Alpha Quorum Podcast: Recent Episodes
Derik Johnson
Host: Derik Johnson
We live in a time where traditional masculinity is under assault. What was once considered normal and honorable is being called toxic. Our young men are being treated as predators-in-waiting. Is it any wonder that there is a crisis of masculinity in western civilization?
In this podcast, we discuss how men can be better men. Better fathers, husbands, business partners, leaders at home and in communities. We draw from 88 years of collective wisdom regarding the ways of men, dealing with healthy relationships, overcoming addictions, and finding meaning and purpose.
EPISODE 75!! The Alpha Quorum Show welcomes unmistakable ALPHA Justin Mackie to discuss resourcefulness. Justin is an entrepreneur, pilot, boy dad, rancher, private aircraft owner, ADV bike boss, 2021 Alpha Quorum Father of the Year, and licensed Financial Advisor and he and Taco Mike drop some straight WISDOM about:
☑ being resourceful as a man
☑ managing the most important resources you have
☑ how the alpha sees money and other forms of wealth
☑ mistakes you could be making financially
☑ gaining better positioning and judgment with money
☑ and a whole lotta more awesome stuff.
Whether you're a first-year apprentice amateur part-time graveyard shift trash taker outer who is out on FMLA from a ruptured scrotum making corndogs at the mall or a qualified investor, this conversation will be a gift, I promise you. 🔺️
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Brad Singletary and Taco Mike finish the series on Alpha Responsibility with some ultra-valuable lessons about how men can admit wrongs, make amends, accept the things they cannot control and do the next right thing.
We discuss the language of responsibility: examples of words and phrases that men need to be comfortable with in taking ownership of their failures. But first, Taco Mike describes how he became so comfortable with the language of responsibility by first getting right with who he is as a person and learning to be comfortable in his own skin, having an identity that was purely his own and not the template that others told him he should be. He describes one of the unlikely ways he did this: refusing to go along with something he once believed and taught others to do because it no longer made sense for him to continue.
We discuss apologies and how they are more harmful than good if they come from a place of victimhood and how words are usually not enough.
Taco Mike describes a moto trip in Mexico with a group of men that went terribly wrong as they became stranded on a treacherous mountainside, the surprising way he went about handling his responsibilities as the leader of the expedition and the outcome that required Alpha-level humility. Find out how things ended up and what he gained from this experience.
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Men are faced with unique challenges and many of our failures come from operating from “boy psychology” instead of the mature and evolved “man psychology”. We often find ourselves asking “what kind of men should we be?” There are many perspectives about healthy masculinity and even more widely-varying ideas of what it means to be an Alpha. Today my three ALPHA guests and I begin a six-episode series on our review of the book “King, Warrior, Magician, Lover” by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette, who describe the difference between boy psychology and man psychology and give a very effective visual model of healthy manhood and help guys rediscover the archetypes of mature masculinity: the KING, the WARRIOR, the MAGICIAN, and the LOVER.
We explore the dysfunctional shadow energies of the immature masculine in 'boy psychology.' We talk about:
the highchair tyrant
the weakling prince
the grandstander-bully
the coward
the know-it-all trickster
the dummy
the mama's boy
the dreamer
We discuss what it looks like when men are still operating from an immature (boy) mindset and introduce the healthy mature archetypes in their fullness.
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One in five people have a diagnosable mental health disorder. Someone you love has a mental illness. Today we’re going to discuss common mental health disorders, how they look in everyday life, what causes them, and how men can respond to their own potential illnesses and support others so they can be successful in their treatment.
We interview Matt Marx, LCSW, who is working as a mental health clinician in the Las Vegas area. We describe four common mental health disorders including PTSD, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression and various forms of anxiety. We teach men how they might recognize the need for further evaluation when the emotions or behaviors the see in themselves or their loved ones are cause for alarm. We discuss medical assessments, how to communicate with a prescriber who may evaluate you for medication, how to deal with loved ones who struggle, and other super helpful tips.
*While we feature professionals on our show, the content is intended informational entertainment purposes only.
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Meet the top five finishers in the first-ever Alpha360, a 60-day challenge consisting of difficult daily tasks requiring each man to stretch himself physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and with their loved ones. Hear about why they were interested in this challenge, what kept them going, and how they learned to Alpha Up and improve their lives in 60 of the final days of the historically-difficult year that was 2020.
All combined, the men in this show are fathers to 24 children. One of these Alphas is a dapper dirt bike braaaper and process engineer for Intel, living and raising his two young children in the Pacific Northwest. One is a therapist and life coach who has endured 27 surgeries and has been on forearm crutches for 40 years. The fittest man here is a 56 year-old grumpy drama teacher and actor who adopted all five of his children and found a noticeably different environment in his home as he focused on what was right in his world, worked out with a buddy and read several non-fiction books on "how not to die."
One man owns a highly-successful catering company in Las Vegas, chairs AA meetings and listens to podcasts and audiobooks on multi-tasking walks every single day, even though he walks 15-20 miles a day in his profession. And lastly, the hog-hunting earth-mover Australian who won the Alpha360 challenge after inspiration from his doctor who told him he was "not obese, but FAT", and his biochemist father who convinced him to give up energy drinks and as a result now drinks only water. Hear how they changed their mood and their mindset about life by writing 30 words of gratitude every day, prayed or meditated, avoided addictions, journaled and more fully engaged with their families. These men show what it means to make a commitment to leveling up by tracking and reporting their daily progress and using a tribe of brothers to improve their attitude, actions, and attributes.
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Why is it so hard to ask for help? In this episode we discuss personal limitations and the bravery involved in seeking outside help.
Talking points in this episode:
How can a man know when he needs outside help?
Our own experiences in therapy and famous men who have been to therapy.
What prevents men from being willing to seek help?
Other topics discussed:
Pushing ego, pride and fear away in order to find the different available resources for help and self improvement.
Finding appropriate help and what to expect in a therapy setting. Also, how to get the most out of your experience.
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