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What if the greatest obstacle to becoming the man God created you to be… is something you’ve never learned to recognize?
In this second conversation of our series with Russ West, we move beyond Russ’s personal story and into what he’s learned after spending the last 15 years mentoring hundreds of men through marriage, fatherhood, leadership, and life’s biggest challenges.
This isn’t a conversation about personality.
It’s a conversation about the masculine soul and our emotions.
Russ explains why so many men spend their lives trying to prove themselves, why emotional intelligence is often misunderstood or avoided, and how hidden fears, wounds, and the need for validation quietly shape the decisions we make every day. Drawing from years of mentoring more than 450 men, he shares the common patterns he sees across generations and why emotional intelligence is one of the most overlooked yet essential disciplines for becoming a mature, Christlike man.
We discuss:
• What mentoring hundreds of men has revealed about the masculine soul
• The universal question many men are trying to answer: “Do I have what it takes?”
• Why men often seek validation through achievement, success, and status
• How insecurity quietly shapes leadership, relationships, and decision-making
• Why men tend to blame circumstances instead of looking inward
• The connection between emotional intelligence and spiritual maturity
• Why capability and integrity are such powerful emotional triggers
• What separates the men who continue to grow from the men who stay stuck
• The role of brotherhood, counseling, and mentorship in a man’s formation
• Practical ways men can begin growing in emotional intelligence today
One of the questions we kept coming back to was this:
What if the life you’re trying to build and the way you react to emotional conflict is actually being shaped by wounds you’ve never taken the time to understand?
Emotional intelligence isn’t about becoming more emotional. It’s about becoming more aware. Through this your fears, insecurities, and reactions no longer dictate the kind of husband, father, leader, and disciple you’re becoming.
Pull up a seat.
Welcome to The Outpost.
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