The Grounded Masculine Podcast
by Fin McKenna-Fox
My name is Fin McKenna-Fox and I am here to transform the everyday man into a confident leader so that they can show up for themselves, their family, their career, and the collective as a whole. I guide awakening men to break free from their limiting beliefs that hold them back from living the life they know they deserve. I teach them how to tap into their Masculine Leadership, take responsibility for their actions & live life on purpose.Join The Grounded Masculine Clan to collect with other like-minded brothers https://www.facebook.com/groups/328770151871191
Episodes
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Maybe Fatherhood Didn’t Make You Lose Yourself…
🧨 FREE Program; Building Capacity As A Busy Father, PLUS Bonus Training 👉 https://www.skool.com/the-grounded-fa...Maybe fatherhood didn't make you lose yourself.Maybe it exposed that you never really knew yourself in the first place.A lot of dads I speak to feel like somewhere between work,...
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How to Plan Your Week as a Busy Dad | More Clarity, Focus & Presence
Get your Notion Template Here https://shorturl.at/4PglH🧨 FREE Program; Building Capacity As A Busy Father, PLUS Bonus Training 👉 https://www.skool.com/the-grounded-father/aboutMessage me the word 'father' on Instagram to apply to join The Grounded Father Movement👉...
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Why You Keep Ending Up Back Here (Breaking the Cycle of Self-Sabotage)
You've been making progress.You're showing up better.You're feeling more present.Your habits are improving.Then life gets busy...The kids get sick.Work ramps up.Stress takes over.Before you know it, you're right back in the same old patterns, asking yourself:"How the fu@k am I back here again?"In...
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The Real Reason You're Loosing Your Sh*t as a Father (It's probably not what you think)
I don't think you're losing your shit because you're a bad father. I think you're losing your sht because you're exhausted. Most fathers think they need more patience, more discipline, or better communication. But after working with hundreds of dads over the years, I've become convinced they're...
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You don't need more discipline as a father. You need this...
Most fathers think they need more discipline. More motivation. More hustle. But what if the real problem is that you're trying to carry too much without enough stability underneath you? In this episode of The Grounded Masculine Podcast, I dive into the 5 biggest shifts I've seen transform fathers...
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Breaking Free From Old Fatherhood Patterns: A Modern Guide
In today's episode I explore the outdated model of fatherhood and speak into a new, grounded approach of fatherhood based on emotional availability, self-responsibility, and leadership within the family. This episode offers practical strategies for modern dads to break free from old conditioning...
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S4E22 - Why You Overreact... And How to Stop
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources We all have moments in our days when we overreact to the simplest of things, then this leaves us beating ourselves up because of it! I get it dude; it happens to us all, but it doesn’t have to be like this! In this week’s episode, I share a 3 Step…
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S4E21 - 6 Red Flags That Have Been Normalised in Dads
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources Fatherhood is hard, but there are also a lot of things that we avoid doing that will help make it easier. In today’s episode, I dive into 6 red flags that have been normalised in fathers in today's society. It’s like we have made it acceptable to just...
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S4E20 - 3 Practices to Master in 2026
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources Welcome back for another year of The Grounded Masculine Podcast. I am excited to share with you the 3 practices that I recommend you lock in for 2026 if you want to show up as a better man, father & husband. These don’t take heaps of time, but they do take...
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S4E19 - Do The Simple Things Well
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources This is a short and punchy one but a message I needed to get out there!! The importance of doing the simple things well will never cease to amaze me! Too often, we as men think that we need to change absolutely everything all at once. Then, very soon after we...
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S4E18 - 10 Years of Fatherhood in 6 Lessons
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources I am very grateful to share with you my top 6 lessons that I have learned over the past 10 years on my own fatherhood journey. I held a lot of reservations and fears about fatherhood as I didn’t have a clue what to expect, and in all honestly - I struggled a…
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S4E17 - Pain vs Pleasure - Understanding What’s Really Driving You
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources I’m stoked to be back behind the mic with another solo episode exploring the driving factors to change. This is a very important topic to dive into, because too many guys are falling back into the same repeated cycles with working on themselves. So, if you have...
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S4E16 - Your Inner Child & Why You Self Sabotage
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources In this episode, we dive into the powerful and often misunderstood topic of the inner child. Your inner child is the part of you that holds onto the stories, beliefs, and coping mechanisms you created while growing up—many of which still shape how you think, feel…
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S4E15 - The Connection Compass - A Date Night Ritual
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources I am so happy to finally get to record this training/podcast episode as it has been such a massive game-changer in my own relationship over the past 4.5 months. This week’s episode is all about The Connection Compass — a simple but powerful ritual you can use with...
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S4E14 - From Reactivity to Resilience: A New Foundation for Fatherhood
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources In this episode, I dive into what building your capacity really means as a father, especially during seasons of life filled with work demands, growing families, and everyday chaos. I explore: Why our ability to “hold” emotionally, mentally, physically depends on our...
