{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Lion Counseling Podcast","title":"When “Good” Becomes Emotional Avoidance","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":258,"description":"🎙️ When “Good” Becomes Emotional Avoidance | Leadership Under Pressure #87\nOne of Jocko Willink’s most famous responses to adversity is simple: “Good.”\nSomething goes wrong?... Good.\nAn obstacle appears?... Good.\nNow you have an opportunity to adapt, grow, and become stronger.\nIt is a powerful mindset. But in this episode of Leadership Under Pressure, Mark Odland explores how many high-performing men unintentionally misuse that principle—not as resilience, but as emotional avoidance.\nMark breaks down:\n✅ The difference between resilience and emotional suppression\n✅ Why many disciplined men override pain instead of addressing it\n✅ How unresolved stress quietly impacts marriage, health, parenting, and leadership\n✅ Why “pushing through” is not always strength\n✅ The hidden emotional cost of constantly staying in motion\n✅ How burnout, numbness, irritability, and disconnection slowly build over time\n✅ Why wisdom is knowing which pain to endure—and which pain to process\nThis episode is not about becoming fragile.\nIt’s about becoming whole.\nBecause some pain is meant to strengthen you…\nbut some pain is trying to tell you something.\nAnd many high-performing men have spent years overriding signals that actually needed attention.\nAt Lion Counseling, Mark works with disciplined, resilient men who are successful on the outside—but who may still be carrying unprocessed stress, pain, and emotional exhaustion underneath the surface.\nSometimes the real “good” is not just that you pushed through.\nSometimes the good is finally facing what you’ve been avoiding.\n🎙️ Book a Clarity Call with Mark:\nhttps://escapethecagenow.com/call/\n📘 Get Mark’s FREE book + join the newsletter:\nhttps://escapethecagenow.com/subscribe/\nAbout Leadership Under Pressure:\nLeadership Under Pressure is a series from Lion Counseling exploring the hidden psychological layer of leadership, discipline, relationships, and performance. Mark Odland combines trauma-informed therapy, EMDR expertise, leadership...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/b43DNkaaFA6NuvdfMHherbAf24V0_hZDPKaqPLVU2iE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hZjAw/YTFhMTc4ZmZlOTZl/NWQxNDQ3OGIwZDlj/MjgwZC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}