Regular Guy Chat with Jake | Sharing Your Voice

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07/19/24 • 38 min

"It's amazing to love people every day as a job."

A random feature of Real Men Feel is Regular Guy Chats. That is when I converse with an average dude who has nothing to promote but a willingness to share.

It's been a year and a half since my last Regular Guy Chat. Today, I'm talking to Jake Marko, a young man I met last month in a Self-Leadership class we both attended.

We discuss Jake's experiences with purpose, spiritual growth, and overcoming challenges. Jake discusses his life before and since his initiation with the Modern Mystery School. Jake also opens up about times he felt hopeless and what he's done to live a life of joy.

Through it all, there's been a desire to share his voice and help people.

Topics and Questions

1:49 - Why did you say yes to coming on Real Men Feel?
2:55 - What does sharing your voice mean to you?
4:53 - Have you always had this desire?
7:36 - What made you say yes to a Life Activation?
16:13 - What was it like becoming a healer?
20:59 - Andy's experience receiving a Life Activation.
25:34 - What are you proud of?
30:11 - What is one thing that you wish more men knew?
32:10 - Can you share a habit, book, or practice that has helped you?
34:43 - What are you looking forward to?
36:16 - What's the best way for people to learn more and connect with you?

Links

Jake Marko -- https://www.JakeMarko.com

Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/jakemarkohealing

Connect with Andy and the Real Men Feel Podcast:

Interested in a Clarity Call with Andy? - visit theandygrant.com/talk

Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant

Personal Website | theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info!

Podcast Website | realmenfeel.org for all things podcast-related!

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"It's amazing to love people every day as a job."

A random feature of Real Men Feel is Regular Guy Chats. That is when I converse with an average dude who has nothing to promote but a willingness to share.

It's been a year and a half since my last Regular Guy Chat. Today, I'm talking to Jake Marko, a young man I met last month in a Self-Leadership class we both attended.

Through it all, there's been a desire to share his voice and help people.

Topics and Questions

1:49 - Why did you say yes to coming on Real Men Feel?
2:55 - What does sharing your voice mean to you?
4:53 - Have you always had this desire?
7:36 - What made you say yes to a Life Activation?
16:13 - What was it like becoming a healer?
20:59 - Andy's experience receiving a Life Activation.
25:34 - What are you proud of?
30:11 - What is one thing that you wish more men knew?
32:10 - Can you share a habit, book, or practice that has helped you?
34:43 - What are you looking forward to?
36:16 - What's the best way for people to learn more and connect with you?

Links

Jake Marko -- https://www.JakeMarko.com

Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/jakemarkohealing

Connect with Andy and the Real Men Feel Podcast:

Interested in a Clarity Call with Andy? - visit theandygrant.com/talk

Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant

Personal Website | theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info!

Podcast Website | realmenfeel.org for all things podcast-related!

RMF Facebook Group | realmenfeel.org/group

Support this podcast | https://anchor.fm/realmenfeel/support

YouTube | https://youtube.com/realmenfeel

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Previous Episode

Breaking the Stigma of Mental Health | Men Hurt and Can Heal

Sometimes, the bravest thing you can do is ask for help. Men face a stigma about that, too.

My guest today is Laverne Friesen. He is a former first responder who is passionate about raising awareness around the stigma of mental health after experiencing his own mental health crisis. Now, as a transformation coach, Laverne shares the wisdom he gained from his traumatic experiences to help others live fulfilling lives.

Laverne shares his experience as a sexual abuse survivor in a fundamentalist family who went on to become a police officer and hid his mental health crisis for years.

He shares what kept him going, the tools that helped him turn his life around, and the three-year-old angel that brought him back from the brink of suicide.

Through it all, the stigma of what other people would think about him if they knew how badly he felt kept him quiet.

Topics and Questions

1:31 - What is stigma?
2:32 - I know you had an interesting childhood; let's start there.
5:30 - First time seeing a police officer.
7:48 - Validating myself by helping others.
10:08 - I thought I had it made.
13:53 - Stigma of seeing a therapist.
18:50 - I had nothing left. I was completely apathetic.
25:59 - Having hope again.
27:33 - So angry at work.
36:49 - Laverne's most profound epiphany.
40:37 - The beauty of hardship.
47:16 - Directing our thoughts.
49:49 - What is the best way for people to discover what you are up to?

Links

Laverne Friesen -- https://www.TrueEmotion.ca

TikTok -- https://www.tiktok.com/@trueemotionhealing

Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/LaverneFriesen97

Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/trueemotioncoach

Connect with Andy and the Real Men Feel Podcast:

Interested in a Clarity Call with Andy? - visit theandygrant.com/talk

Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant

Personal Website | theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info!

Podcast Website | realmenfeel.org for all things podcast-related!Support this podcast | https://anchor.fm/realmenfeel/supportRMF Facebook Group | realmenfeel.org/group

YouTube | https://youtube.com/realm

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Next Episode

Leadership In Chaotic Times with James Greenshields

Leadership In Chaotic Times | Principles of Harmonic Leadership

"Lots of people are seeing the world in a negative way right now. So many people are waiting for someone else to come along and fix it."

My returning guest today is James Greenshields. James is a husband of over 20 years and an honored father of two amazing women; he served 17 years as an Australian Army Officer and woke up in combat. With over 14 years post-military, James has Co-Founded and been the Lead Facilitator for Leadership and Men's Well-being at the Emergent Leaders Foundation.

He couples experience with First Nation people around the globe, running youth rites of passage for ten years, overlayed on a practical understanding of leadership in environments as diverse as the battlefield, boardrooms, and professional sports, have enabled him to create a new paradigm of leadership - he calls Harmonic Leadership.

We discuss our current chaotic times, the power of community, and how indigenous people helped heal James' PTSD. James expands on his belief that every issue on the planet can be solved at a community level and that community is the essence of why we are alive. Listen in and learn the true pandemic of the last four years.

We also explore alchemy, power vs. force, states of fear and love, and much more.

Topics and Questions

2:15 - Lots of people are seeing the world in a negative way.
4:45 - Every issue on the planet can be solved at a community level within a global context.
7:14 - Everyone is waiting for someone else.
7:36 - What made you say yes to a Life Activation?
9:19 - We must move beyond fighting against everything.
11:00 - Consequences of people operating from fear.
14:40 - People will give up their safety to belong.
17:30 - We are seeing more people tilting towards authoritarianism across the globe.
21:24 - Michigan football metaphor.
23:07 - The biggest pandemic of the last four years is the lack of critical thinking.
27:07 - Clarifying your values.
28:53 - We need to understand how powerful we are.
34:56 - Completely healing from trauma.
37:50 - 3-month online program on Harmonic Leadership.
40:20 - What's the best way for people to learn more and connect with you?

James Greenshields and his wife Kirsty joined us in February 2017 to explore how you can empower your family to positively affect your community and the world. That was Real Men Feel ep #48: Empowering the Family Unit

Links

James Greenshields -- https://www.emergentleadersfoundation.org/

Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/james.greenshields1

Email James at [email protected]

Resources

Power vs. Force, by Dr David Hawkins

Escape from Freedom, by Erice Fromm

Psychology and Alchemy, by Carl Jung

Connect with Andy and the Real Men Feel Podcast:

Interested in a Clarity Call with Andy? - visit theandygrant.com/talk

Instagram | @realmenfeelshow & @theandygrant

Personal Website | theandygrant.com for coaching, healing, and book info!