good grades in high school. I went to college. I got a degree. I got a good job, got married, had kids… It was the perfect life. I was successful by the world’s standards. And yet, something was awry.”   Despite his successes, at the end of the day, Aadam felt he was “really lost.” He was burnt out at work, seeking more and felt he’d been “wandering in the desert for a long time.” That’s when he found God, and everything began to shift.   With a new sense of direction in life, Aadam decided it was time to change his path even further. After 17 years in his corporate role, at the age of 40, he stepped out on his own to start his coaching business. It’s been both the “scariest thing” he’s ever done and also the most rewarding: “This is a dream life, doing what it is I believe I've been put here to do,” he says.   On this episode of True North Man, Paul and Aadam talk about taking on new adventures and finding the path God intended for you.   What You’ll Learn Why mastering your mind and making, per Scripture, “every thought be obedient to Christ” go hand-in-hand How Aadam integrates meditation into the way he practices Christianity How deciding to run 40 miles ultimately changed Aadam’s entire life And much more!   Favorite Quote:  “I want to help other people say yes to their heart’s desires, because those are desires that we don’t put there. Those desires are put there by our Creator. I believe he puts those desires in our hearts and that those desires serve him, benefit mankind, and help to life up and unite humanity.” — Aadam Adkins    Connect With Aadam:  Facebook Instagram LinkedIn   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Rob Billingham knows it’s all-too-easy (and human) to stray from your sense of identity. For many men, in particular, he believes this goes back to harm done to their identities as children — by not having a supportive father around, for instance.    He also knows that a strong sense of faith is one of the most transparent ways to guarantee and protect a strong identity. That’s why faith and identity are two of his main focuses as the founder of Resolute Men Ministries. A ministry that’s styled as a “training camp,” Rob had the idea to create Resolute Men after attending a men’s conference that brought together football players, retired football players, and head coaches to discuss their relationship with Christ.    At that event, God gave him the vision to start his own men’s conference. But soon, he realized that standalone events like conferences weren’t enough to generate the kind of impact he was after.    “It was mighty and moving, but what we found out over the years was that, with follow-up, there was a disconnect along the way,” he says. “There’s one big day, and guys would be high as a kite… but unless there’s somebody to push you, keep it moving and keep it going, it kind of starts to drop off over time.”    Rob wanted his ministry to be a source of accountability for men as they created Christ-like lives and came to understand their own identities better. And today, that’s what he’s accomplishing. In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Rob talk about the importance of identity in understanding what you’re created from and where you’re heading.   What You’ll Learn How Rob defines a “resolute man.” How you can tell when God is trying to impart to you a message Why waking up early helps Rob be a better spiritual leader And much more!   Favorite Quote:  “The Bible is our playbook… You got to get into the game, but you’ve got to be prepared to get into the game. What does that preparation look like? You’ve got to go through the process of training where you’re working your muscles, right? We’re working our spiritual muscles. That’s what we’re talking about here — developing our spiritual muscles, getting our minds in alignment with God, and getting our strength and our character built up in Christ.” — Rob Billingham   Connect With Rob:  ResoluteMen.org The Resolute Warrior Podcast Instagram YouTube   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Today, “mindset” has become a majorly buzzy term, with plenty of self-styled gurus out there offering opinions on how to better it. For Dr. Nick Sotelo, a life and career coach and formerly a marriage therapist, sports coach, academic and corrections officer, his take on mindset is, at its root, both impactful and simple one: “Mindset is what your mind is set on.”    Through his coaching process, The Upgraded Life, Nick blends his scientific knowledge of psychology with personal development tenets designed to help clients examine their vision and core values and clarify their mindset in particular. As Nick puts it, your mindset is profoundly shaping your lived experience, whether you’re aware of it or not.    “You can’t escape it. Everybody has a mindset,” he says. “The problem is too many people are just unaware of it.”   And for a truly successful, fulfilled life, achieving that awareness is vital. In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Nick talk about the hurdles society has set up that keep men from reaching an understanding, the exercises he recommends for figuring out your mindset’s current state (and what’s needed to improve it), and how being a “drink-from-the-firehose” guy ultimately led Nick to find his calling.   What You’ll Learn How Nick helps men learn to integrate their feelings in meaningful ways (plus, how the “four primary feeling states” intersect with that) Why having mindset clarity will help shield you from external chaos, like COVID What Nick means by “negative-default mindset,” why most people have it and how affirmations can help And much more!   Favorite Quote:  “To achieve meaningful success, it’s going to come back to your mindset and what your mind is set on. It’s about your attitudes and your beliefs. It’s about your fears and how you’ve learned to address your fears. It’s about your doubts and how you’ve learned to address your doubts… The problem is, too many people either don’t believe they have control over their mindset, or they’re just not aware that their mindset is one of the biggest factors responsible for the life they have right here, right now.” — Nick Sotelo   Connect With Nick:  Personal website Facebook Twitter The Upgraded Life podcast   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Though he built a career working for some of America’s most giant corporations — including Coca-Cola, Home Depot, and David’s Bridal — Tracy Brinkmann has always been an entrepreneur at heart. It’s a love that goes back to his school days in Copperas Cove, Texas.    From steering the supply and demand of pencils in his grade school classroom to selling art inspired by his father’s military career to pinstriping cars and working on stereos alongside a high school buddy, Tracy always had his hand in a side hustle growing up. But his true calling as an entrepreneur was, for a little while, put on hold while he served in the military and, as a new dad, embarked on his corporate career afterward. Like so many entrepreneurs before him, though, he knew he couldn’t stay in the corporate world forever.   “There’s always that thing in the back of your head going, ‘But I’m just not happy,’” he says. “It’s just not me. It’s okay for a while, and then you’re like, ‘Okay, I got this. Now what?’... You’re just not fulfilled.”   Working in Corporate America did give Tracy plenty of experience, however, in coaching and mentoring others. And today, this coaching has become his full-time job and life’s mission. As a business and success coach and host of the Driven Dark Horse Entrepreneurs podcast, Tracy gives other entrepreneurs the tools they need to kickstart business ideas and, as he puts it, “discover the joy of getting a dollar for something they’re going to be doing anyway.”   In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Tracy talk about why being passionate about your side hustle pays, the importance of picking the right partners, and some of Tracy’s most significant pieces of advice to new entrepreneurs.    What You’ll Learn: Why Tracy believes in following the “Six Cs of Entrepreneurship.” The questions he recommends asking yourself to find clarity and get your business idea off the ground How to approach reinvesting in your business, gaining traction organically, and balancing multiple bank accounts  And much more!   Favorite Quote:  “It’s all about building yourself a plan of action and then holding yourself accountable. You have to be committed to your success. This is usually where the help of a trusted partner or a coach will come in because there's a point where we'll be nice to ourselves — a lot nicer than someone else will be, right? And maybe you need a pat on the back, and a coach can do that. Or maybe you need a smack upside the head.” — Tracy Brinkmann   Connect With Tracy:  Dark Horse Entrepreneur Podcast LinkedIn Instagram Facebook   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next. 

