#241 Inquire about the Digital Mastermind: Hello@DominickQ.com Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin  -------------------------------------- In my experience, men are more likely to: Jump out of airplanes Run with the bulls of Pamplona Scale mountains without safety equipment ….than confront other men on their misogynistic behavior. A Great Man doesn’t let that sh*t slide.   In this Episode: The definition of misogyny 4 stories of when and how I’ve confronted misogyny 4 guiding principles on how to call other men forward when you witness misogynistic behavior

#240 After 428 days of sitting on Zoom calls, the 21 men of The Great Man Mastermind finally got on planes and in cars, descended upon Austin, Texas, and met each other for the very first time. It was a weekend that we will remember for the rest of our lives. The unfortunate reality is most men have never experienced what it’s like to belong to a committed group of men who they trust with both their minds and their hearts. To know that they are safe to both celebrate their biggest successes and reveal their deepest darkness. During this weekend, we ventured into places like: Infidelity sexual abuse body shame marital issues quitting a decades long relationship with alcohol parenting children with mental health challenges coming off a decade of anti-depressant medication ending relationships with porn And that’s just the tough stuff. We also ventured into the places where we are building: men preparing to leave lucrative professions to start a second chapter of their professional lives by following their passion starting a group initiative to raise $1m for a mental health charity building virtual and physical homes to attract and welcome the 10 million men. In this Episode: What happens at a Great Man Within retreat Why personal development on your own is slow, shallow and incomplete How to activate the primitive, powerful Wild Man archetype within you Why your path to achievement doesn’t have to be one of constant grind, overwhelm and sacrifice Why men are starving for adventure and play in their lives How 45 minutes of undivided attention from high caliber men can upgrade the next 45 years of your life Interested in hearing about our next retreat? Email Hello@DominickQ.com to let us know, and we’ll notify you as soon as our next retreat is planned. Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin

#239 Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin Inquire about the Masterminds and Upcoming Retreats: Hello@DominickQ.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ I’m going to ask you an important question that I urge you to consider deeply:   When it comes to the male relationships in your life, do you have buddies…or brothers?   In today’s episode, I’ll ask you to consider 5 questions that will help you distinguish between the two:   Do you feel the freedom to 100% around these men, or do you have to mold parts of yourself to fit within the group’s expectations? Can you bring the deepest and darkest parts of you to these men? When you bring these men a problem, do they listen and allow you to feel seen and heard…or do they fire advice at you? Do these men know the most meaningful things going on in your inner world at any given point in time…or are they oblivious? Do these men call you forward into your Great Man?

#238 Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin Inquire about the Masterminds and Upcoming Retreats: Hello@DominickQ.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- In Today’s Episode: How to know whether you should take a temporary break from masturbation 5 benefits of taking a temporary hiatus from masturbation 4 steps on how to set yourself up for success during your abstinence period

#237 Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin   Over the last 11 years, my #1 investment has been my inner work journey. Today, I’m sharing 5 of the biggest lessons I’ve learned in that decade long investment of time and money. IMPORTANT POINT: You don’t have to invest ungodly amounts of money on inner work to experience the benefits. I happened to work in an industry (financial services) that allowed me to fill my bank accounts but left me wanting in many other areas.

#236 Want details on the Digital Mastermind? Email: Hello@DominickQ Subject: Digital Mastermind Inquiry Body: Tell me about why you want to become your Great Man   ---------------------------------------------------------------- What Would Your Great Man Do? Every man has two lives: #1: The life you currently live #2: The unlived live of the Great Man Within You   The #1 purpose of this podcast is to help you discover and live The Great Man Within you.   Today’s episode is experiential:   I run you through a series of scenarios to see what you would do…vs what your Great Man would do in life’s most challenging moments.   Like:   Being turned down for sex Being afraid to have a tough conversation Being angry after having a boundary trampled   Be ready to witness the contrast of how you would handle these everyday situations, vs how your Great Man would handle them.   Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin

#235 Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin In this Episode: How to overcome your disdain of journaling The 4 benefits of journaling 3 different techniques of journaling 10 journaling prompts   The 10 Great Man Journaling Prompts   Envision your Great Man, and describe him in as much physical detail as possible (how does he look, what’s he wearing, how does he stand, etc) Describe your Great Man’s relationship with his emotions. Describe your Great Man’s mindset (how does he handle adversity, his inner critic, etc) Describe your Great Man’s relationship with spirituality (ie purpose and/or higher power) What is one recurring fear you have…and what ramifications have you experienced with this fear driving your behavior in life? What is your Great Man’s relationship with fear…and what guidance would he give you? What is your present day relationship with anger (do you stuff it down, do you explode, are you exhausted from suppressing it etc)? What is your Great Man’s relationship with anger…how does it compare to your relationship with anger…and what guidance does he have for you? What feels good about your sex life right now…and what areas of your sex life would you want to elevate? What is your Great Man’s sex life like…how is that similar or different to your sex life…and what guidance does he have for you?   Resources The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

#234 Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin Whenever a man requests to join the Great Man Within Facebook Group, he’s required to answer an intake question that asks him about the most important area of inner work he’s focused on right now. For months, I’ve been seeing an uptick of men joining this community who are navigating weight loss, body image and body shame issues. These have also been more recurring topics of conversation in our respective masterminds, so it was high time to have a conversation about this on the podcast. This Is Your Episode If You’ve Ever Felt uncomfortable taking your shirt off in front of others Gone through countless cycles of gaining and losing weight Hitting your ideal weight and knowing its only a matter of time before you self sabotage Thrown food away, only to pick it out of the trash later and eat it And on some level, feeling unlovable Our Guide for Today’s Discussion: Mordechai Weiner Coach for people learning to love their bodies and lose weight sustainably Founder of the Reclaim Your Body Summit: interviewed 30 world-renowned guests such as James Clear, Gay Hendricks and Dr. Mark Heyman Host of the Feeling Full Podcast, which focuses on weight loss, body image and self love Mordechai is also a close personal friend of Bryan and I, as he’s in our men’s group. In this Episode How Mordy went from 350 pounds at his heaviest to 215 today, sustainably How a lifetime of losing and gaining weight finally shifted when he stopped focusing on weight loss, and instead focused on “shame loss” Why Mordy says losing weight is fragile and unsustainable if you still identify as the “fat guy” How “Shirtless Therapy” was crucial in reducing shame and tapping self love Why visualizing your future body is a powerful practice for re-inventing your self-concept Why Mordy pulled the plug on body surgery in 2015 – which felt like it was driven by secrecy and shame – to publicly documenting his surgery in 2020 as a radical act of self love The surprising similarities of food addiction and sex addiction Stick around to the very end for a bonus 5 minutes: A strategy to implement when you’re feeling the overwhelming urge to indulge or binge.   RESOURCES The Feeling Full Podcast Mordechai on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mr.mordechai

#233 Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1473956472773424 Follow Dominick on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominickq/?hl=en   Men have no shortage of techniques to bring relief (drinking, porn, slipping into a binge tv watching coma)…   …but pleasure (soul enriching, generative, inspiring energy) can often feel like a foreign language.   In this episode: The difference between relief and pleasure Why cultivating pleasure leads to higher performance Why there are no male role models who embody high-performance and an ability to access pleasure

#232: Sitting where I sit, I have a chance to see what a lot of men are working on when it comes to inner work. Over the past 12 months, I’ve seen 3 themes emerge that the men in the Great Man Within community are working on. I’ve broken these themes into the 3 skills that high caliber men are developing: Skill #1: Dancing with Your Darkness Anxiety, depression, anger, fear, compulsive behavior, laziness, jealousy…pick your poison. You have your own special breed of darkness that, whether you like it or not, exists within you. As you’ve probably learned, ignoring and suppressing that darkness doesn’t work for very long. You have to face it. Skill #2: Finishing What You Start Your ability to execute on the big and small commitments in your life is the difference between living a mediocre and an exceptional life. But that’s easier said than done. In this episode we talk about the 3 biggest reasons why you don’t finish, and how to overcome that. Skill #3: Examining Your Identity Your identity is the single biggest driver of every action you take. And yet, how much of your identity has been consciously chosen, and how much of it has just happened to you? We’ll talk about how to inspect your identity, and how to consciously author the man you want to become.