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Manalizing
by Garth Haslem and every other man on the planet
Men talking about what men don't talk about. It's pretty vulnerable, so put on your hardhat and listen in.
Episodes
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Manalizing 45 Paul Goering - Scars You Can't See
Today we’re talking to Paul Gehring — author of Scars You Can’t See — about the kind of pain men carry quietly. Paul is the guy everyone calls “the rock.” Husband. Father of four. Caregiver to a wife who has endured multiple open-heart surgeries and a life-altering stroke. From the outside, he...
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Manalizing 44 Adrian Brodeur - Faith, Fatherhood, and the Fight to Break Generational Pain
Adrain Brodeur’s story is one of faith forged in fire. From an abusive childhood to the edge of suicide at eight years old, he found redemption in the belief that his life still mattered — and in time, built a family rooted in love, trust, and faith. In this conversation, Adrain opens up about…
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Manalizing 43 Nate Shepardson - We don't do that anymore
Description: In this unfiltered episode of Manalizing, Nate Shepardson lays bare the battle with pornography addiction and the deeper story beneath it—childhood shame, lost years, financial collapse, and the desperate search for connection. From blowing his net worth on a failed business to…
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Manalizing 42 Glenn Lovelace - Heal the Boy, Forge the Man. Brotherhood, Brokenness and the Will to Rise
He lost a home, broke his body, and nearly ended his life — but somewhere in the wreckage, he found God, purpose, and a new definition of being a man. Glenn Loveless has lived a life most men couldn’t survive. He’s a husband of 21 years, father of seven, former bodybuilder, and founder of Your...
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Manalizing 41 Wyatt Black: Violating the Man Rules - Survival and Speaking Truth
He’s a soldier, survivor, and straight shooter. But behind the humor and grit is a man who’s been choked, stabbed, and nearly took his own life — and lived to talk about it. 🎧 Episode DescriptionWyatt Black is the kind of man who’s seen both sides of the line — the uniformed world of order and…
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Manalizing 40 Boo Andersen: The Refiner’s Fire — Boo Anderson on Football, Faith, and Becoming Who You Really Are
He was a linebacker for the University of Utah — strong, driven, and unstoppable. But the real story started after the lights went out and life got quiet. 🎧 Episode Description Boo Anderson is a man who’s lived both power and pain. A former University of Utah linebacker and now a successful...
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Manalizing 39 Adam Sharp - Forgiving and finding peace in the pain
He’s buried six friends to suicide, lost his dad, his marriage, and nearly himself — but learned how to turn pain into peace and struggle into strength. Adam Sharp knows loss. In the past eight years, he’s buried six people to suicide, lost his dad unexpectedly, and watched his marriage of...
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Manalizing 38 Jeff Beck: The Creator’s Curse — Jeff Beck on Purpose, ADHD, and the Lies We Tell Ourselves
He looks like he has it all — talent, brains, creativity — but inside, he fights the same voices every man does: lazy, useless, not enough. Jeff Beck is the kind of guy who seems to have it all figured out. Brilliant, creative, successful — a photographer, game designer, podcast host, and…
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Manalizing 37 Sean Van Brunt - Freedom Isn’t What You Think — Sean Van Brunt on Homelessness, Addiction, and Taking Back His Life
He was homeless, drunk, and ready to end it all — until he learned that real freedom isn’t doing whatever you want. It’s becoming who you’re meant to be. At twenty-six, Sean Van Brent has already lived a lifetime. Marine veteran, roofer, and entrepreneur, he’s been homeless, addicted, and…
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Manalizing 36 Adam Sharp - Everyone can save someone
Adam is an unassuming veteran who is both a regular guy and the salt of the earth. Here is a man with great wisdom and great humility. This is a very impressive man. Here's his interview
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Manalizing 35 Chako Fairbanks : What Do You Say To The Widow?
Her husband collapsed beside her while cutting a tree. In minutes, the life she loved was gone — and she had to learn what to do when the world stops. 🎧 Episode Description Chaco Fairbanks isn’t a man, but her story speaks to every man who’s ever loved deeply and lost hard. Nine months ago, her...
