Real Men Feel with Andy Grant
Real Men Feel helps men grow beyond outdated rules of masculinity to live with authenticity, purpose, and joy.Since 2016, host Andy Grant has explored how vulnerability, courage, and real conversation fuel personal growth, self-improvement, and emotional well-being.đ„ Silver Signal Award Winner â Most Inspirational Podcast & Best Self-Help Show.đ§ Join our free Skool community Authentic AF at https://realmenfeel.org/groupđŹ Want to be a guest? Connect with Andy on PodMatch, https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/realmenfeelđ Learn more about Andy at http://TheAndyGrant.com.
Reminding Men They Are Human
Real Men Feel encourages men to experience and express all of their emotions. We remind men that they are human beings. Host, Andy Grant, is an author, speaker, transformation coach, healer, and suicide attempt survivor.
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Recent Episodes
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June 19, 2026
Transform Your Life with âWhat If?â | From Rock Bottom to Clarity
Doug Fleener on Sobriety, Self-Trust, and the âWhat Ifâ Rule: Pause, Question, Go On Real Men Feel, Andy Grant talks with Doug Fleener, author of Start with What If, about how asking better questions can spark practical change. Doug shares how addiction and bankrupting his family business led to a pivotal interruptionââWhat if today you just went today without drink or drug?ââlaunching nearly four decades of sobriety. They discuss why men often wait for ârock bottom,â how shame thrives in isolat
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June 5, 2026
From Shame to Power: Emotional Alchemy and Masculinity
Emotional Alchemy, Shame, and Healthy Masculinity Host Andy Grant welcomes back holistic life and relationship coach Markus Kasunich to discuss âemotional alchemy,â shame, and how men may self-emasculate in reaction to toxic masculinity. Markus defines emotional alchemy as a three-part processâemotional awareness (visceral sensing), emotional intelligence (real-time articulation), and processing through feelingâarguing the emotional body can clear old material efficiently. They explore how men c
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May 29, 2026
Redefining Masculinity: From Soldier to Sensual Guide
From Marine to Somatic Intimacy Guide: Andre Lazarus on Presence Over Performance Host Andy Grant interviews Andre Lazarus, a former US Marine turned somatic intimacy guide and surrogate partner therapist featured on the UK series Virgin Island. Andre describes serving in Afghanistan, leading others, and later being drawn into intimacy work after partners reflected its therapeutic impact, alongside unlearning rigid ideas of masculinity. He critiques the manosphere as often dangerous but notes it
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May 22, 2026
From Busy Brain to Loving Heart: Confessions of a Problem Seeker
From Busy Brain to Loving Heart: Howard Steinberg on Trauma, Achievement, and Authentic Masculinity Host Andy Grant interviews Howard Steinberg, author of Confessions of a Problem Seeker, about how compulsive hyperthinking and achievement masked inherited trauma from being raised by Holocaust survivors, plus the fear and isolation shaped by a childhood type 1 diabetes diagnosis and a likely undiagnosed ADHD. Steinberg describes building an outwardly successful identity as an entrepreneur while l
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May 15, 2026
Men Forge Forward: Overcoming Pressure and Finding Purpose
Men, Masks, and Meaning: Sean Hegarty on Being âFine,â Identity, and Men Forge Forward Host Andy Grant talks with Sean Hegarty, founder of Men Forge Forward, about how many men hide stress behind the mask of being âfine,â shaped by pressure, responsibility, and fear of appearing weak. Drawing on years as a paramedic and healthcare manager, Sean describes seeing men buckle under hidden loadâespecially during COVID when support networks vanishedâand shares his own âdark timeâ after being diagnosed
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May 8, 2026
Redefining Strength Emotional Fitness and Vulnerability
Emotional Fitness: Redefining Strength Through Self-Love and Vulnerability Host Andy Grant welcomes Shaun Zetlinâmaster fitness trainer, motivational speaker, and author of Emotional Fitnessâwho defines âemotional fitnessâ as empowering yourself emotionally through exercise and releasing emotions stored in the body. Shaun shares how being born with club feet, being picked last, and a humiliating kickball incident where a camp counselor yelled, âWhat a loser,â led him to survive on shame and fuel
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June 19, 2026
Transform Your Life with âWhat If?â | From Rock Bottom to Clarity
Transform Your Life with ‘What If?’ | From Rock Bottom to Clarity Ep 408, June 19, 2026âEmbracing Vulnerability and Taking ActionIn the latest episode of Real Men Feel, host Andy Grant welcomes Doug Fleener, the author of “âŠ
June 5, 2026
From Shame to Power: Emotional Alchemy and Masculinity
From Shame to Power: Emotional Alchemy and Masculinity Ep 407, June 5, 2026âExploring Emotional Alchemy and MasculinityWelcome to another insightful exploration on “Real Men Feel,” hosted by Andy Grant, where we delve into tâŠ
May 29, 2026
Redefining Masculinity: From Soldier to Sensual Guide
Redefining Masculinity: From Soldier to Sensual Guide Ep 406, May 29, 2026âFrom Marine to Somatic Intimacy Guide: Andre Lazarus on Presence Over PerformanceHost Andy Grant interviews Andre Lazarus, a former US Marine turned somatic intimacy âŠ