The MentalEdge Podcast
The MentalEdge Podcast
Fernando Lopez and Jay Wacasey
Deep discussion about life as men. Conveying our thoughts transparently in an effort to share in the journey of continuous development and the action of equipping each other to face life's rigorous challenges. And to laugh about them..yeah probably that mostly.
E. #138 Your Life Is A Song!
The 7th Episode of the 7th Season! The completion of the Calibrations Series: Your Life is a Song! its the perfect metaphor for picturing how to manage balance in your life. Just like a live mixing engineer riding the faders, you get to choose what shines out front during each era of your life. You get to choose when some of the faders get pulled back and some pushed forward. With great care you learn how to delicately manage those important faders in your life. Listen to Fernando and J...
May 8, 2025
33 min
E# 137 "That No Contingency Life"
Cuz what I Do, don't depend on You! There is a way to live that creates a sense of relevance without the requirement of eventual accolades. It's called...."living a no contingency life." Meaning in short, that you decide you won't rely on recognition to fuel your desire to do what's right. You won't give for the sake of someday receiving. You won't love for the sake of someday being loved. It sounds impossible but it's not...it's all about the focus! and Yes, for us its a work in progre...
Mar 25, 2025
35 min
E. #136 The Decision Vision
Tune in to the 5th episode of the Season 7's Calibration Series. It's a season dedicated to making the most of 2025. This is your year! This episode is about making the most of the blessings that are already sewn into your timeline. Your Victory has already been written and you're marching toward opportunities and blessings everyday. Your ability to make the most of them is directly related to the way you live your life. Are you positioned to utilize the blessing for propulsion or for another...
Feb 17, 2025
31 min
E #135 Power Trip'n: Don't Be a Butthole!
Have you ever caught yourself being an absolute butthole to somebody who loves you? 🤔 Did you ever feel deeply convicted right in the middle of it? What a blessing that can be! That's exactly what happen to Jay the day he and his wife set out to build the local stray cat (Fred) a house made of readily available scraps. The menial task began to dredge up emotions associated with previous difficult projects from the past. Luckily, before Jay could ruin the day the Holy Sprit gave...
Jan 17, 2025
33 min
E. #134 The Alignment Assignment!
2025 is going to be your year. This is not fluff! Over the past few years if you are one of the people who did the hard thing and took the promotion, but it didn't pay what it was supposed to, or you got up early and did that extra thing that makes other people feel special, this is going to be the year that it all counts. This is the year that the last 4 years of faith adds up to something great for the faithful! We are gonna ask you to declare your 2025 goal today! But to be sure t...
Dec 8, 2024
42 min
E #133 The Problem with Reluctance
We had the pleasure of introducing to you 3 of our podcast students. Meet Becca, Nancy, and Nathan! Each Student has their pod-concept brewing in their creative minds and we are so thankful they have chose us to guide them on their PodJourney! This recording session was actually part of their 3rd lesson. Clicking to participate in this class will prove to be a major step in the resilincy of their podcast. The dicsussion about why they choose us to lead them in their podcast journey also...
Nov 13, 2024
17 min
E# 132 "That Knife Life"
My good men, if you to were to assume the life of a knife which one would you be? the one that spreads butter or the one that splits the tree. This is the poetic question posed by Jay and Fernando in this relevant MENtal Metaphor Episode. Surely you would choose the Sharp edged knife, whose very make up, craftsmanship and precision screams purpose. What other comparisons can be made? Tune in to find out. As always...Prepare to be MENtally MANsformed. That Knife Life is the insp...
Nov 6, 2024
44 min
E #131 Miguel Negroni: A Mentor And So Much More!
Mr. Negroni aint no phony! He's earned his whiskers in the barber world for sure. He earned his notoriety through consistency despite circumstances. It's a trait he makes sure he sows into the many young barbers and young men that he mentors. Miguel has the ability to be totally submitted and present to the young men he champions. He has a spirit that's easy to talk to and he never seems to be in a hurry...He's not just present for a moment...he's here to stay. There...
Jun 6, 2024
39 min
E# 130 What Makes You Feel Like A Man!
Thanks to our listeners we are about to cross over the 10,000 listen mark. Yeah, it's a really big deal..at least it is to us. Are we famous? Not exactly. Do a simple google search and you will find that we fall a little short of Joe Rogan status. So why do we do what we do? It's simple, it makes us feel relevant to talk men about life and at just the right moment...you great people reach out and tell us we matter. We really don't need much more than that to keep going. What do...
May 29, 2024
33 min
E# 129 "That One Time I Stole A Candy Bar"
Fernando and Jay talk about Jay's life of crime. It's an all out confessional. Now full disclosure, the lesson here isn't really about being a candy snathcer! It's about how the presence of security in your life facilitates the lack of scarcity. So sit back and shove a little fun size candy bar in your mouth while you shove this episode in your ears and in your spirit!
May 2, 2024
33 min
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