Why Men Need Other Men to Heal

You can have buddies you golf with, hunt with, work with, grab beers with and still have absolutely nobody in your life who knows what's actually going on with you.

Chuck, Barrett, and Bob discovered the difference.

All three joined Healthy Men-tality in August 2025. A year later, they're still here... because they found something they didn't want to give up: a community of men willing to be open, call each other out, and actually hold one another accountable.

This week they join me to talk about why they stayed, what a year of mentoring new guys has taught them, and what it actually looks like when men do this work together instead of by themselves.

We talk about:

Why having male friends isn't necessarily the same as having male support

The moment these guys started recognizing their own patterns in newer members

Why people pleasing and codependency are so damn easy to see in somebody else

What happens when a skeptical man finally tries breathwork

Why some men come into coaching looking for validation instead of change

The stories we create to justify behavior we already know isn't aligned with who we want to be

Why integrity became such a huge part of their definition of emotional safety