{"podcast":{"title":"Heart of Man | Men's Leadership, Relationships and Intimacy","slug":"heart-of-man-men-s-leadership-relationships-and-intimacy-6476755","podcast_index_feed_id":6476755,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/dfbdca10/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.alexlehmann.co/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/37437572/37437572-1787452600398-beef570052f5d.jpg","author":"Alex Lehmann | Transformational Coach and Breathwork Teacher","episode_count":87,"summary":"Life as a man can be tough. We're flooded with messages on who to be & how to act, all while we carry the weight to lead, provide & perform. We do what works on the surface, but often lose touch with the man we truly are. Eventually, this backfires: Partners lose trust. Intimacy fades. Relationships break down. Performance suffers. Heart of Man is for the man ready to go deeper—to walk the integrated path, reclaim who he is at his core & discover what it means to live embodied in leadership, love & life. Join Alex in raw conversations with world-class leaders, exploring the modern man's path.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T22:25:14.623906+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-of-man-men-s-leadership-relationships-and-intimacy-6476755"},"episode":{"title":"Eli Buren: The Cultivated Man – Why Breath, Posture, And Awareness Matter Now More Than Ever | EP 72","slug":"eli-buren-the-cultivated-man-why-breath-posture-and-awareness-matter-now-more-than-ever-ep-72","published_at":"2026-03-03T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-of-man-men-s-leadership-relationships-and-intimacy-6476755/eli-buren-the-cultivated-man-why-breath-posture-and-awareness-matter-now-more-than-ever-ep-72","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-of-man-men-s-leadership-relationships-and-intimacy-6476755","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heartofman/episodes/Eli-Buren-The-Cultivated-Man--Why-Breath--Posture--And-Awareness-Matter-Now-More-Than-Ever--EP-72-e3fmlmv","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/dfbdca10/podcast/play/116135071/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-27%2F418943716-44100-2-e805239b0217b.mp3","summary":"Eli Buren returns to Heart of Man for his second round, inviting us into a deeper note around what it truly means to be a cultivated man in a time of rising disconnection. For those who have not listened to our first conversation, Eli is a teacher, martial artist, and guide whose work bridges self-discovery and rigorous embodied training. His path is rooted in decades of experiential practice that extends beyond theory. Through breath, movement, martial forms, meditation, and relational presence, he guides men into the lived experience of awareness in the body, not as an idea but as a discipline. Since we last spoke two years ago, Eli shares his journey of stepping more deeply into fatherhood, an initiation that has refined his relationship to presence, devotion, and responsibility. From there, we explore what it means to mature as a man, not by trying to eliminate our conditioning, but by learning to recognize it, create space from it, and train new capacities in breath, body, and awareness. In this conversation, discover: Why presence must be a choice, especially in a culture that pulls us toward speed, productivity, and distraction How everything in life is already a practice, and how the deeper question becomes: What am I practicing right now? Why unconscious practices become patterns that shape our presence, relationships, and leadership. The distinction between realization and training. Why embodied mastery cannot be rushed, optimized, or hacked, and requires years of sincere dedication. My personal journey from trying to fix myself to grieving the ways I attempted to prove my worth. How to bring humor, play, and artistic expression through wounded parts of ourselves. Why developing dynamic range creates freedom in real time. 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