Erik Allen’s life started usual enough, full of Sunday school and Little League games. But when he was 11, his parents got divorced. That’s when things took a turn for the worst.    His mom’s new boyfriend, an extremely abusive alcoholic, moved the family to a tiny town in Montana, a population of 1,200. It suited his purposes of isolation well; after arriving in Montana, the abuse “just got worse,” Erik says, “because we were so far away from the police and so far to town.” Eventually, he had to physically come to his mother’s defense, a night that ended with the cops arriving but no charges ultimately being pressed. For Erik, that drove home the message that he was on his own.    “I've pretty much raised myself since I was 14 years old, and it led me down a path of darkness and addictions,” he said. “At 21 years old, I was $28,000 in debt... I’d moved 21 times between the ages of 18 and 21. I’d filed for bankruptcy. I’d already been in jail. Just a crazy path.”   Not long after, Erik moved to Seattle to try to make it in the music business industry. He didn’t get paid a lot — at Universal Records, he wasn’t paid anything at all for his first six months of work — but he did get a lot of free concert tickets. And they all came with open bar tabs. “It was about 175 concerts, and I never paid for a drink ever and got blasted every single time. It was just wild, man.”   But it wasn’t making him happy. Depressed, aimless, and still plagued by addictions, he knew he needed a significant change in his life. One day, that change presented itself when a woman, also from a broken home, walked into the Starbucks store he worked nights at and asked if he wanted to go to church with her.    In this episode of True North Man, Erik tells Paul about how that woman became his wife, his path to becoming a successful entrepreneur, and how he’s rewriting the legacy of his upbringing for his kids.   What You’ll Learn: How Erik became an entrepreneur who helps other entrepreneurs and MMA fighters be successful (and what those two groups have in common) How he and his wife are “breaking the chains” of their childhoods Erik’s (literal) come-to-Jesus moment and the role his faith plays at home and in his work And much more!    Favorite Quote: “My faith is everything… I don't push the fact I'm a Christian on my shows, but I show it in love. Quit judging people. Just love on people the way they're. I've been there, and I know what it's like to be broken. But you can get through it.” — Erik Allen   Connect With Erik: Erik Allen Media LinkedIn Facebook   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next. 

