Man Within Podcast

"Today's episode explores the inextricable link between fear and anxiety. Often when we experience anxiety in our lives, it is undergirded by real or perceived fear. Our responsibility is to disarm the panic, lean in, and ask ourselves: ""What am I afraid of?"" Today's episode walks you through an easy way to do this, offering simple insights for tackling anxiety head on." Join DeepClean Inner Circle Get a FREE copy of my bestselling book, The Last Relapse Follow Sathiya on Instagram

Self-love has become a mainstream term, often referring to prioritizing one's well-being to avoid compassion fatigue, burnout, and low self-esteem. Today's episode challenges this concept with a deeper layer of the subject: Self-like. While we can all learn to love ourselves in principle, learning to like ourselves is a much deeper level of self-approval, but it also requires much more work. Join DeepClean Inner Circle Get a FREE copy of my bestselling book, The Last Relapse

Roughly 10% of men and 14% of women admit to having same-sex attraction, yet only a small percentage of each group identifies as gay/lesbian. Today's three-way conversation with Shane O'Neill (Proven Men Ministries), Drew Boa (Husband Material) and Sathiya talks about experiencing same-sex attraction as a heterosexual man, why our binary approach to sexuality often creates a lot of confusion in Christian circles, and why sexual fluidity and hetero-fluidity are necessary concepts for us to truly make sense of our God-given attraction. Regardless of your sexual orientation, this episode is worth a listen if you want to better understand your own attractions, curiosities, and thought life with a Bible-based and research-backed lens. Listen to: Episode 147 - The (Broken) Link Between Sexual Interest and Orientation   Follow Husband Material, Proven Ministries, and Sathiya on Instagram Join DeepClean Inner Circle Get a FREE copy of my bestselling book, The Last Relapse  

Classic psychology has taught us to encourage positive behaviors with reward and discourage negative behaviors with consequence. While this will forever hold true, today's episode offers a secondary dimension to this principle - rewarding and discouraging mindsets through the same means (reward and consequence). All behaviors are the results of thoughts, if you can focus on mindsets first and behaviors second, you will become more powerful in your execution and more agile in the many seasons of life.   Join DeepClean Inner Circle Get a FREE copy of my bestselling book, The Last Relapse

While it takes tremendous courage for someone with an addiction to step out and ask for help, it is only one half of the equation when you're married. Often our partners suffer in silence or believe they do not need the help since they are not the ones with the problem. Today's episode explores avenues for healing that are available to partners of addicts, outlining the realities of betrayal trauma and why marriages often are much healthier when BOTH partners receive healing. Join DeepClean Inner Circle Get a FREE copy of my bestselling book, The Last Relapse

Temptations are like fire alarms - you can take the batteries out of the alarm, but it doesn't put out the fire. Our response to temptations matters more than anything else. While traditionally, Christians have been taught to suppress and deflect temptations as they pop up, the stronger response is to lean in and understand why it's there in the first place. Join DeepClean Inner Circle Get a FREE copy of my bestselling book, The Last Relapse Follow Sathiya on Instagram

Life has its shares of interruptions – some are welcome and enjoyable, others are stressful and unplanned. Today's episode talks about why it is important to keep recovery momentum at all times, regardless of the interruption. Having a mindset that is geared towards momentum allows you to LEVERAGE the interruption to propel your recovery, while ensuring the interruption itself is still looked after.   Join DeepClean Inner Circle Get a FREE copy of my bestselling book, The Last Relapse

Jeeva & Sulojana same spoke for a grand total of 15 minutes before deciding to marry each other. Eight days later they were officially married. Thirty-nine years and three children later, they are sought-after marriage coaches helping husbands and wives around the world heal and grow. In today's live interview, Sathiya gets a chance to ask his parents in-depth questions about how their marriage came to be, what we can learn from the arranged marriage model in a society that has increasing divorce rates, why trying to be "the one" is better than trying to find "the one", common pitfalls that couples run into, and solutions for any and every marriage to be healthy and thriving. Get a copy of The Unbreakable Marriage: How to stand in unity and withstand adversity Follow @Marriage_Mentors for more updates   Join DeepClean Inner Circle Get a FREE copy of my bestselling book, The Last Relapse

We all have an ethnic history that has shaped the person we have become. In recovery, these elements have likely provided challenges in our development mentally and sexually, while also providing positives in our sense of community, values, and belonging. Today's episode explains why we must eat the meat and spit out the bones when it comes to working through our ethnic identity during recovery.   Join DeepClean Inner Circle Get a FREE copy of my bestselling book, The Last Relapse

It's not every day that you get to paraglide off a mountain in the Swiss Alps. Today's episode explains what this wild experience was like while offering a few profound insights on the concept of fear that you can apply to your life.   Join DeepClean Inner Circle Get a FREE copy of my bestselling book, The Last Relapse