ManTalks Podcast

Recently, I gave away almost everything I own, clothes, books, bed, stereo equipment, couches, piano, everything... I just let it all go. And after making the decision, I decided to share my lessons in giving everything away because it's been incredibly freeing. Don't miss this episode! Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today.  Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts  | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The TechSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when abused boys become men? How are boys shaped into men who have been abused and how does this shape them as leaders, husbands, and fathers? How do men work through trauma, abuse, abandonment, and sexual abuse?  In this unique, first of it's kind episode, I interview a client who has faced and been through many of these things. Much of it has been talked about and worked through in a therapeutic or coaching setting, but some still needs to be addressed. In this setting, the anonymous client and I talk about his journey. He shares stories from his childhood and connects the dots to how his past shaped his future. We talk about how he has worked through these challenging experiences, how he has repeated relationships in his family, and how he as a father is now raising his son.  Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today.  Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts  | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The TechSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you get what you want? Without manipulating, trying to control, or being so attached to an outcome that it drives you crazy?! That's what I dive into on this mini episode. Here's what I cover: The root problem we all have  How great movements were created  What we need to keep our eyes out for  Where resistance comes from  The secret antidote to the world’s problems  Plus much more… Special Recipe for the cold:Ginger, honey, rosemary, lemon, cayenne boiled into a tea. Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today.  Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts  | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The TechSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marc Groman, an internationally recognized expert in privacy and information risk management, advises senior leaders in both business and government on complex, data-driven initiatives. He helps clients implement global privacy programs, launch new products and services, conduct due diligence on potential partners, assess privacy risk, and respond to data security incidents. He teaches data breach response at Georgetown Law School, and is actively engaged in the policy debate on federal privacy legislation in the U.S.Marc's expertise in privacy has deep roots: as Senior Advisor for Privacy in the White House, he had government-wide responsibility for privacy policy. He chaired the Federal Privacy Council established by President Barack Obama, and was the privacy lead on the President's Cybersecurity National Action Plan. Prior to his stint in the Obama Administration, Marc was President and CEO of the Network Advertising Initiative, the first Chief Privacy Officer of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and Counsel to the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Marc currently serves on the Privacy Advisory Panel of the National Security Agency, the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and several other boards. He has received numerous awards and honors in the field of privacy, including the International Association of Privacy Professionals' 2017 Leadership Award. He is a graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law School.Now, Marc is sharing his expertise in a new format: Their Own Devices is a weekly podcast that tackles the diverse challenges MTV parents face raising YouTube kids. The podcast is available on all major platforms.Connect with Marc:Twitter: @marcgroman Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today.  Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts  | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The TechSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The real impact of divorce is bigger than people know. And for years, many people have grown up in fatherless homes. Some fathers have been absent, or abusive, or workaholics, or just unsure of how to be a dad. But the impact of these fatherless homes is real. In this mini episode I talk share the shocking facts of divorce and fatherless homes. I also share how to start leading yourself through the process of healing your past and learning how to father (or mother) yourself.  Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today.  Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts  | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The TechSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Inc. Magazine reported, “Isaac Lidsky may possess the most eclectic resume in business. Over the years, he has been a child television star (he played series regular “Weasel” on NBC’s “Saved By The Bell: The New Class”), a Supreme Court clerk (for Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg), and the co-founder of an internet startup.” The full list of his accomplishments is far longer: Lidsky graduated from Harvard at 19 with an honors degree in mathematics and computer science. He then founded [x+1] with MediaMath’s Joe Zawadzki, which was later acquired for $230 million. Fascinated by the burgeoning field of “cyberlaw,” Lidsky left [x+1] and returned to Harvard to attend law school and graduated magna cum laude in 2004. As a U.S. Justice Department lawyer, Lidsky argued more than a dozen appeals in federal court on behalf of the United States and never lost a case. Along