From Breakdown to Breakthrough: The Power of Vulnerability in Men’s Lives | Owen Marcus and Tim Lee

Guest Bio

Owen Marcus and Tim Lee launch Meld Men: Stories from the Journey by telling their own. Tim describes how a failed marriage and a growing sense of disconnection led him to a men’s retreat, where he discovered the power of vulnerability and community. Owen shares how his early struggles with dyslexia and Asperger’s shaped his journey, eventually leading him to pioneer a somatic-based approach to men’s groups.  The episode dives deep into the cultural conditioning that keeps men emotionally shut down and the transformational potential of honest, embodied connection. It’s a conversation filled with reflection, hard truths, and the reminder that no man has to go it alone.

Transcript

Owen Marcus and Tim Lee launch Meld Men: Stories from the Journey by telling their own. 

Tim describes how a failed marriage and a growing sense of disconnection led him to a men’s retreat, where he discovered the power of vulnerability and community. 

Owen shares how his early struggles with dyslexia and Asperger’s shaped his journey, eventually leading him to pioneer a somatic-based approach to men’s groups.  

The episode dives deep into the cultural conditioning that keeps men emotionally shut down and the transformational potential of honest, embodied connection. It’s a conversation filled with reflection, hard truths, and the reminder that no man has to go it alone.