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Manalizing 34 Beau Brown - Dealing with demons
A former helicopter pilot turned home inspector opens up about his near-suicide moment in Hawaii, rebuilding his marriage, and learning that real strength means letting others help. Beau Brown was living the dream—flying helicopters in Hawaii, a career most men would envy. But behind the views…
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Manalizing 33 Mark Bartholomew: The Hard Part is Coming Home
A former Army combat medic fights nightmares, family court, and the silence at home—and finds purpose in fatherhood and helping other vets. Mark Bartholomew spent 13 months in Iraq’s Sadr City and the Triangle of Death as a combat medic. He came home with blood still caked on his boots—and a…
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Manalizing 32 Lauren Busch: From Trauma to Tools and Moving Forward
Lauren Bush has lived through what most of us can’t even imagine — and come out the other side with fire, grace, and truth that men need to hear. In this raw and powerful conversation, we talk about what it means to heal after sexual abuse, how trauma passes through generations, why hurt people...
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Manalizing 31 Dennis Harris - The Atomic Bomb of Grief: A Cop, a Father, and Choosing to Stay
When grief detonates, the blast doesn’t stop at one life. Former Utah County deputy Dennis Harris sits down with Garth Haslem to tell the story he’s spent decades learning to say out loud: his 15-year-old daughter died by suicide with his duty weapon. What followed was shock, isolation, a family...
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Manalizing 30 Chris Rexwell - The Long Winter: Fatherhood, Isolation, and Starting Over
When the courts, the silence, and the empty house all close in, what does a man do? Chris Rexwell —a father, veteran, and Alaskan native—talks with Garth Haslem about what it’s like to lose your child for eight months, to come home to nothing but echoes, and to somehow find your footing again.…
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Manalizing 29 Jade Moellendorf - EP — Spherical Man: Building Brotherhood, Balance, and Belonging
What happens when a man decides he’s done living alone—and starts building a brotherhood instead? In this heartfelt conversation, Jade Mollendorf, founder of Spherical Man, joins Garth Haslem to talk about the loneliness, silence, and strength that shape modern men. From divorce and fatherhood to...
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Manalizing 28 Buck Hedges: The Cowboy Philosopher: Hard Lessons from the Heartland
Some men swing a hammer. Some build websites. Buck Hedges does both—then saddles a horse, rides into the hills, and thinks deeply about what it means to be a man. In this grounded, heartfelt conversation, Buck and Garth talk about hard things: loneliness, bullying, anger, marriage, faith, and the...
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Manalizing 27 Joe Devito: From Heroin to Hero -Shadow Work, Fatherhood & Masculinity
Joe DeVito shouldn’t be here. After childhood trauma, an intentional overdose, and years lost to addiction, he walked five miles to detox and rebuilt his life from the inside out. Today he coaches men through shadow work, boundaries, initiation, and conscious fatherhood. We talk: the “golden...
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Manalizing 26 Jason Christiansen - The Wild Dad, the Warrior Son, and the Weight of Armor
You think you know what it means to be a man—until you meet Jason Christensen. He’s the kind of dad who teaches his sons to fight him, to think for themselves, and to tell women they’re beautiful. He’s also a divorced father who walked through heartbreak, failure, and faith—and came out knowing...
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Manalizing 25 Braden Lawson - You never know what a man carries
Sometimes you meet someone who changes the way you see strength. Braden Lawson is a Utah realtor, a gay man, and a survivor who’s lived through addiction, rebellion, and rediscovery. In this conversation, Garth and Braden talk about what it means to own your life—your choices, your identity, and...
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Manalizing 24 Wes Earls - Autopilot, Abandonment, and Awakening
What happens when a man wakes up and realizes he’s been living on autopilot—running the same patterns, reacting the same way, and never truly steering his own life? In this episode, Wes Earls joins Garth Haslem for a raw, winding conversation about loneliness, control, and the patterns that keep...
