Life's Essential Ingredients
Life’s Essential Ingredients is spinoff of C4 Leaders, a California based non-profit who uses PIZZA to guide all people in RISING TOGETHER. The show is hosted by two best friends who were college roommates at the University of San Francisco – (Jeff with a Mike). Season 5 started in 2025 and the show is currently listened to in 112 countries and 1025 cities.
The educational and entertaining show takes a deep, yet humorous look at life’s essential ingredients. The hosts engage in interesting conversation with some of the world’s best leaders, authors, athletes, musicians, chefs, architects, moms, dads, brothers, sisters, comedians, CEOs, coaches, professors, teachers, and many, many, more industries and professions.
The goal of the show is to have the guest highlight their life’s essential ingredients and for the listener to add an ingredient or two to their life recipe.
The hosts create space for the guest to be the star of the show and provide an incredible platform to highlight their life, their business, their passion, and most importantly, their gift they share with the world.
Our listeners are diverse and 9% are 18-24, 18% 25-29, 13% 30-34, 18% 35-44, 18% 45-54, and 55+ 24%.
Life's Essential Ingredients
Season 5 Episode #20 Joshua Fineman is Playing "Free" in Finding His Way!
C4 Leaders – the ONLY nonprofit to utilize the pizza making process to create space for our companions to be seen, heard, and loved. We work with businesses, sports teams, hospitals, churches…anyone looking to RISE TOGETHER. We also write children’s books and use the most amazing handmade, hand-tossed, sourdough pizza to bring out the best in each other. Please check out PIZZADAYS.ORG to support our important work.
Season 5 Episode #20 Joshua Fineman is coming from the North London area (inform, inspire, & transform)
You can find Josh via his website https://bemoremensch.com
About our guest: Josh is the founder of Mensch—a community helping men reconnect to purpose, presence, and a deeper sense of belonging. Josh’s methodology is through one on one coaching, men’s circles, and modern rites of passage. The technique isn’t the focus, Josh’s focus is on providing nourishment to men’s hearts and souls. Based in North London, Josh’s work blends nature, adventure, and honest conversation to support men in moving from simply functioning to living life with intention, meaning, and purpose.
Thanks for guiding men to develop their best versions of their current selves and therefore, building strong family, community, and social bonds. Your work is so needed, so valuable, and essential in moving us forward as a people. Josh, welcome to the show.
TOTD – “Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” Brene Brown
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In this episode:
What was life like growing up?
What are your life’s essential ingredients?
Father of three children, husband, coach, facilitator…
Providing NOURISHMENT
The importance of TOUCH…
Tell us about Mensch and let’s start with telling the listeners what it means? Yiddish translation is to be a person of integrity and honor…How did it start?
What does it mean to take the ARMOUR off… what does that mean, why do men wear it and how do you help your clients learn how to take it off…
Nursing….SELF CARE… often so hard to care for ourselves over caring for others…
Life is a CARGO SHIP… explain…
The power of NO…
How important is commitment to building trust and comradery……
Reframing, reprogramming…what being a man means…
The POWER of a tribe… community- specifically the power of sharing…
One on one coaching…
Courage, Generosity, Fellowship, Presence
Living life with intention
Packs, Quests, Guides, Community Gatherings…
Books you recommend?
Legacy