Our guest today is Dr. Jared Gibby, a practicing dentist who went through Dental school at the same time that his wife was going through medical school. He shares with us what that experience was like, and the lessons they learned along the way. Since graduation, he's been practicing dentistry while his wife has been completing her residency, a process that has challenged them both, as they now have two young children. Listen in as we discuss why he feels like he can do that, the power of picking strong examples to look up to, and the importance of taking time to add weight to your side of the scale when it feels like responsibilities are stacking up against you.

My guest this episode is a man who had significant impact on my own development as an individual. Rich Mildenhall is a professional educator, an Army veteran, and an all-around good human being. In this episode, we discuss how we can grow beyond our own experience, and the biases, both explicit and implicit, that come with it. He shares how to check yourself in your own thoughts, how to grow yourself as a human being, and how to grow beyond what is simply comfortable.

When we talk about being Open, too many men look beyond the mark to where they think we're headed; they think that being open means showing raw, unfiltered emotions in spades to anyone who'll listen. You're not thinking of a man, you're thinking of a toddler. Men express themselves differently. Men know that emotions, the reactions to lived experiences, are the threads that tie us together as humans in relationships, and that to try to live a life or even be seen as living life without emotions is living a life without connection to others. 
In this episode, we do a deep dive into this new metric for Manhood, and why it's critical for men who know that life is hard. Connecting in relationships is hard, but succeeding utterly and completely alone is harder. You pick your hard.

I sit down in this episode with ultra-endurance athlete, fitness professional, husband, and father Josh Nuckles to figure out what we actually need to be looking to accomplish for our bodies. As men, we're often told by media and advertisements that we need to have chiseled, Thor-like physiques in order to be "fit". Josh explains why that's "a standard", not "the standard". He also shares the single most important thing for you to figure out about your fitness that will kickstart a domino-effect of reactions that ultimately ends with you becoming exactly what you want to be. Listening to Josh teach principles of exercise science that translate just as well to becoming a better human was an unexpected pleasure during this interview. You won't want to miss it. You can follow Josh on Instagram at @runbikelife

Nic Chamberlain has been a practicing lawyer for well over the last decade. He's also a professional musician and a man familiar with what it takes to do and accomplish incredible things. In this episode, he joins Justin Nuckles to share his insight into divorce (he's made his career as a family law attorney), self care, selflessness, and the little black box that turns those two into the realization of your loftiest goals and aspirations.

Across the history of Man (as a species and as a gender), there's been one predominant archetype that held sway, and cultural importance far longer and more significantly than any other: the Warrior Barbarian. He was responsible for protecting his family, his clan, his village, or his nation for thousands of years. 

Now, we live in a world where the most salient and "dangerous" issues that a modern man faces are not ones that can be solved through the willful administration of violence. 

Now, more than ever before, the world we live in is one where the lives we live are insulated from most of the situations where the Warrior Barbarian would be most useful. And men are struggling with it; men die by suicide three-and-a-half times more often by suicide than women. 

The cause? Our metrics. We have terrible, terrible metrics. We're still measuring ourselves by the Warrior Barbarian metrics, when we really need a new set of metrics for Manhood. 
Join me, the STRONG Man Podcast host, Justin Nuckles, as we talk about why we need new metrics, and what those metrics can and should be, if we want to succeed and truly thrive as men.

If you're anything like host Justin Nuckles, you've been looking for a group of men that shares your views on manhood, without getting lost in the false bravado and macho tomfoolery of other groups you've tried. Justin lists his six points of the STRONG Man, and how they're going to take us from where we've been, to where we want to be.