Ryan Hawk became a student of leadership at a young age. Benefiting from what he calls the “exceptional” leadership of both his high school football coaches and parents, he understood that an exceptional leader has the power to transform lives for the better.    “When you see that a person can have that type of impact, I became much more curious about learning from other leaders in my life,” he says. “That curiosity has driven me to try to learn more and more, ultimately intending to impact other people and help them perform at levels that maybe they don’t think they’re capable of.”    Learning is a crucial emphasis for Ryan. He is, after all, host of The Learning Leader Podcast, as well as a leadership coach and author. It’s his ultimate goal to, as he puts it, become a “learning machine” that can inspire others to elevate their own goals. And although he’s been in the leadership coaching business for years, he doesn’t consider that goal achieved yet. That’s because a true leader has “never arrived but is always becoming,” he says.    In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Ryan discuss working on yourself as a leader and defining your leadership legacy.    What You’ll Learn: The four-part framework for more effective leadership that Ryan developed Why good leaders are constantly “fueling their intake engines.” The difference between leading yourself and leading others And much more!    Favorite Quote: “There are leaders within businesses who have a title and think they’re leaders because of who they are. But really, they’re followed and complied with because of their title. And so I want to go beyond the title and become the type of leader that others choose to commit to because that’s what true leadership is: when people can choose to follow anyone, and they choose to follow you.” — Ryan Hawk   Connect With Ryan: The Learning Leader Podcast LinkedIn Twitter Facebook   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next. 

The role of police in America has been under extreme scrutiny over the past year. What does the path for healing look like, and what can accountable policing look like? Dr. Obed Magny believes the answer lies, in part, in emotional intelligence.    “If emotional intelligence has been proven to be effective in the public and private sector, and in just about every industry — in resiliency, stress management, and handling conflicts — why would we not do that today in policing?” Dr. Magny, himself an emotional intelligence trainer and de-escalation expert with 16 years of experience in policing, said.    Far too few resources have historically been devoted to cultivating things like emotional intelligence and cultural awareness in police units, he continued. For all 18,000 police departments in the U.S., most only devote a maximum of four to six hours of training — if that — to emotional intelligence topics in their six-month academies. And the result is hurting not only the people being policed but also the people doing the policing.    “This is where my passion lies,” he said. “We talk about emotional trauma because trauma can be physical, but the mental part of it is just as, if not more, prevalent. And so if we’re going to heal as a nation moving forward — if we’re going to build on trust and legitimacy moving forward — there’s got to be an understanding of the other side.”    Through his work with the American Society of Evidence-Based Policing — the organization he co-founded to help bring science, research, and empathy into the way law enforcement implements the law — he hopes this understanding will be achieved. In this episode of True North Man, Paul and Dr. Magny talk about what it’ll take to innovate police systems for the modern era, for the benefit of all.   What You’ll Learn: How a lack of research and development led to the crises facing police officers today, and what police units can borrow from the private sector to correct that Why it’s important to see police as part of the community instead of separate from it How Dr. Magny describes his approach to leadership And much more!    Favorite Quote: “Emotional intelligence training is one way to mitigate issues and establish trust, legitimacy, and an understanding of different people, different cultures and subcultures, and so on. Because once I see you and I understand you and know who you are, then I can better interact with you and I can have more effective communication with you.” — Dr. Obed Magny   Connect With Dr. Magny: LinkedIn Instagram Twitter The American Society of Evidence-Based Policing   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next. 

