73. The 5 Pillars of A Thriving Man

Why do men (even when we succeed) often struggle to enjoy our daily lives? What are we missing on our endlessly futile “pursuit of happiness”? What are the key ingredients for a deeply fulfilling life? In this episode, I mine these questions and more for useful insights to make a meaningful difference in your life. Because in this episode, I’m going to dive into the 5 Pillars of a Thriving Man. These 5 pillars came to me a few years ago on a cabin retreat in the mountains with my oldest friend, Tait. We’d traveled up a windy road to a gorgeous mountain area 90 minutes northeast of Los Angeles known as Lake Arrowhead, to do some deep reflection together on our lives. We were both maybe 43 at the time, living on opposite coasts, he in North Carolina and I in California, both partnered to amazing women, both doing meaningful work with significant positive impact on countless people’s lives, and yet somehow we were also both awakening to deep pangs of loneliness.  So we went up to this cabin with my canine companion, Yellowjhan, for a weekend of food, fire, laughter, and reflection.  What I didn’t expect was that my stepping more fully into leading men’s work, and this podcast, “Men, This Way,” would be born out of that weekend. What I didn’t expect was that just a few years later, Tait and I would be stepping up together to launch a year-long coaching journey for men called, ELEVATE 2021 … which we are now wrapping up with the 10 courageous men who joined us on that incredible adventure this past year, and we are now already into booking ELEVATE 2022 … and we’ve already got 7 men enrolled for that with just 5 spots left!  So actually, I’ll tell you more about this, because the adventure begins soon, and indeed without doing any advertising for it, we’re already down to only 5 spots left at the time of recording this …  So here it is … If you’re a man committed to thriving in every domain of your life, I invite you on a year-long journey to make 2022 an extraordinary year. Whether you want to make a massive shift in your professional life, connect to and truly live your deepest purpose every day, or maybe you want to improve the quality of your intimate relationship experiences, or learn to be more present with your family, or perhaps you’re simply ready to make profound shifts in how you show up for yourself, for your own deep well-being. Whatever specific dreams or goals or intentions or desires you’re shooting for, what I’m inviting you into is an adventure that can help you achieve it, by transforming your relationship with yourself. Because you should know, the only thing keeping you from experiencing the freedom in life you crave … is you. Here’s the opportunity: I’m inviting only 12 men to coach with me for an entire year – which includes personal coaching and an intimate men’s group experience with the other 11 men going through this year alongside you. These men, perhaps including you, I am ultimately selecting. I want this to be a curated group of men that I myself would be excited to spend the year with … because that’s exactly what I’ll be doing, spending this entire year with you. We’ll also all meet in person for a 5-day retreat in a beautiful nature location in June. Through this experience these men, and I, will become your brothers for life. You will be both challenged to go beyond your comfort zone, and celebrated as you step more fully into offering your soul-gifts to the world, whatever that looks like for you. Also, best part, I think, is it includes consistent on-demand video access throughout the year to me and this exclusive brotherhood. If this sounds intriguing to you, the details are at https://bryanreeves.com/elevate  If you’re wondering what this will cost, I assure you,