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Featuring Rob Kandell as your host/coach/best-friend-you-never-knew-you-had, Tuff Love is a grab-bag of rants, listener Q&A’s, and captivating interviews with experts on everything from money-management to intimate touching.
For more than 20 years, Rob has shared his radically practical advice for finding passion and fulfilment in your work, your relationships, and your life. His advice is simple (though not necessarily easy): Connect with your deepest self (flawed as you may be) so that you can stop hiding, embrace life with authenticity and vulnerability and walk the unHIDDEN path.
When developing the unHIDDEN path, Rob recognized that there wasn’t one single ‘transformational moment’ or ‘unmasking’ that define an unHIDDEN life. Rather, living unHIDDEN is a process; a day-by-day exercise that’s equal parts getting to know yourself and revealing yourself.
With his unique style of candor and compassion, Rob gently tosses aside your bullsh*t excuses and shows you how to get out of your own way.
244: Origins of Skewed Masculinity with Johnny Elsasser
Johnny is a former special operations U.S. Army Ranger with 4 combat tours between Iraq and Afghanistan. After the military Johnny worked for a private company protecting the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq in Baghdad for 5 years. After spending almost 10 years in and out of...
125: What the Hell is ‘Great Sex’ Anyway? with Ken Blackman
There are many men in the world who seem to be succeeding at everything, except when it has something to do with women. Ken Blackman was once one of those men until he figured out that he needed to shut off that part of his brain that is asking for instructions...
124: Six Conversations 2.5 – Competition, Comparison & Scarcity Mindset
On the Kinsey Scale, there’s the hetero, gay, and something in the middle called bi-curious. The Kinsey Scale is used in research to describe a person’s sexual orientation based on their experience or response at a given time. Jeff Jacobson, a coach, educator,...
123: Isolation in the Modern Age
The concept and effects of isolation in the modern age as an adult has become one of the most important issues that is being dealt with today. It has been found that isolation has become a huge problem and has been described as a deadly epidemic in the US,...
122: Six Conversations 2.4 – Cultural Taboos: Sex, Older Men & Exploring
What is a taboo and what taboos specifically exist for women? Arielle Brown and Jamie Thompson answer this question as they talk about cultural taboos for women’s sexuality. They explore the concept of sexual relationships with older men, sexuality and...
121: The Achievement Trap: We Don’t Have To Do What We Think We Ought To with Brandilyn Tebo
Too often we find ourselves in the achievement trap, which is following what we think we’re supposed to achieve. We’ve been programmed to go after certain dreams and live in certain ways to truly be successful. We’re always trying to please, and look perfect...
120: Six Conversations 2.3 – Power, Surrender and Releasing Control
Present-day women are faced with the challenge of balancing between their feminine and masculine side. While they lean towards their stronger and independent side in the workplace and social circles, they still want to stay connected with their soft and finer...
119: The Guys’ Guy’s Guide to Love In This Day And Age with Robert Manni
What does it take to be a man? With how contemporary culture has evolved, Robert Manni explores the idea of authenticity in present-day society where it has become confusing to be a man in today’s world. He delves into what it means to come out and be real with...
118: Six Conversations 2.2 – The Dark Side of the Goddess Movement
In the modern day spirituality movement for women, it’s natural to tap into the light side because it’s easy and comfortable and there is now double standard that comes along with it. The dark side of the Goddess movement touches on this edgy aspect of...
117: Rise of the Awakened Masculine with Kevin Oroszlan
The culture that we have right now has made deep connections between masculinity and patriarchy. But cultures change with time so men need to see themselves in the man’s world. Kevin Oroszlan describes the rise of the awakened masculine as a...
116: Six Conversations 2.1: The Victim Archetype in Romance & Relationship
There are many cultures across the world where the image of women is projected as the victim archetype. For them to find true love, they must wait for their prince charming riding out into the sunset. While this fantasy works for some, women of today still need...
115: Control Toxic Masculinity To Control Violence
Guns in video games have been around since the 80’s. Has this fueled the idea that taking the life of someone at the pull of the trigger is all okay granted they have their reasons? Perhaps, but it all boils down still to the mental health of today’s gamers....
114: Six Conversations 1.6: Playing With Polarities, How To Attract And When To Switch
There is a spark in all men and women between their masculine and feminine energy. This is called polarity and just like we learned in seventh grade science, a positive repels another positive while the opposites attract. A woman with a strong masculine energy...
113: Relationship With Sexuality: One Man’s Confession
Men are just programmed to hide the things they think will make them look weak and vulnerable to the rest of the world. Things like being present with his emotions, accepting his feminine energy and a conscious relationship with sexuality. Remember what it was...
112: Six Conversations 1.5 – Demystifying Oral Sex, Play And Evoke Sensation
Is it really weird when you go down? This taboo topic offers so much experience, feeling and exploring for a man and a woman. The six conversations continues with demystifying oral sex where one man’s first interaction of it leaves him shameful for not lasting...
111: The Way We Show Up For Sex with Jamie Thompson
The way we show up for anything is the way we show up for everything. Which is why showing up for sex is as important as showing up in the boardroom because it reflects character, personality and attitude. Intimate communication expert Jamie Thompson teaches...
110: Six Conversations 1.3 – Masculine Versus Feminine Integrity, Finding The Balance
Within our bodies are energies called the masculine and the feminine. There are times during the day when a man’s masculine shifts to its feminine, and he is not even aware of it. This happens to women as well but in a different way because where men lean more...
109: Resolving to Drop your Sh*t
Holding onto to anger or grudge is one way of engaging with people. This seems twisted, but this is the truth because holding grudges bring some kind of value for angry people. It’s time to drop your shit because grudge is a form of pain, and this kind has a...
108: Six Conversations 1.2 – The Sweet Spot of Flirting, Attraction & Vulnerability
Silence can be sexy when used the right way at the right time. Whether it leads to attraction or not is not the issue, rather are you aware that you’ve triggered the sweet spot of flirting of the person across you. Flirting is more than the words or touching....
107: The Art of Verbal Self-Defense with Kasia Urbaniak
Emotions govern judgement, which is why there a need for us to understand and use them as fuel for our passion. But the passion of a man is different from a woman. In a patriarchal society, women don’t have a voice and their passion burn out to the point that...
106: Six Conversations 1.1 – Boundaries, Consent & Power Dynamics
Checking in if a woman is still a “yes” until she is a “no” is a complicated discussion in itself. Knowing and respecting boundaries puts value on a woman, making her feel that she is an amazing person. However, men have to be conscious that they have this...