Andy Nguyen and Yenukwa Kombian are the co-founders of Kings of Hearts, an organization committed to cultivating heart-based leaders. With 8 years of experience, they specialize in men’s leadership training and facilitate transformative men’s groups and retreats. Their work is rooted in the leadership values of awareness, embodiment, and integrity, empowering men to lead with authenticity, emotional intelligence, and a deeper connection to themselves and others.

On this episode, we cover:
Men’s Isolation: a huge issue men are facing today.
A peek into what we do in our men’s groups and why it is so impactful.
The three pillars of men’s leadership training. 
How Andy and Yenukwa found themselves doing “men’s work”. 
How Andy emerged from being a participant into a leader.
Men’s groups: The power of being seen with all one’s flaws and shadows, and being supported
The challenges of offering authentic feedback to other men
The “Miracle Zone” of personal growth.
Osho’s dynamic meditation, the controversy around him, and useful practices he taught
Embodying the Conscious King Archetype
How to lead without making it about you
The importance of accountability in leadership. 
Emotional self-awareness and the importance of community.
The Work: Men’s group in prison, and how we are not all that different from those men.
Men’s big emotions: Need a container. 
The importance of men’s groups that go inward.
What Andy and Yenukwa recommend for men who are just starting out in this kind of work.

Links from this episode:

Kings Hearts website

@kingsofhearts on Instagram

Kings of Hearts Podcast

KOH Retreat Nov 1-3 2024

Andy Nguyen and Yenukwa Kombian are the co-founders of Kings of Hearts, an organization committed to cultivating heart-based leaders. With 8 years of experience, they specialize in men’s leadership training and facilitate transformative men’s groups and retreats. Their work is rooted in the leadership values of awareness, embodiment, and integrity, empowering men to lead with authenticity, emotional intelligence, and a deeper connection to themselves and others.
On this episode, we cover:
<ul>
<li>Men’s Isolation: a huge issue men are facing today.</li>
<li>A peek into what we do in our men’s groups and why it is so impactful.</li>
<li>The three pillars of men’s leadership training. </li>
<li>How Andy and Yenukwa found themselves doing “men’s work”. </li>
<li>How Andy emerged from being a participant into a leader.</li>
<li>Men’s groups: The power of being seen with all one’s flaws and shadows, and being supported</li>
<li>The challenges of offering authentic feedback to other men</li>
<li>The “Miracle Zone” of personal growth.</li>
<li>Osho’s dynamic meditation, the controversy around him, and useful practices he taught</li>
<li>Embodying the Conscious King Archetype</li>
<li>How to lead without making it about you</li>
<li>The importance of accountability in leadership. </li>
<li>Emotional self-awareness and the importance of community.</li>
<li>The Work: Men’s group in prison, and how we are not all that different from those men.</li>
<li>Men’s big emotions: Need a container. </li>
<li>The importance of men’s groups that go inward.</li>
<li>What Andy and Yenukwa recommend for men who are just starting out in this kind of work.</li>
</ul>
Links from this episode:
<a href="http://www.kingshearts.com">Kings Hearts website</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thekingsof.hearts">@kingsofhearts on Instagram</a>
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0mOSo6UotCtmcjqi6XmpmP?si=274450e658a14d83">Kings of Hearts Podcast</a>
<a href="https://www.kingshearts.com/mens-retreat">KOH Retreat Nov 1-3 2024</a>

The Evolving Man podcast features leaders and influencers in the personal growth arena who are actively engaged in "deep work", whether that be as a healer, or someone doing their own work. The guests on this podcast have a unique gift that they bring to the world, and they come to share these gifts with listeners. 

Tune in to witness discussions about addiction, consciousness, masculinity,  health and personal growth.

The Evolving Man Podcast

The Evolving Man podcast features leaders who are strong forces of change in the world. Tune in to witness discussions about relationships, mens' work, addiction recovery, and healing.

The Evolving Man podcast features leaders who are strong forces of change in the world. Tune in to witness discussions about relationships, mens' work, addiction recovery, and healing.

#95 - Integrity and Leadership with The Kings Of Hearts: Andy Nguyen and Yenukwa Kombian

Nick TNT Terry is a certified life coach, breathwork practitioner, intervention consultant, and an author. He is the co-founder of Honu House Hawaii, a residential rehab facility in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, and the owner of Breath of Life Recovery, a wellness consulting practice offering breathwork, cold water therapy and wellness modalities.

Since getting sober in 2014, Nick has worked for more than eight years in the field of addiction and mental health treatment. Nick shares how he transformed from wayward addict to breathwork and recovery life coach, and offers his holistic, much-needed perspective on how others can do the same.

Here’s what we get into:

- Nick’s childhood in a tumultuous environment, with early access to alcohol and drugs. 

- As Gabor Mate says, the roots of addiction are disconnection. 

- Nick’s habit of dishonesty and criminal behavior as coping mechanisms.

- Pivotal moments in his recovery journey that led him to seek long-term sober living. 

- Transformative experiences with breathwork as a healing tool for trauma and disconnection.

