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May 26, 2025
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Are Women Still the Fairer Sex?: Combat Dating Handbook For Men by JT Larough
Are Women Still the Fairer Sex?: Combat Dating Handbook For Men by JT Larough
Tired of mixed signals, ghosting, and dating chaos?
You’re not alone—and you’re not crazy.
The rules of dating have changed. The problem? Most men are still playing by the old playbook—be nice, be supportive, be available—and wondering why it never works. In a world of emotional games, swiping addictions, hookup culture, and disappearing long-term relationships, doing “what you’re supposed to do” just doesn’t cut it anymore.
Are Women Still The Fairer Sex? is a no-BS, boots-on-the-ground combat manual for men trying to navigate the modern dating battlefield without losing their masculinity—or their minds. Whether you’re newly single, frustrated by flaking and mixed signals, or just looking for clarity in the chaos, this book gives you the real-world strategies to win the long game.
Think of it like the older brother you never had—straight talk, tough love, and hard-earned wisdom from a guy who’s been through the trenches. You’ll learn:
Why the sexiest women are often the least interested in sex (and what that means for long-term intimacy)
How hookup culture and hyper-independence shifted female psychology—and why men are losing ground
What hypergamy really is (hint: it’s not just about money or status)
How to recognize emotional manipulation, attention addiction, and red flags before you get invested
Why “nice guys” finish last—and how to fix it without becoming a jerk
The power of stoicism, emotional self-discipline, and mastering your own frame
How to rebuild after breakups, stop simping, and never get blindsided again
Why dating abroad may help you—but won’t save you unless you’re already solid at home
This book blends psychology, cultural insight, and modern masculinity to give men a complete game plan—from the first DM to the long-term relationship you actually want. It’s not about tricks or pick-up lines. It’s about becoming the kind of man who leads, vets, and builds—not the one who waits to be chosen.
If you’re done being confused, frustrated, or disrespected—and you’re ready to take ownership of your dating life—this book is your starting point.
Become the man who never begs for her attention—because he commands respect.
Learn the rules. Upgrade yourself. Win the long game.
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The Chris Voss Show Podcast – It’s Not Your Fault: Structured Psychology is all about you: who you are and why you think, feel, and do the things you do by Rogers Follansbee PhD
It’s Not Your Fault: Structured Psychology is all about you: who you are and why you think, feel, and do the things you do by Rogers Follansbee PhD
Knowing how we’re structured is the first step to psychological wellness.
It’s Not Your Fault opens you up to an entirely new way of thinking about your life, your relationships, and your mental health. If that stack of personal development books and self-help systems has yet to solve your problems, perhaps it’s time to understand the cause-and-effect dynamics that exist in all relationships. Learn about how our lives follow the same logical guidelines as existence itself. Once you understand “The Structure” that guides everything in our physical world, you will begin to see what’s really going on and be able to achieve your life’s goals skillfully and with far less friction. It all starts with your relationships, and finally seeing why we all think, feel, and do the things we do.
Understand how our relationships shape us. Our vitality as humans depends entirely on the relationships we establish. How often do we talk about “the company we keep” and how it contributes to our mental strength, self-esteem, career opportunities, and life path?
Discover what causes conflict. The feedback we receive from those around us often contradicts “who we are.” Start to see how you can combat conflict in your relationships in a constructive way instead of a destructive one.
Learn the secret to understanding human nature. Structured Psychology helps you understand the true causes of human behavior. Begin to understand yourself and others better.
About the author
Rogers Follansbee, PhD, graduated from the Universidad de Navarra (Pamplona, Spain) with a master’s degree in philosophy. In 1971, he acquired a master’s degree in clinical psychology from the Universidad de Madrid. From 1969 to 1974, during his post-graduate studies at the Universidad de Navarra, he instructed undergraduates in “The History of Psychology” and “Psycho Diagnostics.” He also held graduate seminars where his emerging theory was introduced. In 1974 Rogers successfully defended his dissertation, “La Teoría de la Relacionabilidad,” and graduated Summa Cum Laude.
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May 25, 2025
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – I Will Get By by Fred Cadden
I Will Get By by Fred Cadden
In ‘I Will Get By,’ Fred Cadden invites readers on a heartfelt journey through his life, reflecting on the resilience that defines the human spirit. Growing up in the close-knit community of Poughkeepsie, New York, Fred paints a vivid portrait of his childhood, filled with warmth, love, and unforgettable family traditions. From the magic of Christmas celebrations at his grandparents’ house to the strong moral compass instilled by his parents, Fred’s early years set the stage for the challenges that lay ahead.
