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Acoustic Guitarist Mark Kroos on the Manlihood ManCast

Mark Kroos | Music and Manhood

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In this interview with Manlihood, Mark Kroos talks about his career as a guitarist, the lessons he’s learned in life, and the truth of manhood and masculinity in a modern world.


Mark Kroos plays an Ovation guitar with two necks at the same time. His shows are energetic, magnetic, and Mark’s personality is as welcoming as his playing is spectacular.

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Acoustic Guitarist Mark Kroos is a phenomenal musician, and a great example for men to follow

“Mark Kroos is one of the most intelligent musical forces of the new guitar generation.” 

– Randall Williams

In this conversation with Mark Kroos on the Manlihood ManCast, we talk about his music, the challenges of life on the road, overcoming adversity, and more.

Double-Neck Guitarist


In 2011, Mark competed in Guitar Player Magazine’s International Guitar Superstar Competition in Nashville for host Larry Carlton and renowned judges Muriel Anderson, Reeves Gabrels and Carl Verheyen, taking 1st place out of 5 invited competitors and thousands of others who had submitted online.



“Mark Kroos plays with a sensitivity to the music and positive energy that is truly refreshing.”

  • Muriel Anderson

1989 International Fingerstyle Guitar Champion


Mark has since shared the stage with guitarists Mike Stern, Lee Ritenour, Phil Keaggy and Stanley Jordan among others during his past 8 years of touring through the US and Canada.  He has also picked up full sponsorships with D’Addario Strings, Planet Waves Cables, Genz Benz Amplifiers, Ovation Guitars, Kopf Percussion and Kyser Capos.  

Facing hardship “like a man”

In this episode of the Manlihood ManCast, one of the things that Mark talks about is the things he learned when covid shut down his ability to tour with his music. That experience deeply affected the way he processes things as a man.

I see a guy on the street, and I think, ‘that dude has his act together!’ But I’ve had a lot of really great moments over the past few years and realizing that, nobody has their act together. It feels really freeing and incredible to see that. 


We try to appear hard, walking with our shoulder back, and chests out, and so much of this work over the past year has been about softening, and not taking myself so seriously. Because I really felt for a long time my guitar career was the most important thing in the world to me. Then I saw the world without my guitar career. The world was doing just fine.

More from Mark Kroos

Website | http://markkroos.com

Youtube | https://www.youtube.com/user/mskroos

Instagram | http://instagram.com/markkroos

Bandcamp | https://markkroos.bandcamp.com/

iTunes | https://itunes.com/markkroos

Spotify |  https://open.spotify.com/artist/2pOLYuxb1wwCu8bmXyhhEb?si=fJoPdAMOTlOSUmZZ4wO8JQ

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/markkroos 

Twitter | https://twitter.com/markkroos

TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@markkroos

How to develop manly skills: a battle plan for masculinity

How to develop manly skills

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A Battle Plan for Masculinity

No one goes into battle without a battle plan. Well, if they do go into battle without the plan, they are not the heroes we read about in the history books. They’re the ones who lose. Want to know how to develop manly skills? We start with a plan.

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So let’s make a battle plan for manhood… a strategy to develop the manly skills we need.

  1. Identify some skills that you know you lack and want to learn.
  2. Study the information – through books, podcasts, youtube videos. 
  3. Practice on your own – skills are the result of informed discipline.
  4. Apprentice from a master – Find others who know the skills you need, and shadow them
  5. The apprentice becomes the master.- We learn even more when we teach.

What manly skills should a man acquire?


Here’s a list of skills that many men strive to achieve. 

  • Fatherhood
  • Romance
  • Taking care of your stuff
  • Fitness
  • Wilderness and Survival
  • Leadership and Mentorship
  • Combat and Self Defense
  • Planning and Time Management
  • Financial skills
  • Employment skills
  • Communication Skills

Skills every man should have

Check out this podcast episode from Season 5

While you are working on developing your manly skills, You’ll want this.

The Arrows and Iron Brotherhood is coming together. It’s a community designed to help you grow and level up as a man.

We’ll offer courses, podcast bonus content, coaching calls, ebooks, and more to help you on your journey.

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Don’t forget to check out our limited run of Manlihood Apothecary Beard Oil!
If you guys like this, make sure you buy it. This is a limited run, so if we sell out, we’ll get more!

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Dr. John Delony | How Men Can Overcome Trauma and Anxiety

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Men often struggle with mental health and overcoming past trauma 

Men’s mental health is an issue that often gets ignored in our society. Men are expected to be tough, to be emotionally resilient, but no one is teaching men how to do that. Our Manlihood ManCast interview with Dr. John Delony gives men practical advice for working on our mindsets, dealing with our past, and building the connections and community we need to grow.

