Podcasts about Nice Guys

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Was Perry Como the original Mr. Nice Guy? And who again was Perry Como? Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield explain. Visit ⁠⁠Lexicon Valley⁠⁠. A Booksmart Studios Production. Episode 313: "No More Mr. Nice Guy." With Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo. Edited and produced by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this eye-opening conversation, Glen Gilbert sits down with JR Harvey, founder of King's Community, to explore the hidden wounds driving so many men's struggles with relationships, identity, depression, isolation, and purpose. JR shares his own journey from drug dealing, failed coping mechanisms, and nearly losing everything to building a thriving community dedicated to helping men break destructive patterns and reclaim authentic leadership in their lives. Together, they unpack why so many men become "nice guys," how childhood experiences quietly shape adult relationships, and why approval-seeking often replaces genuine confidence and self-respect. The conversation dives into the four core "Nice Guy" archetypes, the dangers of isolation, men's mental health, divorce, shame, emotional suppression, and the critical difference between awareness and action. JR explains why so many men feel lost despite outward success, why authentic connection is impossible without knowing yourself, and how practical frameworks, accountability, brotherhood, and personal responsibility can transform lives. If you've ever struggled with people-pleasing, boundaries, loneliness, purpose, or rebuilding after heartbreak, this episode offers powerful insights and actionable wisdom that could completely change how you see yourself and your relationships. If this conversation challenges the way you think about your own relationships, let me know in the comments: What idea from this episode made you reconsider something you believed? And if you value honest conversations about communication, boundaries, attraction, masculinity, confidence, relationships, and personal growth, subscribe to The Glen Gilbert Connection. CONNECT WITH JR HARVEY Website: https://join.kingscommunitybrotherhood.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kingscommunity Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kings__community/ CONNECT WITH THE GLEN GILBERT CONNECTION YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGlenGilbertConnection Website: https://theglengilbertconnection.com/contact Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theglengilbertconnection Spotify / Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7xAvzoJPQZNJKmU4rXemui The Glen Gilbert Connection explores practical ideas around relationships, communication, boundaries, attraction, confidence, personal responsibility, and growth through conversations with researchers, clinicians, coaches, and people whose experiences offer something useful. Subscribe for more conversations designed to help you think more clearly, communicate more honestly, and make better relationship decisions. #TheGlenGilbertConnection #JRHarvey #KingsCommunity #MensMentalHealth #NiceGuySyndrome #Masculinity #SelfImprovement #MensWork #Relationships #DivorceRecovery #MensHealing #Authenticity #PersonalGrowth #MensCommunity #EmotionalIntelligence #Boundaries #Leadership #Fatherhood #MentalHealthAwareness #Identity #Purpose #MensDevelopment #Vulnerability #Brotherhood #SelfWorth #DepressionRecovery #Accountability #RelationshipAdvice #HealingJourney #ModernMan

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What does it take to open a dental practice from scratch, attract your first patients and keep going when life gets difficult? In this episode of Two Reds Are Better Than One, Chris Barrow and Ashley Latter welcome Rupchhen Tamang, co-founder of Mapperley Dental Studio in Nottingham, for an honest conversation about ambition, resilience and building a business on your own terms. Born in Nepal, Rupchhen moved to the UK aged ten. His father's military career initially pointed him towards the army, but a series of decisions about further education led him to dentistry at Sheffield. What began as an unexpected career choice became the perfect combination of practical work and working with people.  Alongside his wife and business partner, Nitu, he pursued the dream of opening a squat practice. After years spent searching for suitable premises, they opened in March 2025 with one surgery and a commitment to creating something of their own.  Eighteen months later, the practice has around 500 registered patients. Rupchhen explains why splitting his week between an associate position and the new business was holding him back, and what changed when he committed to the practice full time.  The conversation explores the practical reality of attracting patients without bringing across a list from a previous practice. Social media, Google reviews, word of mouth, a bus advertisement and even a wedding fair have all featured. The approach is refreshingly straightforward: try things, learn from the results and do more of what works.  There is also a valuable discussion about pricing. Having experimented with half-price examinations, Rupchhen realised that filling the diary was not the same as attracting patients who valued the practice. He explains why he stepped away from introductory discounts and chose a slower, more deliberate route to growth. At the heart of that decision are two priorities: trust and comfort. Patients may not understand the technical details of dentistry, but they know whether somebody has listened, explained their options and allowed them to make decisions without pressure.  In a personal part of the interview, Rupchhen reflects on a serious challenge he and Nitu faced during the build. Without sharing private medical details, he explains how their partnership helped them through and changed his perspective on business difficulties.  Looking ahead, the ambition is a fully functioning three-surgery practice, beginning with hygiene recruitment and, later, an associate. His advice to aspiring owners is clear: make sure you genuinely want the responsibility, prepare for sustained hard work, and establish systems and organisation early.  Along the way, Ashley shares news from his American speaking trip, Chris reflects on joining The Campbell Academy, and the usual Manchester United frustrations provide a familiar backdrop. Then comes a late revelation involving a Liverpool mug, which threatens to undo all of Ashley's compliments! An encouraging listen for prospective practice owners and anyone building a business where the patient experience matters as much as growth. This is a story about commitment, partnership and the determination to create the practice you want to run. Listen via the player below or your favourite podcast streaming service.

In this episode I sit down with my favorite couple, Meg and Jacob O'Neill for a raw conversation exploring men's work, women's work, ancestral rites of passage, and what it takes to build a devotional relationship between a man and a woman.Listen in to learn about exactly what ‘doing the work' means, the nervous system of community, ego obliterating love, releasing codependency, the three stages of relating, and so much more.Meg O'Neill is a Sex & Relationship coach and Jacob O'Neill is a Men's Leadership Coach. They are both doing powerful work in their respective zones of influence. They are always running workshops, retreats, and virtual courses so find them on Instagram to get into their work:Connect with Meg - / the.meg.o Connect with Jacob - / thejacoboneill TIMESTAMPS:00:00 — Introduction01:30 — What is Men's Work?04:00 — What is Women's Work?06:45 — Meg & Jacob's Relational Journey10:00 — Nice Guy & Controlling Woman Dynamic12:40 — Initiation into Manhood17:00 — Masculine capacity & feminine fullness20:00 — A woman's deepest wound23:00 — Reverence for the opposite sex30:00 — Ego obliterating love33:00 — Sacrifice over compromise35:45 — Nervous system of community39:00 — Sacrifice in love42:30 — Three stages of relating47:00 — How Meg relates to Jacob50:00 — What is a safe woman?52:00 — Conclusion____________________ More Resources For You: FREE 50 Essential Books & Films - https://ancientintelligence.kit.com/t... Book a coaching consult: https://calendly.com/anyashakh/coaching

In this enlightening episode, Sathiya sits down with Kavita Ajwani, a renowned dating coach specializing in helping high-performing men unlearn limiting beliefs and build genuine connections with women. They dive deep into the challenges single men face today in the dating world, share transformative mindset shifts, tackle “nice guy syndrome,” and explore how men can approach dating authentically amidst modern cultural shifts including dating apps and dismissive dating behaviors. Kavita also touches on the parallels between pornography addiction and dopamine-driven novelty in dating. Whether you're single, divorced, or even married, this episode offers profound insights and practical tips to upgrade your relationship approach and identity.   SATHIYA'S RESOURCES: Free Recovery Book (The Last Relapse) Join the brotherhood (DeepClean Inner Circle) Live Training To Quit Porn For Good   KAVITA'S RESOURCES: Visit the website Dashing Date Check out IG   Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction to Dating Conversations 03:08 Unlearning Disney-Style Myths and Dating Realities in 2026 07:24 Overcoming Fear & Testing Your Own Experiences with Women 10:43 Breaking Down Dating into Manageable Steps 16:44 Internal vs External Game: Mindset and Identity Work 23:00 Understanding and Healing “Nice Guy Syndrome” 37:16 Commitment to Dating: Shifting from a Single Man to a High-Value Man Who Builds Relationships 46:40 Approaching Dating Apps Energetically and Strategically 53:32 Raising Standards Without Settling or Being Overly Picky 01:01:16 Dopamine, Novelty, and Parallels Between Pornography Addiction and Dating App Use