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S4E13 - 5 Tips To Help You Stay Grounded
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources: Link After a hectic week in The McFox household, I wanted to share 5 tips that helped me stay grounded & hold my family. As a busy father, there is so much expectation of us, and especially when you get slammed with the random stressors that pop in out of nowhere....
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S4E12 - 6 Steps to Break Self Sabotage
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources: https://ig.me/m/the_grounded_masculine?text=Free%20Resources%20from%20Pod =============================== You are doing the work, making changes, reading all of the books, listening to the podcasts & everything feels like it is moving in the right direction, then…
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S4E11 - What Is Your Capacity As A Busy Father?
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources: https://ig.me/m/the_grounded_masculine?text=Free%20Resources%20from%20Pod =============================== I’M BACK!! After a bit of a hiatus, I am so excited to be back behind the mic and sharing with you all again. The past 2 years have been a rollercoaster with 2…
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S4E10 - Retelling My Story Of Change
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources :https://www.thegroundedmasculine.com.au/freeresources =============================== In today’s solo episode I wanted to share a bit more of my story and what brought me to create The Grounded Masculine in the first place… It has been pretty much 7 years to the…
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S4E9 - The Fear of Regret
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources: https://www.thegroundedmasculine.com.au/freeresources =============================== I am delighted to have my mate Cormac Noonan on the show today where we share a great conversation into men’s work and the importance of following our own path. Cormac does…
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S4E8 - Looking After Yourself To Look After Others
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources =============================== In today’s solo episode, I explore the importance of looking after yourself so that you can look after those around you. This is such a big topic right now for many men I have been chatting with and a huge transition I moved through...
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S4E7 - Building Presence In Fatherhood
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources ; https://www.thegroundedmasculine.com.au/freeresources =============================== On today’s episode, I have my fellow Monaghan man, Shane Rice from Gaelic Athletic Academy come on to share a bit about his journey as a S&C coach, businessman and fatherhood.…
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S4E6 - Entrepreneurship & Fatherhood
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources ; https://www.thegroundedmasculine.com.au/freeresources =============================== In today’s episode, I am so grateful to share a conversation between myself and Ryan Yokome, an entrepreneur, a father, and endurance athlete and all round legend! We both share...
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S4E5 - Navigating Your Parenting Journey with Nadya Daly
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources: https://www.thegroundedmasculine.com.au/freeresources =============================== Where to start… well, this is a must listen to any parent of young children as myself & Nadya go deep into the challenges of parenthood and the impact it has on us individually…
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S4E4 - Rites Of Passage For Men and Fathers
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources: https://www.thegroundedmasculine.com.au/freeresources =============================== I am feeling very grateful to share this conversation today with Diarmuid Lyng, a man I have looked up to from afar and have had the great pleasure of getting to know more over my...
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S4E3 - The Grounded Father
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources: https://www.thegroundedmasculine.com.au/freeresources =============================== I am back for a special solo episode where I wanted to share more about the work that I get to do with supporting fathers on their journey to becoming a rock for their families.…
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S4E2 - Healthy Masculinity, Exploring Rage, Grief & The Shadow
📧 - Claim Your Free Resources: https://www.thegroundedmasculine.com.au/freeresources =============================== Buckle up, because you are in for a treat with today's podcast episode. Myself & Michael Ryan explore the depths of Masculinity, and how so much of our pain and trauma affects how...
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S4E1 - Top 3 Tools To Support Big Transitions In Life
Welcome back to Season 4 of The Grounded Masculine Podcast. I am stoked to be back behind the mic after a crazy 8 months or so between returning to Ireland after 12 years in Australia, to welcoming our new little boy Cú Tiernan to the clan. In today’s episode, I want to share with you all the top…
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Life Update From Ireland
Welcome back to the podcast, it has been a while since I’ve been behind the mic and that is for good reason. After uprooting our family in Australia, we have been back living in Ireland the past 3 months and navigating all that comes with that. In today’s episode I wanted to share more about this...
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10 Life Lessons From The Reset Retreat
As men, when we learn the foundations to understand ourselves better, and why we do what we do, we can then start to take responsibility for our actions and finally become the Grounded Masculine Leader for ourselves and our family that we have been seeking! In today’s episode I wanted to share…
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Creating Social & Emotional Learning For Kids Through Nature Based Play
In today’s episode, I am excited to have both Gill Howarth and Emily Patterson with me for an mazing conversation into all things conscious parenting & nature based play. They are the founders of We Are Nature Network, a network of educators creating new ways. Both Gill and Emily are early...
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The FIFO Mental Health Guy
In today’s episode I have Lachie Samuel join me from The FIFO Mental Health Group. He is on a mission to make mining the healthiest industry, mentally and emotionally in Australia. This was a really powerful conversation where he shared his own story, the struggles & challenges that he faced…
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Being Emotionally Available For Our Children
In today’s solo episode I wanted to share my own journey with becoming more emotionally available within myself and the impact that it had on how I am as a father. Too many men are not taught this from an early age, instead we are told to “man up”, or “toughen yup” or “just get on with it”....
