Mind Over Masculinity

Leading With Emotional Intelligence And Identity with Dr Cynthia Rapaido

In this episode of Mind Over Masculinity, host Pragya sits down with Dr Cynthia Rapaido, a Filipino American educator who went from science teacher to school principal to doctoral scholar. Together they unpack the real emotional labor of leadership. Not the polished LinkedIn version. The messy, exhausting, very human side. Dr Cynthia shares how emotional intelligence actually plays out in classrooms, staff rooms, and school hallways. How culture, family values, and identity shape the way we hold authority. And why purpose is not something you “figure out once” but something you revisit as life changes. If you are a leader, an emerging leader, or someone carrying quiet responsibility for others, this conversation will challenge how you think about readiness, representation, and what it really means to be “the face” of an institution.
About the Guest:Dr Cynthia Rapaido is a Filipino American educator and school leader with decades of experience as a classroom teacher, assistant principal, and principal. Her work in International Multicultural Education explores how culture, identity, and emotional intelligence shape leadership in real time. Drawing from her own story of nearly “falling through the cracks” as a student, she is committed to making sure young people and staff feel seen, supported, and connected instead of invisible in the system.
Key Takeaways:
Emotional intelligence in leadership is not a branding buzzword. It is the daily work of seeing people, meeting them where they are, and staying grounded even when you are tired or overwhelmed.
Real school leadership means serving everyone on campus. Students, teachers, counselors, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, custodians. When a principal says “I see you”, it builds trust and changes culture.
Cultural identity deeply shapes how leaders show up. For Dr Cynthia, Filipino values of harmony, respect for elders, and family sometimes made it hard to give direction to older staff, yet also created a more relational, family-like school environment.
Many leaders of color and multicultural leaders navigate a double tension. Honoring their culture while operating in systems built on different norms. That tension can become a powerful leadership asset when it is acknowledged instead of buried.
Readiness is overrated. Most leaders are never fully “ready”. What matters more is willingness to grow, ask “why”, accept feedback, and realign purpose as roles and responsibilities expand.
Purpose is not fixed. Dr Cynthia reconnects to her “why” by asking deeper layers of questions and returning to one core driver. Making sure no student falls through the cracks the way she almost did.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-rapaido-ed-d-7455b67/
Email: cynthiapaido@gmail.com
Book: Step Up Your School Leadership Game on Amazon
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Is Self-Love The Most Masculine Thing Men Can Practice? with Jonathon Aslay

In this Mind Over Masculinity episode, host Sayan sits down with Jonathon Aslay, one of America's leading midlife self-love and relationship coaches, to dismantle the idea that men have to "tough it out" alone. This is not a fluffy self-care chat. It is a straight-talking deep dive into grief, identity collapse, addiction, online numbing habits, and how rebuilding from the inside out actually makes men stronger in relationships, business and life.
Jonathon traces his journey from divorce, career loss and financial collapse to the devastating death of his son. He explains how years of personal development, therapy and spiritual work built the emotional scaffolding that helped him survive the unthinkable. Together, they unpack why self-love is not weakness but emotional infrastructure, how negative online echo chambers are quietly eroding men's self-worth, and why vulnerability from an empowered place is one of the most attractive traits a man can embody.
If you are tired of red-pill noise and quick-fix hacks, this conversation cuts through. It is about emotional survival, real accountability and choosing better inputs for your mind every single day.
About the Guest :
Jonathon Aslay is a midlife self-love and relationship coach focused on helping men and women rebuild from the inside out. After losing his marriage, career, wealth and later his son, Jonathon turned to personal development, therapy and spiritual practices to reconstruct his identity. He is the author of What the Heck is Self-Love, Anyway? and hosts multiple YouTube channels where he talks bluntly about self-worth, emotional health and modern dating for midlife adults. His work centers on practical self-love, emotional responsibility and moving out of victim mindset into growth.
Key Takeaways on Self-Love, Masculinity and Men’s Mental Health  
Self-love is not spa days. It is the stack of "self" skills: self-worth, self-esteem, self-confidence, self-reliance and self-discipline that keep you standing when life collapses.
Most men have an "emotional 6-year-old" running the show. Real self-love is learning to hold that inner child with the same compassion you would give an actual 6-year-old.
Vulnerability is not dumping or staying stuck in victim mode. It becomes attractive and powerful when it is paired with a desire to grow, take responsibility and ask "how do I move forward from here?"
Numbing out with addictions, shallow online content or hostile echo chambers will not fix anything. The inputs you feed your mind directly shape your self-worth and how you show up in relationships.
Simple daily practices matter. Meditation, affirmations, movement, time in nature, gratitude and surrounding yourself with uplifting content can rewire old stories of "I am not good enough."
Social connection is a self-love practice. Things like dance classes give men safe reps in confidence, body awareness and approaching others without performance pressure.
Asking for help is not failure. Jonathon's turning point came when he was willing to move back in with his parents and say "I cannot do this alone," then commit to the long game of rebuilding.
 
