#11 - Jacob Brush (Overcoming addictions with 12 step, mastering your habits and feeling your best)

Summary

[00m:00s- 01m:26s]

Antonio and Jacob introduce their audience to how they met through a male group and talked briefly about some events

[01:32-07:10]

Jacob describes how he learned about the all-male group and Antonio shares his history with his old ways of connecting with people and his journey that led him to associate with his local community and find a men’s group.

07:10- 16:20

Antonio asks Jacob how he mustered the strength/courage/willpower to begin socializing. Jacob answers this question and reveals that he felt alone being surrounded by people and walking around with a facade. He explains the struggles that he went through during COVID and the need to step up. Jacob explains his setbacks and decides he can improve his life by transferring to an out-of-state college. Then he discovered some self-help books that started his healing journey. After having clarity and discovering his purpose he is able to create a stable life starting with the fundamentals, which most people were not taught by their parents. Antonio then relates and states that all people go through struggle and it is the reason why people improve. Jacob, looks back that going through all the shit made him a better man. He accredits a 12- Step program for the massive changes in his life. Jacob says that his father and his father's father were not equipped to teach him how to become a proper Man. Antonio transitions into talking about vices and not knowing who you are. Then says that healing from past trauma will lead you to become a better person.

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Highlights

Intro

Antonio, “What’s Up Jacob, how's it going

Jacob, “ doing alright today

00:15s Met at Empower Brotherhood for a workout and had a bonfire at Atx.

00:25s Rising Man Intro, and description of exercise. Physical Playing of pushing and grappling

Men connect to primal energy and wrestle with power.

1:28s Jacob was Introduced by Matt through a 12-Step Program

2:00 Working out together in a Men’s Group

3:00 Antonio’s background in fellowship

3:30 Always saw people as a number

3:54 4-hour work week and Power of now

4:18 Realization of Self Awareness

5:00 shadow working with Antonios Ego

5:20 Cacoon in Hawaii

5:42 Not stable until a year ago

6:10 Coach through Antonios' Journey

6:40 Searched for Online Men’s Group and then finally found the local men’s group

7:16 Jacob answers Antonio’s question how did you get the strength or willpower to not be alone?

7:24 Felt alone even though he was surrounded by people and self-isolating. He had good relations how still felt empty

7:50 struggled during covid and had to step up and be a Man in the house

8:25 4 years of stressful living

8:50 expresses gratefulness of struggling

9:30 How far can Jacob move from Austin where his life fell apart, so he transferred to an out-of-state college?

10:10 discovers “the subtle art of not giving a fuck” by mark manson a self-help book and also 12 rules of Life by Peterson and the podcast “Modern Wisdom”

11:30 Antonio relates to going through the struggle

11:51 Jacob Tradgedys happen if you choose to grow from it.

12:20s Jacob All in or All out

13:20 Jacob If there’s a God he hates me, but now i am grateful for these experiences

14:12 Figuring out how to be a man in 21’s century life

Antonio

14:39 You can see those who are failing in the System

15 how to learn and balance with vices

15:30 mentions psychology

16:00 Changing after working on past trauma

16:30 What can we do to choose the higher road more often?

Jacob

16:45 Knowing who you are, need to understand where you stand in life

Need a blueprint to build

17:23 Knowing how to confront your life decisions

17:55 subconscious knows what you value

18:30 A. Learn where you come from

In the 12 steps you write your whole story and tell it to a group

19:47 Forgiven self

20:45 took some shades

21:16 returned shades

24:45 Balancing Dopamine

27:47 Simple Meditation

29:50 Give and get back

31:46 Life SAVERS