Men’s Therapy Podcast
by Marc Azoulay
This is the ultimate podcast for men. The most pressing topics relating to men, covered in one podcast by Marc Azoulay, a psychotherapist with over a decade of experience. Using Neuroscience, Jungian Psychology, and Buddhist Philosophy, we explore, Men’s Mental Health Modern Masculinity, Authentic Leadership, and Shadow Work. Welcome to “Men’s Therapy Podcast” where we tackle essential questions like “How can I be a good man?” “What do leaders need to succeed?” “How do we break childhood wounding and generational trauma?” We also cover addiction recovery, mindfulness, coparenting strategies, spiritual development and more! Whether you’re seeking to understand emotional intelligence for leaders, improve executive functioning, or incorporate mindfulness into daily life, this podcast is for you. Join us as we uncover how childhood conditioning impacts our actions and discover pathways to self-improvement and personal development. Tune in to the Men’s Thera
Episodes
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The Real Reason Your Anxiety Never Goes Away
Visit: menstherapy.online/start What if anxiety isn’t a thinking problem, but a feeling problem? On this episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay sits down with Dr. Russell Kennedy, known as the Anxiety MD, to explore why so many men struggle with anxiety without even recognizing...
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Nice Guy Syndrome - The Hidden Price You’re Paying
Visit: menstherapy.online/start The nice guy’s unspoken deal is simple: be agreeable, keep everyone happy, and eventually get the love, approval, or respect you think you’ve earned. On this Men’s Therapy Podcast roundtable, host Marc Azoulay brings together Tim Wienecke, Pete Armstrong, and Josh...
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Is 50/50 Really FAIR in a Relationship?
Visit: menstherapy.online/start The scorekeeping spreadsheet in your head never shows a balanced ledger. On this Men’s Therapy Podcast roundtable, host Marc Azoulay asks why resentment so often arrives in relationships where both partners are convinced they’re the one doing more. He is joined by...
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The Dating MISTAKE Keeping You Single
Visit: menstherapy.online/start Sameera Sullivan, a matchmaker, joins Marc Azoulay to unpack why dating feels so hard for men right now. Learn what it takes to find and keep a real relationship. Drawing on her experience vetting and coaching clients, Sameera explains how app fatigue, endless...
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Stop Trying to Win the Argument, Do This Instead
Visit: menstherapy.online/start Dr. Jessica Gold joins Marc Azoulay to explore the surprising connection between chemistry and romantic relationships. Drawing on her background in organic chemistry, systems theory, and relationship science, Jessica explains why relationships are dynamic systems....
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Midlife Initiation No One Prepares Men For
Visit: menstherapy.online/start The midlife crisis has a stock image problem: sports car, affair, motorcycle, a man trying to be twenty-two again. On this Men's Therapy Podcast roundtable, host Marc Azoulay brings together three voices who work with men at exactly this turning point. Brooks, a...
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4 Questions Men are Too Ashamed to Ask
Visit: menstherapy.online/start What happens when the habits men use to cope with life start creating problems of their own? From relying on marijuana every night to struggling to say no, feeling emotionally numb, or carrying grief through the holidays, many men learn to manage difficult emotions...
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Imposter Syndrome in High-Performing Men
Visit: menstherapy.online/start Why do so many men who look like they have it all together secretly feel like they're about to be found out? Imposter syndrome in men rarely looks like self-doubt from the outside. More often it looks like a packed calendar, a growing résumé, and a constant sense...
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Why Modern Manhood Got So Much Harder
Why do so many men bounce off traditional therapy? What would therapy look like if it were actually built for them? In this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Mark Azoulay talks with Dr. Andrew Smiler, psychologist and author of the brand-new Clinical Work with Men: Understanding...
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Top Therapist Answers 4 High-Stakes Listener Questions
How do you know what type of therapy is right for you? With options like CBT, DBT, psychodynamic therapy, somatic therapy, and group therapy, finding the right starting point can feel overwhelming. In this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, the conversation explores how men can better…
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Therapist to Billionaires - Hating Yourself Works… To a Point
What happens when you achieve everything you thought would make you happy and still don't feel fulfilled? In this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Mark Azoulay talks with therapist, speaker, and author Jason Connell. They talk about what he calls the “success wound”. It is the deep…
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Divorce Financial Strategist Reveals How Attorneys Profit From Your Divorce
What happens when the emotional pressure of divorce starts driving financial decisions? In this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Mark Azoulay talks with divorce coach Gabriella Martinelli about one of the most complicated parts of divorce: money. Gabriella specializes in the financial...
