You’re building, pushing, achieving but at what cost? In this raw conversation, Nick and Gareth dive into what happens when the grind breaks you open, how heartbreak and burnout can become doorways to deeper purpose, and why true leadership starts at home. Gareth shares his journey from heartbreak to building a thriving business while doing the inner work, offering wisdom on fatherhood, legacy, and creating space to feel it all.

Three Takeaways:

1. Burnout is a Mirror: Your business reflects your inner world. Burnout is a call to slow down and realign.
2. Doing the Work Means Feeling: There’s no bypass — feeling pain, grief, and fear is how you grow.
3. Presence Creates Legacy: Whether at home or in business, your presence is what truly shapes your impact.

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You’re running fast, building, grinding, making things happen. But somewhere deep in your bones, you know there’s more than just the material world. This episode is a journey into that space between the dirt under your fingernails and the cosmos above your head.

Ryan isn’t your average guest. He runs a thriving family business, oversees organic vineyards, and works the land with his father—while also exploring astrology, biodynamics, and the hidden patterns shaping our collective future. In this conversation, we dive into fatherhood as an initiation, balancing the sacred and the practical, and how the Age of Aquarius is changing the game for men ready to evolve.

Three Takeaways:

1. Grounded Spirituality: True wisdom isn’t found floating above the world—it’s forged in the tension between soil and sky, where conscious action meets cosmic cycles.
2. Initiation Through Fatherhood: The shift from son to father isn’t just biological, it’s a soul-level transformation that demands you integrate both your masculine drive and your feminine receptivity.
3. New Paradigms Require New Men: The Age of Aquarius demands we leave behind outdated systems and become architects of a world built on knowing, not blind belief.

Listen now to meet a man living the paradox of working the land while reading the stars—and find out what it takes to build a legacy in this changing world.

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The Uncommon Man Project isn’t just a podcast- it’s a call to rise.

A brotherhood of men who are done with surface-level success and ready to build lives of depth, power, and purpose.

This is where high-achieving fathers, husbands, and leaders come to reconnect with what matters most—and forge a new legacy.

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Remember: You’re not alone.

And you’re not broken.

You’re just being called higher.

Be uncommon.

Live extraordinary.

Lead with sovereignty.

Welcome to another episode of The Uncommon Man Project — the space where men stop performing and start remembering who they really are.

This isn’t about hacks or hustle. It’s about grit, integrity, and the long road back to wholeness when everything collapses.

Because for the high-achieving man, it’s not success that breaks you — it’s the disconnection from your soul on the way there.

Today’s episode is for the man who’s hit his limit. Who’s burnt out, numbed out, or on the brink of walking away.

This is the episode you come back to when you’re out of answers but still feel the flicker of fire inside you.

GUEST - Ryan Rockwell

Ryan Rockwell is a man who’s walked through the fire.

As the founder of Modern Yoga Teacher and Modern Healer, Ryan built one of the most respected platforms in the wellness industry. His business exploded. His lifestyle looked like a dream. He became the go-to success story for countless coaches and conscious entrepreneurs.

But behind the accolades was a man unraveling.

In this raw and unfiltered conversation, Ryan shares how burnout brought him to the edge of life itself, how performance masked pain, and how reclaiming his masculine truth meant letting go of the illusion of “enough.”

He’s now rebuilding from a place of alignment, launching Burnout Alchemy, and devoting his life to helping men transmute burnout into purpose.

KEY THEMES & QUESTIONS COVERED:

• What does burnout actually feel like behind the scenes?
• Why success can feed your shadow if left unchecked
• The unseen toll of leading from performance over presence
• Masculine polarity, lone wolf syndrome, and the need for male community
• How to rebuild when your identity, mission, and business collapse all at once
• The one thing Ryan held onto that pulled him back from the brink
• Wisdom for younger men navigating failure, loneliness, and uncertainty

Connect with Ryan:

ryan@primelive.ai

Also keep an eye out for his podast - Burnout Alchemy

What was your biggest takeaway?

🛡️ Stay Connected to the Movement

The Uncommon Man Project isn’t just a podcast- it’s a call to rise.

A brotherhood of men who are done with surface-level success and ready to build lives of depth, power, and purpose.

This is where high-achieving fathers, husbands, and leaders come to reconnect with what matters most—and forge a new legacy.

🔹 The Nice Guy Recovery Scored Card- This is your reality check.

[Take the Quiz]

🔹 Events - Uncommon Retreat 2026 – A rite of passage for the modern man.

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🔹 The Skool for Men - Surround yourself with brothers walking the same path.

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Remember: You’re not alone.

And you’re not broken.

You’re just being called higher.

Be uncommon.

Live extraordinary.

Lead with sovereignty.