What happens when the "good son"—the man who prides himself on being the reliable family "fixer"—realizes that his identity is built on a foundation of ego and false affirmations?

In this fifth episode of Follow Me to the M-R-O-P!, host Brian Mueller sits down with Mick Owens for a vulnerable conversation about his 2008 initiation at Pilgrim Park in Illinois. Mick, a retired teacher with over five decades of marriage, shares how he arrived at the rites carrying the heavy weight of his mother's recent stroke and a lifelong habit of trying to solve everyone else's problems.

Whether you are a caregiver feeling the weight of responsibility or a man searching for the "genuine self" hidden behind cultural expectations, Mick’s story is a moving testament to the heal ...