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Manalizing 23 Enrique Cahua - Punched in the Face by Life: From Divorce and Darkness to Light
As I write this, I'm looking for words. This is one of the most powerful interviews you'll hear. Not just on Manalizing - anywhere. Enrique appears to have it all - the looks, the health, the cars and toys, the intelligence, the money, the athleticism - all of it. But his demons are dark. They…
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Manalizing 22 TJ Mclellan: Drink a Cup of Badass-From War, PTSD, and Darkness to Strength and Light
What happens when a man walks through war, loss, and darkness—and decides to build instead of break? In this powerful episode, Air Force veteran and real estate broker TJ McClellan shares how losing his bunk mate to self inflicted termination in Afghanistan shattered his world—and how that pain...
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Manalizing 21 Devin Westover: The Mechanic and the Trash Compactor
He’s a mechanic. He’s got the truck, the tools, the house, the wife, and the kid. From the outside, Devin Westover looks like every man’s definition of “doing it right.” But inside? He was a trash compactor. Stuffing down pain from miscarriages, exhaustion, a broken family, and a near-suicide no...
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Manalizing 20 Padraic Walsh: The Legal Dad: From Brokenness to Enough — with Pauric “Rick” Walsh
He was bullied as a kid, chased approval through bars and bad choices, lost his marriage, lost his job, and nearly lost his life. But in the silence after the storm, he heard a different voice — one that said, “You’re not done yet.” In this episode, Garth sits down with Pauric (Rick) Walsh, an...
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Manalizing 19 Kateri Reyes: Reclaiming Sacred Ground: Kateri's Story of Abuse, Faith, and Freedom
This one is different. It’s not theory — it’s survival. In this episode of Manalizing, host Garth Haslem sits down with Kateri Reyes, a woman who spent 15 years in an abusive marriage and somehow came out stronger, wiser, and full of light. What started as a story of pain becomes a masterclass in...
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Manalizing 18 Eddie Villa: The Voice Inside: How to Turn Your Inner Critic into an Ally
What if your biggest flaws were the keys to your greatness? In this Manalizing episode, host Garth Haslem sits down with Eddie Villa — speaker, author, strengths coach, and one of Garth’s closest friends — for a powerful, raw conversation about becoming the man you were created to be. Eddie’s...
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Manalizing 17 John Emanuele: You Don’t Have to Lose Yourself to Win the Fight
When everything falls apart — your marriage, your finances, your health — what keeps a man going? In this Manalizing episode, host Garth Haslem talks with John Emmanuele, a Wisconsin dad who’s lived through just about every kind of storm: divorce, false accusations, custody battles, and even his...
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Manalizing 16 Ray Rocha: the custody fight that nearly broke him - and made him
Sometimes the moment that saves your life looks like a beer can flying through the air. In this episode of Manalizing, host Garth Haslem sits down with Ray Rocha — a salesman, drummer, father, and 31-year sober alcoholic who learned how to rebuild his life one brutally honest day at a time. Ray’s...
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Manalizing 15 Teigun Peterson: Forgiving the father - a lesson in strength
Tegan Peterson looks like life’s been easy — clean-cut, confident, and now engaged to Garth’s “bonus daughter,” Mandy. But behind that smile is a story of deep hurt, early responsibility, and the kind of maturity that only comes from pain. In this Manalizing episode, Garth Haslem sits down with...
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Manalizing 14 Aaron Walker - Isolation is the enemy of excellence
What happens when the man who has everything loses it all in a single, tragic moment? Aaron Walker — “Big A” — built and sold businesses, made millions, and lived a life most men only dream of. But in 2001, a car accident claimed a man’s life and shattered Aaron’s sense of purpose. In the...
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Manalizing 13 Damian Davis - Not every action deserves a reaction
When life hits hardest, most men shut down. Damien Davis didn’t. At just 28, he’s been through what many men never recover from — a toxic breakup, depression, fatherhood in chaos, and a custody battle with someone diagnosed as bipolar and narcissistic. Yet somewhere in that wreckage, Damien found...
