n this episode, Stephen Paul Edwards shares a raw and honest look at relationships, addiction, mental health, and personal growth. We explore how toxic relationships can become powerful teachers, why understanding values matters, and how men lose themselves when they ignore truth and intuition.

Stephen opens up about masculinity, self love, belief systems, and the inner work required to grow into a grounded man. This conversation moves through darkness and clarity, touching on purpose, environment, manifestation, and the responsibility men have to know themselves deeply.

Guest Bio

Stephen Paul Edwards is a coach, author, and speaker focused on human potential, self discovery, and conscious relationships. His life journey includes working with Tony Robbins, navigating addiction and mental health challenges, and writing his memoir The Venus Flytrap, a deeply personal exploration of love, attachment, and self awareness.

Stephen brings a perspective shaped by lived experience, reflection, and a relentless commitment to truth.

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What You’ll Learn

• Why healthy masculinity matters for relationships and society
• How toxic relationships can drive self discovery and growth
• The role values play in choosing partners and building trust
• Why self love is required before love with others
• How beliefs and language shape personal reality
• The importance of environment and influence on growth
• Why intuition is a skill men must relearn
• How masculinity and femininity need balance, not competition
• Why time matters more than money
• How letting go of attachment creates freedom and purpose

This episode is for men ready to stop looking outside themselves for answers and start doing the internal work that leads to truth, freedom, and deeper connection.

In this conversation, Chris Avery shares his journey of personal transformation through faith, running, and healthy masculinity. We talk about what it means for men to take responsibility for their lives, their families, and their inner world. Chris opens up about accountability, self care, and why courageous conversations matter if men want deeper relationships and real purpose.

This episode also explores Chris’s bold mission to run the perimeter of America and how commitment, discipline, and faith can reshape a man’s identity and direction.

Guest Bio and Connection

Chris Avery is a men’s coach, speaker, and endurance runner who helps men reconnect with purpose through faith, accountability, and action. Through his coaching work and his Chris Runs America project, Chris challenges men to step into their responsibility to provide, protect, and lead with emotional and spiritual strength.

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Chris Avery Coaching

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🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-avery-coaching/

Chris Runs America

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🌍 Website: https://chrisrunsamerica.com

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What You’ll Learn

• Why healthy masculinity strengthens relationships and families
• How faith can give men clarity purpose and direction
• The importance of accountability and brotherhood for growth
• Why self care is necessary and not selfish
• How running and physical challenges mirror life and leadership
• What providing and protecting really mean beyond money
• Why communication is essential for strong relationships
• How losses can teach men more than wins
• The role identity plays in modern masculinity
• Why courageous conversations build trust and respect

If you are a man searching for purpose discipline and deeper connection, this conversation will challenge you to take ownership of your life and move forward with faith and intention.

In this deeply personal and honest conversation, Chris sits down with his wife Kristyn Chandler-Yates to explore what healthy masculinity actually looks like inside a long-term relationship. Together, they reflect on how their understanding of masculinity has evolved over the years, shaped by personal growth, hard conversations, and lived experience rather than theory. Kristyn shares openly about growing up without a clear example of healthy masculinity and how that absence shaped her expectations, boundaries, and healing. This episode offers a rare perspective on masculinity from the woman who witnesses it every day, not in words, but in actions.

Summary

Chris and Kristyn unpack the difference between healthy and toxic masculinity and why so many men struggle to know the difference. They talk about service, protection, provision, emotional presence, and leadership inside marriage, and how true masculinity creates safety rather than fear. This conversation goes beyond surface-level ideas and dives into communication, self-awareness, and the responsibility men carry to know who they are and what they stand for. It is raw, grounded, and rooted in real life partnership.

Guest Bio

Kristyn Chandler-Yates is Chris’s wife and life partner. Her perspective comes not from theory or coaching, but from lived experience inside marriage, growth, conflict, and connection. Kristyn brings a powerful and grounded female lens to the conversation on masculinity, highlighting what women actually experience, feel, and need when men are operating from a healthy masculine core.

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What You’ll Learn

What healthy masculinity looks like inside a real marriage

How toxic masculinity often comes from disconnection and silence

Why communication is the foundation of lasting relationshipsHow self-awareness strengthens masculine leadership

Why serving, protecting, and providing starts with knowing yourself

How men create emotional safety without losing strength

What women actually experience when masculinity is healthy

This episode is not about perfection. It is about responsibility, presence, and becoming the kind of man your partner can trust, respect, and grow alongside.