Growing up with an abusive father led John Ward to believe at an early age that his life had little worth. There was no escape from the abuse — mental, physical, and emotional — that he endured. Ultimately, he’d seek that escape at every turn in life after dropping out of high school at age 16 to pop pills, fight and steal with his friends.    One particularly bad fight led John to military school in exchange for the jail time he was facing. There, he started to feel the first glimmer of self-worth he’d ever known in life, but still left the military feeling embittered by its lack of accountability for those in power. After that, it was back to a self-destructive lifestyle, one marked by violence, cocaine addiction, and membership in an outlaw motorcycle gang.    “I was a victim. I was a victim no matter what the circumstance. I had no self-worth… And what that does to somebody, not feeling worthy, is it will lead you into places you never would have expected yourself to be in.”    One of those places, John was horrified to discover, was repeating the cycle of his own father’s hostility with his wife, their daughter, and his step-children. Still, saddled as he was by drug addiction and little will to live, John couldn’t find the motivation to change his life. Until God reentered it unexpectedly.    In this episode of True North Man, Paul and John talk about the power of finding self-worth through God and breaking free of the cycles of your past.    What You’ll Learn: How the idea he’d never be good enough became a poison that nearly ruined John’s life What’s helped him maintain his sobriety for five years How John and his wife, through the church and marital counseling, changed their family dynamic to one of love and mercy  And much more!   Favorite Quote: “Life isn’t guaranteed to be easy. But with God on your side, struggles don’t seem like so much of a struggle. Your problems aren’t so big. There’s nothing insurmountable.”  — John Ward   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next. 

In 2001, Alan Placer was content enough with his life.    He was married with a child, a new home and a stable job. When he was unable to answer what additional goals he had in life, his boss warned him that “if you don’t grow, you’re gonna grow stale.” At the time, Alan didn’t believe him. Six months later, he had lost that job, and two weeks after that, 9/11 terror happened.   “I wound up responding to the World Trade Centers,” Alan, who’s also a Firefighter EMT, said. “Thankfully I’m one of the people who got to come home, but obviously with a lot of PTSD issues. I saw horrible things there and escaped death several times.”    He emerged from that experience “awakened.”    “I understood what ‘going stale’ was. That I was just, like so many men do, settling for what came and what was in front of me, only taking advantage of opportunities if someone told me they were there.”    From that point on, Alan’s life — and his relationship to fear — changed. On this episode of True North Man, Paul and Alan talk about how he went from a newly divorced single parent making $15 an hour to overcoming fear, starting his own business and transforming his life.    What You’ll Learn: How Alan separates being fearful from being cautious (and why it’s still good to be the latter) The lessons he’s learned guiding his business through the pandemic And much more!   Favorite Quote: “There is no ‘new normal.’ Everything is always normal. There's just stuff that happens that you have to overcome.” – Alan Placer   Connect With Alan:  LinkedIn   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next. 

To some, “sovereignty” is a loaded term. That’s because the idea that you’re the one with power over your life can seem at odds as a Christian man with the message that God is the only sovereign. But that’s not the way Ryan Michler, founder of Order of Man, chooses to look at it.  “The concept of sovereignty is in direct alignment with the concept of Christianity,” he says. “God has given us agency over our own lives… If you didn't have any agency, there would be no sin. There would also be no glory, right? If you were forced to do something — if you had to do it a certain way because you did not have any authority over your own life or any agency — there would be no plan of salvation. It wouldn't be necessary, actually. What makes it so rewarding is that you do have agency and that's a gift bestowed by God.” Ryan has made it his mission to reconnect men with their sovereignty and help them reclaim power and authority in their lives. God has given us a personal responsibility to do that, he says, and it’s up to us as individuals to act on it. On this episode of True North Man, Paul and Ryan talk about living a life that’s aligned with your virtues, the importance of seeing balance as an active verb instead of a static goal, and how sovereignty can help you be a better man. What You’ll Learn: How Ryan developed a “four-quadrant approach” to help men reclaim their sovereignty through Calibration, Condition, Connection and Contribution  Why he believes that most people fail to intentionally use their time How he, as a father of four, applies the principles of his faith to parenting And much more! Favorite Quote: “It's not ‘if it's God's will.’ It's ‘if it's your will.’ But people don't like that language. They think it's at direct odds with Christianity, and I happen to believe it's directly in alignment with it. I think what God is hoping we’ll do is take these tools and resources and use them effectively by our own accord and produce positive outcomes for ourselves and the people that we have responsibility for.” — Ryan Michler Connect With Ryan:  Orderofman.com Instagram Order of Man podcast How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com  Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.

