STFUAL - From Boy to Man to Better Husband
I’m on a mission to become an expert in recognising and eradicating boy-like behaviour in adult men. These are the conversations helping me get there—honest, grounded, and human. Nothing fake. No gurus. No BS. Just the real work of growing up and becoming the man you were meant to be.
Episodes
33 episodes
Rites of Passage: Your Marriage Could Suffer Because of This Missing Initiation | EP 33
Why do other men seem to have their shit together while you're still figuring it out?You just woke up one day with bills, a wife, maybe kids, and no idea how you got here. Western culture killed the one thing that would have given...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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20:58
The Year That Defined My Life: 10 Uncomfortable Truths About Becoming a Better Man and Husband | EP 32
What if the year that breaks you open is actually the year that makes you whole?Alessandro Frosali steps out from behind the coach role and speaks plainly about the year that reshaped him as a man, husband, and leader. He breaks d...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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40:40
How the Modern Man Cave Creates Distraction That’s Eroding Your Marriage with Nate Johansen, Men's Coach | EP 31
Are you facing yourself when you are alone or just finding better distractions?Alessandro is joined by men's coach Nate Johansen to call out the addiction most men don't know they have. The cave used to be where men went to proces...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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48:27
Marriage Leadership Dies When You're Numbing Through Constant Distraction with Nic Warner, Men's Coach | EP 30
What if every complaint you have about your wife is actually pointing to your own lack of leadership? Alessandro sits down with Nic Warner, a men's coach who learned radical accountability the hard way through his ex-wife's a...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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46:31
Mental Load Explained: What Partnership Actually Means | EP 29
You've heard her say it a hundred times: "I need help with the mental load." But what the hell does that even mean? Alessandro breaks down the three layers every task actually has and why most men only see one of them. This i...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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24:23
Why Your Wife Is Done Managing You, Take Ownership Before She Walks Out - Mental Load Coach Zach Watson | EP 28
Ever wonder why your wife gets pissed when you ask "What can I do to help?"Today Alessandro sits with Zach Watson, mental load coach to translate what your wife has been trying to tell you for years. He unpacks the three levels of...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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25:51
3 Reasons Why MEN Have to Change First in Marriage and She Doesn't | EP 27
Why should you be the one to change when she's got issues too?You're standing in a relationship standoff. She's got her guns up (criticism, contempt), you've got yours (defensiveness, stonewalling). Both of you are waiting for the...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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25:25
How Men Are Conditioned to Be Unemotional and Why Fatherhood Breaks You Open with Relationship Coach, Jay Tibbs | EP 26
What if being emotionally unavailable in your marriage isn't a character flaw but a survival pattern you learned as a boy?I sit down with Jay Tibbs, a relationship coach who knows what it's like to be emotionally shut down and wh...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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49:15
Men's Inability to Sit With Discomfort Is Destroying More Than You Know with Silent Retreat Facilitator Hamid Ebadi | EP 25
What would you actually have to face if you couldn't reach for your phone for the next eight days?Every time something gets uncomfortable, a tense moment with your wife, an emotion you don't want to feel, or just the weight of you...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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35:24
4 Boy Behaviors That Cost Husbands Their Wife’s Respect (and How to Get It Back) | EP 24
Did your wife's tone this morning feel like a punch to the gut? What if the problem isn't her, but the boy patterns you're still running?Alessandro breaks down the four boy behaviors that silently wreck marriages and keep men stuc...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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39:19
The "Bad Man" You're Afraid to Be Is the Man She Actually Wants with Mikah Jones, Relationship Coach | EP 23
What if trying so hard to be a "good man" is actually turning you into the worst version of yourself?Alessandro sits down with wellness coach Mikah Jones to unpack a pattern wrecking modern men: the fear of being perceived as a "b...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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58:37
The Missing Skill: Relationship Intelligence w/ Railey Molinario
