Sacred Grit: Nervous System Tools and Spiritual Resilience for Men Who Are Done With Addiction, Anger, and Disconnection
Are you tired of battling addiction and wondering if there’s a way to find real strength, purpose, and freedom?
Welcome to Sacred Grit, a podcast equipping men to conquer addiction and overcome inner struggles through physical, mental, and spiritual disciplines, so you can become a man of honor and integrity. If you’re a man struggling with addiction and the isolation, broken relationships and shame it brings to your life—this show is for you
Over the last three years, I’ve watched countless men discover healing and connection through these same practices.
Listen in to learn:
- How to reframe addiction and pride into strength and freedom.
- Spiritual insights to help you find your way back to resilience when facing addiction.
- Practical tools like cold water immersion and breathwork; made simple even if you've never practiced before.
Every Sunday I unpack spiritual healing, and every Wednesday I deliver practical tools for men. Start your journey today with the fan-favorite episode, “What is Sacred Grit,” from July 2, 2025.
Episodes
130 episodes
129: Husband, Use This Preloaded Decision to Regulate Your Nervous System and Save Your Marriage
The conversation you have when you're calm determines what happens when you're not.Before you ever walk into a hard conversation with your partner, you have to decide who you want to be in that moment. Not hope. Not wish. Decid...
128: Why Your Marriage Struggles Aren't a Communication Problem — They're a Nervous System Problem
You can't connect with your wife from a dysregulated nervous system — no matter how much you love her.Most marriage conflict has nothing to do with what was actually said. It's two dysregulated nervous systems colliding — one f...
127: One Nervous System Practice That Makes Men Better Fathers in Real Time
The moment before you react to your kid is the moment that defines your fatherhood.Your kids know every button to push and they will find every unregulated corner of you — guaranteed. But here's the thing: that's not a problem,...
126: Why Your Kids Don't Need a Perfect Dad — They Need a Regulated One
Dads show up and don't blow up.Your kids are co-regulating with you whether you know it or not. When you walk through the door dysregulated — frustrated, angry, checked out — the whole house feels it and reacts to it. ...
125: Why Pre-Loaded Decisions Give Men the Strength to Control their Mind Before the Battle Starts
The best time to make a decision is before you need to make it.Most men try to make good decisions in the middle of the storm — when they're triggered, dysregulated, and running on fight or flight. When your prefrontal cortex g...
124: How Being Disciplined Every Day Builds the Nervous System Strength Men Need
You don't need more motivation. You need a nervous system that's been trained to show up.Most men hear the word discipline and think punishment — restriction, suffering, grinding through. But discipline isn't what limits you. I...
123: How Men Get Out of Anxiety in the Moment (Using One Nervous System Tool That Actually Works)
Your anxiety isn't a character flaw — it's your nervous system stuck on the gas. And today, you're getting the tool to interrupt it.Most men try to think their way out of anxiety — but your body has to come down before your min...
122: How Anxiety Is a Stuck Throttle in Your Nervous System (And How to Build the Strength to Take Control Again)
Your anxiety isn't a character flaw — it's your nervous system stuck on the gas.So many men are living as prisoners to anxiety without knowing why. It's not a moral failure or a personality type — it's a nervous system that nev...
121: How to Overcome Depression by Using a Nervous System Tool Most Men Never Think to Use
You don’t think your way out of depression—you move your way out.When you’re stuck in depression, your mind tells you to stay still, stayWhen you simplify the process and focus on one thing—movement—you take your power back...
120: How Depression Shuts Down Your Nervous System (Why Men Feel Stuck and How to Get Up Anyway)
If you feel stuck, unmotivated, or shut down—it’s not laziness, it’s your nervous system.Most men believe depression means something is wrong with them—that they’re weak, lazy, or failing. But what’s actually happening is your ...
Sponsor Highlight: Brad Strawbridge Capital City Roofing
From homeless in a Walmart parking lot to building a thriving company that gives back—this is what real recovery looks like.In this special sponsor highlight, Jason sits down with Brad Strawbridge, founder of Capital City Roofing, to unp...
119: How to Control Your Anger in the Moment by Training for Nervous System Triggers
Anger doesn’t ruin your relationships—the way you respond to it does.Most men don’t lose control because they’re bad people—they lose control because they don’t interrupt the response fast enough. When you le...
118: You Don’t Have a Temper — Your Nervous System Is Offline (Why Men Lose Control and How to Take It Back)
You don’t have a temper problem—your nervous system is just going offline.Most men believe their anger is a personality flaw, something they just have to live with or suppress. But anger is actually your nervous system in fight...
117: How to Start Training Your Nervous System Today for Mental Health Resilience (And Get My Free Breathwork Tool)
You don’t need more information to change—you need a way to reset your nervous system in real time.Most men try to think their way out of stress, anxiety, or addiction, but when your nervous system is triggered, your thinking b...
116: How Nervous System Strength Impacts Your Ability to Control Your Mental Health
If the man you want to be isn’t showing up in your life, it’s not a character problem—it’s a nervous system problem.Most men believe they lack discipline, integrity, or strength when their actions don’t match their intentions. ...
115: How to Break the Addiction Loop (Train Your Nervous System for Real Change)
Addiction doesn’t happen all at once—it happens in a loop, and if you don’t interrupt it early, it will run to completion.Most men wait too long to act. By the time they try to stop, the urge has already taken over.
114: Why You’re Not Addicted — Your Nervous System Is Dysregulated
What you call addiction isn’t just a lack of discipline—it’s your nervous system trained to seek relief.Most men think their problem is weakness or lack of willpower. But addiction is often your body doing exactly what it’s bee...
113: Integrating Nervous System Regulation to Prevent Relapse in Addiction Recovery
The pause is powerful—but what you do inside it determines whether you relapse or recover.Most men learn how to create a pause through nervous system regulation, but they don’t know what to do next. When you ...
112: Why Willpower Fails in Addiction — And How Nervous System Training Fixes It
White knuckling addiction doesn’t break the cycle—it actually makes it stronger.Most men believe the answer to addiction is to just “try harder” and push through the urge. But when you rely on willpower alone, you’re fighting a...
111:How Nervous System Regulation Helps You Make Better Choices When Addiction Urges Hit
Better decisions don’t start with willpower. They start with a regulated nervous system.Most addiction urges are not moral failures—they are your nervous system trying to regulate discomfort. When you regulat...
110: How to Increase Nervous System Capacity and Build Real Resilience
Real resilience isn’t about pushing harder. It’s about increasing how much discomfort your nervous system can hold.Most men think resilience means grinding harder or forcing their way through pain. But true resilience is built ...
109: How to Integrate Nervous System Training When Addiction Urges Hit
Addiction urges don’t have to control you. They can be interrupted.Most men think urges mean they’ve already lost the battle. But urges are simply nervous system impulses moving through the body. Addiction th...
108: How to Stop Your Porn Addiction by Training Your Nervous System
Porn addiction isn’t a willpower problem. It’s a nervous system problem.Most men believe they’re failing because they lack discipline. But porn addiction is wired into the body long before the brain has a chance to think. ...
107: Stop Addiction and Build Nervous System Resilience with this Simple Daily Practice
Addiction doesn’t end by going harder. It ends by going consistent.Most men try to beat addiction with intensity. Big promises. Big emotions. Big spiritual highs. But addiction isn’t wired into your brain overnight — and it won...
106: How to End Addiction by Replacing It with Spiritual Practice
Addiction doesn’t end by removing something. It ends by replacing it.You can stop drinking. Stop using. Stop scrolling. Stop watching. But if you don’t replace that behavior with something stronger, something life-giving, the o...