- For addicts in recovery: The importance of being present in the moment, even if it’s uncomfortable.

- Nick describes how breathwork has helped him cultivate a sense of presence and connection that long eluded him.



Links:

Honu House Hawaii

Instagram

Breath of life recovery

Buy the book - Breath of life: Finding Long-Term Recovery with Breathwork and Stepwork

Ben’s Freedom From Addiction Circle 

The Arka Brotherhood

Nick TNT Terry is a certified life coach, breathwork practitioner, intervention consultant, and an author. He is the co-founder of Honu House Hawaii, a residential rehab facility in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, and the owner of Breath of Life Recovery, a wellness consulting practice offering breathwork, cold water therapy and wellness modalities.
Since getting sober in 2014, Nick has worked for more than eight years in the field of addiction and mental health treatment. Nick shares how he transformed from wayward addict to breathwork and recovery life coach, and offers his holistic, much-needed perspective on how others can do the same.
Here’s what we get into:
- Nick’s childhood in a tumultuous environment, with early access to alcohol and drugs. 
- As Gabor Mate says, the roots of addiction are disconnection. 
- Nick’s habit of dishonesty and criminal behavior as coping mechanisms.
- Pivotal moments in his recovery journey that led him to seek long-term sober living. 
- Transformative experiences with breathwork as a healing tool for trauma and disconnection.
- For addicts in recovery: The importance of being present in the moment, even if it’s uncomfortable.
- Nick describes how breathwork has helped him cultivate a sense of presence and connection that long eluded him.
 
Links:
<a href="https://honuhousehawaii.com/">Honu House Hawaii</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/breathoflife808/">Instagram</a>
<a href="http://breathofliferecovery.org">Breath of life recovery</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Breath-Life-Long-Term-Recovery-Breathwork-ebook/dp/B0C92Q3JLF/">Buy the book - Breath of life: Finding Long-Term Recovery with Breathwork and Stepwork</a>
<a href="https://evolvingman.com/freedom-from-addiction/">Ben’s Freedom From Addiction Circle </a>
<a href="https://arkabrotherhood.com/">The Arka Brotherhood</a>

#96 - Breath of Life: Breathwork For Addiction Recovery with Nick Terry

GS Youngblood is the author of “The Masculine in Relationship” which offers a model for conscious masculinity. With The Masculine Blueprint, GS teaches men  to become grounded in their own power while also staying in relationship with their feminine partner. 

GS teaches that many relationship problems are actually rooted in a lack of “Relational Masculinity” which is a combination of groundedness, leadership, and relational skills. He joins me on the show to discuss these topics. 

On this episode, we talk about:
Complacency in Relationships:
Men’s complacency in relationships to avoid becoming complacent.
The importance of being in “directive energy”.
Leadership in Relationships:
Challenges in nurturing leadership roles.
Making decisions without always feeling compelled to do so.
The importance of attunement to your partner when making decisions.
Creating Emotional Safety for your partner
The importance of self-examination and assessment - humility.
Receiving feedback from partners.
Structure in Relationships
Internal and External Structure
Setting boundaries.
Conflict resolution rules.
Taking emotional leadership.
The need for intentional work on emotional intelligence in men.
Operating Styles: Differences between doer/thinker and feeler modes.
Switching to a feeler mode for nourishing relationships.
Embodiment and meditation tips from GS. Focusing on physical sensations versus stopping thoughts during meditation.
Breath Work and Movement recommendations from GS and Ben:
Three Elements of The Masculine Blueprint:
Respond vs. React.
Provide Structure.
Create Safety.
The results: Groundedness, clarity, boundaries, emotional and physical safety in relationships.

Links from this episode:

GS Youngblood’s book: "The Masculine in Relationship."

GS’s course: "The Art of Relational Masculinity."

GS Youngblood’s Live Workshops

GS on IG

GS Youngblood is the author of “The Masculine in Relationship” which offers a model for conscious masculinity. With The Masculine Blueprint, GS teaches men  to become grounded in their own power while also staying in relationship with their feminine partner. 
GS teaches that many relationship problems are actually rooted in a lack of “Relational Masculinity” which is a combination of groundedness, leadership, and relational skills. He joins me on the show to discuss these topics. 
On this episode, we talk about:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Complacency in Relationships:</li>
<li aria-level="1">Men’s complacency in relationships to avoid becoming complacent.</li>
<li aria-level="1">The importance of being in “directive energy”.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Leadership in Relationships:</li>
<li aria-level="1">Challenges in nurturing leadership roles.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Making decisions without always feeling compelled to do so.</li>
<li aria-level="1">The importance of attunement to your partner when making decisions.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Creating Emotional Safety for your partner</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">The importance of self-examination and assessment - humility.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Receiving feedback from partners.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Structure in Relationships</li>
<li aria-level="1">Internal and External Structure</li>
<li aria-level="1">Setting boundaries.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Conflict resolution rules.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Taking emotional leadership.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">The need for intentional work on emotional intelligence in men.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Operating Styles: Differences between doer/thinker and feeler modes.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Switching to a feeler mode for nourishing relationships.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Embodiment and meditation tips from GS. Focusing on physical sensations versus stopping thoughts during meditation.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Breath Work and Movement recommendations from GS and Ben:</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Three Elements of The Masculine Blueprint:</li>
<ul>
<li aria-level="2">Respond vs. React.</li>
<li aria-level="2">Provide Structure.</li>
<li aria-level="2">Create Safety.</li>
<li aria-level="2">The results: Groundedness, clarity, boundaries, emotional and physical safety in relationships.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Links from this episode:
GS Youngblood’s book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Masculine-Relationship-Blueprint-Inspiring-Devotion/dp/1699443386">"The Masculine in Relationship."</a>
GS’s course: <a href="https://www.gsyoungblood.com/arm">"The Art of Relational Masculinity."</a>
GS Youngblood’s <a href="https://www.gsyoungblood.com/workshops">Live Workshops</a> 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/gsyoungbloodmir/">GS on IG</a>

