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We Take the Stairs Podcast

We Take the Stairs Podcast

著者： Rachael Sher and Jackson Young
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The two hosts of We Take the Stairs, Rachael and Jackson have a mission to help change the lives of men. They aim to do this through authentic storytelling, personal growth, faith, and transformative dialogue. Their rich tapestry of experience from different backgrounds and life experiences create a podcast that resonates with honesty, empathy, and hope. As co-hosts, they bring to the table a deep belief in the power of connection, whether through conviction, kindness, or shared stories, to inspire change and build bridges between people. Their discussions are grounded in sincerity and an openness to learn from one another. With a commitment to honesty, humility, and empowerment, they invite listeners into a space where vulnerability meets transformation, encouraging everyone to take the stairs—one meaningful step at a time.© 2026 Rachael, Jackson キリスト教 スピリチュアリティ 個人的成功 聖職・福音主義 自己啓発
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  • Your Brain Was Wired for Purpose | Ft. Lance

    Your Brain Was Wired for Purpose | Ft. Lance
    2026/06/26
    Episode SummaryMost men aren't burned out, checked out, or broken — they're purposeless. And according to Lance, a licensed therapist, pastor, and addiction counselor who has sat across from thousands of men in crisis, that one missing thing is the root of nearly every problem men are facing today.What makes this episode unlike anything We Take the Stairs has recorded is the lens Lance brings. He speaks as a clinician, a pastor, a divorced man who rebuilt, and someone who has mapped the male crisis from every angle — neuroscience, scripture, and lived experience. He connects the dots between why men disengage in marriage, why addiction spikes at retirement, why the brain literally wires itself toward purpose, and why a man without meaning will find something — anything — to fill that void. The science and the scripture point to the same answer. This episode is that answer.Guest Lance — Licensed therapist, pastor, addiction counselor, and clinical professional based in South Florida. Lance runs a private practice, works in addiction recovery, and brings a rare combination of neuroscience, faith, and lived experience to every conversation about men.Chapters00:00 — The One Question: Meaning and Purpose01:31 — Why Men Check Out After Work — And What's Really Going On04:09 — Protect, Pray, Provide — Why That's No Longer Enough11:43 — The Neuroscience of Purpose: Grid Cells, Flow States & Your Hot Spot13:49 — Who Moved My Cheese: How Meaning Shifts Through Life Stages16:20 — The Empty Nester, the Retiree & Why Addiction Spikes at 6518:00 — Why the Church Is Actually Built for Every Stage of Life20:18 — The Role of Mentors & Why God Puts the Right People on Your Path25:06 — The Manosphere, Broken Systems & God's Design for Men32:02 — The Neuroscience of Social Media & Why We're More Disconnected Than Ever44:25 — Lance's Personal Story: Seminary, Loss & Finding Purpose Through Crisis55:28 — What Is a Crisis? Real Stories of Men Who Lost Everything01:03:47 — How to Navigate Crisis: Get to a Church, Find Community, Ask for Help01:11:39 — Three Practical Steps to Rewire Your Brain Toward Real Connection01:15:51 — The REACH Method: A Clinical & Biblical Framework for Forgiveness01:30:00 — We Takes: Crisis Isn't the End — It's the CatalystKey Topics CoveredMeaning and Purpose as the Root Problem — Lance doesn't start with behavior. He starts with the existential question every man is quietly asking: Why am I here? Do I matter? Is what I'm doing enough? Every other crisis — disconnection, addiction, disengagement in marriage — is downstream of this one unanswered question.Why Men Check Out After Work — A man who comes home and unplugs isn't being passive out of laziness. He's been reduced to a role — protect, pray, provide — and he's fulfilled it. Nobody told him that wasn't enough. Lance unpacks why this creates a silent, growing disconnect in marriages and what both spouses can actually do about it.The Neuroscience of Purpose — One of the most unique moments in We Take the Stairs history. Lance breaks down what happens in the brain when a man finds his purpose — grid cells, place cells, the entorhinal cortex, and the state of flow. Your brain is literally wired to detect when you're on course. Purpose isn't mystical. It's neurological.Who Moved My Cheese — Meaning Shifts Across Life Stages — Lance references Dr. Spencer Johnson's framework to map how what gives a man meaning changes at every stage: his 20s, his 30s, the empty nest, retirement. Men who don't know their meaning is shifting often collapse — or numb themselves — without knowing why.Why Addiction Spikes in Retirement — One of the most surprising and sobering moments of the episode. Lance shares that one of the top reasons men develop addiction later in life is having nothing left to do. Bills paid. Kids gone. No purpose. And suddenly a drink at the country club becomes a daily ritual of slowly disappearing.The Church as a Lifelong Framework — Lance and Rachael land on something that rarely gets said clearly: the church, when it functions as designed, is the only institution that meets men at every stage of life — from formation in youth to mentorship in old age. The design is right. The execution is what varies.Community Dating — Lance advocates for dating in community — group dates, letting trusted people weigh in, watching how a potential spouse interacts with people who matter to you. The best marriages he's seen were built on more than two people deciding in isolation.Crisis as a Catalyst — The closing of the episode reframes everything. A crisis — a lost job, a broken marriage, a failed season — isn't the end of who you are. For men who know their identity, it becomes the very thing that pushes them further into their purpose.Scriptures & Concepts ReferencedErikson's Eight Stages of Identity FormationRomans 8:28 — All things work together for goodThe ...
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    1 時間 36 分
  • The War for Every Man's Identity | FT. Joshua

