Seven men stepped into a curated space together this past week.

The goal was simple but powerful: create an environment where high-achieving men could be truly known and seen. One single question shaped our entire time:

“What do you need most during our time together?”

Men have grown weary of experts on stages, talking heads, and leadership content that sounds good but leaves the soul empty. They’re craving real conversations with real men in real places—embodied experiences that touch their spiritual hunger and point toward transcendence.

That one word—need—carried unusual weight. No man wants to be seen as “needy.” Yet this reluctance is quietly fueling loneliness, performance burnout, and isolation. Shame keeps men from naming their relational, emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual needs. It blocks deeper belonging, intimacy, and authentic identity.

Here’s what the seven men said they needed most in a space focused on true identity, deeper intimacy in marriage, and with leadership excellence:

• A secure identity
• Less performance-driven living
• To shut-off the never ending grind
• Surrender and deeper dependence on the Lord
• Greater intimacy with their wife
• Permission to slow down and rest
• The ability to serve their wife well
• Assurance for the future
• Life to the full

What men need today is to become needy—not in a childish, weak sense, or feasting on your mom's breast milk but in a mature, honest way; what I call wholehearted leadership. They need safe spaces to name their fears, process their emotions, belong to other healthy men, share their authentic selves, and ask for support.

In The Arena, men learn to tell the truth, reconnect their head with their heart, and step into transformed lives.

Welcome to The Arena.

A mastermind at the intersection of wholehearted leadership, true identity, and passionate marriage.

The doors are opening again to this exclusive room. Seats are intentionally limited to protect the depth of what God is doing among men who are willing to risk being known.

I’ll be sharing more in the coming days.

If you’re a visionary, executive, business owner, or leader who wants to live wholeheartedly and who has downstream impact on your family, team, and organization, reply to this email to apply or learn more. Or click this link to read about The Arena and get added to the invite only list.

This is an invite-only experience for men ready to move beyond performance into real transformation.

Be Strong, Lantz Howard ​​​​​

Align your identity, marriage, and vocation–so you can lead wholeheartedly

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