After enlisting in the Air Force and serving in Vietnam, he navigates the complexities of military life, drawing strength from his experiences while grappling with the impacts of war. Through candid storytelling, Fred shares his struggles and triumphs, highlighting the bonds formed with family and friends along the way.
I Will Get By is more than a memoir; it’s an inspiring testament to the power of perseverance. With each page, Fred reminds us that our past shapes us, and no matter the obstacles we face, we can emerge stronger and more resilient than ever.
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May 24, 2025
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Overcoming Depression: Mike Wood’s Journey to Healing and Helping
Overcoming Depression: Mike Wood’s Journey to Healing and Helping
About the Guest(s):
Mike is the Chief Operating Officer of a $90 million-a-year construction company based in Nashville, Tennessee. He is also a mental wellness advocate who has developed a 10-week program aimed at helping individuals overcome anxiety and depression. Mike’s journey through personal struggles with disability, anxiety, and depression led him to create “Learn to Love Being You,” a course designed to help participants take control of their thoughts, emotions, and heal from past traumas. Driven by a passion for mental health, Mike offers this transformative program to anyone in need, regardless of their financial situation.
Episode Summary:
In this enlightening episode of The Chris Voss Show, host Chris Voss engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Mike, the COO of a major construction company and mental wellness advocate. Having battled personal demons, Mike shares his profound journey through anxiety and depression, revealing the inception of his transformative 10-week program, “Learn to Love Being You.” The episode dives deep into understanding the subconscious mind’s influence on mental health, offering listeners a roadmap to peace and joy.
Throughout the episode, Mike explains the mechanics of the subconscious mind, its role in shaping behavior, and its unintended impact on mental health. He shares actionable steps that individuals can take to reframe negative thought patterns, transform past trauma into a peaceful present, and ultimately escape the depths of anxiety and depression. With a blend of personal anecdotes, expert insights, and humor, this episode serves as a beacon of hope for those grappling with mental health challenges. Join Chris and Mike on this educational rollercoaster as they unravel the mysteries of the mind and illuminate pathways to healing.
Key Takeaways:
Mike’s journey from depression to creating a transformative mental wellness program called “Learn to Love Being You.”
The subconscious mind’s role in triggering anxiety and depression through its protective mechanisms.
The importance of reframing negative thoughts and past traumas to foster mental peace and joy.
Effective strategies and exercises to help individuals separate their identity from intrusive thoughts.
The significance of dedicating daily time to mental health practices to achieve long-lasting benefits.
Notable Quotes:
“The subconscious mind is supposed to protect us, but doesn’t know the difference between physical danger and things we identify with.”
“We can transform past traumatic experiences by reframing them with love, compassion, and forgiveness.”
“Negative thoughts physically alter the chemicals in our brain but can be shifted to positive thoughts.”
“You have to be ready to heal and face your fears; it takes daily practice and dedication.”
“If you don’t take care of yourself, you can’t take care of anybody else.”
Resources:
Learn to Love Being You
Email Mike at mike@learntolovebeingyou.com
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The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Unveiling Secrets of Marketing Mastery with Chris Campbell
Unveiling Secrets of Marketing Mastery with Chris Campbell
About the Guest(s):
Chris Campbell is an experienced entrepreneur and the founder of Modern Marketing Solutions, a company focused on empowering small business owners with effective marketing strategies. With a background in construction and a history of dealing with ineffective marketers, Chris is passionate about helping business owners avoid common pitfalls in marketing. In addition to managing a construction company in Austin, Texas, Chris is a soon-to-be-published author with a book titled “The Delusion of Marketing for Small Business Owners.”
Episode Summary:
In this compelling episode of The Chris Voss Show, host Chris Voss engages with marketing expert Chris Campbell to explore the intricacies of modern marketing strategies for small business owners. Chris Campbell shares his journey from the construction industry to founding Modern Marketing Solutions, driven by a desire to unveil the truth behind ineffective marketing practices and provide genuine support to entrepreneurs. The episode delves into strategies for overcoming common marketing challenges, insights into crafting effective content, and the importance of scaling and sustaining business growth.
Listeners are introduced to Campbell’s forthcoming book, “The Delusion of Marketing for Small Business Owners,” which seeks to address the widespread pitfalls business owners encounter when navigating the marketing landscape. By pulling back the veil on industry secrets and presenting real-world solutions, Chris Campbell positions himself as a trusted guide for entrepreneurs aiming to optimize their marketing efforts. Additionally, the episode sheds light on the significance of leveraging the right digital platforms, the role of AI in content creation, and the necessity of maintaining robust marketing strategies even during economic downturns. Topics such as ad spend allocation, the impact of meta ads, and ethical considerations in ad placement are closely discussed, revealing actionable insights for small business success.