A new season means a new Troye Sivan track, and we are sat for the medieval music video that came with it. We reference Gladys Lai's trend piece for Vogue Australia on the rise of the Renaissance Fair. Plus, Lena Dunham is officially Mother, having had a baby via surrogate. In culture's biggest story of the week, Ed Sheeran is in strife after bowing to stadium owners and dropping Macklemore from his tour. We chart the story and dissect how Ed being Mr Nice Guy contributed to the controversy. Sydney Sweeney is once again the face of a hugely controversial advert, having posed nude for sports prediction company Novig. Are we surprised? We read from an op-ed by Marina Hyde for The Guardian. Next, it's apparently the year of the intellectual influencer. Dazed's Laura Pitcher wrote about the phenomenon happening on our algorithms, and we dissect why people are craving education on reels (hint: it's that damn phone). We have a spring bumper Bookmarked coming to your podcast feeds later this week, so stay tuned for that! Thank you for listening - Jas & Mags xoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MARNI KINRYS is the founder of The Wing Girl Method, host of the Ask Women Podcast, designer of the F-Formula, and an award-winning female dating coach for men ages 25-85 at every stage of dating and relationships, who's spent the last decade helping hundreds of thousands of men stop being Mr. Nice Guy and start being Mr. Holy Sh*t, I Want Him! With more than 50 digital programs, monthly online masterclasses, 150 million YouTube views and 1,300,000 subscribers to her channel, Marni Your Personal Wing Girl, Marni is known for her blunt, no “fluff” approach and honest insider tips, tools and advice on what women really want vs. what they say they want. WingGirlMethod.com: https://winggirlmethod.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marniwinggirl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/winggirlmethod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marniwinggirl Twitter: https://x.com/winggirlmethod?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@marnikinrys LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marni-kinrys-6237394a ## BranditScan (show open or mid-roll) This episode is brought to you by BranditScan. If you create content online, you already know the nightmare — fake accounts using your photos, stolen videos, impersonators scamming your fans. BranditScan protects your name, your likeness, and your digital presence. Sign up through my link in the show notes and your first month is free. Link: https://branditscan.com/?aff=marcelaalonso --- ## SDC | The Lifestyle Community Curious about the lifestyle? Whether you want to explore non-monogamy, meet open-minded people, or just learn more, SDC is one of the largest lifestyle communities online. Check it out at the link in my show notes. Link: https://www.sdc.com/signup.php?ref=37593 --- ## ProdxHealth Take control of your sexual wellness without the awkward clinic visit. ProdxHealth sends private at-home testing kits straight to your door — convenient, easy, and you stay informed about your own health. Shop the kits at the link in the show notes. Link: https://prodxhealth.com/products/pro-13-home-collection-kit?variant=42594725298278&_ef_transaction_id=&oid=1&affid=123 --- ## Mums Candy | Sweet Deliveries And a sweet one — Mums Candy delivers fun candy and treats directly to your door. Because grown-ups deserve candy too. Link in the show notes. Link: https://www.mumscandy.com?sca_ref=11159574.RUXJwCcADs0U8m --- ## Follow Marcela (end of episode) For the full unedited version of this episode, head to subs.com/Marcelasobella. For my personal writing — the stuff that doesn't make the podcast — subscribe to Untamed in the City on Substack. And everything else, my OnlyFans and all my links, is in the show notes. Links: - OnlyFans VIP: https://onlyfans.com/marcela_luv - OnlyFans Free: https://onlyfans.com/latinamilfnyc - Substack: https://substack.com/@untamedinthecity - Full unedited episodes: https://subs.com/Marcelasobella Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Obsession. Who hasn't seen it at this point?Curry Barker's $750K horror film has made over $400 million, minted a star in Inde Navarrette, and started a fight about what to even call this genre.This week we dig into the BTS trivia, the scenes we can't stop thinking about, and the Indian censor board's missing 36 seconds. Then we get into nice guy horror itself: the worst Pokémon evolution you've ever heard, Bollywood's hypermasculine inverse, and the Indian remake of Obsession that lives in our heads. (It involves IIT coaching.)Caution:⚠️ Full spoilers for Obsession, light spoilers for Barbarian and Companion.Let us know what you thought of it in the comments!ALSO DON'T FORGET TO LIKE, SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE!Chapters:00:00 – The biggest hit of the year01:29 – Blumhouse's biggest surprise02:44 – Breakout stars & the YouTube-to-horror pipeline05:14 – First impressions (three viewings deep)07:24 – Synopsis, spoiler warning & the allegory read12:02 – The censor board's missing 36 seconds16:17 – Duct tape, the helpline call & the spider crawl20:03 – Ian's billion dollars22:09 – The Infamous Brick scene23:43 – The final sequence hits different on rewatch25:04 – Trivia: Get Out & Hereditary homages26:54 – The rise of Nice Guy horror27:32 – The worst Pokémon evolution31:22 – It's not entitlement, it's control34:20 – Narcissism & missing your own red flags37:06 – Barbarian, Companion & the genre canon39:43 – Bollywood's hypermasculine inverse43:20 – Take a stand, cowards45:43 – Media literacy & the Indian audience46:30 – The scene that had to stay47:54 – Obsession, made in India (the IIT version)50:01 – Final ranking: Obsession vs Barbarian vs Companion53:42 – Wrap-upFollow us on our socials!