Bestselling author Dr. John Delony talks about mental health

Dr. John Delony is a national bestselling author, mental health and wellness

expert and host of The Dr. John Delony Show. He holds two PhDs – one in

Counselor Education and Supervision and another in Higher Education

Administration. Before joining Ramsey Solutions, John spent two decades working

as a senior leader at multiple universities, a professor and researcher, and crisis

responder. Now as a Ramsey Personality, he teaches people how to reclaim their

lives from the madness of the modern world.

Dr. John Delony talks about trauma in a way men can understand

Delony says that Trauma is not just experiencing a catastrophic event. It can be neglect, not being seen, or experiencing hard things alone. Big or small, trauma is cumulative.


Trauma is stored in our body. It’s not just a story from the past, but it’s the body’s physical reaction in the present to something that happened in the past.  We get disconnected from our relationships, our spirits, and our bodies when trauma impacts us. 


Trauma causes us to act in ways that are out of our character. It destroys the value of self, and we act in response to everything – which can oftentimes create more trauma. 

More from Dr. John Delony

Website | http://Johndelony.com

Youtube | https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnDelony/ 

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/JohnDelony 

Instagram @johndelony | https://www.instagram.com/johndelony/ 

Twitter @johndelony | https://twitter.com/johndelony

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Manlihood ManCast Season Six Preview

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Season 6 of the Manlihood ManCast is here!

Find out more about the Arrows and Iron Brotherhood- Coming Soon!

Manlihood ManCast Season 6 is here!

This season, Manlihood will be bringing you NEW monthly features, life-changing interviews with men and women who want you to become the best man you can be.

Manlihood Monthly Features

Personal Development for Men with Josh Hatcher

Each month, Josh will share his thoughts on how men can LEVEL UP in their lives. Josh’s approach to personal development is raw, authentic, and steeped in wisdom.

Over the next year, this segment will talk about:

  • How to develop manly skills
  • How a man can embrace his leadership and masculinity
  • How to be more manly and attractive
  • How real men lead
  • How to be a better father
  • Personal responsibility
  • How change can help us grow
  • How to leverage failure
  • and MORE

Fight Club

Each month, Manlihood will host a live panel discussion on our Manlihood Facebook Page with men to talk about current events, culture, and what it takes to be a man. That live event will be replayed as an episode of the Manlihood ManCast each month.

Testicular Fortitude

Sponsored by Bird Forge. each month Testicular Fortitude on the Manlihood ManCast will feature a historical portrait of a man with balls.

Chunks of Manly Wisdom

Inspired by Josh’s book of quotes, each month we will highlight chunks of wisdom on a variety of topics, and from a variety of authors, philosophers, and leaders.

Thought provoking interviews for men

Each week, the Manlihood ManCast will bring you interviews from men and women all over the world who want to help you step into the best version of yourself.

This year, Manlihood will feature:

  • Mental health expert, best selling author, and radio show host John Delony
  • Outdoor TV host and wilderness guide Jim Shockey
  • Author and Coach GS Youngblood
  • BJJ fighter and author Nicholas Gregoriades
  • Acoustic Guitarist Mark Kroos
  • America’s Career Coach, best selling author Ken Coleman
  • Men’s health expert, Dr. Judson Brandeis
  • Best selling author and podcaster Stephen Mansfield
  • Marriage Coach and viral sensation Cass Morrow
  • and MANY MORE!

We can’t wait to help you level up and become the kind of man that your wife can’t get enough of, your kids respect, whose work is meaningful and satisfying, who is seen as a man of integrity and character, and embodies the heart of Manlihood!

Brad Thor, author of Rising Tiger

Brad Thor discusses his new book, Rising Tiger,  America, and Masculinity

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Listen to the Manlihood ManCast interview with #1 Best Selling author Brad Thor on Spotify | Apple Podcasts

Brad Thor is a #1 New York Times bestselling author with his series of international thrillers. Brad has written 21 thrillers including including BLACK ICE (ThrillerFix Best Thriller of the Year), NEAR DARK (one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Books of the Year), BACKLASH (nominated for the Barry Award for Best Thriller of the Year), SPYMASTER (“One of the all-time best thriller novels” —The Washington Times), THE LAST PATRIOT (nominated Best Thriller of the Year by the International Thriller Writers Association), and BLOWBACK (one of the “Top 100 Killer Thrillers of All Time” —NPR).

Media Contributor

Brad’s work studying international terrorists, and the american intelligence agents who hunt them down has not only informed his novels, but landed him numerous appearances on major news networks including BC, CBS, NBC, PBS, FOX News Channel, FOX Business Channel, CNN, CNN Headline News, The Blaze, and MSNBC.

Brad Thor is more than just a writer

In 2008, Brad went along with a black ops team in Afghanistan, and he served as a part of the Homeland Security Red Cell program to help brainstorm defenses to terroristic threats.

