The Comfort Trap That's Making You Weak

<p>Walk into a CrossFit box at 6 a.m. and you&#39;ll see men doing more than chasing a workout PR. According to men&#39;s coach and ex-pastor Jason Lyle, they&#39;re doing therapy without calling it that. On this episode of the Men&#39;s Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay sits down with Jason, who spent ten years owning a CrossFit gym and now runs Sacred Grit, a <a href="https://menstherapy.online/podcasts/does-group-therapy-really-make-men-stronger-jack-donovan/?utm_source=Blog&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=Blog" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">men&#39;s coaching</a> practice built around retreats, nervous system work, and one very cold morning ritual.</p><p>The conversation unpacks why modern comfort has left men&#39;s nervous systems overloaded and under-challenged, and why hard physical practices like CrossFit, cold water immersion, and breathwork aren&#39;t really about fitness at all, they&#39;re about teaching the body how to stay regulated under stress. Jason walks through the biology of the amygdala hijack, why men can run a hundred-mile trail race but freeze up in a hard conversation with their partner, and why regulation without honest self-examination just becomes another way to avoid the real work. It closes with Jason&#39;s take on where <a href="https://menstherapy.online/podcasts/masculine-energy-modern-masculinity-josh-tomeoni/?utm_source=Blog&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=Blog" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">masculinity</a> goes from here, and why he thinks accountability and honesty, not apology, are what get men there.</p><p>For more podcasts, blogs, and to get involved in the Men&#39;s Therapy Online Community, visit <a href="http://www.menstherapy.online" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.menstherapy.online</a>.</p><p>Follow us on social media: <a href="https://mtr.bio/mens-therapy-online" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mtr.bio/mens-therapy-online</a>.</p><p>Connect with Jason</p><p>Website: https://thesacredgrit.com/ </p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lyle.jason/ </p><p>Resources Mentioned</p><p>The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter: https://www.amazon.com/Comfort-Crisis-Embrace-Discomfort-Reclaim/dp/0593138767 </p><p>Wild at Heart by John Eldredge: https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Heart-Revised-Updated-Discovering/dp/1400200393 </p><p>Individual Therapy: https://menstherapy.online/?utm_source=Podcast&amp;utm_medium=Service&amp;utm_campaign=Individual_Therapy</p><p>Men’s group: https://menstherapy.online/mens-groups/?utm_source=Podcast&amp;utm_medium=Service&amp;utm_campaign=Mens_Groups</p><p>MTO Slack: https://menstherapy.online/slack/?utm_source=Podcast&amp;utm_medium=Slack_CTA&amp;utm_campaign=MTO_Slack</p><p>Website: https://menstherapy.online/</p>