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Learn more about his coaching and resources on his website
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Trusting Masculine Intuition To Escape Stagnation With Philip Saparov

In this episode of Mind Over Masculinity, host Avik sits down with author and guide Philip Saparov, who walked away from a “successful” life in New York and rebuilt everything from scratch across Ukraine, Thailand and beyond. This is not a hype story about quitting your job on a whim. It is a clear breakdown of what happens when a man finally stops outsourcing his life to expectations and starts listening to his own inner intelligence.
Philip unpacks the exact moment on June 3rd 2019 when an inner command told him to “drop everything and get on a plane,” how chronic stress and rising blood pressure forced an honest audit of his life, and why he believes every man needs a daily inner work practice. He explains his AIM Wheel framework. Awareness, Insight, Manifesting. As a practical blueprint for combining meditation, intuition, and grounded action so you are not just chasing goals but actually aligned with your nervous system, values and purpose.
If you are stuck in a job or identity that looks good on paper but feels like a slow leak to your soul. This conversation will hit home.
About the Guest :
Philip Saparov is an author, guide, and creator of Awakened Entrepreneurship. After leaving a draining six figure life in New York with only a few weeks of savings and no safety net, he rebuilt his work as a location independent freelancer, world traveler, and eventually a published author. Philip blends spiritual practice, meditation, and psychology into practical tools men can use to escape “unjust imprisonment” in careers, roles and expectations that no longer fit. His AIM Wheel method helps men align inner work with outer moves instead of faking it through burnout.
Key Takeaways:
Most men wait for a breakdown before they change. Philip chose to move from conscious clarity instead of collapse, leaving New York when his body and intuition made it clear the current path was not sustainable.
High income does not equal emotional wealth. Despite earning close to six figures, rising expenses and chronic stress meant his energy was collapsing and his health markers like blood pressure became early warning signals that something deeper was off.
Philip describes receiving an “imperative” during meditation. A command level insight that told him to drop everything and travel. He frames this not as fantasy but as the result of a consistent inner work practice that built trust with his subconscious mind.
Men are heavily conditioned to trust logic and dismiss intuition. Philip argues that masculine intuition can be trained like a muscle through daily silence, solitude and ritual time in what he calls the “Temple of You.”
His AIM Wheel framework has three segments. Awareness. Surrendering to the present moment through meditation. Insight. Proactively eliciting answers from the subconscious instead of waiting for random inspiration. Manifesting. Taking aligned action toward goals that actually match your unique wiring.
He calls out two situations where action is non negotiable. When you are physically ill and when you are in a form of “unjust imprisonment” . a job, relationship or system that violates your integrity. In those cases, your first responsibility is to get out and get well.
Philip stresses that many men live inside identities handed to them by parents, culture and employers. Maturity means outgrowing that naivety, questioning inherited scripts and refusing to let anyone else define who you are or what you are allowed to build.
He sees true modern masculinity as integration. Spiritual depth plus material competence. Not choosing between meditation or ambition but learning to become “the string the universe wants to play,” tuned enough to hold both presence and performance without burning out.
Connect with Philip Saparov  :
Listeners can connect with Philip and dive deeper into his AIM Wheel method here.
Learn more about his concepts of Awakened Entrepreneurship and his books, including “Siddhartha Sets a Goal”and “Manifesting Secrets,” through the resources linked inside the mini course.
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If you resonated with his take on masculine intuition, unjust imprisonment and awakened entrepreneurship, start with the free mini course and continue the conversation from there.
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Leadership SOPs That Actually Work With Ed Tyson