In this interview, Josh Hatcher tells the story of how Brad Thor gave Manlihood a big head start,  and asks him about his book, his life experiences, and what it means to be a man. 


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More from Brad Thor |
Brad Thor on Facebook |
Brad Thor on Instagram |

Brad Thor on Youtube |

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Kipp Sorensen | How to Show Up In Every Area of Your Life

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Listen to Kipp Sorensen on the Manlihood ManCast on Spotify | Apple Podcasts

You’ve probably heard Kipp Sorensen as the Co-Host on Ryan Michler’s “Ask Me Anything” segments on the Order of Man Podcast. Kipp’s wisdom and insight are shored up by his diligence to better himself as a man.

He’s a successful business man and a husband and father, and he talks with us at Manlihood about his experiences through grieving the loss of his father, raising his family, training with his jiu jitsu brotherhood, and how to “Show Up” in every area of your life..

More from Kipp Sorensen:

Facebook

Instagram

The Order of Man Podcast


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Sami Moa | The Ministry of Attraction

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Listen to Sami Moa on the Manlihood ManCast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

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There is a lot of confusion behind what ‘be a man’ means. Sami Moa says his definition is someone who is fulfilled. Someone who has been able to generate wealth in their relationships, their business & their health while having unshakeable confidence in themselves.

Sami is a relationship coach who specializes in helping men become a better version of themselves to attract the kind of partner they want. He has made it his mission to teach men how to do this and has taught seminars in over 75 cities around the world and transforming the lives of thousands of men. 

More from Sami Moa

https://samimoa.com/

Ministry of Attraction Tribe


https://www.facebook.com/groups/moaforum/

Sami Moa on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/moatraining

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Doug Giles | Warrior and Wildman

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Listen to the Manlihood ManCast with Author and Podcaster Doug Giles on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Youtube

Doug Giles is a firebrand and a lightning rod for controversial statements about Christianity, masculinity, hunting and more. His no-nonsense take may be off-putting to some, but it’s refreshing to many of us. 

Giles is a hunter, a minister, and host of the Warriors and Wildmen Podcast, owner and editor of the political website Clashdaily.com, and the author of several bestselling books,

He is also a respected artist.

Books by Doug Giles

Pussification: The Effeminization of the American Male
Raising Righteous and Rowdy Girls
Rise, Kill and Eat: A Theology of Hunting from Genesis to Revelation

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Warriors and Wildmen Podcast

Clash Daily

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Dr. Ellen Reed | Relentless Solutions Focus

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Listen to the Manlihood ManCast with Dr. Ellen Reed: Spotify | Apple Podcasts

Dr. Ellen Reed has been a top performance coach for over 15 years working alongside Dr. Jason Selk. She has extensive experience in mental training for business, athletics, academia, and the performing arts. In addition to her work helping others reach high-level success, she has a well-established and successful career as a professional dancer. She helps athletes, students, and business leaders reach their peak performance by developing the mental toughness necessary for success. Her book written with Dr. Jason Selk, “Relentless Solution Focus,” has hit the best-seller list multiple times.

More from Dr. Ellen Reed

Relentlesssolutionfocus.com

Dr. Ellen Reed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drellenreed

For More From Josh Hatcher at Manlihood.com

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http://joshhatcher.com

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Matt Sinkovitz | From Porn to Purpose

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Listen to Matt Sinkovitz on the Manlihood ManCast – Spotify | Apple Podcasts

Personal Development for Men

Matt Sinkovitz has been a practitioner and teacher of personal & spiritual development for over a decade. An avid student of mindfulness and meditation, Matt graduated from the Blue Mountain School of Mindfulness Arts seminary program in May 2018, with a Masters in Buddhist Ministry, and was ordained Osho (priest) in May 2019.  In this capacity, he now services as a spiritual guide and interfaith chaplain in prisons and hospitals. 

Matt began his studies in Buddhism and New Thought as a young adult, seeking resolution to his own personal life dilemmas. Overcoming his 20+ year compulsive relationship with porn, Matt was inspired to share his journey and support other men in their path to liberation.  Through his online Facebook support community, ‘Porn to Purpose’, Matt currently runs the ‘90-Day Liberation Boot Camp’, as well as the ‘7-Day Porn Abstinence Challenge’.  Matt is passionate about the community’s commitment to support committed fathers and husbands in ending their toxic relationship with porn, so they can reignite that passion in their relationships and be better role models to their children.

For More From Matt Sinkovitz

Porn to Purpose: http://porntopurpose.com

Freedom from Porn Accelerator FREE GUIDE: https://www.porntopurpose.com/FreedomFromPornAcceleratoroptin

Email: makingpeacewithporn@gmail.com

Porn to Purpose Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PornToPurpose

Porn to Purpose Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/porntopurpose

For More From Josh Hatcher at Manlihood.com

http://manlihood.com

http://joshhatcher.com

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