What kind of people would dance in the streets after the 9/11 terrorist attack that killed upwards of 3,000 people? The same ones who have now become elevated martyrs by large swaths of the Global Left: the Palestinians.Katie Couric, like most mainstream journalists back then, had no problem exposing such monstrous behavior by those fed a steady diet of dehumanization of the American people. Would she do it today? No. Would any of them do it today? No.Who would celebrate the live execution of a prominent activist on the Right, so much so that they'd lose their jobs for exposing what sociopaths they really are? Hundreds, if not thousands, on the Left did just that. Radicalized or mainstream, it didn't matter. They have become what the Palestinians were back then: so propagandized and radicalized, they've lost their humanity.You can see it now in those TikTok videos that have turned “When it Happens” into a viral trend. That's what ten years of dehumanizing can do to otherwise decent people. They say they're decent, but TikTok proves otherwise.They have cast themselves as morally superior to the other half of the country and would point to how some on the Right mocked George Floyd after his death in 2020. But the difference is that many prominent Republicans like Ted Cruz instantly condemned it. No Democrat has condemned the mockery and the celebration of Charlie's death. Oh sure, they all said what they had to say: the standard “violence has no place in our politics.” They said it, but did they mean it? How could they if they've never condemned the rising cult-like fantasies of Trump's death and the celebration of Charlie's execution?If anything, the Democrats were more worried Charlie's influence would grow, so they sent out their One True King, Barack Obama, to put Charlie's legacy in context.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did the same thing, acting as though what Charlie said - the cherry-picked, out-of-context quotes fed to them- was worse than their own side mocking and celebrating his murder. His words were worse than his death.But that is who they are now. Speech is violence. Speech is hate. Speech must be tightly monitored and controlled. Is assassinating Charlie Kirk or trying to assassinate Donald Trump any different from the Jihadists who mass-murdered journalists at Charlie Hebdo in Paris for blasphemy against Mohammad? Hasan Piker, aka the “Twitch streamer in California,” like Dean Withers, condemned those who made jokes of Charlie's death. At least at first. Once Piker sensed the vacuum left in Charlie's absence, he turned his death into a viral meme just a month or so later. Credit to Axios' Alex Thompson for pressing him to explain it.Piker's song became a TikTok dance meme and a permission structure for many to showcase themselves as dead-eyed zombies dancing to the sound of the bullet hitting his neck a year later for the “Kirkaversary.”Utopias only have two paths forward. They either collapse or they become more authoritarian. The Left still hasn't confronted the radical elements on their side, not just Hasan Piker, but the many shooters who have risen up to become martyrs and heroes.They mock, they meme, but underneath it all, as with Al-Qaeda or other radical Islamic groups, what motivates them is pure hatred. Words are violence. Words are hatred, and “some hate can't be negotiated out.” They can laugh it off all they want, but they've left a paper trail.Turning Point put up a Charlie Kirk statue, and it was immediately vandalized.If they can meme a live execution and feel nothing, then why wouldn't they see America as bad or worse than Al-Qaeda? The oppressor/oppressed indoctrination factory that is public schools and universities has raised them in the good/evil binary. Video games, IP, and superhero movies all adopted that binary, and after Columbine and 9/11, parents like me shut our kids indoors to keep them safe, and this good/evil binary would one day become white people evil, brown people good, and Al-Qaeda, like the Palestinians, can't be seen as the villains. Abdul El-Sayed and Zohran Mamdani have arisen as cult leaders almost because there is nothing the Left will hold them accountable for, lest they be called racists. No one will look at El-Sayed's erased history, the videos or the tweets. What did he think? What does he still think? No one will know because no one would dare ask.The Democrats have never been held accountable for the sharp rise of radicalized violence and death fantasies that have gone mainstream. They're rewarded for it with likes and reposts. They've never confronted it. They've never solved it, and the legacy media has supported them every step of the way, all the while demonizing MAGA as the more extreme side. Piker was their masculine, patriarchal, non-white Joe Rogan. No more Mr. Nice Guy! Let's get those Gen-Z and male voters. That was the plan anyway. Now, maybe it's becoming a mess, a liability. Then again, maybe not. Maybe this is just who they are now. How We Got HereI know how we got here because I grew up on the Left. I was one of these people. I know what it felt like that day the towers were hit. I know why we pivoted so quickly to focus on the greater evil that was George W. Bush and Dick Cheney and those two wars that did what the war on Gaza has now done: flip the script, so America is the bad guy.I know what happened in our schools. I know how women like me grew in power in America and changed our society amid the “Great Feminization.” I know what happened to my daughter's generation, why so many white kids felt such deep shame they were willing to do anything to escape their own skin, even destroying their own bodies at the hands of a fundamentalist cult.I know what it was like when Obama won and how we built our utopia - a better America shaped by more women and what it was like when our first female president was denied the win but just barely, putting in power a guy who would ultimately redeem Bush and Cheney and be sold as the World's Greatest Evil to whole generations for the past ten years.We were just kidding with Bush and Cheney. Trump is the really, really bad guy. And everyone went along with it. Maybe I didn't think it would go so far as young men picking up weapons to murder as part of the “resistance.” Maybe I didn't think, in the wake of Charlie's death, a guy like Hasan Piker would become such an influential voice and do exactly the opposite of what Charlie did by teaching young people to hate America.But that's what happens when a utopia becomes a totalitarian dystopia, closer to fascism than this country has ever gotten and not that far from where Al-Qaeda was on the eve of 9/11 - so full of hate and revenge fantasies that they would take advantage of the same people who welcomed them into their country and treated them with kindness. I certainly would not have thought any of them, let alone most of them, would see the war in Gaza as “genocide” and then apply that to all of America and its history, redeeming the monsters who attacked us on 9/11. We're the bad guys, they insist. We're the terrorists.But here we are, America. We are about to put these people who hate this country, its history, and many of its citizens, in power. We're about to sell out the American dream because of high gas prices.It's not lost on me that Democrats have been saying the same thing to their voters. I was one of them. I see the mirror image of this moment: when gas prices and inflation were too high under Biden, Democrats begged Americans to vote for Kamala to save the country. I know they see it that way too.But I've been on both sides. I know each side's strengths and weaknesses. And that's why I know the side that either celebrated the murder of Charlie Kirk or said nothing about those who did is the side that is dangerous not just for America but for humanity.President SelectMy daughter was just three when the towers were hit. It was three hours early in California. My French boyfriend at the time had a habit of waking up with CNN, and there it was. Smoke billowing out of one of the towers at the World Trade Center. “Turn on the news,” I told my friend that day. It took us all a while to figure out who did it and why, and the first thing that happened was everyone felt fear that Muslims would be attacked. Even George W. Bush felt it necessary to say Islam is peace. And it's true, not all Muslims- like it's true, not all people on the Left but you have to condemn the radicalized, or else they consume the whole.We were still haunted by the Japanese Internment camps after the Pearl Harbor attack, which took us to World War II. We didn't want to be that America, not us progressive liberals. We were the good guys. The 2000 election left us bitter and unable to accept that Bush was legitimately elected. And that mattered more to us than the tragedy on 9/11. It had to, because Bush was the president, so everything had to go not just wrong but catastrophically wrong - the wars, Wall Street, Katrina. We were making our own reality even back then because we could. In 2004, Michael Moore released Fahrenheit 911, which began with the premise that the 2000 election had been stolen. The villain of Fahrenheit 9/11 was the Commander in Chief, and much was made of this moment, when he heard of the attacks and people like me nodded furiously along. We knew who the bad guys were, and they weren't Al-Qaeda.And in 2003, just two years after 9/11, when Michael Moore accepted the Oscar for Bowling for Columbine, he was booed, with a part of the Left with their perspective still intact. Needless to say, that wouldn't happen now. We were beginning a new origin story, one where the worst people in the world were put in power by the Supreme Court and Big Oil. We weren't quite at the place where we would divide and measure goodness by skin color or gender, but we weren't far off. We just needed a leader to believe in.And as our hero rose in the form of a “skinny kid with a funny name,” we began to find marginalized groups as our protected, sacred symbols because of our love and devotion to Barack Obama.Just as our first black President became our savior, our villain was rising too. It was Sarah Palin and her demonization of Radical Islamic Terror. That, we knew, made her a “racist” and a villain.In 2012, she was depicted as a paranoid idiot whose bigotry clouded her judgment in Game Change.The Tea Party had already been cast as a “white power” movement to thwart its growth, even if by 2016 it would elect a president with the help of Charlie Kirk.By 2012, we were a bitterly divided country with the Left deciding its enemies were not the brown people in the Middle East but rather the homegrown racists in our own country. We began to slowly separate ourselves from them. Whatever unity we felt after 9/11 vanished. That same year, Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty was released about the killing of Bin Laden. But the movie had no heroes. The final scene is brutal and haunting, full of children screaming and women crying. The main character, whose life had been devoted to hunting Bin Laden, is left shaken and alone with the thought lingering in the air: what was it all for? Hardly the rousing moment of heroism we would expect when America won. Game Change and Zero Dark Thirty were pure propaganda for the Democrats and the beginning of how we stopped seeing America as the hero after 9/11.Not that America anymoreAfter 9/11, some questioned whether the Oscars would be held at all. Tom Cruise took to the stage and spoke to all of America, not just the blue half. He wanted to bring this country together, and that, he said, is what movies are for. Remember that Hollywood? Remember that America?After Charlie Kirk's live execution, the cowards in Hollywood didn't even have the courage to say his name at the Oscars or the Emmys, and still don't. That shows you how divided we are, how scared they are, how they see their enemies as half the country, and how their deaths do not matter. I think what hurts the most, watching so many of the 9/11 videos as I've been doing, is seeing and remembering when it was like back then, when we were one America, how everyone came through, how we held together, how so many ordinary people became heroes to help those who were trapped, many of them giving their lives for others.Mothers lost sons and daughters. Wives lost husbands. 40% of those who were killed are still unaccounted for. It doesn't seem like we've ever really come to terms with the tragedy of that day because, in its aftermath, the keepers of culture could not make America the hero. But America was, and remains, the hero fighting the good fight. It's the better fight, for a better world, even if I didn't realize it until 25 years later. Now I see it. Now I understand because now I can see what dehumanization and radicalization can do. Here is a clip from Triggernometry and guest Richard Miniter (watch the whole thing, it's great). I finally watched The Great Boatlift - the largest sea rescue in history - where so many New Yorkers volunteered their boats to rescue 500,000 people off the Island of Manhattan. In these videos, I see the America I remember, the one I fled 30 years ago to spend the rest of my life online. I miss that America, the one that believed in our collective goodness, not the one where one side took all of the power and abused that power by seeing the other half of the country as their enemy.And worse, became radicalized to the point of violence, to the point of mocking the assassinated and believing they have no other choice but to wish for the death of their president, in video after video after video. 9/10 and 9/11 will come back to us every year to remind us of what is great about this country and what is trying to destroy this country. Every year, we will be forced to stare evil in the face and fight for the forces of good standing in its way. Godspeed, America. Godspeed.. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sashastone.com/subscribe

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✅ Join the Brojo community on Skool to build your confidence and relationships https://www.skool.com/brojo-the-integrity-army-6491/about ✅ This video is a taste of the work I do with clients. For a full, step‑by‑step system on this exact topic, get the deep‑dive course here: https://www.udemy.com/course/nice-guy-syndrome-recovery/?referralCode=2D17AA25798AC0832DEA ✅ From “Nice Guy” to Confident Man in 90 Days - check out my main program here: https://theinspirationallifestyle.com/from-nice-guy-to-authentic-and-confident-in-90-days/ ✅ More about Dan Munro… - Coached over 200 clients since 2013. - Prior to that spent 7 years rehabilitating high‑risk criminals in the Department of Corrections. - Published 4 non‑fiction books on confidence, valued living, and overcoming Nice Guy Syndrome. - I spent my first 25 years as a sufferer of Nice Guy Syndrome who struggled with confidence, dating, and meaning in life. I transformed myself with hard work, courageous actions, and a never-ending education in psychology, integrity and confidence. - I went from miserably single to creating a strong marriage and becoming a father. These videos are free, and they're also my marketing: if they help you and you want more, use the links above.

