The Power of Showing Up, Building Community, and Doing Challenging Things with Your Brothers Featuring David Valadez

What happens when you stop doing things virtually and actually show up for each other?

Jon, Will, and returning MTM guest David Valadez reflect on a weekend in Colorado Springs that started with an excruciating Spartan 10K — 7 miles of mud, hills, barbed wire, and shared struggle — and ended with something harder to measure. Every wall and climb was a reminder that we are stronger together than we will ever be alone. Outside the race, the moments kept coming: Jon's Family embracing the gang for dinner, and a visit to Dan Carcillo's plant medicine retreat center in Golden.

This is a short episode about the one thing that accelerates everything else — real, in-person community between men. It's one of the core tenets of Men Talking Mindfulness: we are stronger together, and this weekend proved it.

MORE ABOUT DAVID VALADEZ:
Business advisor to the show, investor, partner, and advisor across multiple business ventures and startups. In 2018 he walked away from a corporate operations career — including senior roles at Convergint, a global systems integrator in security and building automation — to focus on investing in and advising growth-stage companies. He also brings a background in youth sports performance leadership as former VP of Operations at Dedicated Athletes and Legerity Sports Performance. David is a Partner at Kitsap Olhava Management and one of the men behind the scenes at MTM.

Check out his past ep:
Men's Journey Through and Healing After Divorce

IN THIS EPISODE:

-Why shared struggle creates a depth of connection no Zoom call can replicate

-How co-regulation works — and what Jon's wife saw in him after just one weekend

-The visit to Dan Carcillo and Experience Onward — what happened in that room

-Why doing something hard together is different from just hanging out

-The first step if you've been isolating — and how to take it

-A direct invitation to join MTM community and future in-person events

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