Jake from @spearpillarvgc hops on this week to talk about Spear Pillar's inception, supporting his fraternity mates with their mental health, getting over his hesitance to ask for help and more.

*********I experienced some mic troubles during this one so my voice quality is not the usual standard.

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives. The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, and let their authentic selves shine.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Want your little trainer to have an outlet to practice VGC while learning skills to take care of their stress? Check out my Pokémon clubs on Outschool:

https://outschool.com/classes/9108b61b-ff4d-45b2-b5d5-07aa1f8002e6/schedule

Save $10 on your first class through OCT 31: LEROY1ST10

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Donate to support the podcast and stream: ⁠ https://streamlabs.com/pokemenshealth/tip⁠

Jeudy Azzarelli is a VGC competitor best known for his second place run at 2014 Worlds. Jeudy shares about the road to that appearance from struggling to make events in the early days, stepping away from the game before a successful return, how misogyny inspired his exit from Wall Street and much more.

Find him @SoulSurVGC on Twitter for coaching!

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives. The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, and let their authentic selves shine.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Want your little trainer to have an outlet to practice VGC while learning skills to take care of their stress? Check out my Pokémon clubs on Outschool:

https://outschool.com/classes/9108b61b-ff4d-45b2-b5d5-07aa1f8002e6/schedule

Save $10 on your first class through OCT 31: LEROY1ST10

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Donate to support the podcast and stream: ⁠ https://streamlabs.com/pokemenshealth/tip⁠

Roy is solo sharing three areas of balance he believes all men need to start paying attention to immediately if they are going to be healthy.

===========================================Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives. The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, and let their authentic selves shine.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Want your little trainer to have an outlet to practice VGC while learning skills to take care of their stress? Check out my Pokémon clubs on Outschool:

https://outschool.com/classes/9108b61b-ff4d-45b2-b5d5-07aa1f8002e6/schedule

Save $10 on your first class through OCT 31: LEROY1ST10

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Donate to support the podcast and stream: ⁠ https://streamlabs.com/pokemenshealth/tip⁠

BK/ @ZeroBlaze_ is VGC competitor who shares about how he had to hide Pokémon from his parents, grinding his first full (and very successful) competitive season and the struggles he had to grow through from grad school to his career as a pharmacist.

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives. The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, and let their authentic selves shine.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Want your little trainer to have an outlet to practice VGC while learning skills to take care of their stress? Check out my Pokémon clubs on Outschool:

https://outschool.com/classes/9108b61b-ff4d-45b2-b5d5-07aa1f8002e6/schedule

Save $10 on your first class through OCT 31: LEROY1ST10

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Donate to support the podcast and stream: ⁠ https://streamlabs.com/pokemenshealth/tip⁠

Slim is a veteran VGC competitor who shares about his little brother getting him started in competitive Pokémon, his journey with learning to be vulnerable, and why he likely won't ever be done with our community.

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives. The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, and let their authentic selves shine.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Want your little trainer to have an outlet to practice VGC while learning skills to take care of their stress? Check out my Zen Then Battle Class on Outschool:

https://outschool.com/classes/pokemon-wellness-club-zen-then-battle-5SnQjf38?refuid=Yb8SW8JJ

Save $9 on your first class with coupon code LEROYFIRST9

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Donate to support the podcast and stream: ⁠ https://streamlabs.com/pokemenshealth/tip⁠

Light on the mons, heavy on the story time today. I've spent the last four years in a men's circle. I share the three things it gave me that helped me become more honest, healthy and confident to be authentically myself.

Tune in next week for our next guest, Yone!

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives. The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, and let their authentic selves shine.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Want your little trainer to have an outlet to practice VGC while learning skills to take care of their stress? Check out my Zen Then Battle Class on Outschool:

https://outschool.com/classes/pokemon-wellness-club-zen-then-battle-5SnQjf38?refuid=Yb8SW8JJ

Save $9 on your first class with coupon code LEROYFIRST9

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Donate to support the podcast and stream: ⁠ https://streamlabs.com/pokemenshealth/tip⁠

Kaysie/ LoOTVGC is a VGC competitor and tournament organizer in the community. He joins us today to share about our new Limitless series, taking resposibility for his mother's care during her illnesses, and how the Kalos region got him back into the game in more ways than one.

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Join the first tournament of the Fight For Men's Health Series: https://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/66b6a8ae82e459668d35bcf0/details

Suggested donation for this month's tournament is to benefit ManUp?, an organization helping to increase access to mental health support for men.

Donate:

https://donate.justgiving.com/charity/manup-uk/donation-amount

More info:

https://www.manup.how/

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives. The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, and let their authentic selves shine.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Want your little trainer to have an outlet to practice VGC while learning skills to take care of their stress? Check out my Zen Then Battle Class on Outschool:

https://outschool.com/classes/pokemon-wellness-club-zen-then-battle-5SnQjf38?refuid=Yb8SW8JJ

Save $9 on your first class with coupon code LEROYFIRST9

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Donate to support the podcast and stream: ⁠ https://streamlabs.com/pokemenshealth/tip⁠

TalonMasterJ is a streamer and VGC competitor. He shares about a respect for his fellow person guides him, the emotional challenge of finding a job and that time he used his Masterball on a Psyduck, and what's got him excited in Reg H.

Vincent/Hooty pops in for our hit segment "Hooty's Hotties" to discuss a little Reg H to kick things off.

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Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives. The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, and let their authentic selves shine.

Join the FREE Discord to start receiving support from our community: ⁠ https://discord.gg/XVhV697VBH⁠

Want your little trainer to have an outlet to practice VGC while learning skills to talk care of their mental? Check out my Pokémon Wellness Club on Outschool:

https://outschool.com/classes/pokemon-wellness-club-zen-then-battle-5SnQjf38?refuid=Yb8SW8JJ

Save $9 on your first class with coupon code LEROYFIRST9

Follow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, and more: ⁠ https://linktr.ee/royflashgordon⁠

Donate to support the podcast and stream: ⁠ https://streamlabs.com/pokemenshealth/tip⁠