What changes when a man stops living for everyone else's approval?

Brad Maynard reconnects with Fight for Manhood graduate Jerry Fu for an honest conversation about faith, courage, and learning to take responsibility for your own life. Jerry shares how he moved from self-doubt and playing it safe into new opportunities in Houston, leadership coaching, and a relationship that led to his engagement.

This is a story of growth through setbacks: career disappointments, difficult conversations, learning to say no, and choosing to try again. They talk about the brotherhood that challenged Jerry, how salsa dancing helped build his confidence, and what he would tell his eighteen-year-old self today.

In this episode:
00:00 Introduction
01:19 Jerry's life today
02:20 Life before Fight for Manhood
09:11 Moments that started the change
15:44 From pharmacy to leadership
23:50 What stayed with him from Fight
29:10 Advice for a man who feels stuck
35:20 Coaching college students
38:52 Engagement, dating, and taking risks
42:51 Salsa dancing and confidence
45:54 Contributing to a book
48:23 Advice to his eighteen-year-old self
49:39 Book and coaching business
51:59 Closing reflections

Connect with Jerry: https://www.adaptingleaders.com
Book discussed: Secrets of Next-Level Entrepreneurs, with a chapter contributed by Jerry Fu.

Explore Fight for Manhood: https://fightformanhood.com
Fight Like a Man Ministries: https://fightlikeamanministries.com

This week's challenge: name one place where fear or the need for approval is keeping you stuck. Talk with a brother you trust and take one concrete step forward.

Recorded October 15, 2026. Host: Brad Maynard. Guest: Jerry Fu.

What does a man's growth look like to the people who live with him?

In this special video conversation, Becka Horton joins Brad Maynard to share what changed for her and her family as her husband, Greg, went through Fight for Manhood. She talks about listening more, yelling less, everyday affection, taking responsibility, being present at home, and friendships that helped carry their family through difficult seasons.

Becka also speaks honestly about the work that continues. This is a story of faith, growth, and change over time, told from a wife's perspective.

Hear Greg's side of the story in Episodes 1 and 4 of Fight for Manhood: The Podcast.

Learn more: https://fightformanhood.com

CHAPTERS

00:00 What changed at home

00:23 Meet Becka

01:33 The early marriage

03:48 Understanding the hurt

06:59 Choosing to attend the Fight

09:34 Changes the family could see

11:37 What made change believable

13:19 What she needed as a wife

15:21 Everyday affection

16:55 Seeing her children love their dad

18:45 Learning to affirm and control himself

20:34 Service and its effect on her

23:09 Listening with understanding

24:16 Taking responsibility

25:19 Strength directed toward love

26:43 Choosing to be present at home

29:31 Friendships that support the family

30:49 Still learning

32:35 Hope for another wife

34:22 What emotional steadiness means

35:59 What she is grateful for

37:12 Now he helps other men

37:42 Other families benefit

38:00 The men showed up for him

38:52 Thanks and sign-off

What changes when a man stops asking only what happened to him and starts asking what he still needs to understand?

Brad Maynard and Jody Griffin sit down with longtime friend and current Fight participant Doug Shock for Session 5: Healing and Understanding. Doug shares how hearing Brad and Jody on the Hallerin Hill radio show led him to join the Fight, why he calls it an answer to prayer, and what is beginning to change in his life.

The conversation moves through the absence of a father, the letter Doug wrote, forgiveness, sobriety, and taking responsibility for healing in other relationships. Jody also shares why this is his favorite session to teach and how understanding changed the way he saw his own story.

Doug is still going through the Fight. This is an honest conversation about doing the work while the story is still unfolding.

We close with our recurring question: If you had five minutes with your 18-year-old self, what would you tell him about becoming a man?

Learn more: https://fightformanhood.com

Stand as a son. Fight like a man.

Chapters

00:00:00 Opening: what do I still need to understand?

00:00:30 Meet Doug Shock

00:05:30 The radio interview and an answer to prayer

00:09:39 Why this session changed Jody

00:16:24 Growing up without a present father

00:22:16 The letter, forgiveness, and finding release

00:27:35 Sobriety and a new beginning

00:31:14 Healing in other relationships

00:43:55 Living honestly with his daughters

00:48:09 How understanding changes our response

00:54:02 Jody on forgiving yourself

00:58:20 A practical first step toward healing

01:04:41 What would you tell your 18-year-old self?

01:10:58 The challenge for this week

Music: Apple For The Preacher by Shane Ivers (Silverman Sound Studios), CC BY 4.0. https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/apple-for-the-preacher ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Excerpted, faded, and mixed with speech.