He told me something most Mormon missionaries would never say out loud: "I don't know if I believe any of this."And then he dedicated two years of his life to serving a mission anyway.In this episode, I sit down with a young missionary from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was honest about something most people in any faith tradition won't admit — his belief was hanging by a thread. He'd spent high school questioning everything: his religion, his identity as a Christian, even the existence of God. Then something shifted. Not a lightning bolt. Not a sign from heaven. Something quieter.#mormon #mormonstories #lds #faith #faithoverfear #faithcrisis #interviewMentioned in this episode:The Matty McCurdy Program – Powered by Surmount GlobalOn The Matty McCurdy Program, we dive deep into conversations that inspire, challenge, and empower. This show is proudly sponsored by Surmount Global Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to building resilience and creating powerful content and events that change lives. Together, we’re bringing you insights, stories, and strategies to help you grow and thrive. Tune in and be part of the movement!

She was told a career meant giving up motherhood. She proved everyone wrong. Faith Calhoun grew up inside the political machine — door-knocking as a kid, working the U.S. Capitol, running social media for gubernatorial campaigns. She's seen how the system really works. But the most important thing she learned wasn't about politics at all. It was about the lie women are sold: that career and motherhood are an either/or — and that choosing family means you've somehow failed.cIn this episode, Faith pulls back the curtain on how social media rewired politics and culture — from paid commenters and bot-like behavior to the outrage economy that rewards extremism over truth. But she also gets deeply personal about what the feminist movement got wrong, why women are told they have to choose between a career and a family, and what motherhood actually teaches you that no job ever could.What we get into:Mentioned in this episode:The Matty McCurdy Program – Powered by Surmount GlobalOn The Matty McCurdy Program, we dive deep into conversations that inspire, challenge, and empower. This show is proudly sponsored by Surmount Global Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to building resilience and creating powerful content and events that change lives. Together, we’re bringing you insights, stories, and strategies to help you grow and thrive. Tune in and be part of the movement!

The right says "man up." The left says masculinity itself is the problem. They're both describing symptoms and calling it the fire.Here are the numbers nobody wants to sit with: Men account for 79% of all suicides in the United States. Suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 45. 57% of men report having no close friends — not one person they can call in a time of crisis. That number has tripled since the 1990s. The health impact of that loneliness is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.Something is broken. But it's not masculinity.In this solo episode, I break down what's actually happening to men — the loss of traditional roles, the absence of clear guidance, and the "nutrient-sparse" surrogate activities filling the void that genuine purpose and connection used to occupy.Mentioned in this episode:The Matty McCurdy Program – Powered by Surmount GlobalOn The Matty McCurdy Program, we dive deep into conversations that inspire, challenge, and empower. This show is proudly sponsored by Surmount Global Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to building resilience and creating powerful content and events that change lives. Together, we’re bringing you insights, stories, and strategies to help you grow and thrive. Tune in and be part of the movement!

I asked a business litigator one simple question. His answer changed how I'll use AI forever.Everything you type into ChatGPT, Claude, or any AI tool is discoverable in court. Your chats aren't private. They aren't privileged. And if you're ever in a lawsuit, the other side can access every single conversation you've had with an AI. Mentioned in this episode:The Matty McCurdy Program – Powered by Surmount GlobalOn The Matty McCurdy Program, we dive deep into conversations that inspire, challenge, and empower. This show is proudly sponsored by Surmount Global Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to building resilience and creating powerful content and events that change lives. Together, we’re bringing you insights, stories, and strategies to help you grow and thrive. Tune in and be part of the movement!

Half commitment doesn't produce growth. It produces the illusion of growth.I learned this the hard way by spending years "dipping my toe in" and calling it progress. Baby steps. Gradual changes. Comfortable growth. None of it actually changed me.Here's what nobody tells you: that fear and anxiety you feel when you're stretched beyond your limits? It's not a warning sign. It's evidence that you're exactly where growth lives.We've got it backwards. We think discomfort means something's wrong. But in most cases, it's telling us something's right that we're in the zone where real transformation happens.In this episode, I break down the Learning Zone Model (comfort zone, growth zone, panic zone), why the "deep end" approach to challenge produces faster and more lasting change than baby steps ever could, and the science behind why full commitment transforms paralyzing discomfort into productive fuel.Mentioned in this episode:The Matty McCurdy Program – Powered by Surmount GlobalOn The Matty McCurdy Program, we dive deep into conversations that inspire, challenge, and empower. This show is proudly sponsored by Surmount Global Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to building resilience and creating powerful content and events that change lives. Together, we’re bringing you insights, stories, and strategies to help you grow and thrive. Tune in and be part of the movement!