In this Mind Over Masculinity episode Sana sits down with leadership strategist Ed Tyson to call out a hard truth. Many executives and managers are promoted for doing the work then left to guess at the work of leading. The result is burnout at the top disengagement at the bottom and a trust gap in the middle.
Ed breaks down why heroic leaders who keep jumping into the weeds become bottlenecks instead of builders. He walks through his Leadership SOPs model where leaders stop winging it and start structuring operating and perfecting a real community of effort. If you are a founder executive or new manager who feels overpaid overwhelmed and under prepared this conversation gives you language tools and a way out that is more system than self blame.
About the Guest:
Ed Tyson is a leadership architect and former healthcare executive who spent over sixteen years inside complex organizations watching well intentioned leaders quietly break under pressure. Drawing on his early Marine Corps experience and large scale healthcare work he developed the Leadership SOPs framework and the Leader Allegion platform to help leaders stop improvising and start leading with clear repeatable operating procedures that serve both people and performance.
Key Takeaways  :
Most leaders are promoted for being expert doers not for understanding the work of leading. Without a clear leadership operating system they default back to doing the team’s work which erodes performance and burns them out.
Real leadership starts when you commit to an objective you cannot achieve alone. Your job shifts from personal output to cultivating a community of effort that can actually hit the target without you being the hero every time.
Ed frames leadership as three core SOPs. Structure the community of effort you need. Operate that system as designed. Then continually perfect it so willingness capability and sustainability stay high across the team.
Delegation is not dumping. It is development. When leaders hoard the hardest work and all the decisions they rob people of growth opportunities and also make themselves non scalable and non promotable in the process.
Trust rises when leaders extend trust first. Refusing to delegate or empower signals low trust and creates a psychologically unsafe environment. Gradual calibrated delegation builds both competence and confidence for everyone involved.
Chaotic leaders who show up differently every week force teams to manage their moods instead of the mission. Consistent leadership SOPs work like practiced plays on a field so everyone knows their role and can execute under pressure.
If this episode feels like a mirror that discomfort is data not weakness. Shifting from solo improv to a visible craft of leading in public is how you stop pretending things are fine and start building systems that actually are.
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Unlocking Timeless Leadership: The 6 Pillars That Build Trust, Loyalty & Success with Jim Carlough

