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Want to become a better man? American Masculinity is a self improvement for men podcast helping you master personal development, men's mental health, and leadership.
Hosted by Timothy Wienecke, licensed psychotherapist, Air Force veteran, and award-winning men's advocate. Each episode delivers expert insight and practical tools for men's self improvement.
Whether you're navigating fatherhood, building confidence in relationships, or working on personal growth, you'll find grounded conversations on masculinity, trauma recovery, growth mindset, and what it means to show up as a better partner, father, and leader.
No yelling. No clichés. Just thoughtful motivation rooted in psychology and real-world experience. Perfect for men seeking mental fitness, self-discipline, and meaningful life skills.
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Send a text Money shapes nearly every part of a man's life. Yet most men never learn how to talk about it without shame. Success gets measured in income. Stability is tied to numbers. Worth often gets confused with earning power. When those pressures collide with relationships, identity, and a changing economy, many men feel anxious. Some become avoidant. Others feel silently overwhelmed. In this episode, host Timothy sits down with financial therapist and educator Khara Croswaite. They have ...
Send a text Being a man today often means shouldering heavy pressure without the words to name it. We're still expected to show strength and provide stability. Yet many of us were never taught to navigate our inner world. We were told to push through it instead. This creates a culture of silent strain, bottled-up emotions, and burnout dressed up as toughness. In this episode, host Timothy chats with therapist, author, and veteran mindfulness teacher Tim Desmond. They explore how to ease suffe...
Send us a text Valentine’s Day is easy to dismiss. People often call it shallow, overpriced, and performative. In this solo episode, Tim Wienecke starts there. He critiques it at first. Then he digs deeper. He uncovers what his resistance to holidays, anniversaries, and romantic rituals was really hiding. He also shares what that resistance ultimately cost him. Tim draws from his personal history. He adds clinical insight and includes hard-earned regret. He explores how men often hide behind ...
Send us a text Being a man online has never been louder, sharper, or more polarized. Every day, millions of men are fed short, confident answers to complex human problems. Confidence is praised. Control is celebrated. Certainty is rewarded. But much of today’s viral masculinity advice is built on partial truths that, when taken at face value, quietly lead men into isolation, rigidity, and relational failure. In this episode, Timothy breaks down ten of the most widely shared masculinity clips ...
Send us a text Being a man today often means being asked to lead without ever being taught how. Strength is still expected. Responsibility is still assumed. But the models for authority, leadership, and masculinity are increasingly thin, either rigid and domineering or so hands-off they leave men unformed. Many men are left wondering how to hold power without becoming the thing they once feared. In this episode, host Timothy sits down with licensed marriage and family therapist and leadership...
Send us a text Being a man today often means carrying responsibility without a clear map for meaning. Work used to define everything. Service, provision, and endurance were enough. Now, many men are left asking who they are when the old scripts no longer hold. They often wonder what strength is supposed to look like in a world that’s changed. In this episode, host Timothy sits down with military veteran and entrepreneur Scott DeLuzio. They have a grounded, wide-ranging conversation about masc...
Send us a text Being a good therapist isn’t just about technique. It’s about presence. It’s about knowing how to hold space without flinching, how to challenge without shaming, and how to stay steady when someone finally tests whether you’ll leave as everyone else did. In this episode, licensed therapist Timothy sits down with trauma clinician Bianca Thomas for a raw, deeply grounded conversation. The discussion centres around men in therapy, gender dynamics in the clinical room, and why so m...
Send us a text Joining the military isn’t just a career choice. It’s a moral, psychological, and identity-defining decision that reshapes who you are, what you belong to, and what you carry long after the uniform comes off. In this episode, Air Force veteran and dual-licensed psychotherapist Timothy Wienecke offers a clear-eyed, deeply personal breakdown of what military service actually gives, and what it takes. Drawing on over a decade of clinical work with veterans and his own lived experi...
Send us a text Being a present father isn’t about perfection. It’s about intention. It’s what you do in the tiny windows between work, exhaustion, and everything else pulling at you. It’s the choice to show up, even when time is tight, and life is loud. In this episode, licensed therapist Timothy sits down with Marine Major and children’s author Olaolu Ogunyemi. He explores modern fatherhood through discipline, community, and the evolving identity of men in today’s world. Together, they walk ...
