Tyler Adams

Goodpain Podcast Season 02 Episode 013: Sacred Inconvenience – A Reflection Under 20 Minutes

This week we are taking a short break from our long form conversations to reflect on the idolatry of convenience. Following a short introduction from Tyler, we share a 2004 address by author Kurt Vonnegut confronting the costs of convenience where he entreats us instead to “embrace the vitality of struggle.”

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Goodpain Podcast Season 02, Episode No. 012: Chef Jay Anthony Irizzary and Puerto Rican Flavor

This week we sit down with Chef Jay Anthony Irizzary of Cabo Rojo Cocina Caribeña, a Puerto Rican-inspired culinary brand based in Reno, NV, offering bold, authentic Latin Caribbean food and desserts. I met Jay while I was in Reno and found his restaurant my first night there. My waiter took my order, delivered my…

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Goodpain Podcast Season 02, Episode No. 011: Maturity in Men’s Sexuality & Intimacy with Amanda Jepson, LPC, CST, ACS

Jeremy and Tyler take a break from their conversations to share a discussion with Amanda Jepson, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Sex Therapist, Board Certified Diplomate of Sexology. Amanda is an expert in sexuality including better sex intimacy and sexual trauma and instead of sex therapist hacks, she engages with a balance of maturity and fun…

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Goodpain Podcast Season 02, Episode No. 010: The Maturity Difference

We’re back! After a nearly two-month hiatus, we have a number of interviews and discussions ready as we run out the remainder of this season. In this return episode Jeremy and Tyler consider the statement “A mature man doesn’t need to prove his strength; he creates safety for others to discover theirs.” Multiple questions are…

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Goodpain Podcast Season 02, Episode No. 009: Cultural Seductions of Men & the Hooks of Addiction

Jeremy & Tyler are back in the studio to how culturally rewarded patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting can function like addictions for men, keeping them trapped while believing they are powerful and “in control.” The cost? Over time, they diminish the man himself, shrinking his humanity, robbing his authentic relationships, mystery, interdependence, and the…

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Goodpain Podcast Season 02, Episode No. 008: Bill O’Melia – Grief as a Father, Sharing Grief as Men

We return to the topic of grief as our starting point and shared story, however, this discussion goes beyond that. In it we sit down with Bill O’Melia, who was thrust into role as an advocate following the passing of his son, Drennan in 2010. Bil and his wife, Melissa, with their two surviving sons…

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Goodpain Season 02 Episode No. 007: The Masculine Principle – Fletcher Galeano, Finding Self within Estrangement

This week we speak with Fletcher Galeano, author of Letters to a Living Ghost, a memoir of his personal journey that explores themes of identity, grief, and healing. His journey involved emotional abuse, parental neglect, mental illness, family estrangement, and trauma and he shares the vulnerable details in this discussion. Fletcher Galeano’s Amazon Author Page

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Goodpain Season 02 Episode 006: The Masculine Principle – Deremiah *CPE, Embracing Wisdom and Letting Go Poverty Mindsets

“Whether you are rich or whether you are poor, life delivers challenges to you” and despite these challenges, our guest Deremiah points out how much embracing our choice and autonomy regardless of the circumstances defines how we live. We do not get to choose our challenges. Learning how to listen to ourselves, to listen to…

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Goodpain Season 02 Episode 005: The Masculine Principles – Losing Ourselves to the Myths of “Winning”

This week we explore what it means to be a bully, a manipulator, a tyrant, and an addict under the siren song of “winning.” We ask ourselves how the reductionist and simplistic rules of sports or the battlefield do not serve the versions of leadership to which we aspire and know we are capable of…

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Goodpain Season 02, Episode No. 04: Interview with Kyle Quincey (former NHL, Do Good Ranch) – Self-Worth, Play, & Eldership

Today we sit down with our friend Kyle Quincey, former defenseman in the NHL and Owner of Do Good Ranch. Kyle shares his story coming up playing hockey in Canada through the end of his storied career in the NHL. Kyle describes how the professional system reinforces the belief tha “You’re never good enough” and…

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