

Man Within Podcast
Sathiya Sam
The Man Within Podcast is a faith-based show helping Christian men overcome their greatest battles—whether it’s breaking free from pornography, building stronger relationships, or discovering purpose.
Hosted by Sathiya Sam—coach, speaker, author, and founder of DeepClean™ Coaching—the podcast equips men with biblical truth, practical tools, and powerful testimonies to walk in confidence, integrity, and freedom.
With nearly 1 million downloads and past guests such as Dr. John Deloney, John Eldredge, Jon Gordon, Dr. Robert Glover, Ryan Miller, Colby Maier, Joshua Broome, Dr. Josh Axe, Jason Vallotton, Connor Beaton, Dr. Trish Leigh, Mike Signorelli, The Man Within Podcast has become one of the leading voices for men seeking lasting transformation.
If you’re tired of surface-level fixes and ready to grow, this podcast will challenge, inspire, and equip you to become the man God created you to be.
Hosted by Sathiya Sam—coach, speaker, author, and founder of DeepClean™ Coaching—the podcast equips men with biblical truth, practical tools, and powerful testimonies to walk in confidence, integrity, and freedom.
With nearly 1 million downloads and past guests such as Dr. John Deloney, John Eldredge, Jon Gordon, Dr. Robert Glover, Ryan Miller, Colby Maier, Joshua Broome, Dr. Josh Axe, Jason Vallotton, Connor Beaton, Dr. Trish Leigh, Mike Signorelli, The Man Within Podcast has become one of the leading voices for men seeking lasting transformation.
If you’re tired of surface-level fixes and ready to grow, this podcast will challenge, inspire, and equip you to become the man God created you to be.
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Nov 7, 2022 • 14min
407 - The Reason You Keep Returning To Your Past
A man without a vision will always return to his past. Today's episode outlines the balancing act we must perform in recovery – healing from our past and identifying the parts that have contributed to our dysfunction, while keeping our eyes on the prize ahead so that we don't get trapped in trauma cycles.
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Nov 4, 2022 • 15min
406 - Finding Connection With Your Spouse When You Are Healing
Recovery is a demanding process, and sometimes, it takes over our key relationships. Today's episode explains how to strike the right balance of sharing about your recovery and healing journey while also ensuring that you are finding other touch points in your key relationships to connect apart from recovery itself.
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Nov 3, 2022 • 54min
405 - Dr. Jake Porter on Attachment Theory In Addiction, Earning Secure Attachment, and Why Connection Is King In Recovery
After more than a decade in pastoral ministry, Dr. Jake Porter now leads a rapidly growing counseling clinic, hosts a podcast, and works as an executive leadership coach and practice–building consultant. His unique, transdisciplinary model for coaching draws from his research in developmental neuroscience, affect regulation, attachment theory, spirituality, as well as his formal coach training to enhance clients' capacities for connection, with themselves and others.
In this robust interview with Sathiya, Dr. Jake deep dives on attachment theory. What is attachment theory? How do we identify our attachment style? What is the link between attachment theory and addiction? How do we "regain" secure attachment? And how do our relationship with others, God, and ourselves play a role in healing attachment issues and recovering from addiction. While there are many aspects to addiction recovery, few are more imperative than attachment theory. So long as you are recovering and looking to have healthier relationships, this interview will inform, inspire and equip you.
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Nov 2, 2022 • 17min
404 - How To Handle The ”Ultra” Attractive
The way we handle attractive people in our lives says A LOT about our hearts, our character and our maturity. Many men find themselves either engaging inappropriately with attractive women or just avoiding them altogether, but this is a mistake.
God has designed beauty throughout all creation, our responsibility is to learn how to handle it in a way that is pleasing to Him. This is easier said than done, but this episode will provide you with a framework, understanding, and practicalitly for handling the attractive people in your life appropriately.
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Nov 1, 2022 • 15min
403 - How Do You Prioritize Yourself When Raising A Family?
Life gets busy, and while the message of self-care is clearly important, it is not always practical. Today's episode outlines a very practical way to ensure that you are able to carry out self-care, even in seasons where you have very limited time to do so. Whether you are raising a family, juggling jobs, or just trying to survive the cares of life, this episode will help you get crystal clear on what it looks like to take care of yourself in your respective season of life.
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Oct 31, 2022 • 15min
402 - What I Learned From A $7k Men’s Retreat
Fresh off a men's retreat in Phoenix, AZ, Sathiya shares some of the main takeaways he learned from a former NFL athlete named John Madsen, a pastor turned Rockstar entrepreneur named Jamal Miller, a 29-year old 8-figure net worth consultant named Brandon Poulin, and Nicholas Bayerle, the host of the retreat.
The main takeaways highlighted are the importance of action taking, the power of vision, keys for growth, and what it really takes to unlock your full potential. While these concepts have an application for personal growth, they are incredibly powerful in a recovery context. This episode will explain why and show you how to put them to use.
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Oct 28, 2022 • 13min
401 - An Easy Hack For Processing Childhood Trauma
Processing childhood trauma is an imperative part of recovery - whether you have loads of trauma or just a bit. This episode talks about a guidepost that will help you get started on the journey if you aren't sure how to identify where trauma might be or which traumas you need to tackle to experience healing during recovery.
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Oct 27, 2022 • 46min
400 - GodlyDating101 (Tovares Grey) on Whether You Should Date While Struggling With Lust, Why ”The List” For Your Future Spouse Is Risky, and What Godly Dating Really Looks Like
Tovares Grey is a social media Content Creator that focuses his work on Christianity and relationships. A U.S. Navy veteran, and bestselling author, Tovares started Godly Dating 101 almost 10 years ago as a single individual trying to learn how to date God’s way and help others on that journey as well. Having seen many failed marriages and unhealthy connections that led people far away from Jesus, Tovares has a burden to share with this generation the benefits of honoring Christ in all of our decisions, especially those related to our relationships.
In this interview today, Tovares and Sathiya discuss why Christians make dating so complicated, the truth about whether or not it's okay to date while you have a struggle with porn, and whether or not "the list" is a good idea. He also shares some of his own experiences and scriptural insights into what it looks like to date in a way that honors God and sets us up well for a healthy, long-lasting marriage.
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Oct 26, 2022 • 15min
399 - How To Fit Recovery Into A Busy Life
Being "busy" has become a badge of honor in our society, but at what cost? Today's podcast addresses how you can fit recovery into a busy life, detailing the mindsets that are necessary to properly pull it off.
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Oct 25, 2022 • 13min
398 - Is Recovery Harder For Singles?
Today's episode talks about how every season and situation has "leverage points" that you can use to accelerate your recovery process. While it is easy to think that if your relationship status was different, maybe things would be easier, the reality is those who make progress in recovery accept their current situation and find a way to move forward.
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