Key Takeaways:
Overcoming Marketing Challenges: Chris Campbell emphasizes the importance of understanding marketing pitfalls and sharing secrets often overlooked by marketers, highlighting lessons from his own experiences.
Book Insight: “The Delusion of Marketing for Small Business Owners” aims to arm entrepreneurs with the knowledge needed to navigate and overcome common marketing obstacles effectively.
Scaling and Sustainability: The conversation explores strategies for scaling businesses responsibly, ensuring a sustainable growth pattern that avoids common entrepreneurial traps.
AI in Marketing: Insights into AI’s evolving role in content creation were discussed, examining both its capabilities and limitations in delivering authentic audience engagement.
Importance of Continued Marketing: Chris Campbell underscores the need to sustain marketing efforts even during recessions, outlining proactive steps to prevent adverse impacts on business performance.
Notable Quotes:
“You are a marketing company that also happens to do whatever that you do.” – Chris Campbell
“We’re putting you in jail, you’re not gonna rank anymore.” – Chris Campbell on bad marketing practices and Google’s response.
“By the time they defined it as a recession, it’s towards the end of Q3, and most of the time you’re already out of it.” – Chris Campbell on economic trends.
“If you’re an entrepreneur that’s looking for just quick, easy content to put out there, that’s easy, but it’s typically not convertible.” – Chris Campbell regarding the quality of AI-generated content.
“When you’re all in, you’re all in. And that’s what we wanna know.” – Chris Campbell on working with motivated clients.
Resources:
Modern Marketing Solutions: modernmarketingsolutions.com
Chris Campbell’s Upcoming Book: “The Delusion of Marketing for Small Business Owners” (release anticipated in June)
Social Media: @modernmarketingsolutions on LinkedIn
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May 23, 2025
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – The Secret Language of Your Body: The Essential Guide to Health and Wellness by Inna Segal
The Secret Language of Your Body: The Essential Guide to Health and Wellness by Inna Segal
The Secret Language of Your Body unveils the secrets to understanding the messages of your body, revealing the underlying causes of symptoms and medical conditions, and offers processes for healing. Foreword by Bernie Siegel, M.D.
This inspiring handbook delves deeply into the possible reasons for health issues in all areas of your body. Author Inna Segal offers a unique, step-by-step method to assist your body in returning to its natural state of health, including a free thirty-five minute audio download where Inna helps you tune into your body for a powerful healing experience. By encouraging you to connect with your innate healing intelligence and calling on your body’s built-in ability to heal itself, Inna gently guides you on a journey of life-changing transformation and empowerment where you will:
• heal the mental, emotional, and energetic causes of physical ailments
• use easy, quick, practical exercises to heal your organs
• learn the secret language of disease and powerful processes for healing
• understand and release limiting thoughts and emotions
• discover how to use color to heal your life
• uncover and apply the messages your body has to teach you
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The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Juanita: The Life and Spirituality of Saint Teresa of Jesus of Los Andes by Jennifer Moorcroft
Juanita: The Life and Spirituality of Saint Teresa of Jesus of Los Andes by Jennifer Moorcroft
Juanita Solar, Saint Teresa of Jesus of Los Andes, is the first-fruits of holiness of the Discalced Carmelites in Latin America. Thousands of people, especially young people, flock to her shrine each year, seeing in her a young girl who became a saint while at school, loving sports, sharing holidays with her family. She spent only eleven months in Carmel.
Pope St John Paul 11 said of her: ‘For her, God is infinite joy. This is the new hymn of Christian love that rises spontaneously from the soul of this young Chilean girl, in whose glorified face we can sense the grace of her transformation in Christ.’
Jennifer Moorcroft tells this remarkable story for English-speaking readers so that they, too, may catch the fire of the love of God from her, and find the joy and happiness that living in the love of God gives.
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May 21, 2025
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Five Brain Leadership: How Neuroscience Can Help You Master Your Instincts and Build Better Teams by Carlos Davidovich MD, Jennifer Elizabeth Brunton PhD
Five Brain Leadership: How Neuroscience Can Help You Master Your Instincts and Build Better Teams by Carlos Davidovich MD, Jennifer Elizabeth Brunton PhD
Lead smarter. A handbook for your brain at work.
High pressure. High conflict. High stress. Today, too many leaders believe that these states are not just natural, but inevitable. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Using his skills as a medical doctor and his knowledge from many years in executive positions in the biotech pharmaceutical industry, in Five Brain Leadership, executive coach Carlos Davidovich walks you through the latest breakthroughs in the burgeoning fields of neuroscience, epigenetics, and cognitive behavior to help you better understand your multilayered, magical mind, and how to work with it instead of against it in leading your team and building relationships.