In this powerful episode of Mind Over Masculinity, guest host Sana sits down with leadership mentor and author Jim Carlough to explore his life-tested framework: The 6 Pillars of Effective Leadership. From a 42-year nightly integrity ritual to turning a team facing layoffs into the happiest employees in a 20,000-person company, Jim shares raw, real-world stories that prove leadership isn’t about authority — it’s about integrity, compassion, and having your people’s backs. A must-listen for anyone leading teams, families, or their own life.
Key Takeaways:
Integrity is non-negotiable: Jim has asked himself every single night since 1983, “Did I do anything today for my own benefit at someone else’s expense?” — and never once answered yes.
Compassion + Empathy in action: When sunsetting an old product line, Jim gave his team 6+ months’ notice, paid training for new roles, and personally helped anyone who wanted to leave find their next job — resulting in zero turnover and the happiest team in the company.
Stability builds trust: Leaders must remain calm and consistent in crisis — “If I’m jumping up and down screaming when there’s a fire, my people will panic.”
Focus turns problems into breakthroughs: Jeff Bezos once moved his desk into customer service for 6 months to fix Amazon’s early reputation — extreme focus saved the company.
The 6 Pillars are timeless yet evolving: They work in boardrooms, kitchens (executive chefs love the book!), classrooms, and stay-at-home parenting.
Great leaders don’t need all the answers — they create environments where their smarter teams can co-create solutions.
Leadership today is collaborative, not authoritarian — the old “my way or the highway” style is dead.
The 6 Pillars of Effective Leadership (as shared by Jim Carlough):
Integrity (the non-negotiable foundation)
Compassion
Empathy
Stability
Focus
(Implied 6th pillar from context: Collaboration / Developing the next generation of leaders)
Connect with Guest Jim Carlough:
Website & Book: https://www.jimcarlough.com
LinkedIn: Search “Jim Carlough” (author of The Six Pillars of Effective Leadership)
Book available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or directly from Jim
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How Does Shame Keep Migrant Men From Ever Feeling Enough In A New Country? With Kamil Hejmanowski

On this episode of Mind Over Masculinity, host Sana sits down with migrant shame coach and martial arts mentor Kamil Hejmanowski to unpack the quiet pressure most men never name out loud. They break down how shame shows up in migrant men as overworking, people pleasing, comparison, addiction, emotional shutdown and silent burnout. Kamil walks through his WORTH process, a step by step method that helps men wake up to shame, release stored emotions, rewrite their internal story, set boundaries and finally live from a place of peace instead of constant proving.
Through his own lived experience of migration from Poland to the UK, bullying, drugs, prison, fatherhood, therapy and rebuilding his life through sport and coaching, Kamil shows that shame does not have to be a life sentence. This conversation is direct, honest and built for men who are tired of performing strength and are finally ready to feel enough in their own skin.
 About The Guest :Kamil Hejmanowski is a migrant shame coach, martial arts club owner, father of three and NLP master practitioner based in the UK. After migrating from Poland as a teenager, he faced racism, bullying, addiction, prison and deep feelings of unworthiness. Through karate, university study, psychotherapy and years of personal development, he transformed his story and now helps migrant men understand and dissolve shame, set boundaries and build self worth. He shares tools and education across his website, social media and content as the self described Number 1 Migrant Shame Coach.
 Key Takeaways :
Shame in migrant men often hides behind the fear of failure, especially around providing for family and proving that migration was “worth it”.
Cultural conditioning and childhood experiences, including harsh parenting, comparison between siblings and cousins and being told you are not enough, can seed shame very early.
Migration multiplies pressure. New language, racism, isolation and economic stress can trigger coping patterns like overworking, substance use, fighting and constant self comparison.
Kamil’s WORTH process guides men to wake up to shame, open old wounds safely, release stored emotions, rewrite their inner story, take back their power with boundaries and finally honour their worth through daily habits.
Therapy and emotional education helped Kamil learn how to cry, feel and express instead of numbing with alcohol. He highlights how many men hide every emotion behind a bottle.
Shame can drive both “high performance” and self destruction at the same time. The same pain that fuels trophies and promotions can also fuel addiction, violence and burnout.
Boundaries are non negotiable for healing. Men must stop people pleasing, protect their time and energy and accept that not everyone will approve of their choices.
True healing is not about becoming someone else. It is about accepting that you are already enough, choosing different environments and relationships and building a future from self respect, not self hate.
 
 How Listeners Can Connect With Kamil Hejmanowski :Listeners can connect with Kamil and explore his work here:
Website: https://kamilhejmanowski.com/
TikTok: Search for “Kamil Hejmanowski” or “1 Migrant Shame Coach” to find his short form content on shame and migrant mental health.
Facebook and Instagram: follow his posts, stories and resources on shame, worth and masculinity.
 
