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Hosted by Michael F Kay · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 100 episodes
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What happens after a successful career ends? This podcast explores how men navigate retirement, identity, and purpose beyond work. Each week, Michael and his guests look at the real challenges of life transition. the loss of structure, the shift in identity, and the search for meaning and purpose that follows. If you're a man rethinking what fulfillment looks like after decades of hard-charging work, you're in the right place.
Michael F Kay hosts Chapter X with Michael Kay, a education show with 100 episodes published.
Life has a way of telling us when something needs to change, even when we aren't ready to listen. My guest today, Mark Feinberg, spent years building companies, serving on boards, and chasing success. From the outside, e
What did you love before work and responsibility took over? As kids, we followed our curiosity without worrying whether an interest was productive or impressive. Somewhere along the way, many of us leave those parts of o
Retirement isn't just the end of a career. For many executives, it's the first time they've had to redefine who they are without the title they've spent decades earning. So why do so many accomplished leaders struggle wi
Creativity isn't limited to artists. It's something we use every time we solve a problem, adapt to change, or explore a new opportunity. Those skills become especially valuable in retirement, when we're free to pursue ne
We tend to avoid anything we won't be instantly good at. Richard Sparks has spent forty years proving that instinct is wrong. Richard is a writer who has spent 40 years bouncing between comedy sketches, TV scripts, opera
We spend decades working toward the exit. But what happens once we actually get there? Today I'm speaking with Jack Calhoun, who sold his wealth management firm in his fifties expecting to finally relax and write. Instea
What can we learn from someone who spent weeks living in retirement communities and interviewing dozens of retirees? That's exactly what today's guest set out to discover. Dr. Andi Simon is a corporate anthropologist who
Jake Fishbein joined his first men's group for research. He was helping write a novel about men's groups and thought he should probably see one from the inside. What he didn't expect was that the experience would change
Loneliness isn't something we usually associate with successful people. When the career ends, where do purpose, connection, and belonging come from next? My guest today is Carl Nassar. He's an engineer, teacher, business
Larry Hagner was nine months old when his father left. For years, he searched for answers about the man he barely knew and the impact that absence had on his life. Today, Larry is the founder of The Dad Edge podcast, whe
What if the goal isn't just to live longer, but to remain capable of doing the things you love for as long as possible? After decades as a physician, surgeon, and medical innovator, Dr. Arnon Krongrad believes we've been
What if the things you loved most as a kid still hold clues about the life you actually want now? I still remember Yankees games crackling through a transistor radio tucked under my pillow long past bedtime. For Ben Orla
Many fathers spent their lives learning how to provide for their families. But emotional connection often became much harder to pass down. My guest today is Marc Azoulay, therapist and founder of Men's Therapy Online. Ma
What happens when life forces you into a chapter you never planned for? After decades building a successful career in technology, writing books, and growing a business, Jeffrey Ton suddenly found himself stepping away fr
A lot of people say they want to stay active or do work that still matters to them after they retire. But then they rest, travel, or wait for the right opportunity to show up. Over time, that can turn into long stretches
Rusty Gardner realized he wasn't listening to his son during their phone calls. So he stopped what he was doing and went for a walk. That new habit changed their conversations. Then it changed his mornings, and eventuall
Stepping away from a career that has defined you for decades is rarely a clean break. For founders and professionals alike, retirement isn't just leaving the work behind. It means untangling identity, habits, and a sense
We don't spend much time thinking about how we listen. But if you've ever felt misunderstood or struggled to connect with someone, you've probably felt its impact. Today, I'm joined by David Joseph, MD, a psychiatrist a
We like to think we're making choices about how we live. But most of the time, we're just repeating patterns we've been running for years. In this episode, I'm joined by Marcy Axelrod, who shares why those patterns are s
For a lot of men, their social life is their job. So what happens when that job goes away? In this conversation, Anthony Silard shares what he's learned studying loneliness and relationships—and why so many reach this st
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