The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Why High-Performing Men Secretly Feel Broken at Home — Mitchell Osmond Explains
18 Dec 2025
Chapter 1: Why do high-performing men feel broken at home?
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Our life today is a result of the decisions we've made over the past three to five years.
My mindset is completely different than where it was five years ago. And this is the reason why I've been able to build what I build now.
I was headed for more depression, more drugs, more alcohol. So right there, I made a decision to take ownership over everything. I gathered five men around me who were seeing success in the areas that I wanted to. And Paul, within 18 months, completely paid off the 100 grand of debt, totally restored our marriage. I lost the 60 pounds. As the business grew, my goals changed.
What I believed was possible for me began to increase.
When it came down to the new level of finances for our family, our family will actually hold us down, especially when you are essentially the bloodline breaker. So when it came down to it, I couldn't really go to my mother anymore and say, hey, mom, These are my multimillion dollar problems. Hey guys, and welcome back to Level Up Podcast. This is Paul Alex.
And today, inside of our virtual actual podcast is the first episode out of Puerto Rico, guys. We have a special guest by the name of Mitchell Osmond. Mitchell Osmond is a leadership consultant, executive coach, and the host of the Dad Nation Podcast, which is actually top five globally with 33,000 listeners, which is pretty badass. Okay, that's a great accomplishment, man.
With 15 years in senior leadership, he's equipped high-performing men to thrive at home in their health and their happiness, which is important, guys. You've got to be successful in all aspects of life, right? While amplifying their career success through coaching courses and his podcast, Mitchell helps men master the mindset, build strong marriages, and lead with confidence.
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Chapter 2: What pivotal moments led to Mitchell Osmond's transformation?
Facts, facts, especially now with like social media going on, people trying to keep up with the Joneses. I know I'm aging myself by saying that, but it's the truth, guys. It's just like you're trying to fake it to make it. And, you know, nowadays, especially in 2025, we're in a trust era. Now, you being a coach, you being in the digital space, you know how it is, brother.
People are like, hey, are you a scam? How can I scam you from personal experience, right? I'm trying to help level you up, right? So at the end of the day, man, I always tell the people that are willing to continue to to rise in this world, especially in the digital world. It doesn't even matter with AI. I'm not afraid of AI because AI can't replace myself.
AI can't replace Mitchell Osmond, right? All the pain, all the experience, you know, all that jazz. So let me ask you this question, man. This is deep because a lot of people, they can't navigate through rebuilding themselves, right? It takes a lot of effort. So when you first started rebuilding yourself, when you went through these critical incidents,
What part of your life did you work on first? Was it like your business? Was it your body? Or was it your mindset?
Yeah, that's a great question. Mindset, 100%.
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Chapter 3: How does childhood trauma impact adult relationships?
It's all on me and my life, you know, for me. When I was faced with the honest truth of where I was heading, when that minister asked that question, are you living a life worthy of imitation? I was forced to see the end. And I realized no one would want the life that I'm no one would would want to imitate my life. And you know what? I got I created that life.
We know that our life today is the result of the decisions we've made over the past three to five years. When I think about the decisions that I was making in 2022 or 2020, it makes total sense as to where I am today. And as I tell clients this all the time, it's like, well, if you like where you're at, then that's great. Keep doing what you're doing.
But if you want to be somewhere else, you need to learn how to make different decisions. and learn how to elevate your thinking to be somewhere else in three to five years. And you're the only person going to do that. Anything other than that is Einstein's old definition of insanity, which is doing the same thing and expecting different results, right?
So that's what it looks like for me for ownership. And all my clients would echo the same thing. And that's how we get results is we take ownership.
I love that. I love that. And when you started owning everything, okay, you started taking that ownership. What was the first big result that you actually started noticing? For me, once I really started getting financially better in my life, I started analyzing and reflecting and saying, okay, what is it that I changed in order to get to this level?
And what do I have to change to get to the next level? So the finances is what ultimately helped me realize how internally I changed. But for you, Mitchell, what did you notice internally that you changed or financially first?
That's a good question. I think seeing the improvement in my finances was a tangible, measurable data point that showed me that something was changing. Right. Because I was losing weight. And yeah, my my relationship was getting better and all those different things. And I've got mentors in my life. But again, it's hard to measure your the development of your mental health.
You know, it's hard to measure the where you are with your wife and your relationship. You know, it's it's intangible. But when you got X number in the bank versus six months ago, you know, that's really easy to see. And so it was that it was that tangible proof. It was evidence that helped me see that what I was doing was making a difference.
And then that gave me confidence to continue in all the other areas of my life. Does that make sense?
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