"I'm like wildly obese, right?" Gomer says about eight minutes in, somewhere between defending his protein shake and bringing up David Goggins. He's down thirty pounds. Luke's question, which takes him forty-five minutes to ask outright, is why a guy who'll do all this won't call a therapist. In This Episode: Gomer's actual answer for why he hasn't gone to therapy — he wants the story to be that he white-knuckled it and everything was fine. He calls that a tool of the devil. A listener with an eating disorder background once wrote in to say that picking a diet can just be the disorder wearing different clothes. Gomer calls it a brilliant way of looking at it and then applies it to himself. Why Gomer does mobility work now. His dad's cartilage wore down to bone on bone, walking got hard so he walked less, and the hip replacement in March was followed by death in June. 75 Hard, laid out rule by rule: two forty-five-minute workouts three hours apart with one outdoors in whatever the weather is, ten pages of a nonfiction book, a gallon of water, daily progress photos, no snacks or dessert or alcohol, and back to day one if you miss anything. The book Luke handed him fifteen years ago, which argues that a man who doesn't brush his teeth isn't making a statement about conformity. He's hurting himself on purpose. Chapters: 00:00: Intro 00:25: His father's ashes, and the song he tried to write with AI 05:11: Three kinds of protein in one glass, and whether that counts as extreme 10:30: Neglect as a form of self-hatred 13:56: What a fall after sixty-five actually means 16:42: Dante's circles, and how small things become big ones 21:24: ADHD, water, and why extremes come easier than habits 24:24: 75 Hard, explained in full 31:53: Mobility work, and his father's hip 38:01: Finding the parts of it you actually like 45:54: Why he still hasn't gone to therapy 51:49: The box downstairs he cannot make himself open Resources Mentioned: Catching Foxes on Substack: https://catchingfoxes.substack.com/ No More Mr. Nice Guy by Dr. Robert Glover: https://nomoremrniceguy.com/ 75 Hard: https://andyfrisella.com/pages/75hard-info Exodus 90: https://exodus90.com/ Pray More Retreat: https://praymoreretreat.org/ Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios https://saintkolbestudios.com/

People Pleasing: Why Is Saying No So Difficult for So Many Men? In this episode of The Men's Self-Help Podcast, Dr. John Moore explores the hidden cost of chronic people-pleasing and why it often goes unnoticed in men. What looks like being dependable, hardworking, loyal, or simply being a good guy may actually be a learned strategy for avoiding guilt, conflict, disappointment, or the fear of letting someone down. You'll discover six practical steps for recognizing the pattern, creating a pause before automatically agreeing, setting clearer boundaries, and tolerating the discomfort that can follow when you begin using the word no. Dr. John also responds to a listener named Chris, who worries that declining invitations from his friends could eventually cause him to lose his place in the group. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. In This Episode • Why every yes has a cost • How people-pleasing can show up differently in men • The connection between approval, identity, and automatic agreement • How early experiences can shape the need to keep others happy • Why cognitive rehearsal can make saying no easier • How to pause before committing to something • How to say no without overexplaining or apologizing • Why another person's disappointment does not automatically mean you did something wrong • How distress tolerance can help you maintain a healthy boundary • Why asking "What do I want?" can become an important ongoing practice Resources Mentioned Some of the links below are affiliate links. If you make a qualifying purchase through one of these links, Guy Counseling may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you for helping support the independent production of this podcast. The Assertiveness Workbook by Randy J. Paterson, PhD Dr. John discusses cognitive rehearsal and the value of practicing assertive responses before you need them in real life. The Assertiveness Workbook offers practical exercises for developing clearer communication, setting boundaries, and becoming more comfortable with assertiveness. Amazon: https://amzn.to/4crv5aR When I Say No, I Feel Guilty by Manuel J. Smith Dr. John recommends this classic assertiveness book while responding to listener Chris, who struggles with saying no without feeling guilty or worrying about disappointing others. When I Say No, I Feel Guilty offers practical strategies for communicating more assertively, setting limits, and handling the guilt or pressure that can come when you stop automatically saying yes. Amazon: https://amzn.to/4zou1OM Have a Question for a Future Listener Email? Do you have a question you would like Dr. John to consider for a future listener-email segment? Submit it through the contact form below. Dr. John reads every message that comes through, although not every question can be featured on the podcast. https://guycounseling.com/contact-us/ Listener messages featured on the podcast are shared with permission. Names and identifying details may be changed to protect privacy, and messages may be edited for length and clarity. A synthesized voice may also be used when reading an email. Support the Show If you've found value in this podcast and would like to help support its independent production, you can do so through Buy Me a Coffee. Your support helps cover production costs, hosting, editing, and future episodes of The Men's Self-Help Podcast.

Discover your style archetype free: https://tally.so/r/kdvR6jIn this episode I get into the nice guy and girl archetype, and why many of us learn to hide who we are and what we need out of fear. I get into where this pattern comes from, why we feel so much shame around having needs, how it shows up as self blame instead of honest communication, and my top three tips for recovering from nice guy and girl behaviors.TIMESTAMPS:00:00 — Introduction03:00 — How Nice Guys and Gals Get Created04:00 — Avoidance of Self06:00 — Constant Self Blame and Overthinking07:30 — 3 Parts of the Nice Archetype's psyche10:30 — Covert Behavior13:00 — 3 Things to Practice14:00 — Number One15:00 — Number Two21:30 — Number Three23:00 — Storytime____________________ More Resources For You: FREE 50 Essential Books & Films - https://ancientintelligence.kit.com/t... Book a coaching consult: https://calendly.com/anyashakh/coaching

Ever heard that "nice guys finish last?" Well, after this episode, I'm not sure you'll believe that anymore! Enjoy.

So what's your favorite part of the show? If you said Steve O'Brien's intros and outros, you're in luck! Today's episode may be short, but it's 80% Steve O., so that more than makes up for it. It's kind of like seeing Steven Wright, or Carrot Top- the jokes are so rapid-fire that you get a lot of them in a very short time. If you miss the guys, they assure me they'll be back next week to tell you all about what's been going on in their lives. Until then, enjoy listening to a true professional, the one and only Steve O'Brien. If you want to book Steve for any voice-over work, go to https://steveobrienvo.com/, but don't expect to hear any of the Nice Guys intros in his demos. He actually wants to KEEP his other clients. Do you want some cool merch? Check out the store here: https://www.niceguysonbusiness.com/merch Need podcast production? We've got your back. https://turnkeypodcast.com/contact Your Voice, your message, fully produced. Leave a voicemail for the Nice Guys: 424-2DJ-DOUG – (424) 235-3684Join our Nice Guys Community. http://www.NiceShortCut.com No time to get to this, but you can read the blog here: 12 Worries Every Entrepreneur Has (or they are lying) Show notes written lovingly by the most anonymous man (or woman) in the world. Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.

“Who's taking up space in the relationship?”“If I don't have any boundaries, I'll often attract someone who doesn't honor boundaries.”“Partners like this can be really smart.”“Because you're the closest to them, you get all the wild crazy.”“I hear a new rule, I try to do that, and I still lose.”“It's pretty hard to do alone.”“It really feels like, ‘There is no way out.'”“It can be comfortable but not very alive.”“Our guys don't just want sex - they want closeness.”“Why do you need that? Isn't this enough?”

Ben Azoulay returns to WiseNuts for his first exclusive podcast since stepping into the boxing ring — and this time, nothing is off limits. Since his last appearance on the podcast, a lot has happened. Ben sits down with the guys to address the boxing fight, the allegations surrounding his past, the viral stories, accusations of lying, his controversial moments online and what's really been happening behind the scenes.The WiseNuts guys also call King Azoulay out on some of his biggest claims, from his fighting experience and viral stories to previous comments that have followed him across social media.Ben opens up about his past, time in jail, relationships, religion, the pressure of stepping into the ring and how his outlook on life has changed.The stories. The fights. The allegations. The call-outs.This is Ben Azoulay like you haven't heard him before.Don't forget to Like & Subscribe to our YouTube Channel so you never miss an episode! Follow us on all Social Media: YouTube: www.youtube.com/@WiseNutsInstagram: instagram.com/wisenuts_podcastWisenuts Merchandise: https://wisenutspodcast.com/Chapters:DISCLAIMER: Views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of the Wisenuts Podcast hosts or team.

