HeyJaredPhil Phails
👨👧👧 Single dad | 🧠 Neurodivergent & Proud | 🛤️ Path SeekerAfter a lifetime of personal growth—through self-help, therapy, and endless learning—I'm embracing my unique journey.
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(69) When a Men’s Group Fails to Hold Itself Accountable | Verbal Aggression in a Mankind Project I-Group (opens the original)
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What happens when verbal aggression occurs inside a space meant for growth, and the community does not fully address it? In this extended conversation, Phil sits with his thought partner Alice to explore a personal experience of being spoken to in a way that felt like verbal assault within a Mankind Project men’s group.They move carefully through the impact of the incident, the absence of meaningful accountability, the ways old patterns of anger and fear can echo into family life, and the ongoin
(68) Philosophy Book Club with Grant Potts #14: The Character Gap How Good Are We Really (opens the original)
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How good are we, really? In this Philosophy Book Club episode, Phil and Grant Potts begin their three-part reading of Christian B. Miller’s The Character Gap. They explore the distance between how most of us see ourselves and how we actually behave when no one is watching, drawing on psychological research into helping, honesty, and moral consistency.The conversation moves from Miller’s core findings to questions of situation versus character, the role of relationships in shaping who we are, and
(67) How David Comer Found His Identity on Two Wheels (opens the original)
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David Comer, president of the Violet Crown Sports Association, joins Phil Phails to talk about how a kid who struggled with weight, fencing, and a Crohn's disease diagnosis found his identity on a bicycle. What starts as Austin cycling history unfolds into a real conversation about resilience, failure tolerance, and the quiet mentorship that holds a community together.David traces his path from a beginner terrified of cold, dark group rides to leading a 450-member club, and explains why learning
(66) Greg Stephens: How to Repair the Relationship You Thought Was Impossible (opens the original)
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Professional mediator and author Greg Stephens joins Phil Phails to explore what it actually takes to repair a relationship that feels beyond saving. Greg shares the framework he's used in thousands of team mediations, the definition of respect that changed how he leads, and the difference between intent and impact that most people never learn to separate.The conversation moves through Greg's own reconciliation with his father, a story he's never fully told before, and the childhood experiences
(65) Phil Phails @ Balance II with Mary Richardson-Perez (opens the original)
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Compassion fatigue, joy as a practice, and the quiet difficulty of staying present in a life that asks a lot of you. In this full episode of Phil Phails, Mary Richardson-Perez returns for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from the early warning signs of empathy fatigue to the yogic concept of the koshas, from the deliberate practice of joy to an honest check-in about what's actually shifted in both their lives since they last spoke.Mary draws from her work supporting asylum-seeking families
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