#94 - The Masculine Blueprint with GS Youngblood

Dr. Anthony Balduzzi is a distinguished researcher and three time guest on the podcast. Recently he has been digging into the biological effects of the electromagnetic spectrum, and finding out how modern electromagnetic fields can damage living tissue. What he has uncovered will make even the most skeptical listeners think differently.

In this episode, Balduzzi describes the harmful effects of EMFs and shares practical ways we can all reduce our exposure.

Here’s what we cover on this episode:


An overview of the electromagnetic spectrum, and where cell phones and wifi fit in.
EMF sensitivities and allergies. 
How electricity works in our bodies, and how that may interact with other electric fields
The mechanism by which practices like earthing can have significant health benefits.
How our bodies use electric fields to regulate, among other things, the distribution of minerals
Relationship between electric frequencies and proper functioning of mitochondrial DNA
Effect of EMF on bee biology and behavior
Comparing non-ionized and ionized radiation
How non-ionizing radiation can damage DNA.
History of lobbying affecting national telecom tower installation laws
Difference between 5G, and the ‘5G’ on new wifi routers
Pulses of radiation are more harmful to our bodies than continuous fields
Effects of proximity to frequency emitters such as phones and wifi
Effects of bluetooth earphones
Starlink radiation
Benefits of earthing, contacting ground with bare skin
The different options for blocking or reducing EMF exposure in your home.


Links from this episode:

Dr. Balduzzi’s Website: Fit Father Project

Radio wave packet resource

EMF Reader Ben is using

Book Highlight: "The Invisible Rainbow" by Arthur Furstenberg explores the historical correlation between major pandemics and the rollout of EMF technology. A must-read for those curious about the hidden layers of our modern environment.

Dr. Anthony Balduzzi is a distinguished researcher and three time guest on the podcast. Recently he has been digging into the biological effects of the electromagnetic spectrum, and finding out how modern electromagnetic fields can damage living tissue. What he has uncovered will make even the most skeptical listeners think differently.
In this episode, Balduzzi describes the harmful effects of EMFs and shares practical ways we can all reduce our exposure.
Here’s what we cover on this episode: 
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">An overview of the electromagnetic spectrum, and where cell phones and wifi fit in.</li>
<li aria-level="1">EMF sensitivities and allergies. </li>
<li aria-level="1">How electricity works in our bodies, and how that may interact with other electric fields</li>
<li aria-level="1">The mechanism by which practices like earthing can have significant health benefits.</li>
<li aria-level="1">How our bodies use electric fields to regulate, among other things, the distribution of minerals</li>
<li aria-level="1">Relationship between electric frequencies and proper functioning of mitochondrial DNA</li>
<li aria-level="1">Effect of EMF on bee biology and behavior</li>
<li aria-level="1">Comparing non-ionized and ionized radiation</li>
<li aria-level="1">How non-ionizing radiation can damage DNA.</li>
<li aria-level="1">History of lobbying affecting national telecom tower installation laws</li>
<li aria-level="1">Difference between 5G, and the ‘5G’ on new wifi routers</li>
<li aria-level="1">Pulses of radiation are more harmful to our bodies than continuous fields</li>
<li aria-level="1">Effects of proximity to frequency emitters such as phones and wifi</li>
<li aria-level="1">Effects of bluetooth earphones</li>
<li aria-level="1">Starlink radiation</li>
<li aria-level="1">Benefits of earthing, contacting ground with bare skin</li>
<li aria-level="1">The different options for blocking or reducing EMF exposure in your home.</li>
</ul>
 Links from this episode:
Dr. Balduzzi’s Website: <a href="https://www.fitfatherproject.com/">Fit Father Project</a>
<a href="https://cellphonetaskforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Radio-Wave-Packet.pdf">Radio wave packet resource</a>
<a href="https://a.co/d/06LeSVI">EMF Reader Ben is using</a>
Book Highlight: "The Invisible Rainbow" by Arthur Furstenberg explores the historical correlation between major pandemics and the rollout of EMF technology. A must-read for those curious about the hidden layers of our modern environment.

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