Go Back

In this episode, Josh tells the story of two boys on a playground — a story that becomes a metaphor for what so many men unknowingly do in their adult relationships.

He explains how men often exile the wounded, insecure part of themselves and instead chase the "cool kids": success, achievement, and romantic validation. Those things feel like salvation, like proof that we never have to face the old pain again.

But when work disappoints us or a partner pulls away, the reaction — rage, collapse, panic — comes from that abandoned kid inside who suddenly gets exposed again.

Josh breaks down why our talents can't heal our wounds, why career and relationships can't save us from ourselves, and why the only way forward is to go back to the part of us we left behind a long time ago.

You can't outrun the kid. You have to go get him.