If you’re in immediate crisis, contact local emergency services or your regional suicide prevention helpline.
Here are reliable, widely used crisis lines by region:
United States  :  
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org (24/7). SAMHSA+1
Crisis Text Line — text HOME to 741741 (24/7). Crisis Text Line
LGBTQ+ (The Trevor Project, youth) — call 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678678 (24/7). The Trevor Project+1
Trans Lifeline — US (877) 565-8860 (hours vary; peer support). translifeline.org+1
Canada  :  
9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline — call or text 9-8-8 (24/7). 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline+1
Crisis Text Line (via Kids Help Phone) — text 686868 (24/7). Crisis Text Line
Trans Lifeline — Canada (877) 330-6366 (hours vary). translifeline.org
United Kingdom & Ireland:    
Samaritans (UK & ROI) — call 116 123 (free, 24/7). Samaritans+1
Shout (UK) – Crisis Text Line affiliate — text SHOUT to 85258 (24/7). Shout 85258+1
50808 / “Text About It” (Ireland) — text HELLO/TALK to 50808 (24/7). Text About It+1
Australia  :  
Lifeline — call 13 11 14 (24/7) or chat online. Lifeline
New Zealand  :  
1737 “Need to talk?” — call or text 1737 (24/7).
 
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Can Healthy Masculinity And Values-Driven Leadership End Burnout For High-Performing Men With Terence Davy?

In this episode of Mind Over Masculinity, Avik sits down with executive coach Terence Davy to unpack why so many high-performing men hit burnout even when their careers look perfect on paper. They go straight into the collision between old-school masculinity, performance culture, and the body finally saying "enough." Terence shares how leading in high-growth SaaS took him all the way to the hospital with a burned esophagus and lost voice, and how that health crisis forced him to question everything he believed about strength, power, and success.
This conversation is a reality check for ambitious men who are tired of grind culture. You will hear practical insight on integrated leadership, emotional awareness, values alignment, and redefining power as responsibility instead of control. If you are leading teams, building a career, or raising a family while quietly burning out, this episode will push you to rethink what healthy masculinity can look like in real life.
About The Guest:
Terence Davy is an executive coach who works with directors, VPs, and founders who want to lead at a high level without abandoning themselves. After years in high-growth SaaS, rapid promotions, and big results, his body crashed and forced him to rebuild his definition of strength from the ground up.
Today he helps leaders move from reactive, ego-driven performance into values-driven, integrated leadership that honours their health, relationships, and long-term vision. His work focuses on masculinity, burnout, power dynamics, and aligned decision-making inside complex systems.
Key Takeaways:
Healthy masculinity is not about suppressing emotion. It is about being present with your feelings and intuition while still taking clear, grounded action as a leader.
Burnout is often the final symptom of long-term self-abandonment. Skipping sleep, movement, and mindfulness in the name of productivity is a slow leak that becomes a crisis.
Many men learn that performance equals worth. That script ties masculinity to output instead of identity, values, and the quality of their relationships.
Integrating leadership means aligning values, behaviour, and systems. Real strength shows up in how you design your life, not just how hard you push at work.
Power is not just directing others. There is serious power in surrender, in handing over authority, and in letting the best person lead based on the situation.
A practical shift from reactive to intentional leadership starts with observation. When you can watch your own patterns like a third-party observer, you create space for different choices.
A better definition of strength for modern men. balance, flexibility, self-awareness, and the courage to ask for help instead of grinding alone.
How To Connect With The Guest:
Listeners who resonated with Terence’s story and framework can connect with him here.
Website. https://proactivity.io
Socials. @proactivity.io on major platforms
Coaching and leadership work. Learn more about his executive coaching offers, values-led leadership frameworks, and support for high-performing men directly through his website contact options.
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Is Masculinity Broken Or Just Evolving In The Age Of The Red Pill ? | Doug Daniels

