Welcome to The Evolved Caveman — the show for men who did everything they were told to do, got most of it, and still feel like something’s missing.
I’m Dr. John Schinnerer. I’m a coach with a Ph.D. in educational psychology from UC Berkeley, I consulted on Pixar’s Inside Out, and I’ve spent 30 years helping men get better at the part nobody trained them for: their inner world. Not louder. Not harder. Better.
Every week I sit down with researchers, therapists, veterans, founders, and the occasional guy who blew up his life and rebuilt it — and we get into what actually works.
Latest Episodes
- Episode 286: What Healthy Masculinity Actually Looks Like
- Episode 285: Why Successful Men Feel Empty At Work
- Episode 284: Why Men Get Defensive (And How To Stop)
- Episode 283: Who's Sitting on Your Throne?
- Episode 282: The Inner Kingdom: Who's Sitting on Your Throne?
- Episode 281: Unlocking Men's Blind Spots: The Path to Self-Awareness & Success
What We Get Into
No fluff, no chest-beating, no “just be vulnerable, bro.” Practical tools, grounded in research, delivered in plain English:
- Stress and burnout — why successful men feel wired and flat at the same time
- Anger and irritability — what’s actually underneath the short fuse
- Relationships — the anxious-avoidant trap, repetitive arguments, and how to fight well
- Meaning and midlife — the “is this it?” question, and what to do with it
- Shame and self-worth — the quiet engine behind most of the above
- Grief and loss — including my own, losing my son
- Fatherhood, friendship, and the epidemic of male loneliness
- Sex, desire, and the conversations most couples avoid
Who This Is For
Men in their 30s, 40s and 50s who are competent almost everywhere else. You can run a team, close a deal, and stay calm in a crisis — but you go quiet when your wife says you seem distant, and you’re not sure why a small comment can ruin your whole evening.
You don’t need fixing. You need better information about what’s happening inside you, and something to do with it.
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If you’re new, these are the ones people send to their friends:
- How To Master Your Stress & Anxiety Like A Monk
- The Anxious-Avoidant Trap: Why You Keep Having The Same Fight
- The Man Box: Why Men Just Aren’t That Happy
- The Top 10 Regrets of Men (And How To Prevent Them)
- Grieving The Death Of A Son
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