Men Talking Mindfulness: Mental, Physical, and Emotional Fitness to Elevate Performance and Resilience for Leaders and Teams Under Pressure!

If you're a man who's ever fought this battle in silence — this episode is the conversation you've been waiting to have.

Jon and Will sit down with Sathiya Sam — coach, speaker, and host of the Deep Clean Podcast — a man who spent 15 years deep in his own struggle with porn addiction before finding his way out. Not with willpower. Not with an app. With a framework that goes all the way down to the root.

Porn addiction doesn't live in your habits. It lives in your shame, your wounds, your unmet need for connection — and the story you've been telling yourself about who you are. Sathiya built the Deep Clean Method after his own decade of failed attempts, and has since helped thousands of men break free for good. This is that conversation — raw, direct, and zero therapy-speak.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
Why porn addiction is processed 20% faster in the brain than cocaine — and what that means for every man who's tried to quit and couldn't

The 3 A's of pornography (Affordable, Accessible, Anonymous) and why today's smartphone is the most powerful delivery mechanism for addiction ever created

How shame doesn't stop the cycle — it fuels it — and why vulnerability is the counterintuitive key to breaking free

The Deep Clean Method: Sathiya's four-pillar framework of Self-Awareness, Heart Transformation, Identity, and Community

Why the belief 'once an addict, always an addict' may be the single biggest obstacle between men and freedom

The unforgiveness-relapse connection most men never see coming — and the session that dropped Sathiya's urges from an 8 to a 2 overnight

How the Rat Park experiment proves that the opposite of addiction isn't sobriety — it's connection

FOLLOW SATHIYA SAM:
Instagram: @sathiyasam

Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@sathiyamesam/videos

Website: https://www.sathiyasam.com/

Free copy of his book: https://deepcleancoaching.com/the-last-relapse

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Most of us were taught that anger is a problem to manage, suppress, or apologize for. The ancient Greeks thought that was a path to a half-lived life.
This is the audio version of the Focus Now Training Newsletter — a weekly drop where Jon Macaskill breaks down the mindfulness, focus, and performance concepts from Men Talking Mindfulness into something you can act on this week.
This week's topic: what the ancient Greeks understood about anger that we've forgotten. Jon covers the concept of thumos — the spirited force of the soul — and why Aristotle called anger a virtue. He shares the four personal roots of his own anger, why suppression is like shaking a Coke can, and five things you can start doing differently today.
Paid newsletter subscribers get three deep resources: Mike LeBlanc's five-part framework for hard conversations, a four-week anger intelligence practice, and a thumos assessment. Subscribe at newsletter dot focusnowtraining dot com.
The full episode with Mike LeBlanc — Marine veteran, Harvard MBA, and founder of billion-dollar robotics company Foundation — is available now on Men Talking Mindfulness. Mike's book, What If Anger Is the Answer, drops August 25th.

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What if anger management is NOT about suppression, but about direction and training emotional intensity into clarity, discipline, and presence. Most men are taught that anger is a problem to manage, eliminate, or apologize for, but what if that belief is quietly costing you strength, identity, and performance? In this episode, Jon and Will sit down with Mike LeBlanc - Marine veteran, Harvard MBA, ancient Greek philosophy scholar, and founder of Foundation, a billion-dollar robotics company. They explore the Stoic concepts of Thumos, the spirited force of the soul that drives recognition, ambition, and righteous action. Mike is set to release his new book august this year 2026
What If Anger Is the Answer, which challenges modern assumptions about emotional regulation and reframes anger as a virtue when properly trained. This conversation is not about losing control. It is about taking control.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:
- How to define anger as a warning light rather than a character flaw
- The difference between anger that creates clarity and anger that creates chaos
- Why shame is a tool for self-correction, not self-destruction
- How to plan difficult conversations with precision, humanity, and strategy
- The ancient Stoic Greek framework for training Thumos into virtue and presence

FOLLOW THE GUEST
Mike LeBlanc
Email: [email protected]
Foundation: foundation.bot
Marine Next Chapter Initiative: MarinesNextChapter.com
Book: What If Anger Is the Answer - Available August 25th

If our show resonates, here’s where to go next:
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WATCH FREE training content on the FNT YouTube channel
and if you want to bring this work into your organization, check out our workshops and corporate Training Programs.

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Why do you care so much about what other people think? In this episode of Men Talking Mindfulness, hosts Jon Macaskill and Will Schneider sit down with Army veteran, mental performance coach, and Skull Sessions podcast host Andy Riise to dismantle the most quietly destructive pattern in men's lives — the approval trap. There's a name for what's running in the background of your decisions, and it isn't a character flaw. It's biology. It's called Fear of Negative Evaluation, and it's one of the most studied psychological patterns in clinical research.

The guys break down why your brain literally cannot tell the difference between social rejection and physical pain, why the audience judging you is half the size you think, and how approval seeking shows up in ways most men never connect to the root cause — over-committing at work, constant reassurance seeking in relationships, buying your kids' affection, and still chasing approval from people who haven't been in your life for decades. Understanding it is the first step to breaking free.

In this episode, you'll learn:
What Fear of Negative Evaluation is and why every man is dealing with it whether he knows it or not

The spotlight effect and the Cornell research that proves you're performing for half the audience you think

How approval seeking silently destroys your career, your relationships, and your sense of self

What "ghosts" are — and how to identify whose voice is still running in your head

Why it's not about not caring — it's about choosing deliberately what deserves your care

Practical tools you can use this week to start breaking free from the approval trap

Follow Andy:
Website: https://andyriise.com
TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbNLu7JcZNA
Podcast: https://www.skullsessionspodcast.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyriise

If you've ever held back in a meeting, softened your opinion to keep the peace, or made a decision based on what someone else might think — this conversation will change the way you see yourself and the way you move through the world.

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Why does it feel harder than ever to focus?

In this episode of Men Talking Mindfulness, hosts Jon Macaskill and Will Schneider explore the hidden forces competing for your attention and why many people today feel mentally scattered, reactive, and drained.

Modern technology, constant notifications, and the pressure to always stay connected have created an environment where attention is constantly pulled in different directions. What most people experience as a personal struggle with focus is often the result of living in an attention economy designed to capture and monetize your awareness.
Jon and Will explain why attention is one of the most valuable assets we possess and why learning to direct it intentionally is essential for leadership, performance, and well-being.

The conversation introduces the philosophy behind Focus Now Training, a system designed to help individuals train attention like a skill. Rather than relying on motivation or discipline alone, the practice focuses on strengthening awareness, recognizing distraction, and returning attention to what matters most.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why focus feels harder than ever in the modern world
• How the attention economy competes for your awareness
• Why attention is the foundation of leadership and decision-making
• How distraction affects stress, productivity, and relationships
• Practical ways to begin strengthening focus in daily life

If you’ve ever found yourself constantly checking your phone, jumping between tasks, or feeling mentally exhausted despite being busy, this conversation offers a new perspective on why it happens and what you can do about it.
Training your attention may be the most important skill you develop.

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