    The War for Every Man's Identity | FT. Joshua
    2026/06/19
    We ask one question to every man who sits down with us: What is the biggest problem men are facing in society based on your experience and perspective?For Joshua — former Marine, 14-year firefighter, and founder of Journey to Jericho — the answer came without hesitation: identity crisis. Not knowing who we are when God calls us sons. Living like orphans instead of children who are fully adopted, fully gifted, fully loved.This episode, recorded with Joshua joining from his hot rod shop in Columbia, Tennessee, is one of the most spiritually rich and tactically practical conversations We Take the Stairs has had. Joshua doesn't just talk theology. He runs a literal shop where fatherless young men learn to weld, grind, and turn wrenches — while quietly, patiently, being shown what an authentic man actually looks like. His own story, marked by a broken home and one Vietnam veteran named Ray who changed everything in six Saturdays, grounds everything he teaches.GuestJoshua — Founder of Journey to Jericho, a mentorship ministry based in Columbia, Tennessee, that uses a hot rod shop to build relationships with fatherless young men. A former Marine and 14-year firefighter, Joshua left a stable career and moved his family across the country in obedience to what he believed God was calling him to do.Chapters00:00 — The One Question: Identity Crisis03:30 — The Three P's: Power, Productivity, Prosperity09:00 — Journey to Jericho: The Hot Rod Shop With a Deeper Mission16:00 — Ray: The Man Who Changed Everything in Six Saturdays23:00 — Hitting Rock Bottom at 30 — and the Prayer That Changed His Life33:00 — Friend, Mirror, Minister: How Real Mentorship Works39:00 — The Lamb and the Lion: Redefining What a Husband Is For46:00 — Testimony: A Family Restored Through One Small Act of Showing Up58:00 — The Traps Keeping Men Stuck — Power, Comfort & Noise01:06:00 — Leaving Comfort: The Move to Tennessee & the Church That Pushed BackKey Topics CoveredIdentity Crisis — Joshua's answer cuts to the foundation: men were never meant to live as orphans, figuring it out alone, when they've actually been adopted as sons. Everything else — power, productivity, prosperity — is built on this one cornerstone.The Three P's — Power, productivity, prosperity. Joshua names the worldly substitutes men chase instead of sonship, and why even the richest men he's met are often the most miserable.Ray: The First Real Man — Joshua's foundational story. A Vietnam Marine who watched him and his brother for six Saturdays, taught him to weld, and modeled something Joshua had never seen — honoring his wife as his prize. That moment became the question Joshua chased for the next twenty years.The 30th Birthday Breaking Point — After years of performing discipline without a changed heart, Joshua hit bottom and cried out to God to either kill him or change him. That surrender — not effort — was the beginning of real transformation.Friend, Mirror, Minister — Joshua's framework for mentoring young men: build trust as a friend, reflect Christ's light as a mirror, then minister from that place of earned trust. Skip a step and the whole thing breaks down.The Lamb and the Lion — One of the most theologically rich moments of the episode. The Jews wanted a warrior king. They got a sacrificial lamb. Joshua applies this directly to husbands: leadership through sacrifice, not domination.A Family Restored — Joshua shares the story of a mother and two adult children, each carrying wounds from church hurt, slowly restored through nine months of simply showing up — no agenda, no lectures, just consistent presence.Comfort as the Enemy — When Joshua left a stable 14-year firefighting career to move his family to a town he'd never visited, the harshest pushback came from fellow believers. Joshua's takeaway: comfort had become their idol, and his obedience exposed it.Books Referenced📖 Wild at Heart — John Eldredge — "I want to be rather than to appear."Key Quotes"If I am his son, I no longer have to live as an orphan. I no longer have to figure it out on my own." — Joshua"It's not what they do, but it's who they are." — Joshua"Identity found in anything other than Christ is absolutely futile." — Joshua"Comfort is one of our worst enemies. Enjoy it while you got it. Do not let it become your god." — Joshua"A generation will grow great when old men are willing to plant trees they will never sit under." — Joshua"A son cannot give what he has not received." — JoshuaPractical TakeawaysAsk God ten thousand questions instead of relying on your own wisdom.Invite one young man for a cup of coffee — that's a touch point, not a small thing.Take the tactical pause. Stop, ask the Father who he says you are, and let him answer.Christian podcast for menmale identity crisis faithbiblical sonship and identitymen's mentorship ministryChristian men's podcast fatherless generation
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    1 時間 14 分
  • HOW MEN BECOME UNSHAKABLE