Roy Edwards has been “obsessed,” in his words, with making remote work a reality since long before the pandemic started. It’s the basis of the business he started with his wife, Capitol Presence. And it’s also a mission that, for Roy, has highly personal meaning.    That’s because, at 12 years old, Roy was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease. In the short-term, that meant clocking hours in doctors’ waiting rooms and being pulled out of sports. In the long-term, it meant big consequences for how — and where — he’d be able to most comfortably live his life. An office, he began to think, may not be for him.   Ultimately, Roy did start his career in an office, working for the government. Until a particularly bad flare up sent him to the hospital, where it was determined that he’d need about a foot and a half of his intestines removed.    “I was sitting in a hospital bed with my intestines literally hanging out of my stomach,” he recalls. “I had an ostomy bag, and I’m laying there in excruciating pain. I had to pull out my laptop and work. I was able to take off about a day and a half of this and was in the hospital for three weeks, working from the hospital. I was like, screw this.”   The inflexibility he felt from his employer during a time of crisis ultimately galvanized Roy to help create better workplace flexibility, for himself and others. From the hospital, he and his wife filed for an LLC, and now, six years later, their agency is delivering top-of-the-line customized products and solutions to businesses.    On this episode of True North Man, host Paul Beam and Roy talk about creating a life on your own terms, going into business with your spouse, and why we should all be able to #workwherever.    What You’ll Learn: The exercise Roy recommends for figuring out how to leave corporate life behind How to apply the lessons of 2020 to every year (and why we should) Why it’s OK not to use your degree And much more!   Favorite Quote: “That's what innovation is. God has given us the tools, but we have to change. We have to be able to take action on those tools and the gifts that God's given us to ultimately become who he wants us to become. We're not going to become who he wants us to become by just sitting back and being like, ‘Look at all these blessings.’ He gave you those blessings, and he gave you those tools to take action.” — Roy Edwards   Connect with Roy: Innovare Podcast Capitol Presence Facebook LinkedIn   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next. 

Dr. Paul Henning — an active-duty Army officer who specializes in warfighter health and performance — has always been interested in the way optimized bodies yield optimized minds.    In the Army, that interest has led him from everything to biomedical research on what soldiers should eat before specific types of missions to the pioneering of new injury-reducing physical assessment tests. Outside of the Army, Dr. Henning applies many of these same principles to a different kind of soldier — namely, working parents.    A father of four himself, Dr. Henning is also a strength and conditioning coach who helps busy parents find holistic solutions that enhance their health, energy and mindset using a combination of behavioral psychology, exercise and nutrition. And for the working dads these solutions often have a transformational impact.    “As men, I think we put a lot on our shoulders,” he says. “I say to myself, ‘I'm responsible for my family. I gotta provide, I gotta be there, I gotta show up and provide emotional support for them’… I think it's very important to have our fitness in check, because it just helps us stand up and be better men.”   On this episode of True North Man, host Paul Beam and Dr. Henning talk about the connection between a healthy body and a healthy life, why Dr. Henning joined the Army after getting his doctorate in Exercise Physiology, and what other working dads can learn from his example.   What You’ll Learn: How Dr. Henning’s work in the Army helps improve soldiers’ health and well-being Why creating new “habit loop mechanisms” is one of the biggest goals he works on with clients How journaling, meditation and “nutrition IQ” can help your overall fitness goals And much more!   Favorite Quote: “I'm not saying that everybody's gonna have a six pack. But I think that when you’re in shape — whatever that means to you, since it’s different for different people — but I think that when you feel good about yourself and you get up day after day able to feel genuinely good inside and can look in the mirror and feel good, you start to carry yourself differently. You start to show up for your family and at your workplace differently, and that self-confidence just goes through the roof.” — Dr. Paul Henning   Connect with Dr. Henning:  Drpaulhenningphd.com LinkedIn Facebook   How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next. 