Can you be a good person and still miss heaven? In this episode of the life faith podcast The John Grdina Classroom, John Grdina tackles one of the most common assumptions in modern Christianity: the belief that being a nice guy is enough to secure eternity.Through the story of Dan, a man who spent nineteen years being the nicest guy on his street and found out too late that nobody there actually knew him, John unpacks Christ's sobering words in Matthew 7, "I never knew you," and shows why the standard was never a moral scoreboard but a relationship. He then turns to Revelation 3 and the warning against lukewarm faith, arguing that comfortable, middle-ground religion is exactly what niceness looks like when there is no relationship underneath it. Finally, he lands on Ephesians 2 and the freedom of grace: salvation is a gift, not a wage, and it cannot be earned by good behavior.This is a challenging conversation about self-improvement, personal transformation, and building genuine relationship with God, family, and community. If you have been coasting on being a good person, this episode is your wake-up call.Scripture referenced: Matthew 7:21-23, Revelation 3:15-16, Ephesians 2:8-9Chapters00:00 Introduction: The Question of Being Nice Enough00:48 The Cultural View of Goodness and Its Limits02:25 Dan's Story: A Nice Guy Nobody Knew04:52 The Moment Dan Needed Connection06:40 Jesus' Words on True Discipleship in Matthew 708:58 The Danger of Lukewarm Faith in Revelation 311:27 Grace as the Gift of Salvation13:07 Practical Steps for a Genuine Relationship with God15:28 The Difference Between Nice and Known17:50 The Call to Authentic Faith and RelationshipListen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-john-grdina-classroom/id1596314353Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3MB897IcrtEke2alZHdP3pSubscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheJohnGrdinaClassroomConnect with MeEmail: grdinajohn@gmail.comWebsite: johngrdina.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jgrdina_coach/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/john.grdina.1#SelfImprovementPodcast #PersonalTransformation #LifeFaithPodcast #FaithAndFamilyPodcast #ChristianParentingPodcast #FatherhoodPodcast #CatholicMen #MenOfFaith #4FFramework #JohnGrdina #FreedomToAscend #ChristianMenPodcast #FaithFamilyFitnessFinance #MilesFidelis

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Man, some companies just don't know how to take care of people anymore. Is word of mouth not worth anything anymore? I guess these big companies don't feel they need things like "customers."Do you want some cool merch? Check out the store here- https://www.niceguysonbusiness.com/merch Need podcast production? We've got your back. https://turnkeypodcast.com/contact Your Voice, your message, fully produced. Leave a voice mail for the Nice Guys: 424-2DJ-DOUG – (424) 235-3684Join our Nice Guys Community. http://www.NiceShortCut.com No time to get to this, but you can read the blog here: 12 Worries Every Entrepreneur Has (or they are lying) Show notes written lovingly by the most anonymous man (or woman) in the world. Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. Discover how you can look 'poor' to the IRS and rich to a lender. Check out my sponsor, GTG Tax Planning, at gtgtax.com to book a short discovery call.

Angourie Rice is an accomplished actress best known for her performances in THE NICE GUYS alongside Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe, as well as her role as Betty Brant in the MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE SPIDER-MAN trilogy. Her prominent screen credits also include the comedy HONOR SOCIETY and the acclaimed HBO series MARE OF EASTTOWN. Most recently, she stars in the romantic comedy FINDING EMILY. In FINDING EMILY, a lovesick musician receives the wrong number for his dream girl and joins forces with a driven psychology student to track her down. Their search triggers a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that unexpectedly tests their own hearts and ambitions. In this interview, we talk about the risks and challenges of being a working artist, what she has learned from working with Jennifer Garner, factors that attract an actor to a project, her new film FINDING EMILY, and much more. Want more? Steal my first book, INK BY THE BARREL - SECRETS FROM PROLIFIC WRITERS, right now for free. Simply head over to www.brockswinson.com to get your free digital download and audiobook. If you find value in the book, please share it with a friend, as we're giving away 100,000 copies this year. It's based on over 400 interviews here at Creative Principles. Enjoy! If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60 seconds, and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom of your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!

Hey Vintage Sand fans! Hope the summer was relaxing, fun, and adventurous. An offbeat recommendation to begin—even if you're not a fan, as a film lover you must see the first half hour of this summer's "Minions and Monsters", which pays gentle comic tribute to the entire history of film from Muybridge's experiments through "Citizen Kane", name-checking the Lumieres, Méliès, Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd, and riffing like "Singin' in the Rain" and "Babylon" on the impact of the arrival of sound in Hollywood. Love or hate the little yellow guys, here are some filmmakers who truly love film and film history! For the sixth time in the history of the podcast, Team Vintage Sand returns to one of its most popular formats: the Hidden Gems episode. As we did in episodes 11, 30, 40, 53, and 64 (take notes—there will be a quiz), we each choose one film to discuss that we feel has been underappreciated and overlooked by the madding crowd yearning to see anything besides a prequel, sequel, spinoff, or reboot. This time around, by pure coincidence, the episode features three films that are relatively similar in their lightness of tone, though only one might be described as a pure comedy, albeit a dark one. That would be Michael's pick, Lawrence Kasdan's "I Love You to Death" from 1990. Featuring an unbelievable cast including Kevin Kline (fresh off his Oscar win for "A Fish Called Wanda"), the sublime Tracey Ullman in her first big-screen performance, as well as Joan Plowright (who steals the film), River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves and William Hurt, the film puts a black comedy twist on the real-life story of a pizzeria-owning, philandering husband, and his wife, who makes repeated and increasingly violent unsuccessful attempts to kill him. John shines the spotlight on "The Nice Guys", the 2016 action comedy by Shane Black starring Ryan Gosling and a heavyset, Bronx-accented Russell Crowe. The film features a stellar supporting cast including Keith David, Margaret Qualley, Kim Basinger, and a wonderful performance by Angourie Rice as Gosling's daughter. Set in LA in 1977, it is a compendium of every noirish LA film ever made, from "Chinatown" to "Lebowski" to "Boogie Nights" to "Pulp Fiction" to "The Long Goodbye". As always with Black, the writing can be clunky and the tonal shifts are sometimes awkward. But the film is more than worthwhile for every priceless moment that Gosling and Crowe are together on screen; they are probably the best buddy pair featured in Black's long list of buddy action comedies. I focus on the film that brought an abrupt end to the roll Alan Rudolph was on in the mid-80's, from which the Altman disciple and wannabe never really recovered: 1987's "Made in Heaven". The story of a romance (featuring Tim Hutton and Kelly McGillis) kindled in the Afterlife but which extends from this world to the next, the film, like another 1987 release "The Princess Bride", unironically and sweetly makes the case for the power of True Love, even over death. How you feel about that idea will largely determine your reaction to Rudolph's film; there are plot holes as wide as the Pearly Gates themselves, and some questionable writing here and there. But the other thing the film has going for it is its focus on music, especially the concluding song “We've Never Danced”, written by Neil Young (who has a cameo) and sung by the wondrous Martha Davis, the lead singer of early-80's faves The Motels. So please enjoy visiting and/or revisiting these films, check out that opening of the Minions film, and celebrate the new school year by recommitting to your love of film and seeing movies in theaters. And whatever the rest of 2026 brings us in the world of film, count on Team Vintage Sand to be your trusty sherpas for the journey.

Why do the guys who are a little distant, a little edgy, and a little hard to get feel so magnetic? Is it actually attraction…or is a deeper pattern being activated? In this episode, we unpack what's going on underneath the pull toward “bad boys” and why it can feel so intense, compelling, and hard to walk away from. We talk about: What exactly is it about “bad boys” that makes them so attractive What we're really responding to beneath the surface  Why intensity can feel like chemistry, but isn't always compatibility What “bad boys” do well that “nice guys” can learn from How to take those traits into your own dating life—without the chaos If you've ever found yourself drawn to someone who felt exciting but hard to reach, this episode will help you understand why—and what to do differently. Today's Hosts: Matt Landsiedel Michael DiIorio - Take the 360° Self-Review for Gay Men Reno Johnston Support the Show - viewer and listener support helps us to continue making episodes - CONNECT WITH US - Watch podcast episodes on YouTube Join the Gay Men's Brotherhood Facebook community Get on our email list to get access to our monthly Zoom calls Follow us on Instagram | TikTok Learn more about our community at GayMenGoingDeeper.com - LEARN WITH US - Building Better Relationships online course: Learn how to nurture more meaningful and authentic connections with yourself and others. Healing Your Shame online course: Begin the journey toward greater confidence and self-worth by learning how to recognize and deal with toxic shame. Gay Men Going Deeper Coaching Collection: Lifetime access to BOTH courses + 45 coaching videos and 2 workshop series. Take the Attachment Style Quiz to determine your attachment style and get a free report. Chapters (00:00:00) - Why Bad Boys Feel So Good(00:01:38) - Are Bad Boy Guys Hot?(00:03:19) - What Are We Actually Attracting To Bad Boys?(00:07:24) - Good Boy vs Bad Boy(00:11:08) - Good Boy Or Bad Boy?(00:15:05) - Queer as Folk on Michael(00:16:00) - A Neil Gaiman's Brotherhood(00:16:43) - What Can We Learn From Bad Boys?(00:20:36) - Is Your Bad Boy Unafraid Of Getting Cancelled?(00:22:00) - Do Bad Boys Get Attracted To Women?(00:24:28) - I'm The Bad Boy(00:27:39) - Good Boy vs. Bad Boy(00:30:45) - Good Boy vs. Nice Guy(00:32:13) - The Gay Man Going Deeper: Nice Guys

