The Holistic Man Podcast: Ordinary Men, Extraordinary Gifts

The Boy You Never Got to Be Is Still Controlling You | Apostle Jabez Ball

What happens when grown men are still carrying the wounds of little boys? In this deeply powerful episode of The Holistic Man Podcast, Jeffery C. Smith II sits down with Apostle Jabez Ball for an honest, prophetic, and transformational conversation about: • hidden pain in men • healing childhood wounds • pride, shame, and identity • mentorship and accountability • counseling and emotional healing • prophecy and the voice of God • spiritual warfare • becoming whole through Christ • and why so many men are silently hurting. This conversation goes beyond surface-level masculinity and dives into the heart of what it means to become a man healed by God instead of hardened by life.

From Entitled to Entrusted: The Noble Mindset God Rewards

In this episode of The Holistic Man Podcast, we close out the TRAIN Framework with N = Noble — rising above Entitlement, Ego, and Retaliation. We also recap the full TRAIN series and introduce what's coming next: the Construction phase.

38 YEARS LATER… HERE’S WHAT I LEARNED

38 years later… and God is still faithful. This birthday reflection is more than a celebration. It’s a testimony. Over the last 3 decades, I’ve learned lessons about faith, healing, discipline, purpose, spiritual warfare, brotherhood, peace, leadership, grief, and becoming the man God created me to be.

When Men Give God a Fresh Yes | DeMarcus Merritt, SR.

What does it mean to give God a fresh yes? Not your leftovers. Not expired praise. A full, surrendered, all-in yes — even when it costs you something. DeMarcus Merritt has lived this. From growing up without his father in Emporia, Virginia — to meeting him for the first time at 25. From walking away from God in college — to a Sallie Mae bill that brought him to his knees and back to the Lord. From losing his first daughter in 2014 — to trusting that God was never absent, just already in it with him.

Your Private Thoughts Reveal Your Real Character

Your private thought life is not separate from your real life — it is building it. In this episode of The Holistic Man Podcast, we continue the TRAIN Framework by exploring the letter I: Integral. That means clean motives, clean imagination, and integrity of the mind.