EP 20: The Lifestyle Of A Full-Time Missionary - Craig Alsup On this episode of True Man North, Paul Beam and Craig Alsup take a deeper look into the life of a full-time missionary. Craig and his family have been traveling the world as full-time missionaries for over 5 years. This amazing journey pushed the family to trust in God and build a stronger relationship with each other. Tune in to learn more about this lifestyle, and what led Craig to follow this path.   Want to get more involved in your local ministry? If you are looking to learn more about the word of God and how to get involved in your local church, Craig and Paul discuss the best ways to step into a leadership role in your community. Tune into this episode to hear the story of the events in Craig’s life that led to him becoming a full-time missionary and how that journey impacted his life. What You’ll Learn: When to seek your next steps in life from God and how to know it’s time to make a tough decision. How to seek a deeper connection with God and why now is the time to do so! What motivates missionaries to spread the Lord’s word even in difficult times. And much more! Favorite Quote: “Years ago, I declared to God, ‘Whatever it is that you want me to do, the answer is yes. Wherever you want me to go, the answer is yes. Whatever you want me to give, the answer is yes.’ I believe when we say, with intention, ‘I will do whatever you put in front of me, God’ that frees up space for God to put things in front of you.” - Craig Alsup Connect With Craig: Facebook Page Send Craig An Email: c.alsup@mannaworldwide.com How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com  Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next. 

Ask Chad Owen what one of the biggest problems plaguing society today is and he’ll tell you without hesitation: fatherlessness. That can mean fatherlessness in the literal sense, but it also applies to those whose fathers have been absent emotionally, spiritually or mentally. And the gaps left behind by this kind of neglect are often severe — they were for Chad’s own dad.  Entering the foster system at age 12, Chad’s father ultimately wound up living with an abusive uncle. Although Chad believes he did his best, the wounds left behind by this experience never fully healed for his father, and they came out in some of the ways that Chad, in turn, was parented. It’s all part of a vicious, and common, cycle that harms so many people’s identities — something that Chad, now a father to four children himself, felt called by God to write about. But by forging resilient identities that are rooted in Christ, he believes that people can put an end to this cycle.  “If you have an identity that you’re a child of God, that your Father is the king, and you have the Holy Spirit inside of you, that now drives your purpose,” he says. “If you listen to the Holy Spirit and follow your vision he gives you through your identity, that's when you become unstoppable.” On this episode of True North Man, host Paul Beam discusses with Chad the key to healing broken identities, solving for the problem of fatherlessness, and better embodying unconditional love, to ourselves and others. What You’ll Learn: Why a strong identity can impact the trajectory of your entire life Where true wealth is found, and how to use it to help others Why it’s so important for men to experience silence and solitude  And much more! Favorite Quote: “Some people unknowingly mistake purpose for significance. I believe another thing that men are looking for is significance, and we try to find in all the wrong places — going out partying with friends, sex, drugs, alcohol. Even business, you know, money. Collecting all the goods in the world and fancy cars, nice homes… When in reality our significance, if we’re talking about identity, is found in our identity being rooted in our Creator and our Heavenly Father. Because he finds us valuable.” — Chad Owen Connect With Chad:  LinkedIn SafeMoneyRadio.com How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com  Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next. 