You don't deserve anything. You work for it.That's not what I wanted to hear either. But sitting across from Jake — a guy paying off a $540,000 house in five years — it's the one thing that made everything else click.The average American has $756 in their savings account. We're told to "invest" and "leverage debt" while we can't even cover a car repair. Meanwhile, the people who are actually building wealth? They're doing the unsexy work — tracking every penny, refusing to normalize debt, and grinding when nobody's watching.In this episode, Jake breaks down the exact budgeting system he uses to track every dollar, why he's choosing debt-free living over debt leveraging, and the uncomfortable truth about why a side hustle isn't optional anymore — it's survival.What we get into:How Jake bought a $540K home at 3.99% interest using builder buy-downs most people don't know aboutThe penny-for-penny budgeting tracker that changed his financial lifeWhy Dave Ramsey's bankruptcy story convinced him to never carry debtThe hard truth about the American dream: you now need two jobs to afford itWhy immediate gratification and entitlement are the biggest financial traps of our generationHis grandpa's debt-free business philosophy that survived every economic downturn"Live like nobody else now so you can live like nobody else later"Money doesn't have to be so lonesome. Let's do this together.Mentioned in this episode:The Matty McCurdy Program – Powered by Surmount GlobalOn The Matty McCurdy Program, we dive deep into conversations that inspire, challenge, and empower. This show is proudly sponsored by Surmount Global Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to building resilience and creating powerful content and events that change lives. Together, we’re bringing you insights, stories, and strategies to help you grow and thrive. Tune in and be part of the movement!

Everyone who ever counted me out became data. Every doubt, every dismissal, every closed door. I stopped letting it break me and started letting it inform me.Most people collapse under opposition or waste their energy fighting it. But the most successful people I've ever studied do something different, they extract the intelligence from it.In this episode, I break down the 3 types of opposition you'll face the doubter, the competitor, and the circumstance and the exact 4-step framework for converting every single one of them into your competitive advantage.What we get into: Why doubters actually give you something your supporters never can The 4-step framework: extract the information, ask the diagnostic questions, build your reference library, and protect your energyMentioned in this episode:The Matty McCurdy Program – Powered by Surmount GlobalOn The Matty McCurdy Program, we dive deep into conversations that inspire, challenge, and empower. This show is proudly sponsored by Surmount Global Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to building resilience and creating powerful content and events that change lives. Together, we’re bringing you insights, stories, and strategies to help you grow and thrive. Tune in and be part of the movement!

I hit every goal. Made the money. Got the recognition. Did it again. And again. And I still went to bed feeling like it wasn't enough. For a long time I thought that meant I needed to push harder. Set bigger targets. Find the next level. What I didn't know, what nobody told me, is that the "never enough" feeling isn't ambition. It's anxiety wearing ambition's clothes.Real ambition energizes you. It pulls you toward something meaningful. The "never enough" spiral does the opposite — it pushes from behind, exhausts you, and keeps moving the finish line no matter how fast you run.In this episode, I break down where that feeling actually comes from (hint: it was installed long before you were old enough to question it), why no amount of achievement will fix it, and the practical steps I use to break the cycle.What we get into: Why the "never enough" feeling is an identity problem, not a strategy problem How childhood conditioning ties your self-worth to your performance — and how to untangle it The hedonic treadmill: why every goal you hit resets faster than you expect How to audit your internal scorecard so achievement stops running you The shift from measuring outcomes to measuring who you're becoming Your worth is not your output. It's not your revenue, your metrics, your results, or your reputation. It's intrinsic. Unconditional. And this episode is about actually believing that.#neverenough #highachievers

I remember the exact feeling...the pressure to have your whole life figured out, and the quiet terror of not knowing. Nobody tells you that the question itself is wrong.The truth? The people who "have it all figured out" are either lying or they've locked themselves into a path that isn't really theirs. The ones who actually build a life they love? They learned to stop needing a plan and start needing a direction.In this episode, I break down why the "figure it all out" narrative is one of the most damaging things we teach young people, and the simple framework I use with athletes, clients, and anyone standing at a crossroads.What we get into: Why the pressure to have a life plan leads to paralysis or premature commitment How to use your values as a compass when you have no map Why commitment doesn't mean forever and how to give full effort without trapping yourself The real reason your passions keep changing (and why that's not a flaw) The "next step" framework that replaces needing to know the whole pathMentioned in this episode:The Matty McCurdy Program – Powered by Surmount GlobalOn The Matty McCurdy Program, we dive deep into conversations that inspire, challenge, and empower. This show is proudly sponsored by Surmount Global Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to building resilience and creating powerful content and events that change lives. Together, we’re bringing you insights, stories, and strategies to help you grow and thrive. Tune in and be part of the movement!

Todays Solo Episode: I spent years preparing, taking courses, networking convinced I just needed more experience before I could really start. I was completely backwards.Most people are stuck in the same trap. Waiting to feel ready. Waiting for permission. Waiting for some invisible checkpoint that never comes. But here's the truth no one talks about: belief comes before experience, not after.In this episode, I break down why successful people made a decision about themselves before anyone else believed in them — and how your brain's Reticular Activating System (RAS) is literally filtering out opportunities right now because of what you believe about yourself.If you've ever said "I just don't have enough experience yet," this one's for you.Mentioned in this episode:The Matty McCurdy Program – Powered by Surmount GlobalOn The Matty McCurdy Program, we dive deep into conversations that inspire, challenge, and empower. This show is proudly sponsored by Surmount Global Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to building resilience and creating powerful content and events that change lives. Together, we’re bringing you insights, stories, and strategies to help you grow and thrive. Tune in and be part of the movement!