    HOW MEN BECOME UNSHAKABLE
    2026/06/12
    James and Madison never expected a single call to change their family's future.After their son received a rare diagnosis, they faced uncertainty, fear, and challenges no parent wants to endure. But this conversation is less about the diagnosis and more about the resilience, faith, and strength they developed through it.In this episode of We Take The Stairs, Rachel and Jackson sit down with James and Madison to discuss raising boys in today's culture, navigating adversity as a family, and the lessons that helped them grow stronger through life's hardest seasons.This is a conversation about resilience, responsibility, and becoming the kind of person who stays steady when life gets difficult. Because strength is built through adversity.FULL SUMMARYWhat does it take to become unshakable?In this episode of We Take The Stairs, Rachel and Jackson sit down with James and Madison to discuss resilience, faith, marriage, family, and the challenges facing men today.They explore why many young men struggle with purpose and responsibility, why challenge and accountability are essential for growth, and what it takes to raise strong children in today's culture.The conversation becomes deeply personal as they share their son's diagnosis with MED13L Syndrome, a rare genetic condition affecting development, speech, and cognition. More importantly, they reflect on how adversity strengthened their faith, revealed hidden strengths, and shaped them as individuals, parents, and partners.Together, they discuss leadership in the home, the importance of partnership, and how responsibility, gratitude, and perseverance build stronger people, marriages, and families.This episode is a powerful reminder that strength is built through adversity, and that life's hardest seasons often become the greatest opportunities for growth.KEY TAKEAWAYS• Resilience is built through hardship, responsibility, and action.• Strong men are developed through challenge, purpose, and accountability.• Many young men struggle due to a lack of direction and meaningful responsibility.• Physical activity, discipline, mentorship, and competition help build confident men.• Strong marriages require communication, teamwork, and commitment through adversity.• True presence requires attention, leadership, and engagement.• Adversity reveals character, strength, and opportunities for growth.• Faith provides stability when circumstances are uncertain.• Personal responsibility drives growth and transformation.• Joy comes from gratitude, perspective, and purpose, not circumstances.• Strong families face hardship together rather than avoid it.EPISODE CHAPTERS0:00 — Intro & Meet James and Madison0:42 — The Crisis Facing Men Today1:55 — Why Boys Are Struggling4:13 — The Purpose Gap6:15 — Building Resilience8:45 — Why Men Check Out9:40 — Presence at Home11:13 — The Life-Changing Diagnosis12:13 — Communication in Crisis14:13 — Parenting, Marriage & Resilience17:49 — True Partnership18:42 — Masculinity, Femininity & Security22:05 — Marriage, Identity & Leadership25:21 — Understanding MED13L Syndrome28:57 — Fighting for Their Son32:31 — Lessons in Marriage35:15 — Preparing for Adversity37:35 — Responsibility & Growth38:56 — How Men Grow Stronger41:05 — Accountability & Grace43:28 — Friends Who Challenge You45:18 — Confidence vs. Arrogance47:35 — Authentic Relationships50:11 — Lessons From Hardship52:00 — Happiness vs. Joy54:21 — Advice for Struggling Families58:29 — Final Reflections & We TakesGUEST INFOJames & MadisonJames and Madison are business owners, parents, and advocates for intentional family living. They share their experience navigating marriage, entrepreneurship, raising two boys, and supporting their oldest son following a rare MED13L Syndrome diagnosis.Their story highlights resilience, faith, responsibility, communication, and the power of facing life's challenges together. Through adversity, they discovered deeper purpose, stronger partnership, and a renewed commitment to leading their family with courage and conviction.SEO KEYWORDS & TAGSPrimary Keywordshow men become unshakableresilience for menmodern masculinityraising boysstrong menpurpose and responsibilitymarriage and resiliencefaith and familypersonal responsibilityfamily leadershipovercoming adversitymental toughnessresilient familiesstrong marriagesleadership in the home
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    1 時間 3 分
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