the way, he founded Hope For Vision, a nonprofit organization to fund the development of treatments for blinding diseases and within 5 years grew it to a dozen cities nationwide and more than $5 million. In 2011 Lidsky returned to his entrepreneurial roots. He purchased a small, struggling residential construction subcontractor and led the development of a proprietary suite of logistics and ERM software to transform it. His reinvented construction services company grew more than tenfold in its first five years, and today it boasts annual revenues in excess of $250 million. In 2016 Lidsky set out to share with others his empowering approach to living and leading, and he was promptly recognized as a visionary thought leader. His first book, Eyes Wide Open, hit the shelves as a New York Times best seller in March 2017. TED invited Lidsky to present a mainstage TED Talk at TEDSUMMIT 2016 in Banff, Canada, and it was viewed more than a million times in its first 20 days. Lidsky now consults and speaks to organizations around the world on issues including leadership, accountability and self-empowerment. In 2018 Lidsky returned to his adtech roots, founding Underscore CLT and taking the helm as its President. Lidsky is determined to lead the development of a new technology infrastructure for digital marketing, using blockchain and related technologies to mitigate the industry’s longstanding structural challenges and to deliver on its untapped promise. Perhaps most striking, Lidsky is only 39, and he is blind. Born with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a rare degenerative disease of the retina, from age 12 to 25 he slowly lost his sight. As his bio makes clear, however, neither his youth nor his blindness have limited him. Eyes Wide Open - http://www.lidsky.com/book/Connect With Isaac Website - www.lidsky.comFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/IsaacLidsky/Instagram - @isaaclidsky  Twitter - @isaaclidsky   Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today.  Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts  | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The TechSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As 2018 comes to a close Connor looks back on the year and how we can do our best to plan for the New Year ahead... The Recap: This is something you can do with a friend, your partner, or solo. If you’re in the ManTalks community, share your recap with the men there, or forward it to someone you’re accountable with.   Use these prompts to recap your year.    1. This year, I was the most grateful for… 2. The accomplishments I’m the most proud of are… 3. Where I feel like i failed is… 4. What i’ve learned from each of those failures is… 5. This year I travelled to… 6. Some of my favorite memories from this year are… 7. How I pushed my edges this year was… 8. This year, what I’m the most proud of is… 9. What i’d like to continue in 2019 is… 10. One conversation I’m proud of having was… 11. One conversation I still want to have is… 12. If 2018 had a theme, it would have been… 13. The theme/intention i’m setting for 2019 is… 14. What I left on the table this year was… Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today.  Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts  | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The Tech See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The holidays are upon us and have you thought about what is working and what isn't in your life? In this time of reflection Connor jams on The Key to Following Your Bliss in this Holiday special episode. Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today.  Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts  | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The TechSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do you want to do before you die? Connor jams on his reflection and perspective on asking himself this very question. Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today.  Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts  | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The TechSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vienna Pharaon (my fiancé) and I dive into everything we need to know to get the most from of our relationship during the holidays. This episode is for the people who want to get the most from the holidays and really be present.It's for the people who sometimes struggle to connect with family & friends,for the people who have challenging family relationships,and for the people who sometimes struggle to connect with in-laws. We talk about:How to maintain & deepens intimacy over the holidaysHow to get the most from family timeHow to have the tough conversations with familyWhere the boundaries are with in-lawsHow to navigate political conversationsWhen and how to set boundariesWhy some people are more stressed during this time of the year (and what to do about it)And how to be present and grounded for all the good, the bad, and the ugly of the holidays! Vienna Pharaon is the founder of Mindful Marriage and Family Therapy and is one of the most sought after Licensed Therapists in New York City. She is the relationship expert for Motherly, and has been featured in The Economist, Fatherly, The New York Post, and Vogue to name a few. With nearly 160k followers on Instagram, Vienna is recognized as one of the great relationship influencers of our time. In under 4 years, she has grown her business by 600% and has disrupted the therapy world by merging entrepreneurship into it and inviting others to do the same. Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today.  Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts  | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The TechSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices