You’re Not Broken — You’re Avoiding This
The Next Level Guy Show
He looked fine on the outside — but was writing “I want to die” on his school papers. 🎙️ Meet Sam Eaton — once battling depression in silence, now helping thousands of men take their first step back into life. This episode will help you realise you’re not broken — you’ve just never been shown how to deal with what’s in your head. You’ll finally understand why you feel stuck, flat, or disconnected — even when life looks fine on paper. This will help you name what’s actually going on inside you — instead of just calling it “stress” or ignoring it. Level up with...
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Why Elite Performers Don’t Train Like You Think (And What Actually Works)
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“You don’t have a discipline problem — you’re just trying to follow someone else’s plan.” 🎙️ Meet Alex VanHouten — exercise scientist and coach helping high performers cut through the noise and actually make progress that sticks. Coach Alex's personal journey started with him wrestling with a painful genetic disorder called Ehlers Danlos yet still achieving his deams. This taught him the discipline of 1% BETTER Daily and gave him a passion to help others do the same. Coach Alex completed his undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University in 2010 focused on chemistry and...
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What Changed After The Craig Harrison Conversation?
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What happens after the war ends? In this conversation with Craig Harrison, we get into the part most people never see — coming home, dealing with PTSD, and rebuilding life when the structure is gone. This isn’t theory. It’s lived experience. What you’ll take from this: Why ignoring what’s under the surface doesn’t work How elite performers actually deal with pressure and trauma What “strength” really looks like when no one’s watching If you’ve ever felt off, stuck, or carrying something you haven’t faced — this one lands. 🎧 Watch / listen here:...
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A hero on the battlefield; abandoned at home
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The Hardest Battle Was Coming Home | Craig Harrison on War, PTSD & Life After the British Army ““The world knows the shot. But the hardest battle was learning how to live after the war.”” The world knows Craig Harrison for the longest confirmed sniper shot in military history. But the real story begins after the war — when the mission ends and a man has to rebuild his identity from scratch. Soldiers train for war. Very few are trained for what happens when the war ends. And you don’t have to be a soldier to recognise that feeling — the moment when the mission that...
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How to Train BJJ for Decades Without Destroying Your Body or Your Confidence
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“You’re not in competition with anybody — you’re just trying to get better than the person that walked in on day one.” What if the reason you’re burning out, getting injured, or quietly losing confidence… isn’t your age — but the way you define success? Most men step on the mat trying to prove something. They leave years later either broken, bitter, or gone entirely. Most men don’t quit Jiu-Jitsu because they’re too old — they quit because their ego can’t handle not winning. This week with Rick Ellis, we break down why recovery is training, why intensity isn’t...
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Why You Can Be Surrounded by People and Still Feel Completely Alone
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I recorded an episode this week that stayed with me long after we stopped recording. I sat down with James K. Ellis, a clinical psychologist known as The Loneliness Doctor, and we talked about something a lot of men feel but rarely say out loud — that quiet, gnawing sense of not quite fitting, even when life looks fine from the outside. One of the biggest shifts from this conversation was realising that loneliness isn’t a personal failure. It’s not proof that you’re broken. It’s a signal — information your system is giving you about connection, meaning, and how your life is...
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Real Confidence Is Built When You’re Under Pressure
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How to build Real Confidence through Pressure | Discipline, Fatigue & Mastery with Owen Livesey “You don’t rise to the occasion — you default to whatever you’ve trained when you’re exhausted.” — Owen Livesey What if the reason most men fail isn’t talent, technique, or motivation — but their inability to stay consistent when nobody’s watching? 🎙️ Meet Owen Livesey — world-class pressure grappler, former elite judoka, and coach known for breaking opponents with simplicity, fatigue, and control rather than flashy techniques. In this conversation, Owen Livesey...
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Why Learning Butchery Builds Real Confidence (Skill, Control & Self-Reliance)
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Primal Eats: How Learning to Butcher Meat Builds Confidence, Skill, and Control in all areas of your life! “Confidence doesn’t come from talent — it comes from repetition, patience, and knowing what you’re doing when it matters.” Welcome to 'The Next Level Guy Podcast', a show built around one mission: helping men rebuild themselves from the ground up. We cover 🧩 Identity 🔥 Emotional Mastery ⛓️ Discipline ⚙️ Capability 💪 Physical Mastery 🎯 Purpose and so much more. What if one of the most expensive mistakes you’re making with food has nothing to...
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How Pressure Forces You to Find Your Purpose
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From Self-Doubt to World Stage: Andy Black on Pressure, Purpose & Progress “What if the people hyping you up are the very reason you’re stuck? You don’t need hype — you need people honest enough to tell you when you can do better.” What does real strength look like when the hype is stripped away? In this episode of The Next Level Guy Podcast, I sit down with elite Scottish strongman and World’s Strongest Man competitor Andy Black to talk about what actually drives long-term progress — in training, performance, and life. Meet Andy Black — elite Scottish strongman and...
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How Champions Build Mental Toughness Under Pressure
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Michael "The Monster" Todd: Faith, Grit & Finding Your Way Back “Mediocrity disgusts me. Being normal never made sense.” — Michael “The Monster” Todd 🎙️ Meet Michael “The Monster” Todd — world champion arm wrestler, founder of The Monster Factory, and proof that grit, faith, and consistency can turn pain into power. Level Up with the Show-notes at: https://www.nextlevelguy.com/michaelthemonstertodd230/ This isn’t just about arm wrestling — it’s about what it takes to rebuild yourself when life breaks you. Michael “The Monster” Todd has faced shattered bones,...
info_outlineOzzy’s gone. And suddenly everyone cares. But did they care yesterday? Did they tell him when he was here? Or are they just posting because it’s trending? This isn’t just about him. It’s about us. And how we’re wasting our lives pretending to care… too late.
On today’s short and sharp solo episode, I get real about the performative grief we see every time someone famous passes — and how it reveals a much deeper problem in how we connect with the people who matter.
If you’ve ever felt uncomfortable watching everyone jump on the RIP bandwagon… you’re not alone. Be a real fan, not a social media follower.
If you’ve ever wished you were better at telling the people you love that they matter — while they’re still alive… this is for you.
This episode challenges you to drop the lip service, ditch the herd mentality, and start practicing authentic connection now.
I also give you my simple, 3-step Connection Code — a practical way to make sure you’re not one of those people who only shows up when it’s too late.
Stop pretending.
Start living.
Today.
👊 What You’ll Get in This Episode:
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Why performative grief is so common — and so empty
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How social media has trained us to fake connection
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The uncomfortable truth about your own habits
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The 3-step Connection Code to flip this and lead differently
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A personal challenge to act — today — while it still counts
🧰 The Connection Code:
✅ Daily — Presence Check: ask who needs to hear from you today, and act
✅ Weekly — The Call: pick up the phone for one meaningful call
✅ Monthly — The Legacy: ask what they’d say about you if you were gone, and adjust
🎧 Listen now, and then take 5 minutes to reach out to one person who needs to hear from you. Do it before it’s too late.
📲 If this hits home for you…
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Share it with someone who needs to hear it.
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Tag me with your thoughts. Tell me who you called today.
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Rate & review the show — and let’s keep raising the standard, together.
Don’t just mourn the dead. Honour the living.