In this episode of Mind Over Masculinity from the Healthy Mind By Avik™ network, host Sayan sits down with Doug Daniels, co host of the podcast People Fuss, to unpack what is really happening with healthy masculinity, toxic masculinity, and the red pill space that is pulling in so many young men.
Doug breaks down why the Manosphere hooks men with partial truths about discipline, fitness, and quitting dopamine traps like porn and doom scrolling, while quietly feeding entitlement and resentment. Together they explore how shifting gender roles, economic pressure, and a narrow definition of success leave many men feeling attacked instead of guided.
This is a straight talking conversation about redefining success for men beyond money, power and dominance, and toward integrity, contribution, and emotional self awareness. If you care about men’s mental health, healthy masculinity, red pill culture, and the future of male leadership at home and at work, this episode will give you language, context, and a more grounded framework to move the conversation forward.
 
About the Guest  :
Doug Daniels is a unionized 3D data librarian, history nerd, and co host of the podcast People Fuss with his partner Carrie Prince. After stumbling through his twenties and rebuilding his life from the ground up, Doug brings a mix of critical thinking, social awareness, and dry humor to conversations about masculinity, power, and human connection. Through People Fuss, he aims to be a counter voice to toxic Manosphere messaging and create space for more honest, nuanced discussions about what it means to be a man today.
 
Key Takeaways:
The term toxic masculinity is useful because some behaviors are objectively harmful, yet it can push men into defensiveness if it becomes a blanket label for all male traits.
The Manosphere and red pill content attract young men by mixing good advice about fitness, discipline, and avoiding dopamine traps like pornography with unhealthy ideas about dominance and entitlement.
A core issue is that society often highlights what men have done wrong but rarely celebrates healthy male contribution, which leaves a gap that polarizing influencers are quick to fill.
Historically, success for men was defined as wealth, status, and access to power. Doug argues we need broader metrics of success that include emotional availability, responsibility, and impact.
Ambition is not the problem. The problem is an economic system that often rewards exploitation over elevation. True leadership lifts others as you rise instead of stepping over them.
Healthy masculinity is less about making men softer and more about rebalancing strength with self awareness, context, and intention, so men can be grounded, ambitious, and emotionally present at the same time.
 
How Listeners Can Connect with Doug Daniels  :
You can find Doug on his podcast People Fuss, co hosted with Carrie Prince.
Primary platform: YouTube -  watch full conversations on toxic masculinity, feminism, and human connection.
Audio platforms. Look for People Fuss on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast apps.
Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn
 
Tune in to People Fuss if you want thoughtful, critical conversations that challenge toxic narratives without shaming men for wanting strength, success, and significance.
 
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Are You Accidentally Guaranteeing No One Will Like You as a Man in Your Relationships? with Tom Hagerty

