{"podcast":{"title":"The Better Man Podcast","slug":"the-better-man-podcast-5344990","podcast_index_feed_id":5344990,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/404744/rss","website_url":"https://manflowyoga.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/f/f/d/7ffda4e2b8d13990d959afa2a1bf1c87/The-Better-Man-Podcast-Dean-Pohlman.jpeg","author":"Dean Pohlman","episode_count":181,"summary":"The Better Man Podcast is a podcast redefining what it means to be better as a man. In it, we'll discuss how to balance success with our overall well-being, take on a more comprehensive understanding of fitness to include our physical, mental, and emotional well-being, and strive to align our actions with who we are at our cores. We can be successful and proud of who we are without sacrificing our core values or our well-being. Dean Pohlman is known as THE yoga expert for men. His unique fitness-centric, strength-based approach to yoga—exemplified in his yoga workouts, programs, books, videos, blogs, and more—has helped to transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of men [and women] worldwide. Join Dean as he explores the habits, mindsets, tools, and tactics that lead to health, happiness, and fulfillment for men. You'll hear interviews with world-class experts who pull back the curtain and share their proven strategies for taking your body and mind to the next level. More significantly, we'll discuss the challenges they faced that truly tested them on an emotional level, and work to better understand what they did to work through those events, and how it helped them to grow fo…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T20:20:58.087303+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-better-man-podcast-5344990"},"episode":{"title":"165: Remembering Who You Are with Mark Divine (Retired Navy SEAL Commander)","slug":"165-remembering-who-you-are-with-mark-divine-retired-navy-seal-commander","published_at":"2026-03-13T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-better-man-podcast-5344990/165-remembering-who-you-are-with-mark-divine-retired-navy-seal-commander","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-better-man-podcast-5344990","url":"https://f6d0de76-c646-4c1b-a139-27635e6276b3.libsyn.com/165-remembering-who-you-are-with-mark-divine-retired-navy-seal-commander","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/f6d0de76-c646-4c1b-a139-27635e6276b3/Ep._165_-_Mark_Divine_-_The_Better_Man_Podcast.mp3?dest-id=3345071","summary":"Everyone lives in a world of their own creation through their conditioning, their thought patterns, and their behaviors. The problem is, this route leads to pain because it severs the connection with your true identity. When you're disconnected from your true identity, and you forget to remember who you are, you'll wake up one day and realize you're living a complete lie. Instead of creating a life that makes you happy and fulfilled, you trade your future for someone else's opinion of you. Today's guest, retired Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine, was lucky enough to discover this early in his life thanks to his meditation practice. His conditioning told him that he was going to business school to join the family business. But a few months after getting his MBA and CPA, Mark decided to give it all up to become a Navy SEAL because his meditation practice created enough stillness that he remembered he was a warrior. Despite being a \"civilian\" (who have terribly low success rates of becoming a SEAL - only about 10 to 15% make it), Mark's meditation practice allowed him to reconstruct his identity and become the #1 student in SEAL training. As Navy SEAL Commander, Mark introduced other SEALs to meditation, yoga, and fully integrating the body, mind, and spirit. Since he's retired, his Navy SEAL training program (called SEALFIT) has had incredible success. Mark's students who went through his SEALFIT program had a 90% success rate of joining the SEALs (which is even more impressive when you realize the failure rate is between 85-90%). He's also authored several best-selling books that are designed to help anyone rediscover their true identity. This conversation won't just open your eyes, but it will be deeply inspiring too. Listen now. Here's what Mark and I discuss: How to st…","meta_description":"Everyone lives in a world of their own creation through their conditioning, their thought patterns, and their behaviors. The problem is, this route leads…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3910,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-better-man-podcast-5344990/episodes/165-remembering-who-you-are-with-mark-divine-retired-navy-seal-commander/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-better-man-podcast-5344990/165-remembering-who-you-are-with-mark-divine-retired-navy-seal-commander.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}