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Why Men Can Spend Years in Therapy Without Getting Better
What happens when a therapist realizes that a client can spend three years in the same chair talking about the same problems without actually changing? In this episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast, the host reflects on his own experience as a psychotherapist and asks a difficult question: Is...
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The Unexpected Way Gaming Saved These Father-Child Relationships
What if the video game your kid spends hours playing isn't pulling them away from you—but could actually be one of the best ways to get closer? On this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay talks with psychotherapist Brian Keating, who specializes in Minecraft therapy and works...
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What Narcissism Actually Is: A Psychologist, a Therapist, and Someone Who Has It
Narcissism might be the most overused word on the internet, and one of the least understood. On this Men's Therapy Podcast roundtable, host Marc Azoulay brings together four voices who each see the topic from a different angle: Dr. Mark Ettensohn (clinical psychologist, host of Heal NPD), Dr.…
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When Not to Use Your Brain
What happens when a man has the bank account, the house, the title, the "objectively good" life, and still can't sleep past 2 a.m.? On this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay talks with Megan McDonald, founder of SomaQ (Somatic Intelligence Quotient), a former high-performing...
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Most Men Stay Boys Their Entire Lives
What does masculinity look like when you're a Muslim man trying to navigate red pill culture, feminism, and a faith tradition that's been around for 1,400 years, all at once? On this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay talks with Nabeel Azeez, author of 40 Hadith on…
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The Truth Parents Are Too Afraid to Admit About Gender & Sexuality
A lot of parents start this conversation with the same quiet fear: what does it mean about my kid, about our family, about me, if my child is exploring a gender or sexuality that doesn't match what I expected? On this roundtable episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay brings back...
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The Real Reason You Can't Put Your Phone Down (It's Not a Willpower Problem)
.Ask a parent what's going on with their Gen Z son, and you'll usually get a shrug, a worry, or both. On this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay reconnects with an old friend, Joanna Lilley. She is a therapeutic consultant and host of the podcast Success is Subjective. She...
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The Comfort Trap That's Making You Weak
Walk into a CrossFit box at 6 a.m. and you'll see men doing more than chasing a workout PR. According to men's coach and ex-pastor Jason Lyle, they're doing therapy without calling it that. On this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay sits down with Jason, who spent ten years...
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Why Doing Everything Right Still Leaves Men Lost
Every time a testosterone clinic pops up along the highway, third-generation chiropractor Dr. Kyle Hulsebus gets the same question from patients: "Doc, is it low testosterone?" After years of testing men from their 20s to their 80s, his answer is almost always no. On this episode of the Men's...
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Your Anger Isn't the Problem. What You Do Next Is
There's a pattern Coach Kevin Voisin keeps running into with his highest-performing clients: guys who can build a hundred-million-dollar business without blinking, then go home and have no idea how to navigate a conversation with their wife. The gap between those two skill sets, he says, comes…
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The $18 Billion Trap Your Son is Already In
In 2025, Americans legally wagered more than $165 billion on sports, money moving through an industry that, outside of Nevada, didn't legally exist until 2018. Somewhere inside that number is a much harder one to see: how much of it isn't entertainment at all, but sports betting addiction quietly...
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Why So Many Men Are Struggling Right Now
The numbers are hard to sit with. In the most recent year for which data were available, 53% of men who died in the United States did so before the age of 75. Not in a developing country. Not a century ago. Right now, in one of the wealthiest nations on earth, the majority of men are dying before...
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8 Men Ask a Men's Therapist Their Deepest Questions
Something is off for Gen Z men right now. It can look like confidence on the surface, online presence, gym routines, and a few matches on the apps. But underneath all of that, there is often a young man who does not know who he is, who feels invisible in his own friendships, and who is watching…
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The Truth About Male Anger No One Talks About
Anger. Rage. Aggression. Modern psychology has spent decades telling men these are problems to fix. That is exactly where this conversation pushes back. In this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, Marc Azoulay sits down with Mike LeBlanc. He is a Marine veteran, Harvard graduate, founder of a...
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The Dark Psychology of Narcissists Explained
Narcissist. Psychopath. Sociopath. These words are everywhere right now, and most of the time, they are being used incorrectly. That is where this conversation starts. In this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, Marc Azoulay sits down with Dr. Peter Salerno. He is a clinical expert and author…
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Stop Being the Nice Guy Do This Instead
Masculine energy in relationships is something most men have never been properly taught. They’ve been handed two versions, one that’s domineering and one that’s completely hollowed out. Neither works. The first drives his partner away. The second bores her. What actually works is something most…
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Why Couples Slowly Stop Loving Each Other
Most men don't struggle in relationships because they don't care. They struggle because nobody ever taught them how relationships actually work, at a neurological, psychological, and structural level. And by the time most couples realize something is badly wrong, the damage’s been quietly…
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Why So Many Men Feel Completely Alone (Even in Relationships)
The male loneliness epidemic is not just a trending phrase. It’s a quiet crisis playing out in the lives of millions of men, showing up in emergency rooms, in divorce statistics, and in therapy offices where men are finally starting to talk about what they’ve long kept buried. That’s exactly…
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The "Nice Guy" Paradox: Why Comfort is Killing Your Hormones
Modern masculinity has a missing piece, and most men feel it without being able to name it. They pay the bills, hold down big jobs, do everything they’re supposed to do as adults. But when they look in the mirror, they don’t see a man. They see a boy in a man’s costume. In this solo episode of…
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The Dark Side of "Work Hard, Play Hard"
Addiction is one of the most misunderstood forces in men's lives. It doesn’t always look like rock bottom. It can look like a high-functioning executive who has a spotless professional record. It can look like the life of the party who stays for the after-party when everyone else goes home. It…
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Why You Feel "Dead" Inside (It's Not Depression)
Emotional numbness does not always look like a crisis. For many men, it is quieter, a steady flatness, a sense of static that will not lift no matter how much they push. In this solo episode of the Men's Therapy Online Podcast, Marc Azoulay, therapist, coach, and founder of Men's Therapy Online…
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The Most Dangerous Men Look Nice
The fawn response is one of the most misunderstood patterns in men’s psychology. It doesn’t look like weakness. It looks like generosity, agreeableness, and keeping the peace. But underneath it, there’s usually a man who is terrified of being rejected, disconnected from his own needs, and slowly...
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Most Men Don’t Recover From Divorce… Here’s Why
Divorce recovery is rarely just about legal paperwork and splitting assets. For most men, it’s one of the most disorienting experiences of their adult lives, and for those going through a high-conflict divorce, the chaos can stretch on for years. That’s exactly what this episode unpacks. In this...
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Why We Can’t Stop Working: Inside a Workaholic’s Mind
Workaholics rarely see themselves coming. The long hours feel necessary. The grind feels justified. And the people closest to them - a spouse, a child, a close friend — are left standing at the edge of a life that keeps getting smaller while the work keeps getting bigger. That’s where this...
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If You Had To Listen To One Conversation As A Man, This Is It
Writing a book is one of the most revealing things a man can do. It forces you to sit with yourself, confront your insecurities, and commit to a process with no guaranteed payoff. For most men, that is exactly where the growth is, and it’s exactly where this conversation begins. In this episode…
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The Lie That’s Destroying Young Men
Therapy for men has a problem, and it starts long before a man ever walks into a session. In this episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast, Marc Azoulay is sitting down with Timothy Wienecke. Tim is a therapist, educator, air force veteran, and host of the American Masculinity Podcast. Together, they...
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The Most Powerful Tool You Have: Energy Awareness
Spirituality is not the first word most men reach for when they are trying to fix their lives. But according to Dr. Dain Heer, it might be the most important one. That’s the question Dr. Dain Heer is bringing to this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast. Dr. Heer is the co-creator of Access...