How well do you know Jesus Christ? There are a lot of young men who have a great calling, but they have done awful things that destroyed themselves but that doesn't mean that they are not qualified for the work of God. God can restore anything.   Troy Mangum is a former YWAM missionary, hardcore punk singer, drug counselor, train hopper, longboarder, exotic fruit farmer, vert skater, singer-songwriter, software engineering manager, traveling hitchhiker & seminary dropout. A Jesus follower, husband of one for 25 years, father of four amazing children & a restless creative. He has traveled the world learning about and taking on new adventures over the course of his life. The creator of the Kindling Fire Podcast and a product marketing guy at a software company. Troy is quite literally a jack of all trades, but far from a master of none, as over the last several years he has dedicated himself to being a beacon of hope and offering the necessary tools for men to live a more meaningful life.    On this episode of True North Man, motivational speaker and a Jesus follower Troy Mangum and host Paul Beam go in a deeper analysis of Christ’s unconditional love. Listen to an interview that will give you a closer look at how God operates within us and rekindle the fire of your love for Him. What You’ll Learn: Why surrendering yourself to Christ is important when you ask for His help to restore your life How to recognize God’s voice and understanding it What lead Troy to create the Kindling Fire podcast, what inspired him   Favorite Quote: “For whatever reason, God is not yelling, he is not being blunt and direct and shaking you so that you know. He is very subtle, it’s easy to ignore, sometimes it’s hard to discern, and you need practice.” —Troy Mangum Connect With Troy: Thekindlingfire.com   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-kindling-fire-podcast/id1223786679?mt=2 How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.   

Are there Buddhist Christians? Discussing enlightenment and the God that many different religions allude to.   Whether we’re right or wrong we tend to attach to a faith and a God. The purpose of religion and faith is to guide an individual or a group, it is not the destination. Once you get to the destination the religion or faith has served its purpose, whether it’s Buddhism or Christianity, etc. We ought to talk to one another to strengthen our faith through the sharing of ideas. Through the discussion of ideas we strengthen our communities. On this episode of the True North Man podcast, Paul talks about faith and the purpose it serves. He adds a refreshing perspective on Religion and invites the listener to look deeper into their faith and perhaps exchange ideas with fellow believers. Tune in for an episode that will give you an insight of what’s coming on the True Northman podcast that’ll bring more impact in the world. What You'll Learn:   Religions from all walks of life have more commonalities than we may have thought prior. How sharing our beliefs and perspectives may add value to another who may have a different religion or faith. We strengthen and sharpen one another through thoughtful discussions. And much more!   Favorite Quote:   "Attachments create suffering. Everything is impermanent. It’s all based on a numerical equation that nobody has the absolute formula to. "   Paul Beam   How to Get Involved:  Paul Beam is on a mission to use his experience, wisdom and purpose to uplift men of faith to reach their full potential and become who they were created to be.  Visit True North Man on Instagram and engage with the community here, and visit Paul himself on Facebook and at @paulbeam81.   And don't forget to check out this and other episodes on Apple Podcasts. Leave a rating and a review letting us know what you thought. Your feedback means the world!  

Calling all Believers in business, motivational-speakers-in-training, and folks in search of wisdom: Chris Widener is here to answer your call. If you seek to learn from a master, look no farther.     Chris Widener is a world-renowned speaker, mentored by the same man who gave Tony Robbins his start—Jim Rohn. Chris is also a prolific author, businessman, coach, and mentor. His latest book Lasting Impact: How to Create a Life and Impact That Lives Beyond You came out January 5th, 2021.   On this episode of True North Man, motivational speaker and coach Chris Widener and host Paul Beam go deep on a wide range of topics, from what it means to be a Christian in the business world, to the power of network marketing, to Chris’s new book Lasting Impact. This juicy episode is chock-full of expert advice that you can start taking advantage of today!   What You’ll Learn: Actionable tips for breaking into the world of motivational speaking How observing the Sabbath can enrich your life and your business A smart, simple template for structuring speeches   Favorite Quote: “I've always been an entrepreneur, even when I was a pastor, I was really an entrepreneur: I went and started churches. I didn't go to a church that had been there for 100 years and work for them. You know, I started them and built them. And you know, a lot of sales and marketing goes into building the church.” —Chris Widener   Connect With Chris: Interested in Chris’s coaching services? Shoot him an email at widenergroup@gmail.com or learn more at chriswidener.com and on Facebook. How To Get Involved: Discover all that Paul Beam has to offer at www.true-north-ministries.com    Enjoyed the episode? Hop over to Apple Podcasts for more! Like and share to help spread the word. We appreciate your support—and we hope to return the favor: Leave a review to let us know what you want to hear from Paul next.