"I wish I had this in my life..."

 My name is Shane Sams, founder of GreatMen.org.

A few years ago, I hit a wall I couldn't explain.

On paper, my life looked incredible. I'd done everything 'they' told me to do to be 'successful.' Career, marriage, kids. Check, check, check.

But something was missing.

So I did what most driven men do. I told myself to 'man up." So, I achieved harder. Built more. Pushed higher. I told myself that more effort, that the next win would fill the void. It didn't.

It nearly killed me.

In January 2022, my body sent me the bill. Nine days in a hospital bed. Alone in a pandemic, sick, overweight, body shutting down, wondering if I'd wake up. So exhausted and empty, I'd half stopped caring if I did.

I had run myself into the ground chasing goals everyone else said I should want.

So I made a promise in that hospital bed. Get my health back, mind and body. Get my fire back, heart and soul. And figure out what was missing, and what I actually wanted for my life. Not what they wanted. Me.

I found my answers among my brothers. 

On text threads, on regular calls, on guys trips where we could unplug, drop the masks and performance, and get real with other men around a fire. For the first time, I felt seen. For the first time, I witnessed other men who had similar struggles drop the mask, get real, and find the courage to do something different.

For the first time in my life, I didn't feel alone.

Every year we took a guys trip. We always invited new men. And every year they said the same thing. "I didn't know how much I needed this. I wish I had more men and trips like this in my life."

I heard it for years. Then one night by the fire, it clicked. These men were facing the world alone. No daily text threads to be seen. No guys nights or trips to feel connected. Nowhere left to go.

That's why the Emptiness hits men so hard in midlife.

We are programmed to think we have to face it by ourselves. And until a man has community and brotherhood in his life, he will never feel whole.

So I decided to light a fire, and gather great men like you around it. To face the Emptiness together, and forge great lives on our own terms. A place to build, belong, and become the man you know you already are. So you can be seen, and witness others do the same.

Welcome to GreatMen.org, home of The Great Men Project. A podcast. A brotherhood. A movement. A place to figure out what's missing, and actually do something about it. 

Here, you will not walk alone.

- Shane Sams
Founder, GreatMen.org

"We're at a time in history men need a podcast like this ..."
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Most podcasts for men are self-proclaimed gurus telling you what you 'should' do, or a couple of dudes one-upping each other about money and women. This isn't that. Here, we have the conversations most men never get to have, but need now more than ever.

Curious, honest, unfiltered talks about your physical health, your brotherhood, men's mental health, your work, your relationships, your kids, your money, and what you leave behind. Inspiration, doubt, and what it actually means to be a Great Man living life on his terms.

🎧 Start listening to Great Men on your drive to work, at the gym, or at home when you feel alone.