Andy Grant
Author / Teacher / Coach / Healer
Andy Grant is a best-selling author, speaker, Transformational Energy Coach, healer, and suicide prevention activist. As the host of the award-winning Real Men Feel podcast, he champions emotional well-being and encourages men to step out of the “emotional closet.”
Andy holds certifications in Positive Psychology, the Enwaken Coaching System, Akashic Records, Life Activation, and multiple energy healing modalities. Known as The King of Authenticity, he founded Real Men Feel in 2016, fostering a movement that redefines masculinity through openness and vulnerability.
An Initiate, Certified Healer, Teacher, and Ritual Master with the Modern Mystery School, Andy has dedicated his life to helping people in emotional pain rediscover the magnificence of life. His training includes work with renowned teachers such as Mike Dooley, Brendon Burchard, Bill Harris, Genpo Roshi, David Morelli, Margaret Lynch, Linda Howe, Tal Ben-Shahar, Karen Paolino-Correia, and Christie Marie Sheldon.
May 9, 2025
Breaking the Stigma: Men Seeking Healthcare
The Reluctance Men Face in Seeking Medical Help In this episode of Real Men Feel, host Andy Grant opens up about his recent experience with abdominal surgery to repair an umbilical hernia, which he believes was exacerbated by...
April 28, 2025
Real Men Feel: Andy Grant's Metallica Journey
An Emotional Journey With Metallica In this f-bomb-filled episode, recorded moments after Saturday's Metallica show, host Andy Grant shares his profound love for Metallica. He recounts attending three shows in one week from t...
Oct. 18, 2024
Embracing Change: Downsizing and New Beginnings
The Joy of Letting Go In this solo episode of 'Real Men Feel,' host Andy Grant shares his personal journey of downsizing and moving to a smaller home after 24 years. He discusses the chaos and challenges of the move, includin...
June 29, 2024
How Do You Speak to Yourself? | Words Matter
Today, we are exploring the power of words, especially the words we use when talking to ourselves. I'm going to share some tips on moving from belittling language to empowering phrases that you can use in your self-dialogue a...
June 21, 2024
Downsizing Part 1 | The Great Shedding of Stuff
I recommend watching this episode instead of only listening to it, as I share some of my downsizing journey and give a tour of my home. We are preparing to move to a house 2,000 square feet smaller than the one we've lived in...
June 16, 2024
Positive Male Role Models | Who Taught You How To Be A Man?
Earlier today, I was part of a Let's Talk Fabulous panel discussing positive male role models. I enjoyed that conversation so much that I want to share more in a motor-mouth 10-minute brain dump. Topics Include What male role...
June 7, 2024
What Is Failure? | More Than You Think
I've often called myself a failure. But why? Why does something not turning out the way I wanted it to become my identity? It all comes down to the ego. Today, I explore definitions and perceptions of failure and ways to refr...
May 29, 2024
Picking Up The Pieces | Life After Depression
Today, I share many of the subjects I've been journaling about in the last few days. Subjects including past patterns, current patterns that I haven't figured out yet, and challenges of all-or-nothing thinking. I open up abou...
May 25, 2024
Mental Health Awareness Month | Suicidal Procrastination
WARNING: This episode discusses suicidal thoughts and attempts. If you are in a crisis, do not listen to this. Please call or text 988 to be connected to trained counselors who are part of the National Suicide Prevention Lif...
May 12, 2023
Can You Enjoy Time Alone? | Growth & Resistance
If you notice today's episode looking and sounding different, I'm on the road and don't have my usual setup. Are you comfortable being alone? Can you enjoy your own company? Often men will feel uncomfortable emotions if they ...
April 7, 2023
Returning to the New Warrior Training Adventure | ManKind Project's NWTA
Last weekend I was in Connecticut to staff the New Warrior Training Adventure weekend, a weekend-long rite of passage for men from the ManKind Project. This was the first NWTA in New England in three years, thanks to Covid. I...
Feb. 17, 2023
Purpose & Respect | What Do Men Really Want?
