The Back9 Podcast

09/21/2025

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09/07/2025

Those words hit differently in midlife. For years, many of us have “married the job,” giving our whole identity to our career. And while that season may have been fulfilling, there comes a time when the return isn’t the same. That doesn’t mean failure. It means growth.

The Back 9 is about shifting your mindset: letting go of ego, leaning into strengths, owning your shortcomings, and surrounding yourself with the right people. It’s about rediscovering passion, finding purpose beyond work, and creating impact that lasts longer than any job title.

Midlife transformation isn’t about chasing who you used to be; it’s about becoming who you’re meant to be.

In this week’s episode of the Back 9 Podcast, we talk reinvention, self-awareness, and why the second half of life might just be the best half.

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08/31/2025

That line hits hard, especially in midlife. We spend decades chasing success, climbing the ladder, and sacrificing time to “make it.” But here’s the truth 👉 arriving isn’t the destination, it’s just the next starting point.

Too many of us think reaching the goal means we can coast. But the reality is:
- Success without growth turns into complacency.
- Passion without discipline fades.
- Milestones without movement keep us stuck.

If you’ve ever felt like you checked all the boxes, career, family, stability, but still wondered “what’s next?”, you’re not alone. The midlife truth nobody tells you? Achievement means nothing if you stop evolving.

On the latest episode, we break down what it really means to keep pushing past “making it.”

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08/24/2025

stopped into a this morning and ran into none other than .perera himself!
Turns out Jeff was hopping in for the day to help out! He’s an incredible leader, a fantastic entrepreneur, and an even cooler guy to talk to!
Listen to his story on this week’s episode of The Back9 wherever you get your podcasts!

08/17/2025

As a leader, it’s important to want your employees to flourish and grow!

Here are some wise words from our very own on this week’s episode of The Back9

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08/10/2025

We all feel it. As we get older, our worlds get smaller and smaller. Maybe literally, maybe metaphorically. But at any age, once you start taking notice of what is truly important to you, your whole perspective on life starts to change.

Talk about it with us in this week’s episode of The Back9, wherever you get your podcasts.

07/25/2025

This week, we’re covering a topic that could hit close to home for some of you.

The guys sat down with Owen Marcus to discuss relationships, mental wellness, and how to really feel what’s going on, in this week’s episode: Feeling is Strength, Not Weakness.

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07/23/2025

“It was me. 30 years ago, I was in a relationship with this beautiful woman, smart, successful. She loved me. She was sitting on the couch saying, “Owen, I don’t feel you.” And I would debate with her why she should feel me. And she’d say, Owen, I just don’t feel you. Then, after a few minutes of her patience and my stupidity, I finally realized that I wasn’t feeling [myself]. I wasn’t giving her any emotional experience. I was giving her an intellectual experience. I was using a lot of emotional words, but there was no emotion. There was no authenticity there...”
“...I had a resistance to working with men or starting a men’s group. I thought, well, if I have a resistance, maybe that’s a sign I should do it. I started my first men’s group out of my integrated medical clinic I had in Scottsdale....”
“...20 years ago, I really shifted to this somatic model that I started learning back in the late ‘70s when I was living in Boulder, [I] applied it in my clinic, and I started a new group for myself. 20 years later, and it’s just exploded. It generated a group of over 500 men, a documentary film, and three businesses. Because this little system works, it’s just taken off on its own.”

➡️ We close season 8 of The Back 9 with a powerful episode, as we sit down with Owen Marcus, the founder of MELD and a pioneer in men’s emotional wellness. Whether you’re navigating partnership, burnout or your own inner disconnect, this conversation unlocks the tools so many men are missing, and offers a raw and accessible path to become more connected from the inside out. So take the leap, with the Back 9 wherever you get your podcasts.

04/22/2025

He’s in your living room every Sunday, but do you really know Scott Hanson? Probably not; you will know him a lot better after Dennis and Josh dig deep in this week’s episode of the Back9 Podcast.
Apple Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-back-9/id1717609674?i=1000704428332

03/25/2025

Colby Hockey coach Blaise MacDonald has been a friend of both Back9 hosts sincere their days on the front 9 covering sports back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. Listen here for a fun and inspirational episode.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-back-9/id1717609674?i=1000700728601v

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