In this episode, she breaks down the concept of relationship intelligence: the emotional skills most of us were never taught.We talk childhood patterns, emotional manipulation vs leadership, and why love alone won’t hold...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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43:46
What It Takes to Win Olympic Gold and Lead a Family w/ Dr. Scott Brennan
Dr. Scott Brennan is an Olympic gold medallist and former emergency doctor who became a stay-at-home dad. In this conversation, we talk about:The male mentor who changed his lifeThe vow he made at his coach’s coff...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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1:25:08
Real men FEEL w/ Andy Grant
Andy Grant, host of the popular men's health podcast "Real Men Feel" joins me on STFUAL to talk about his story, feelings and energy.Check out Andy's website here: https://theandygrant.com/👉...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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50:04
20 Innocent Habits That Are Quietly Destroying Your Masculinity
This episode is the why behind the viral post that hit 3.5 million views in 48 hours.I break down all 20 habits—line by line—with the deeper truths behind each one. These aren't just catchy phrases. They're blind spots t...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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36:45
How Psychedelics Can Heal Men's Mental Health w/ Xavier Rousset
What if the real crisis in men’s mental health isn’t illness—but disconnection?In this episode, I sit down with Xavier Rousset, a filmmaker and advocate whose life was changed by psychedelics. We talk about the stigma surrounding drugs, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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42:41
Emotional Maturity & Handling Interpersonal Relationships w/ Roy Wang
What happens when being smart isn’t enough?In this episode, I sit down with Roy Wang, a man who could always figure things out intellectually but struggled when it came to emotional connection and conflict.We talk about what it reall...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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59:09
The Biggest Lie in Society: “There Is No Such Thing as Men and Women”
In this solo episode, I go headfirst into one of the most damaging lies we've been fed: that masculinity and femininity no longer exist. That we're all the same. That difference is dangerous.But it’s not sameness that creates att...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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8:25
Blocked Energy = Blocked Life w Jose Mendoza
You can’t mindset your way out of a blocked body.This episode goes deep with energy practitioner Jose Mendoza, whose work helps men shift what’s stuck—not just in their heads, but in their nervous systems, their emotions, and their physi...
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40:08
How to Understand Yourself (and Others) in 6 Colours w/ Corbin Billings
What if your biggest blind spot isn’t your trauma—it’s your temperament? In this episode, we sit down with Corbin Billings, the speaker and messenger behind the Personality Color Matrix, a mind-blowing framework that unpacks y...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:03:47
You Don’t Need a Therapist—You Need a Walk and a Mate w/ Scott Johnson
In this episode, I sit down with Scott Johnson—the founder of The Proper Blokes Club—to talk about why movement opens men up, how walk-and-talks beat therapy for some guys, and what it takes to build real brotherhood.We get into his story o...
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40:08
Mushrooms, Mirror Neurons, and the Myth of Control w/ Philip Schmadlak
In this episode, I sit down with Phillip Schmadluk—coach, psychology grad, and one of the deepest thinkers I know—to talk about the ego traps that keep men stuck, and the power of surrender that sets us free.We dive into what it real...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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51:30
The Body Breaks When You Don’t Feel w/ Jarrah Volpe
Most men think they have a mindset problem.What they really have is an emotional backlog.🧠 In this episode, I sit down with Jarrah Volpe—a trauma-informed somatic therapist and men's work facilitator—for a raw conv...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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45:14
You’re Not Hungry—You’re Hurt” w/ Jillian Scott
In this episode, I sit down with Jillian Scott—host of the Hungry for Love podcast—to talk about emotional eating, shame spirals, and why so many men soothe their pain with food, porn, alcohol, or endless scrolling.We unpack what i...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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48:16
No One’s Coming to Save You w/ Sean Carey
In this episode, I sit down with Sean Carey—author of A Single Dad’s Comeback—to talk about what happens when you hit rock bottom and realise no one is coming to pull you out.Sean shares his story of surviving an emotionally destru...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:04:41