Send us a text Most men are told to “listen better,” but almost nobody teaches the actual skills. In this episode, therapist and professor Tim Wienecke breaks empathy down into a practical, trainable system you can improve in 30 days. No personality shift required—just simple tools that help you communicate clearly, stay grounded in tough moments, and understand what people actually need from you. Tim teaches the same framework he uses with counseling students: a 30-day daily drill that impro...
Send us a text What happens to men’s mental health after #MeToo—once the headlines fade and you’re left with shame, confusion, and a culture you didn’t choose but still live in? In this final part of the Men and #MeToo series, licensed therapist and veteran Tim Wienecke sits down with advocate Michael Brasher for an unhurried conversation about the “water” men were raised in: intergenerational violence, confusing sexual scripts, status pressure, and the stories that keep “good guys” from seei...
Send us a text Most men want to support survivors—but freeze when it matters. This guide teaches the three phases men need to show up with safety and presence. Many men believe in the MeToo movement but freeze when it’s time to actually show up. In Part 2 of the Men and MeToo series, therapist and veteran Tim Wienecke outlines a modern masculine framework for supporting survivors—focusing on emotional regulation, relational skill, and community presence. PHASE 1 — Support Yourself...
Send us a text When an accusation hits, everything collapses. Here’s how to steady yourself and move forward with integrity. When you’re accused—rightly or wrongly—your body floods with fear, anger, and shame. Licensed therapist and veteran Tim Wienecke shares what to do next: how to regulate, think clearly, and take accountability without losing who you are. This isn’t legal advice. It’s therapeutic guidance for one of the hardest moments a man can face. Drawing from over a decade of c...
Send us a text Modern men have 20–30 percent less testosterone than their fathers. ER physician Dr. Hisham Valiuddin joins therapist Tim Wienecke to unpack why levels are falling and what responsible care looks like. They reveal what most low-T clinics won’t tell you about TRT, fertility, and whole-body health—separating quick-fix marketing from evidence-based medicine so you can get comprehensive testing and real answers. Why are men today averaging drastically lower testosterone than their ...
Send us a text In this episode of American Masculinity, licensed therapist and veteran Tim Wienecke talks with Commander William C. Spears — an active-duty U.S. Navy submarine warfare officer and author of “Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy: Insights on the Morality of Military Service.” Full fact-check notes, sources, and extended show notes for this episode are available at www.americanmasculinity.com . This is not the internet version of Stoicism. We’re not talking about pretending you’re u...
Send us a text What if aggression, sex drive, risk-taking, and status-seeking aren’t toxic at all? Licensed therapist and veteran Tim Wienecke reframes four core masculine traits from Richard Reeves’ Of Boys and Men and shows how to channel them through Service · Discipline · Connection · Expression. These traits aren’t moral judgments or gender rules—they’re descriptive, not prescriptive. Calling them “masculine” doesn’t mean they belong only to men; it means they tend to appear more often o...
Send us a text Loneliness is hitting men hard — but you’re not stuck with it. In this episode, therapist Tim Wienecke (LPC, LAC) talks with Atlanta-based counselor Phillip Quinones, M.S., LPC about living alone without feeling isolated, using anger as a boundary signal, and building the kind of community that actually supports you. Show notes & links: www.americanmasculinity.com Guest site: https://pqcoachingandconsulting.com/ Key takeaways: • Loneliness is a real healt...
Send us a text I almost skipped this week’s Thought of the Week because I’ve been stuck in a perfectionist loop on another video—4 hours rerecording a 90-second intro. As a licensed therapist who helps men break free from perfectionism, you’d think I’d have this figured out. I don’t. And that’s the point. In this 3:44 episode, I share how I use the 80/20 rule: getting to ~80% takes reasonable effort; pushing from 80% to “perfect” eats time, energy, and momentum. The hard part is accepting wha...
Send us a text What really happens when fathers step into family court? And how do men cope with the chaos of divorce, custody battles, and financial strain? In this episode of the American Masculinity Podcast, host Tim Wienecke sits down with Furkhan Dandia, a Canadian Certified Counsellor, therapist, and divorced father, to unpack the realities men face in court. With a background that spans two decades in engineering and business before moving into therapy, Furkhan brings both personal exp...
Send us a text The shame–anger cycle breaks men—and it breaks our relationships. I’ve lived it myself. Even as a clinician with 10 years of experience, I’ve let this cycle destroy relationships, including my marriage. Shame tells us to swallow our needs, to stay small, to “be strong” and never burden anyone. But when we push it down long enough, anger steps in as the bouncer—forcing the conversation in all the worst ways. In this episode, I share: How shame silently fuels angerWhy provider ex...
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