From Wounds to Wolves: Why Men Retreat Into Loneliness

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Why do so many men pull away and isolate when life gets hard? In this episode of the Unleashed Podcast, Brent and Kevin dig into the wounds that drive men to retreat into loneliness—and the cultural lies that make it look like strength.

From Rambo in the woods, to Batman in the Batcave, to Wolverine drifting alone, culture has fed us the image of the “lone wolf” as the ultimate strong man. But Scripture tells a different story: “Two are better than one… pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up” (Ecclesiastes 4:9–10).

We walk through each Warrior Phase and expose how past hurts whisper the question every man wrestles with: “Do I have what it takes?” Those lies push us toward isolation, bu ...