In this Mind Over Masculinity episode, host Sayan sits down with retired corporate executive and author Tom Hagerty to unpack a hard truth. many men are great at performing but terrible at connecting. Drawing on 45 years in boardrooms and broken systems, Tom explains why men excel at transactional relationships yet struggle with depth, honesty and vulnerability at home, at work and in friendships.
They explore how ego, defensiveness and chronic negativity quietly guarantee that people keep their distance. Tom shares how leadership principles from his book The Business of Relationships apply directly to marriage, fatherhood and male friendships. From Sheryl Sandberg’s reminder that we are more than the worst thing we have ever done to Jack Welch’s call to “change before you have to,” this conversation is a direct, practical wake up call for men who want to be respected and genuinely liked.
About the Guest:
Tom Hagerty is a retired corporate executive, business fixer and author of The Business of Relationships. After more than 45 years leading teams, turning around underperforming organizations and mentoring leaders, he now helps men translate high level leadership skills into everyday relational skills. His work focuses on empathy, accountability, trust and continuous improvement in the way men show up as partners, fathers, friends and leaders.
Key Takeaways  :
Men are often excellent at transactional relationships but weak at vulnerable, emotionally honest ones. especially with other men and within their own families.
Modern disconnection is not new. men have struggled with depth and openness for generations, and technology has only intensified isolation and surface level connection.
Ego driven habits like making everything about yourself, interrupting, gossiping, constant criticism and unreliability quietly guarantee that people will not want to be around you.
The same behaviors that would get you fired in a corporate setting. chronic negativity, failure to say thank you, not owning mistakes. are often tolerated at home, even though they destroy trust and intimacy.
Sheryl Sandberg’s insight that each of us is more than the worst thing we have ever done is a powerful lens for how men can offer grace, second chances and genuine support to others and to themselves.
“Change before you have to” is not just a business mantra. applying it to relationships means taking responsibility before divorce, estrangement, addiction or crisis forces change on you.
Practical growth for men starts with three moves. look honestly in the mirror, commit to being a little better every day and be brave enough to ask for help and do the work in community rather than as a lone wolf.
How to Connect with Tom Hagerty  :
Read his book The Business of Relationships on Amazon. available in electronic and paperback formats.
Email Tom directly at: HagertyPTP@gmail.com
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How Do You Turn Your Lowest Moments Into Your Leadership Story, with Dr. Danny Brassell?

In this episode of Mind Over Masculinity, host Sayan sits down with Dr. Danny Brassell to break down how men can turn breakdowns into blueprints. Dr. Danny shares how losing everything in a real estate scam, rebuilding from rock bottom, and pivoting into a global speaking career became the raw material for his signature message on motivation, mindset and storytelling. This is a straight talking conversation on using humor, failure and intentional storytelling to lead better at work, at home and in your own head.
 
About the Guest  :
Dr. Danny Brassell is a globally known keynote speaker and coach, often called “Jim Carrey with a PhD” for his mix of humor and depth. He has delivered 3,500 plus keynotes, authored 19 books including Leadership Begins with Motivation and Misfits and Crackpots, and co founded the Wellcrafted Story Workshop, where he helps entrepreneurs, executives and experts turn lived experiences into intentional signature stories that inspire and convert. After losing everything in a failed real estate venture, he rebuilt his life by building a highly successful speaking and coaching business focused on motivation, mindset and ethical influence
 
Key Takeaways:  
Rock bottom is data, not destiny. Your lowest season can become the pivot point for a new direction when you choose to learn from it instead of living in a permanent victim narrative.
Lead with failures, not highlight reels. People may admire your success, but they connect with your mistakes. Sharing where you fell short makes you relatable and builds real trust in rooms and boardrooms.
Use humor as a leadership tool, not a party trick. Laughter lowers defenses, creates safety and makes tough ideas easier to absorb. A light moment early in a talk can reset the entire emotional tone of the room.
Tell the scar, not the open wound. A story is ready to serve when you have processed it enough to extract a lesson. If you are still bleeding from it, you risk oversharing and drifting into self pity instead of service.
Design a “well crafted story,” do not wing it. List your life stories, tag what each one is really about, then match those stories to the emotion and action you want your audience to take. That is how you build a repeatable signature talk.
Stop trying to DIY everything, hire experts. Just like calling the tow truck instead of wrestling with a flat tire all night, bringing in the right mentor can save years of trial and error in your business, leadership and speaking.
Your audience’s next step is the real KPI. Applause is nice. The real metric is how many people take the next step with you, whether that is subscribing, voting, investing or joining your program.
 
How to Connect with Dr. Danny Brassell  :
Listeners can connect with Dr. Danny and start crafting their own signature story here:
Free Story Guide and Blueprint:Visit FreeStoryGuide.com to get the same well crafted story framework Dr. Danny uses with his private clients.
For collaborations, speaking and coaching inquiries, listeners can reach out through the contact options provided on FreeStoryGuide.com and his professional channels linked there.
 
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