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50 Minutes of Badass Grandad's Advice to Young Men
How to become a mentor? What does it take to go from a self-described adrenaline junkie who sought his masculine identity in war zones and deadly mountain climbs, to one of the most thoughtful mentors for young men alive today? That is the question at the heart of this episode of the Men’s…
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Stop Being a "Nice Guy" if You Want Respect (The Brutal Truth) w/ Kelvin Davis
Nice guy syndrome is at the center of a quiet crisis in modern masculinity. It is shaping how men date, relate, suppress their needs, and carry resentment into adulthood. In this episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay is sitting down with Kelvin Davis. He is a men’s therapist and...
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MASTERCLASS: Relationship Advice for Men: Attachment, Intimacy & Communication
Most relationship advice for men sticks to basic tips on communication or attraction. But it misses the deeper problems. In this roundtable episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay leads a straightforward talk. They discuss why relationships fail. They cover what men truly need in…
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A 40-Year Real Estate Veteran’s Warning to Ambitious Men w/ Joe Kavanagh
For many men, business resiliency doesn’t begin with strategy or spreadsheets. It begins with pressure, uncertainty, and the slow realization that working harder is no longer enough. It often arrives alongside emotional exhaustion, strained relationships, and the sense that something beneath the...
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Rites of Passage as a Path to Healthy Masculinity w/ Paul Marcinkowski
Rites of Passage have quietly faded from many modern communities. This leaves boys to navigate adulthood by themselves. Without clear markers of growth, responsibility, or belonging. In this episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay speaks with Paul Marcinkowski. Paul is a counselor...
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Social Media Addiction and the Crisis Facing Young Men w/ Peter Lear
Social media addiction sits at the center of a growing mental health crisis among young men. In this episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay is joined by Peter Lear. He is a licensed clinical social worker and addiction counselor based in Boulder, Colorado. Lear has spent decades...
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The Crisis No One Wants to Admit Men Are In w/ Josh Tomeoni
Masculine energy isn’t about dominance or detachment. It’s about how men face loss, responsibility, and the slow work of becoming whole. It is at the centre of Josh Tomeoni’s work, who is our guest today. Josh is a men’s coach specializing in divorce recovery and the host of The Derelict Podcast....
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How to Properly Channel PAIN into Discipline & Success w/ Brett Zachman
Learn what it means to be a man in 2025, as ideas around masculinity, emotional intelligence, and personal growth continue to evolve in today’s world. In this episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay sits down with Brett Zachman to explore these shifts in depth. Zachman is the...
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Neurodiversity and the Crisis in Modern Education w/ Jake Noonan
Neurodiversity is at the heart of a growing crisis in modern education. It is the one that is shaping how young men learn, struggle, and carry their mental health challenges into adulthood. In this episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay sits down with Jake Noonan. He is an…
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Midlife Crisis and the King’s Return w/ Mark J. Platten
For many men, the midlife crisis doesn’t arrive as a quiet reflection. It arrives as relationship tension and emotional shutdown. It comes with the unsettling realization that something deeper is demanding attention. In this episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast, Marc Azoulay speaks with Mark J....
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Why Good Men Keep Choosing the Wrong Women (3 ways to break the loop)
Ever wonder why so many men find themselves stuck in the same romantic patterns? Marc highlights the psychology behind working with men struggling with anxious attachment. He focuses on emotionally unavailable partners and recurring relationship breakdowns in this episode. Early in the...
About this show
This is the ultimate podcast for men. The most pressing topics relating to men, covered in one podcast by Marc Azoulay, a psychotherapist with over a decade of experience. Using Neuroscience, Jungian Psychology, and Buddhist Philosophy, we explore, Men’s Mental Health Modern Masculinity, Authentic Leadership, and Shadow Work.
Welcome to “Men’s Therapy Podcast” where we tackle essential questions like “How can I be a good man?” “What do leaders need to succeed?” “How do we break childhood wounding and generational trauma?” We also cover addiction recovery, mindfulness, coparenting strategies, spiritual development and more! Whether you’re seeking to understand emotional intelligence for leaders, improve executive functioning, or incorporate mindfulness into daily life, this podcast is for you.
Join us as we uncover how childhood conditioning impacts our actions and discover pathways to self-improvement and personal development.
Tune in to the Men’s Thera
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