Neuromanagement is at the intersection of neuroscience and daily life in the business world. It is leadership that is based on a full understanding of all five of our interlocking brains—our reptilian, emotional, rational, and, yes, even our heart and gut “brains.” Through practical tools and exercises, you’ll learn how to build your capacity in each of these control centers, and to recognize all the ways they are at play in how humans operate, interrelate, and react to change.
Five-Brain Leadership is your pathway toward turning good leadership into great leadership, and reaching new levels of success in all of life’s domains.
About the author
Carlos Davidovich, MD, is a performance and executive coach with over twenty years of experience. Originally educated as a medical doctor and drawing on his management experience in business executive roles for multinational pharmaceutical companies, Davidovich combines his understanding of the brain and of business to deliver lectures, workshops, and coaching modalities that help his clients apply the principles of neuromanagement within their organizations to create sustainable change. Davidovich teaches in several MBA programs in Canada and Europe, and is a thought leader with the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital.
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The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Grade School: How Teachers Can Change Your Life: A Memoir by Anthony Massucci
Grade School: How Teachers Can Change Your Life: A Memoir by Anthony Massucci
WHO ARE YOUR 5 PEOPLE?
FIND YOUR UNEXPECTED HEROES IN GRADE SCHOOL.
In Grade School, Anthony Massucci shares a deeply personal and inspiring memoir about the transformative power of unexpected support. His childhood, marked by struggles at home, was illuminated by the unwavering kindness and encouragement of his grade school teachers.
Their influence shaped his attitude, spirit, and future and serves as a beacon of hope for anyone facing challenges. At a time when many might retreat inward, Anthony chose to lean into the support system that formed around him. Beyond his mother, siblings, and extended family, his teachers became unexpected caregivers who propelled him forward.
Anthony’s story reminds us that no matter how alone we may feel during life’s challenges— whether it’s grief, abuse, divorce, or significant transitions—some people care and are ready to extend their kindness.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM GRADE SCHOOL:
THE POWER OF SUPPORT SYSTEMS: Discover how your family, friends, and unexpected mentors can lift you up during difficult times.
BEING OPEN TO KINDNESS: Learn to actively recognize and embrace the kindness and care surrounding you—even when you feel isolated.
LESSONS FROM TEACHERS WHO TRANSFORM LIVES: Explore how educators can leave a lasting impact through encouragement, wisdom, and genuine belief in their students.
BUILDING RESILIENCE IN DIFFICULT TIMES: Find inspiration in Anthony’s journey of perseverance and learn how to forge your path forward with the help of others.
FINDING YOUR “FIVE PEOPLE”: Reflect on the surprising individuals who may help guide and support you. This concept, often referred to as ‘your five people’, suggests that the people you surround yourself with significantly impact your life and can influence your personal growth and success.
Grade School is a heartfelt tribute to those who show up when we need them most.
Open your heart, and you may be surprised by who steps forward.
About the author
ANTHONY MASSUCCI is an author and former Bloomberg News and Time Warner AOL Daily Finance journalist and Bloomberg TV broadcaster. For the past decade, he has run his own media firm, HiAnthony Media.
He lives in Manhattan, New York, with his son and daughter
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The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Courage Finds His Calm by Lisa Watson
Courage Finds His Calm by Lisa Watson
Courage Finds His Calm is a charming, yet powerful picture book that introduces young children to the practice of mindfulness and emotional regulation.
The story follows Courage, a little bunny who experiences frustration and anger when his carefully built sandcastle crumbles unexpectedly. Through the gentle guidance of his friend Callahan, Courage learns simple yet effective breathing techniques to manage his overwhelming emotions.
This picture book, part of Lisa Watson’s “Mindfulness” series, aims to equip children aged two to four with practical tools to navigate life’s inevitable disappointments and challenges. By presenting mindfulness concepts in an engaging, age-appropriate way, the book helps young readers understand the connection between their breath and emotional state.
The vivid watercolor illustrations by Isabella Clark bring Courage’s journey to life, making the learning process both fun and relatable for children. Courage Finds His Calm addresses the critical need for emotional intelligence skills in early childhood, a time when the foundations for lifelong habits are being formed.
Perfect for parents, teachers, and caregivers looking to instill mindfulness in young hearts, Courage Finds His Calm is more than just a bedtime story—it’s a valuable life lesson wrapped in a cuddly adventure. Get ready to breathe, smile, and discover the calm within!
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