EP11 | Your Best Years Are Not Behind You (with Michael Ostrolenk)

At almost 40, as a civilian, Michael Ostrolenk completed Kokoro Camp. A 50-hour event modeled on Navy SEAL Hell Week. Most men half his age don’t finish it.But the lesson he took away wasn’t about toughness. It was about something underneath toughness that most men in midlife have never been taught to look at.In this episode, I sit down with Michael, a licensed therapist and former master coach with Mark Divine’s SEALFIT program, to talk about the gap between how a man’s life looks and how it feels. Why willpower stops working in your 40s. The hidden cost of running on a fried nervous system. The stories men tell themselves about aging that keep them stuck. And what actually changes when a man at 45, 50, or 55 decides his best years are still ahead of him.If you’ve ever felt like you should be doing fine but something underneath isn’t working, this conversation is for you.Don’t fade.Find Michael:Website: michaeldostrolenk.comPodcast: Resilience Redefined (YouTube and Spotify)YouTube: youtube.com/@michaeldostrolenkSubstack: Michael OstrolenkTwitter/X: @MOstrolenkLinkedIn: Michael OstrolenkPrograms mentioned: Resilience Optimized Men’s Group (with JC Glick), Team Fudoshin (teamfudoshin.com)Find Against the Fade on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and at @dontfadepodcast across social. Against the Fade — For Men Who Refuse to Fade in MidlifeNew episodes every Tuesday.Newsletter & resources: https://againstthefade.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/againstthefadepodcast TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@againstthefadepodcast X/Twitter: https://x.com/dontfadepodcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/@againstthefadepodcastA Second Summit Podcast.