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Tom Ziglar: Faith and Family Are the Foundation, Not the Footnote
AFR Men's Summit Speaker Series — Speaker #3 of 8 Summit: The Power of Asking for Help — Creating the American Family Renaissance Date: September 14, 2026 · Online, join from anywhere Meet the full lineup: americanfamilyrenaissance.org/summit/speakers Reserve your...
Chris Widener: The Biggest Lie Men Believe — and Why Real Leadership Starts With Humility
AFR Men's Summit Speaker Series — Speaker #2 of 8 Summit: The Power of Asking for Help — Creating the American Family Renaissance Date: September 14, 2026 · Online, join from anywhere Meet the full lineup: americanfamilyrenaissance.org/summit/speakers Reserve your...
Scott Schilling: Why Authentic Connection Is the Door Every Man Has Been Knocking On
AFR Men's Summit Speaker Series — Speaker #1 of 8 Summit: The Power of Asking for Help — Creating the American Family Renaissance Date: September 14, 2026 · Online, join from anywhere Meet the full lineup: americanfamilyrenaissance.org/summit/speakers Reserve your...
The Church of ESPN: How We Traded Sunday Dinner for Sunday Betting Lines
A man I'll call Dave sat across from me at a coaching session a few months back and said something that's stuck with me ever since. "I didn't even notice it happening," he said. One Sunday I looked up, and my daughter was twelve. Twelve. And I couldn't tell you the...
Getting Back to American Family Values
I turned on the TV last Sunday to watch a game. Just a game. Something simple. Something that used to feel like home, a beer in the fridge, my dad's voice in the back of my head calling a play before it happened, a scoreboard that meant something for three hours and...
Why Christian Men Struggle to Ask for Help (And Why That Needs to Change) True Man Podcast | Episode 254
When is the last time you pulled over and asked for directions? Not Google Maps. An actual person. Rolling down the window and saying: "Hey, I'm lost. Can you help me find where I'm going?" For most men, that question produces an almost physical discomfort. We would...
The Lost Art of the Caring Conversation: Why We’re So Quick to Fix and So Slow to Listen
I've sat across the table from people who wanted to fix my business before they understood it. People who'd never built a company, never met a payroll, or never lost a night's sleep wondering if they could make the next one, and yet somehow, they had a three-point...
Why Men Need Community and the Courage to Ask for Help: My Conversation with Bobby Shelton on The Self-Leadership Lab
I recently sat down with Bobby Shelton on his podcast, The Self-Leadership Lab, for a conversation that went places I didn't expect—and that's exactly why I love this kind of dialogue. What started as a discussion about the origin of "True Man" turned into a...
Building the Field for Someone Else American Family Renaissance | True Man Podcast Episode #253
"Hey, Dad — you want to have a catch?" That's the line from Field of Dreams. This week, I watched grown men live it out for real, and it hit me harder than I expected. A week ago, I told you about my own trip to that field in Dyersville, Iowa, about having a catch...
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What Is Your Family Learning From You?
For the past three days, I've asked you to look inward. What are you carrying alone? When did you stop asking for help? Who really knows you? Today, I want you to look outward. At your family. And ask yourself: What is my family learning from me? Not from what I tell...
Who Really Knows You?
Over the last two days, I've asked you two questions: What are you carrying alone? And: When did you stop asking for help? Today, I want to ask you something that may be even more uncomfortable: Who really knows you? Not who knows your name. Not who follows you on...
When Did You Stop Asking for Help?
Yesterday, I asked you a simple question: What are you carrying alone? Today, I want to take that question one step deeper. When did you stop asking for help? Think about that for a moment. There was probably a time when asking for help came naturally. As boys, we...
What Are You Carrying Alone? The Question Every Man Needs to Answer
There are things men carry that nobody can see. The pressure to provide. The marriage that isn't where we want it to be. The relationship with a son or daughter that has grown distant. The business decision keeping us awake at 2:00 in the morning. The financial...
Mike Van Pelt: The Power of Asking for Help — and Why I Built A Men’s Summit
AFR Men's Summit Speaker Series — Speaker #8 of 8 Summit: The Power of Asking for Help — Creating the American Family Renaissance Date: September 14, 2026 · Online, join from anywhere Meet the full lineup: americanfamilyrenaissance.org/summit/speakers Reserve your...
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