Trigger Warning- "Incredulous Strickland" comes out strong today. If you haven't listened to the show a lot, it may sound like he's pretty mad at Doug, their client, probably the whole world, but rest assured he's actually a really nice guy and no matter how much he raises his voice, it's all in good fun. Also, you finally get to listen to their very first voicemail! Doug never throws anything away. He still has his 3rd grade art project that his teacher gave him a gold star on. Do you want some cool merch? Check out the store here- https://www.niceguysonbusiness.com/merch Need podcast production? We've got your back. https://turnkeypodcast.com/contact Your Voice, your message, fully produced. Leave a voice mail for the Nice Guys: 424-2DJ-DOUG – (424) 235-3684Join our Nice Guys Community. http://www.NiceShortCut.com No time to get to this, but you can read the blog here: 12 Worries Every Entrepreneur Has (or they are lying) Show notes written lovingly by the most anonymous man (or woman) in the world. Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. Discover how you can look 'poor' to the IRS and rich to a lender. Check out my sponsor, GTG Tax Planning, at gtgtax.com to book a short discovery call.

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Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Marty gives Clif the movie Tomboy to watch and Clif gives Marty the movie The Nice Guys to watch. First up is The Nice Guys, Shane Black's 2016 buddy comedy starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling. Clif and Marty dig into the mismatched private eyes, the wonderfully weird supporting characters, the movie's pitch-black sense of humor and Gosling's performance as the most clumsy detective since Inspector Gadget. They also revisit Black's obsession with Christmas, the film's 1970s setting and the mystery at the center of a movie that somehow manages to be both a detective story and a complete clown show.Then it's back to 1985 for Tomboy, starring Betsy Russell as a fiercely independent mechanic and stock car driver who challenges a chauvinistic racer to prove she can beat him on the track. And just maybe she will win his respect along the way. Clif and Marty examine this gloriously strange time capsule of an '80s movie - from it's questionable attempts at female empowerment to it's endless montages, bizarre side plots and a car that apparently needs it's own computer system.Along the way: listener mail, The Jerk comparisons, Misty Mountains and missing hobbits, Malibu Grand Prix memories, donuts and the question of whether the internet finally killed the "teenagers desperately trying to lose their virginity" movie genre.#TalkingPondo #FilmPodcast #TheNiceGuys #Tomboy #ShaneBlack #RussellCrowe #RyanGosling #80sMovies Support the showFind our films here:The Love Song of William H ShawRevenge of ZoeWriting Fren-ZeeMaking Pondo on FacebookBlueskyInstagramMaking Pondo on Letterboxd:Season OneSeason TwoSeason ThreeSeason FourTheme Song "The Rain" by Russ PacePhotos by Geoffrey Notkin

For a couple of guys who don't know much about anything, they sure sound like they know what they're talking about. This show should come with a disclaimer- "The more confidence the Nice Guys speak with, the less you should actually believe them." Trust but verify is what I always say. Support our Funk n' Fan Tennessee Tim https://goodbeangifts.com/ Need podcast production? We've got your back. https://turnkeypodcast.com/contact Your Voice, your message, fully produced. Leave a voice mail for the Nice Guys: 424-2DJ-DOUG – (424) 235-3684Join our Nice Guys Community. http://www.NiceShortCut.com No time to get to this, but you can read the blog here: 12 Worries Every Entrepreneur Has (or they are lying) Show notes written lovingly by the most anonymous man (or woman) in the world. Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. Discover how you can look 'poor' to the IRS and rich to a lender. Check out my sponsor, GTG Tax Planning, at gtgtax.com to book a short discovery call.

Want more from Marni? Check out her links: WingGirlMethod.com: https://winggirlmethod.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marniwinggirl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/winggirlmethod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marniwinggirl Twitter: https://x.com/winggirlmethod?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@marnikinrys LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marni-kinrys-6237394a ✅ Join the Brojo community on Skool to build your confidence and relationships https://www.skool.com/brojo-the-integrity-army-6491/about ✅ This video is a taste of the work I do with clients. For a full, step‑by‑step system on this exact topic, get the deep‑dive course here: https://www.udemy.com/course/building-rapport-communication-skills-to-surpass-small-talk/?referralCode=232A411425049ABDA5AA ✅ From “Nice Guy” to Confident Man in 90 Days - check out my main program here: https://theinspirationallifestyle.com/from-nice-guy-to-authentic-and-confident-in-90-days/ ✅ More about Dan Munro… - Coached over 200 clients since 2013. - Prior to that spent 7 years rehabilitating high‑risk criminals in the Department of Corrections. - Published 4 non‑fiction books on confidence, valued living, and overcoming Nice Guy Syndrome. - I spent my first 25 years as a sufferer of Nice Guy Syndrome who struggled with confidence, dating, and meaning in life. I transformed myself with hard work, courageous actions, and a never-ending education in psychology, integrity and confidence. - I went from miserably single to creating a strong marriage and becoming a father. These videos are free, and they're also my marketing: if they help you and you want more, use the links above.

On Episode 117 of the Daebak K-Rambles Podcast, Jess and Sarah from Kdrama This and the Afternoona Asks Podcast tackle one of the most controversial parts of being a K-drama fan: dropping dramas. What makes us give up on a K-drama, and when does a drop become a hate-watch?Jess and Sarah break down their philosophy on dropping dramas, from being completionists to accepting that life is too short to finish a K-drama you're no longer enjoying.The duo dig into the patterns behind the drop—messy humor, overly angry villagers, boring plots, frustrating characters, ugly leads—and the special agony of dropping a drama starring an actor you love (sorry, Seo In-guk, Ji Chang-wook, and Lee Jae-wook). Plus, they discuss K-dramas everyone else seemed to love but one of them absolutely did not, including The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Reply 1994, Extraordinary You, and Dr. Romantic.Not every drop is intentional, so Jess and Sarah also revisit the dramas they meant to finish, including Run On, Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938, and Twinkling Watermelon, as well as the shows they probably should have dropped but stubbornly kept watching. Finally, the Drop List goes beyond K-dramas with C-drama drops like The Untamed, Forever and Ever, You Are My Glory, and A Journey to Love.So grab your unfinished-watchlist shame and join us for a deep dive into why we drop K-dramas, which K-dramas we dropped, and when it's time to stop watching.GUEST: SarahAfternoona Asks Podcast: Available on Spotify, Google, AppleInstagram: @afternoonaasksInstagram: @kdramathishttp://www.afternoonaasks.comhttp://www.kdramathis.comAll K-dramas discussed within this episode:Tale of the Nine Tailed, Descendants of the Sun, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, My Mister, Lost, My Liberation Notes, The Potato Lab, Sold Out on You, Brewing Love, Love Your Enemy, Genie Make a Wish, Hometown Cha Cha Cha, Summer Strike, Ms. Incognito, Dear Hyeri, In Your Radiant Season, Cinderella at 2am, Wedding Impossible, A Korean Odyssey, Hotel del Luna, The Greatest Love, Big, Alchemy of Souls, Can This Love Be Translated?, Warm and Cozy, The Master's Sun, My Girl, Delightful Girl Chun Hyang, When the Stars Gossip, Thirty-Nine, Extraordinary You, My Roommate Is a Gumiho, Are You Human Too?, Encounter, Today's Webtoon, Andante, Can We Get Married?, One Spring Night, Operation Proposal, Reply 1994, Run On, Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938, Bon Appetit, Your Majesty, Twinkling Watermelon, My Country: The New Age, Twelve, Boyfriend on Demand, See You at Work, Tomorrow, Jinxed at First, Motel California, Oh My Venus, The Midnight Studio, Heavenly Ever After, Tastefully Yours, Doona, She Would Never Know, Rain or Shine, Arthdal Chronicles, Abyss, Alchemy of Souls, Welcome to Samdalri, Filing for Love, The Manipulated, Sound of Magic, The Worst of Evil, The Impossible Heir, Last Summer, Doctor on the Edge, The King's Affection, Tomorrow, Destined with You, The Matchmakers, Love All Play, Serendipity's Embrace, In Your Radiant Season, Eye Love You, My Youth, Our Movie, The Nice Guy, Iljimae, Marry My Husband, Love Next Door, The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Dr. Romantic, The Last Empress, The Legend of the Blue Sea, Head Over HeelsAll other C-dramas and J-drama discussed within this episode:Forever and Ever, The Untamed, A Journey to Love, Last Samurai Standing (J-drama), Well-Intended Love, You Are My Glory, Miss the Dragon, The Legend of FuyaoIntro Music Credit: “Golden Coconut Club” by Tearliner, from the Cheese in the Trap OST. Used with permission from the artist.*No portion of this work may be used to train large language models or similar Al systems without written permission.Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on all the socials, and be sure to let us know what you want to see in Season 8!

