{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Man On FIRE Podcast with David Mehler","title":"The Hidden Cost Of Success","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f34f3ea5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1692,"description":"~[00:00] Why top performers feel empty at the peak; welcoming Luke back.~[02:00] Early signs of burnout: irritability, sleeplessness, numbing with alcohol; ‘checked all the boxes.’~[04:30] Living crosswise with yourself: purpose as external validation vs intimate, relationship‑driven life.~[06:30] The isolation of image: ‘calm, cool, collected’ becomes a prison; fear of burdening your wife.~[10:00] Burnout as bound energy: repression → depression; cultural conditioning for men.~[13:00] Bathroom-floor moment; mirror as leverage; stepping away from the role to heal.~[14:30] Don’t wait for the default crisis; how brotherhood dissolves isolation and restores energy.~[20:00] On-ramp to men’s work; pathways that now exist; proactive life design like business.~[25:00] Having it all at work, starving at home; redefining ‘balance’ as a surfer, not a scale.~[27:00] Closing invitation: identify where you’re burnt out, empty, unfulfilled—and ask for support.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-axHAVFvTNaCnsDlPntj04gU7moGGdBfk139FJPe3UI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mNjAx/MWQxYmFiNDdiYzhh/ZTFjZTg3ZDY4MDI2/NjE0Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}