{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Next Level Healing","title":"Why So Many Successful Men Feel Empty Inside I Mike Campbell","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3540,"description":"Mike Campbell, men's coach and author of Unleash Your Alpha, joins Dr. Tara Perry for a candid conversation on why so many outwardly successful men feel stuck, unfulfilled, and disconnected on the inside. Since 2012, Mike has coached more than 3,000 men across New Zealand, Australia, the UK, and the US, helping business owners, leaders, husbands, and fathers become more confident, emotionally grounded, and connected. Mike shares the heartbreak and loss that launched his own inner work, why the \"armor\" men build to feel safe ends up weakening them, and the deceptively simple practices he uses to help men slow down, face themselves, and reclaim the lives they actually want. The conversation closes with what men wish women understood, the biggest mistakes men make in marriage, and the power of doing this work alongside other men.KEY TAKEAWAYS(01:52) The iceberg beneath the surface — what successful men who \"have it all\" are silently struggling with, and why Mike has conversations with men that most men have never had(09:00) \"A strength turned up too high is a weakness\" — how coping mechanisms become armor, and why the thicker the armor, the thinner the skin underneath(12:17) Mike's origin story — a broken engagement, losing his mother to lung cancer, and the soul-searching that took him from personal trainer to men's coach(15:46) The realization that changed his career: men come with a physical want, but underneath it is an emotional need at the identity level(21:38) The \"Trojan horse\" approach to self-awareness — why Mike starts with simple, cutting questions like \"Do you like yourself? Do you like your life?\"(27:00) The 15-minute daily practice Mike gives every client — sitting alone with your thoughts, no music, no distractions — and why the discomfort points you in the right direction(29:40) \"The thing I say I want, I don't allow\" — why men crave space, peace, and ease but fill every moment, and the movie-watching homework that exposes it(32:59) The Lincoln axe...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9xMz9HpJXGH4dd0ntTlc530OzNpo0NJVZfIGz8mWb5I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ODgz/MjQ0ZTkwMTEzY2Ri/NjlkZjYyZjEyODEy/ZjU0NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}