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The Dance Of Business, Fatherhood, & Health
In today’s episode I have Brendo McCormack from Perth FitFam share his journey of entrepreneurship, and the changes he had to make within himself when becoming a father. The dance between business, fatherhood, and our health is one a lot of men struggle with… but as Brendo said, “we can have our...
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Unpacking The Generational Cycles
In today’s episode I am very grateful to have a good friend and old client Aland Ryan join me for a very powerful conversation on the importance of doing this work on ourselves. After moving through 3 miscarriages, and many more stresses in life, it is so amazing to hear Aland share his...
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10 Insights From Facilitating Men's Work Part 2
This is part 2 of an episode where I wanted to go deeper into a recent post I made on social media where I shared 10 insights from facilitating men’s work. I feel that this is so important to look deeper into these areas because there are a lot of men feeling lost, confused & overwhelmed with…
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10 Insights From Facilitating Men's Work Part 1
In today’s solo episode I wanted to go deeper into a recent post I made on social media where I shared 10 insights from facilitating men’s work. I feel that this is so important to look deeper into these areas because there are a lot of men feeling lost, confused & overwhelmed with where they are...
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Nutrition & Fat Loss Made Simple
In today’s episode I am honoured to have my mate Iain Jack on to share his real-life approach to nutrition & fat loss. I feel that this is such an important topic to address because there are too many men out there feeling lost with regards to their weight and how best to approach nutrition. Iain...
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Closing The Loops
In today’s podcast episode I wanted to share a recent training I recorded for my free Facebook community, The Grounded Masculine Leaders. This is a super simple, yet powerful tool that I use with my clients to help ditch the overwhelm and frustration’s in their life by guiding them to Take…
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Finding Home In The Uncomfortable
In today’s episode I had the epic human Daniel Lucchini from Meraki Performance come and share his journey with endurance running and how it has helped him grow & evolve as a man. Daniel is a running coach & studing his masters in counseling and his mission is to bring awareness to our resonant...
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Welcome Back To Season 3
Welcome back for Season 3 of The Grounded Masculine Podcast. In this first episode back I wanted to share a little of my own life updates, some of the challenges I have faced over the recent months and the actions that I have taken to overcome them. As we walk this journey it is really important…
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Build Mental Resilience Through Physical Challenge
In today’s solo episode I wanted to share some deep insight that I gained from a recent endurance training run and how applicable it is to life in general. What got you to where you are in life is not going to get you to where you want to be… This episode shares with you the thought process I use...
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Bridging The Gap Of Embodiment
In today’s solo episode I speak into The Gap Between Knowledge & Embodiment as this is an area I see so many guys struggle with… If you think you know something but are not living it, then do you really know it after all? When we learn to close this gap, get clear on ourselves and our vision and...
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The Choice Is Yours
In today’s solo episode I divide deep into creating the live that you deserve by taking back control of the choices we make for ourselves day in, day out! We all have the power to live an amazing life, but many will now because they feel that don’t have what it takes, or they let their shitty...
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Ask Me Anything Session
The 3 topics that we covered in today’s episode are; 👉Self Care & How To Build Consistency 👉How To Stop Overthinking By Filling Our Own Cup 👉The Importance Of Vulnerability As Men If you want to submit questions then send them to me via Instagram or in The Grounded Masculine Leaders Facebook...
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Embrace The Season We Are In with Joel Camp
In today’s episode I am so grateful to have my good friend Joel Camp from The Earth Blessing come on and share his journey & connection with plants. Joel is a Herbal Alchemist, a Medicine Man, and soooo much more… He has a wealth of knowledge with all things plant alchemy. Our conversation…
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Setting Your Foundations
In today’s solo episode I am sharing one of the core principles that I teach to all the guys I work with at the start of our journey together because to me, it is the key missing piece to a lot of men’s work. Instead of looking at the shiny objects around, lets hone in our focus on some of the…
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Embodied Parenting with Mama Manon
In today’s podcast I am so grateful to have the amazing Manon on to share her journey of Embodied Parenting. Manon works with parents from all over the globe, helping their mind and body heal from past traumas. She teaches self-regulation from her compassionate and grounded presence. She believes...
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What Kind Of Man Do I Want To Be? With Mike Dyson
In today’s episode I am so excited to have Mike Dyson from The Good Bloke Co come on and share his powerful work with you all. Mike specialises in redefining what it is to be a man in today's society and brings this together through men’s retreats, father-son retreats and much more. I love Mike’s...
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Planning For Success
In today;s Down The Rabbit Hole episode myself & Fi explored the importance of bringing in planning & structure into your life without being over ridgid. This is one of the most important tools to begin to implement so you can take leadership of your life & create real change. However, many guys...
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My name is Fin McKenna-Fox and I am here to transform the everyday man into a confident leader so that they can show up for themselves, their family, their career, and the collective as a whole. I guide awakening men to break free from their limiting beliefs that hold them back from living the life they know they deserve. I teach them how to tap into their Masculine Leadership, take responsibility for their actions & live life on purpose.Join The Grounded Masculine Clan to collect with other like-minded brothers https://www.facebook.com/groups/328770151871191
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