Who is Mike Campbell?
Mike Campbell is the author of the book Unleash Your Alpha and has been a Man Coach for 12 years. He specialises in supporting men to find significance, worth and personal power.
By challenging the broken model of manhood, he helps men to get out of their own way, and in doing so become their own perfect mix of James Bond, Nelson Mandela & Batman.Why did I bring Mike onto the show?
Mike recently launched a web TV series called Beyond the Beers which encourages men to have conversations that go beyond sports, booze and sex.
I wanted to talk to Mike about what motivated him to launch this series and to find out what he feels is holding men back from having more open, vulnerable conversations. We also discuss how he helps clients reconnect with their sense of purpose and why Mike believes that the model of manhood is broken in today's day and age.
The first episode of Beyond the Beers went live last week and you can watch it here.What will you learn?
- How to find personal power and take ownership of your story
- Why is masculinity broken in today's day and age?
- The steps you can take to be more present and vulnerable in conversations
- How to reframe vulnerability
- The importance of expanding your emotional vocabulary
- How Mike supports men to reconnect with their purpose
- About Mike's Kickstarter campaign for Beyond the Beers and the challenges he had
"To fear vulnerability, because we fear showing weakness, is weakness." - Mike CampbellReach Out and Connect with Mike:
Show Notes:
- Challenges his clients to take ownership of their narrative @ 9:00
- Why is masculinity broken? @ 9:45
- Allowing women to be powerful in their feminine @ 15:15
- How do you make your clients more comfortable with opening up? @ 16:45
- It all starts when we're young... the longer you wear a mask, the harder it is to know what's underneath @ 21:00
- The importance of expanding your emotional vocabulary @ 23:15
- Project Me - make yourself your purpose. We neglect ourselves. The goal becomes solving you. Everything else in your life will improve as a byproduct of focusing on yourself @ 24:30
- Men's love language @ 28:45
- How did you get started as a Man Coach? @ 29:45
- Beyond the Beers and Mike's Next Chapter @ 33:00
- Having more challenging conversations @ 39:25
- My favourite Mark Twain quote @ 41:00
- The importance of self intelligence (self awareness) @ 41:45
- You're going to screw sh%t up, be easy on yourself @ 42:45
- How was the experience of launching a Kickstarter campaign? @ 43:00
- The internal self-talk Mike faced during Beyond the Beers @ 45:30
- The inspiration behind the show @ 50:30
- Mike's willingness to listen to feedback, especially playing in a field he's new in 52:45
- Think about the conversations you're not having or want to have @ 55:15
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