What does “body positivity” mean to you? To Kelvin Davis, it began as a gap in the market. Women's clothing advertising was leaning, more and more, into diversity in their models, while menswear seemed content to maintain the status quo of ultra-ripped or ultra-thin. Kelvin launched his body-positive menswear blog, Notoriously Dapper, to address this lack in the fashion industry. Since then, he has published two books and modeled for big names, including Lululemon and Gap. When his Type II Diabetes diagnosis came in 2021, Kelvin had a new crossroads to face: the intersection between loving his body and initiating positive changes for the sake of his health.  In this episode of Major Pain, Jesse and Kelvin discuss the mechanisms and symptoms of this challenging disease and the medication and lifestyle change approaches that can improve its outcomes. Since enrolling in a diabetes education course, Kelvin has a strong grasp of what his symptoms—like high A1C levels and nerve pain in his hands and feet—mean for his well-being and longevity. Today, he manages his condition with movement and nutrition habits, but the  process wasn't easy. Particularly in Black communities, where access to health care, food, and education is all too often scarce, recognizing and acting on the healthier choices can be daunting and expensive. With a heartfelt combination of tough love and empathy, Kelvin discusses the importance of “choosing hard now and easy later” rather than “easy now and hard later,” and how this tradeoff plays into his new book, “Be a Good Man, Not a Nice Guy.” Body positivity must go beyond just accepting and showcasing larger bodies. Kelvin calls for taking accountability for your shortcomings and ownership in the pursuit of long-term health. For the sake of the future—his own and that of his two young daughters—he's living that journey every day.  Learn more about Kelvin and Notoriously Dapper: https://notoriouslydapper.com/  Buy Kelvin's book, Be a Good Man, Not a Nice Guy: https://bookshop.org/p/books/be-a-good-man-not-a-nice-guy-a-guide-to-true-masculinity-kelvin-davis/923e9e4fd6fcc492 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0roefciyJ6Q Watch the episode on YouTube or Spotify, listen here on our website or on your favorite podcast platform. PODCAST LINKSWEBSITE: https://majorpainpodcast.comEMAIL: majorpainpodcast@gmail.comSUBSCRIBE: https://majorpainpodcast.com/subscribeSPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5NDoD07WJmICdfdRKq0TyNAPPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/major-pain/id1562947550?mt=2&ls=1 SOCIAL MEDIAINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/majorpainpodcastTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorpainpodcastYOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@MajorPainPodcastFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/majorpainpodcast AFFILIATE LINKSRARE PATIENT VOICE: https://rarepatientvoice.com/MajorPainPodcastAMAZON SHOP: https://www.amazon.com/shop/majorpainpodcastNEURAHEALTH: https://www.neurahealth.co/majorpain

Most men were taught that being nice is the same as being good. Paul Roseberry has spent more than ten years showing men that this is the reason a lot of good guys are losing at home. Paul is a relationship coach and former matchmaker who now works almost exclusively with nice guys, and he is also a headlining standup comedian. He is the creator of the SECURITY Method. In this episode he sits down with Chris Anderson to break down why the nice guy has to lose, what security actually means to a woman, and why the word no might be the most important thing a husband can learn to say. Chris also gets honest about the conversation he had with his own wife a couple of years ago that changed the trajectory of his marriage. What we get into: Why being too accommodating is a turnoff, not a virtue The real definition of security: the ability to protect that which has value Why money, muscles and a house are only the surface version of security The difference between a relationship held together by need and one held together by interest What happens when a man uses a woman to solve a problem of his own, and why she feels it How a man goes from asset to liability, and from partner to another child in his own house The one line Paul uses with his wife to reset a bad moment without starting a fight How to start saying no without blowing up a marriage that has run one way for years Why the thing you are most afraid to do is the thing she needs you to do The difference between kind and nice, and why only one of them earns respect Why a woman who feels used does not always leave, and what she does instead Warrior in a garden, not a gardener in a war Why Paul would rather be a whole half than half whole This one is for the man who is doing everything right and still feels like a roommate in his own house. Connect with Paul at paulroseberry.com. He offers a free 20 minute call to anyone who wants to talk about working together. Email paul@paulroseberry.com. Instagram @paul_roseberry_. YouTube @paulroseberry_saves_society. If this one hit you, send it to a man who needs it. Stay upgraded. This episode may or may not be sponsored. Some product links are affiliate links, meaning we'll receive a small commission if you buy something.===========================⚡️ PODCAST: Subscribe and listen on all major platforms⚡️ Want to be a guest on The Upgraded Man? Apply here ➡ https://upgraded-man.com/guest⚡️ For support or business inquiries, email us ➡ chris@upgraded-man.com Our mission at The Upgraded Man is simple — help men upgrade every area of their life through real conversations, honest stories, and actionable insight from men who have done the work.Want to be a guest on The Upgraded Man? Send Chris Anderson a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/upgradedmanpodcast The content on The Upgraded Man is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed by the host and guests are their own and do not constitute professional legal, financial, medical, or therapeutic advice. Always consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on information discussed on this podcast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

PODCAST - MODERN MASCULINITY AND MAN-WOMAN RELATINGCONVERSATION TOPICS:The Nice Guy PersonaIt's expensive for women to get fooled by men and their masks.What is the nice guy trying to convince you of?The Nice Guy persona is a control mechanism.Wanting everybody's approval makes cowards of men.Limitations with mothers and women teaching men how to be men.Most mothers and women in society are wounded in relation to the masculine.Women who fear men's aggression cannot train men to wield that aggression.Missing fathers leave the burden of mentoring sons to mothers.Fathers who are domineering and bullying end up prompting their sons towards the nice guy persona.What is the example of a good, strong man?I've seen men of valor still stuck in the Nice Guy energy.Courage in life situations doesn't always translate to courage in interpersonal relationships.Niceness doesn't create Containment.Nice guys fail miserably at giving women Containment.Dom-sub dynamic is still the best modality I know for teaching people Containment.It's crucial for men to learn to Contain their women.And it's an unmitigated disaster when men seek Containment from their women.Tantrikas are some of the most difficult students for teaching Containment. The difference between Domineering and Dominance. The qualifications of leadership.If a man is to lead a woman, her life under his leadership should be better than without it.It should be in a woman's self-interest to have her man leading her.The only good reason for a woman to surrender to a man is that doing so is a positive experience for her.There is only Spiritual Submission for everyone, men and women.www.OmRupani.org

Remember, they are not, and never claim to be, experts on ANYTHING. Do you want some cool merch? Check out the store here- https://www.niceguysonbusiness.com/merch Need podcast production? We've got your back. https://turnkeypodcast.com/contact Your Voice, your message, fully produced. Leave a voice mail for the Nice Guys: 424-2DJ-DOUG – (424) 235-3684Join our Nice Guys Community. http://www.NiceShortCut.com No time to get to this, but you can read the blog here: 12 Worries Every Entrepreneur Has (or they are lying) Show notes written lovingly by the most anonymous man (or woman) in the world. Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. Discover how you can look 'poor' to the IRS and rich to a lender. Check out my sponsor, GTG Tax Planning, at gtgtax.com to book a short discovery call.

Douglas Sandstorm, a football fan, posted on social media about eating breakfast next to JJ Watt in a Greenwich Village diner, saying he chose to give the footballer his privacy. Watt ended up seeing that tweet and replying with “Are you still in the area?” and showed up to share a beer with Sandstorm. Such a graceful nod to his fans, which is no surprise from Watt, is known for being a nice guy. Creating memories on and off the field is just the coolest move, and we're here for it!  Scott & A will be at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA this year! Come out and see us over Labor Day Weekend!   — Slices is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs — Produced by Steve Riekeberg — Production Assistance by Allie Press — Copyright 2026 by Empty Set Entertainment  Are all the Watt brothers this cool? I should blog about it.  Hailing from Wisconsin, the Watt brothers are expected to be polite midwesterners. That said, these guys go above and beyond, and if I had a new three-year domain from GoDaddy, using GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3 to get ninety-nine percent off that first year? You know I'd be talking about it. Gotta love a nice guy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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What's funny about today's episode and the fact that they always say "We're not gonna edit this out, that would be work." is that they asked me to clean it up a bit. That's right, the technical issues you're hearing are only about half of the shit they went through last night recording the episode. Did you think I would cut it all out and make these guys look good? Why would I want to do that? Do you want some cool merch? Check out the store here- https://www.niceguysonbusiness.com/merch Need podcast production? We've got your back. https://turnkeypodcast.com/contact Your Voice, your message, fully produced. Leave a voice mail for the Nice Guys: 424-2DJ-DOUG – (424) 235-3684Join our Nice Guys Community. http://www.NiceShortCut.com No time to get to this, but you can read the blog here: 12 Worries Every Entrepreneur Has (or they are lying) Show notes written lovingly by the most anonymous man (or woman) in the world. Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. Discover how you can look 'poor' to the IRS and rich to a lender. Check out my sponsor, GTG Tax Planning, at gtgtax.com to book a short discovery call.

Most men think attraction is something you do. It's something you are. Dr. Robert Glover, best-selling author of No More Mr. Nice Guy, gives about as direct an answer as you'll get: the feminine is highly attracted to a man who's comfortable in his own skin and knows where he's going. From there he gets into why your own thinking is the thing sabotaging you, why time away with other men comes home as attraction, and why a marriage with no tension or space in it slowly goes flat.   FREE THIS WEEK: We built a companion field guide for the whole series. It's the main points from every episode plus copy-and-paste prompts you can drop into ChatGPT or your journal to actually do the work. Grab it at frontrowdads.com/niceguy.   IN THIS EPISODE: The one-line answer to what actually attracts the feminine Why your thinker is your biggest enemy, and the practice of being where your feet are Why time with other men is wired into you, and how it makes you more attractive at home Emotional tension, space, and keeping desire alive in a long marriage Scheduling sex and what really happened to spontaneity Filling your bucket by getting away, and coming home as someone she's curious about This is part 5 and the last of a 5-part week with Dr. Robert Glover. Also this week: Nice Guy Syndrome and shame, boundaries for men, decoding your wife, and brotherhood and male isolation. Hear Glover's full conversation at frontrowdads.com/464. His book is No More Mr. Nice Guy.

Everyone is talking about the male loneliness epidemic. Here's the less comfortable version: a lot of it is self-inflicted.   Dr. Robert Glover, best-selling author of No More Mr. Nice Guy, gets into what actually keeps men isolated, and he doesn't let anyone off the hook, including himself. He talks about the father wound underneath why men don't trust other men, why some groups of guys go deep for years while others quietly fall apart, and the fear of success that keeps a man consuming information instead of doing anything with it.   FREE THIS WEEK: We built a companion field guide for the whole series. It's the main points from every episode plus copy-and-paste prompts you can drop into ChatGPT or your journal to actually do the work. Grab it at frontrowdads.com/niceguy.   IN THIS EPISODE: Why the loneliness epidemic among men is largely self-inflicted What makes some men's groups thrive while others fall apart, and the one guy who determines it Fear of success and "the comfort of the nursery": why men with all the information still don't act The father wound at the root of why men don't trust other men Needing a hall pass to go see your friends, and the year and a half it took him The three reasons men actually show up to a men's group: accountability, support, or just to be This is part 4 of a 5-part week with Dr. Robert Glover. Also this week: Nice Guy Syndrome and shame, boundaries for men, decoding your wife, and attracting the feminine. Hear Glover's full conversation at frontrowdads.com/466. His book is No More Mr. Nice Guy.

His wife said he hadn't told her he loved her all day. He had screenshots proving he'd said it five times. He kept them to himself, and that was the whole lesson. Part three of our five-part week with Dr. Robert Glover, best-selling author of No More Mr. Nice Guy, and probably the most immediately useful one. Glover draws the line between a factual statement and an emotional statement, and makes the case that when your wife says something that seems provably unfair, the accusation was never the point. The trigger you feel is the signal.   FREE THIS WEEK: We built a companion field guide for the whole series. It's the main points from every episode plus copy-and-paste prompts you can drop into ChatGPT or your journal to actually do the work. Grab it at frontrowdads.com/niceguy.   IN THIS EPISODE: The candle story: why knowing this and embodying it are completely different things Why patterns live in your nervous system, not in what you've read Regulating in real time: what he did when his wife made a jab in the park Jon's own account of trying to stay calm through a hard conversation about school Ground, breathe, open, get curious: the four-word checklist for any conversation Emotional statements vs. factual statements, and why taking the bait always loses The "I love you" screenshots, and the apology that came two days later on its own This is part 3 of 5. Also this week: Nice Guy Syndrome and shame, boundaries for men, brotherhood and male isolation, and attracting the feminine. Hear Glover's full conversation at frontrowdads.com/518. His book is No More Mr. Nice Guy.

You think boundaries keep people out. They're actually what lets people get close to you.   Dr. Robert Glover, best-selling author of No More Mr. Nice Guy, runs a full crash course here, and it starts somewhere unexpected: how a lack of boundaries quietly wrecks a man's friendships with other men, not just his marriage. He didn't learn any of this until his thirties, when a therapist laid a string on the floor and started pushing him backward to show him how much ground he gives away. FREE THIS WEEK: We built a companion field guide for the whole series. It's the main points from every episode plus copy-and-paste prompts you can drop into ChatGPT or your journal to actually do the work. Grab it at frontrowdads.com/niceguy.   IN THIS EPISODE: Why boundaries aren't about changing other people, they're about changing you The string on the ground exercise that exposed he had no boundaries at all Why men were never taught this: growing up, the powerful just got to do what they wanted to you Why wives are relieved, not offended, when their husband finally stands up to them Ending a years-long best friendship, and why it pushed him toward real brotherhood The "Ouch" technique, and how to defuse a bad mood with a boundary How to spot a professional boundary invader (usually somewhere in your own family)   This is part 2 of a 5-part week with Dr. Robert Glover. Also this week: Nice Guy Syndrome and shame, decoding your wife, brotherhood and male isolation, and attracting the feminine. Hear Glover's full conversation on boundaries at frontrowdads.com/465. His book is No More Mr. Nice Guy.

The Nice Guy and the jerk are doing the exact same thing. Same shame, different mask. This is part one of a five-part week with Dr. Robert Glover, best-selling author of No More Mr. Nice Guy, and we start at the root. Glover argues nice guy syndrome has almost nothing to do with being polite. It comes from a belief formed before you could speak, that something is wrong with you, and it shows up as a set of hidden deals you make with the people around you: I'll do this for you, so you owe me that. FREE THIS WEEK: We built a companion field guide for the whole series. It's the main points from every episode plus copy-and-paste prompts you can drop into ChatGPT or your journal to actually do the work. Grab it at frontrowdads.com/niceguy.   IN THIS EPISODE: - Why the nice guy and the jerk are driven by the same thing, and why your first boundaries make you swing into being a jerk - The two types of nice guys: the "I'm so good" and the "I'm so bad" - The night his wife read him a book about shame and told him it was him - What shame actually is: an inaccurately internalized belief you formed before you had words - The dessert he ate that he didn't want, and the door he held that wasn't kindness - The three covert contracts, and how they quietly turn into resentment and rage This is part 1 of 5. Coming this week: boundaries for men, decoding your wife's emotional statements, brotherhood and male isolation, and attracting the feminine as a married man. Hear Glover's full conversation at frontrowdads.com/444. His book is No More Mr. Nice Guy.

I actually listened to the episode today, and I'm still not sure how Doug managed to book all his flights. I hope he doesn't accidentally end up in Tasmania. I'm also glad to hear that Strickland was able to send that money to his friend. I wonder if the guy's Venmo handle of "Nigerian_Prince_242" was the flag? Do you want some cool merch? Check out the store here- https://www.niceguysonbusiness.com/merch Need podcast production? We've got your back. https://turnkeypodcast.com/contact Your Voice, your message, fully produced. Leave a voice mail for the Nice Guys: 424-2DJ-DOUG – (424) 235-3684Join our Nice Guys Community. http://www.NiceShortCut.com No time to get to this, but you can read the blog here: 12 Worries Every Entrepreneur Has (or they are lying) Show notes written lovingly by the most anonymous man (or woman) in the world. Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. Discover how you can look 'poor' to the IRS and rich to a lender. Check out my sponsor, GTG Tax Planning, at gtgtax.com to book a short discovery call.