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Men’s mental health, fatherhood, and modern masculinity meet the forge. You’re not broken. You’re being forged.

In this opening of Man in Progress, Forging Manhood, Travis Murray tells a raw story of collapse and rebuilding, from silent burnout and shame to the moment he chose honesty over image. This is not a highlight reel. It is a step into heat, pressure, and purpose, where a man is shaped through truth, not performance.

You will hear about the NICU, break-up, loneliness, and the quiet addictions that numb a life. You will also hear the shift, the first strike of real strength, and the choice to live by integrity, courage, responsibility, and love. If you feel untethered or numb, this episode gives language and a path. It reframes “toughness” as brittleness, and points you toward durable character you can carry into marriage, fatherhood, and work.

What you’ll take with you:
• A clearer frame for men’s mental health and emotional honesty
• The difference between performative toughness and real strength
• Why self-forgiveness is the first strike that lets you rebuild
• How to start living by one core value you can hold under pressure

0:00 Welcome to the Forge

3:04 The Mask Cracks

6:18 NICU: When “Strength” Broke

12:04 From Vices to Values (solitude, meaning, confession)

17:05 Meaning and Meeting

23:18 The Forger’s Code (oath & call to build)
If you have ever felt like a ghost in your own life, you are not broken. You are in the forge. Follow the show, rate it, and share it with a man who needs the heat.

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