I recently came across a NY Times opinion piece titled Men Need Purpose More Than "Respect" by David French. I don't read enough opinion pieces to know if I've read anything by Mr. French before, but I agreed with the headlin...
Dec. 9, 2022
What Would You Tell Your Younger Self? | What I Wish I Knew at 22
A couple of days ago, I came across an Instagram post from an account called awake_spiritual, and it was a picture of Dwayne Johnson - The Rock, and it was called Things I Know at Age 45 That I Wish I Knew at 22. It had a lis...
Dec. 2, 2022
Never Give Up | It Does Get Better
WARNING: This episode discusses suicidal thoughts and attempts. If you are in crisis, do not listen to this episode. Please call or text 988 to be connected to trained counselors that are part of the National Suicide Prevent...
Oct. 29, 2022
Cultural Appropriation | Misappropriations and The ManKind Project
Right now, I should be volunteering at a New Warrior Training Adventure, a weekend event run worldwide by the ManKind Project. But a couple of weeks ago, Oct 11 to be exact, it was canceled by MKP USA. All the planned New War...
Oct. 7, 2022
Youth Homelessness | Everyone Deserves a Safe Place to Sleep
At one point in my youth, I left a mental hospital against medical advice because I had tickets to see Motley Crue. I figured if I was alive, I was going to that show. There's a longer tale about how I got home and the reacti...
Sept. 23, 2022
What About Trans Men? | Who Is Real Men Feel For?
Real Men Feel reminds you that men are human beings and are entitled to feel and express the full range of emotions. I'm going to emphasize that more today, thanks to an email I received last week. " About 3-4 years ago, I ca...
Sept. 16, 2022
Rules For Men | Where Do Yours Come From?
Real Men Feel exists to remind you that men are human beings entitled to feel and express the full range of emotions. I look forward to the day when a man can cry in public, and people notice and say to themselves, "Now, that...
Sept. 9, 2022
Preventing Suicide By Talking About Suicide | World Suicide Prevention Day
Real Men Feel is about reminding men that they are human and entitled to feel and express the full range of emotions. Some of those emotions can you have feeling like absolute shit, but that never means that you are shit. If ...
Aug. 19, 2022
Receiving Praise | Being Worthy Men
Real Men Feel #267 8/19/22 Receiving Praise | Being Worthy Men One of the goals of this podcast, my books, and my coaching... is to be inspiring. But whenever someone tells me I'm inspiring, I'll try to deflect it. Some of th...
Aug. 6, 2022
Don't Always Push : 3 Life Lessons
Real Men Feel #265 8/6/22 Don't Always Push | 3 Life Lessons Over the past two weeks, I've done a lot of clutter clearing and overall cleanup. My home can get pretty nasty after ignoring it for over half a year, but I attacke...
July 29, 2022
Love You, Bro
Real Men Feel #264 7/29/22 Love You, Bro I could not always tell people I loved them, especially male friends. Love you, dude. Love ya, mean it. I love you, man -- are just some of the ways I've said and heard men expressing ...
July 22, 2022
Reaching Out & Being Ignored
Real Men Feel 263 7/22/22 Reaching Out -- Being Ignored One thing that struck me after my 8-month-long withdrawal from life was how many told me that they noticed I was quiet and wondered what was up. Some said I'd been on th...
July 15, 2022
Thinking I Want to Die
Real Men Feel #262 7/15/22 Thinking I Want to Die WARNING: This episode discusses suicidal thoughts and attempts. If you are in a crisis, do not listen to this. Please call or text 988 to be connected to trained counselors th...
July 7, 2022
WTF Happened? Where Is Andy?
Real Men Feel #261 7/6/22 WTF Happened? Where Is Andy? This is the first episode of Real Men Feel since October of 2021. Such a long break was not my plan. Today I attempt to explain what happened and open up about my dark ni...
Jan. 5, 2020
What's In A Name?
"As a man, whatever you do is what a 'real' man does." Andy Grant discusses the significance and meaning of "Real Men," as if any man can be anything but real. #RealMenFeel Episode 163, January 5, 2020