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Manalizing 12 Aaron Shields - Despite Appearances
On first glance, Aaron Shields looks like he has it all—rocket scientist turned software leader, gifted musician, dad of six, thriving career. But behind the resume is a man who hit a wall in 2012 that blew up his self-image and set him on a new path: connection coaching and what he calls…
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Manalizing 11 Robert Snow - Where Do You Find the Friends You Can Cry With?
Contractor, pilot, physical therapist, business owner—Robert Snow wears a lot of hats. In this raw conversation, we talk anger, perception, and the long arc of growth—from a slammed cabinet in ’94 to raising teens and fighting for a marriage that actually connects. Robert opens up about the night...
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Manalizing 10 Jordan Ricks Hanks and Riley Hanks - When He Finally Asked for Help
Description Riley and Jordan Hanks sit down with Manalizing to share the raw, unfiltered reality of facing stage-IV gastric cancer as newlyweds and first-time parents. Jordan opens up about surgeries, chemo, and living with a “kiwi-sized” stomach; Riley talks through the invisible load—anxiety,...
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Manalizing 9 Jordan Hanks - Jordan Ricks Hanks: Loving Through Stage 4—What Men Can Do When Cancer Hits Home”
Jordan Ricks Hanks was 30 when life changed fast: a rare CDH1 genetic mutation, stage-4 gastric signet-ring cancer, major surgeries (stomach, ovaries, colon, gallbladder), and a newborn in the NICU. She sits down with Garth to share how she and her husband Riley are facing the...
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Manalizing 8 Howard Little: Choosing Laughter Through Cancer, Complications & Comebacks
In this raw, courageous conversation, Howard Little opens up about living with—and outliving—aggressive prostate cancer, dangerous blood clots, and life-altering complications. He could choose bitterness. He chooses laughter. We talk fear, faith, body blows (literal and figurative), the...
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Manalizing 7 Garth Haslem - This Time It’s Me – Garth Haslem on Fathers, Failure, and Finding Purpose
Description: In this special episode of Manalizing, the mic turns around. Host Garth Haslem takes the hot seat as his friend Howard Little interviews him. Garth opens up about the quiet ache of an absent father, the years spent chasing a paycheck instead of a purpose, and the long road through a...
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Manalizing 6 Pele Tautu Talking to the Moon
Pele grew up between ocean calm and street violence on Oahu’s North Shore—where respect was enforced, tempers ran hot, and boys learned to win by force. In this raw, grounded conversation, he and host Garth Haslem unpack the moments that shaped him: learning to surf, shouldering a young father’s...
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Manalizing 5 Pele Tautu Being an Immigrant
Pele grew up on the North Shore of Hawaii, where love and violence lived side by side. In a world that taught boys to fight first and feel later, he learned to survive by strength, anger, and silence. But survival isn’t the same as peace. In this episode of Manalizing, Garth Haslem sits down with...
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Manalizing 4 Todd Nielsen Outer Toughness, Inner Desperation
Todd Nielsen spent his life chasing danger. As an undercover cop, he kicked in doors, faced gunfire, and cleaned up the darkest corners of humanity. But the real battle wasn’t on the streets—it was inside. When an injury ended his career, Todd lost everything he thought made him a man: the...
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Manalizing 3 Kolby Drew Drugs, light & deck building
Kolby Drew has lived on both sides of the mountain. Once a top salesman, he fell hard—sixteen trips through rehab, years on the street, and nights sleeping behind a hardware store. Then came the moment that changed everything. In this Manalizing conversation, Kolby talks with Garth Haslem about...
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Manalizing 2 Frank Photiadis Navigating marriages & divorces
As men, we think that we're unique in a lonely world. We put on a face, and talk things out with no-one. Here's what that looks like, and what happens next
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Manalizing 1 Garth Haslem - why I'm doing manalizing
Let's face it: Life is hard for everyone. It's hard for women, and it's hard for men. Here's the thing from my chair: if a woman has a problem, she has girlfriends. If a man has an issue, he often has no-one. This results in a man isolating himself. Sometimes this results in addictions, abuse…
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Men talking about what men don't talk about. It's pretty vulnerable, so put on your hardhat and listen in.
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