Made to Matter
🎙️ Welcome to the Made to Matter Podcast with Adam Landrum You’ve checked every box. Built the career. Raised the family. Collected the titles and toys. From the outside, you’ve made it. But when the meetings end and the house quiets, there’s a question echoing louder than ever: Is this it? Welcome to Made to Matter—a podcast for high-achieving men in the second half of life who are ready to stop drifting and start living. Hosted by Adam Landrum, executive coach, entrepreneur, and author of The Life That Matters Manifesto, this show is a bold call to reclaim your purpose, realign your work with your values, and design a life that truly matters. Each episode dives deep into the heart of midlife reinvention. Whether you’re contemplating a second career, launching a meaningful business, or simply hungry to make your next chapter your best one yet, Made to Matter offers real talk, practical tools, and life-tested strategies to help you move from success to significance. We don’t chase mediocrity. We reject the status quo. This podcast is for men who are no longer willing to settle for just existing—and who are ready to matter again. 🔍 What You’ll Hear: How to uncover your true purpose (yes, it’s still there) The mindset shifts required to leave corporate without losing your identity Tools for designing an “Encore Career” that aligns with your values, passions, and calling Conversations on fatherhood, legacy, faith, friendship, and fulfillment Courageous interviews with men who’ve walked away from comfort to build something that matters Straight talk about fear, failure, golden handcuffs, and the myths of midlife Faith-driven reflections on what it means to be called to more 🔑 Who This Is For: You’re 45–60, successful on paper, yet deeply restless. You’ve been feeling stuck, questioning if the ladder you climbed was leaning against the wrong wall. You’ve thought, “I don’t know what I want, but I know it’s not this.” You want more meaning, deeper impact, renewed energy—and a life of legacy, not just longevity. You’re not alone. And you’re not too late. 📌 About Your Host: Adam Landrum is not just another coach—he’s lived the transition you’re facing. From Fortune 500 auditor to founder and CEO of a nationally recognized agency, Adam eventually walked away from a successful business to answer a deeper calling. Today, he helps men discover their God-given purpose and build businesses, careers, and lives that matter. Through his Made to Matter coaching programs, mastermind groups, and best-selling book, he’s helped hundreds of men get unstuck and live fully aligned with who they are and why they’re here. 🎯 Popular Episodes Include: “Why High-Achieving Men Feel Stuck (And What To Do About It)” “How to Reinvent Your Career After 50—Without Starting Over” “The 3-Step Framework for Leaving Corporate and Living Your Purpose” “Success vs. Fulfillment: The Real Midlife Crisis” “How I Built a 6-Figure Coaching Business at 53” life purpose coaching, midlife reinvention, career transition over 50, encore career, faith and leadership, men’s personal development, finding your calling, executive coaching, mindset shift midlife, second act business, men over 45, personal growth podcast, Christian men’s coaching, legacy building, overcoming golden handcuffs, made for more, success to significance, fulfillment in second half, career change late in life, spiritual fulfillment, masculine purpose, finding your purpose after 50
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What if the secret to finding great leaders isn't posting job ads—but never posting them at all? Max Hansen, founder of Y Scouts, reveals the leadership hiring framework that's transforming how purpose-driven companies find exceptional leaders.
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Ben Robertson quit his newspaper job with no backup plan, taught himself to code, and built a profitable AI software business—all while working just 20 hours a week.
No $3 billion exit. No venture capital. No hustle culture.
Just enough money to bake bread, mow his lawn, and spend time with his four ki...
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In today’s episode of Made to Matter, Adam sits down with Heath Wilson — a successful entrepreneur who built and sold a company to a NASDAQ-listed acquirer and then woke up the next day realizing something he never expected:
Success doesn’t prepare you for the identity crisis that c...
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At some point in a man’s life, the mission he’s been on—career, identity, achievements—stops fitting. Something deeper begins stirring. A holy dissatisfaction. A call toward the next mission God has been preparing him for all along.
Today’s episode is with a man who has lived multiple missions with courage: Darin Kinder.
Teacher. Military. Secret Service agent. And now, author a...
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Born without fingers, Jason Burbage could’ve let life’s circumstances define him. Instead, he let purpose do it.
In this powerful conversation, Jason shares his story of growing up different, wrestling with why God made him the way He did, and how that question became the foundation for his life’s mission. Today, he’s the president and equity partner of a purpose-driven franchise company—proof that ful...
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In this episode of Made to Matter, host Adam Landrum sits down with Walker McKay, founder of No BS Sales School and host of the No BS Sales School Podcast. Walker opens up about what he calls “The 47-Year-Old Problem” — that moment in midlife when success on paper no longer feels fulfilling and you know something has to change.
Walker shares his powerful journey of walking away from...
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What happens when you realize the success you’ve been chasing isn’t the fulfillment you’ve been longing for? In this conversation, Adam Landrum sits down with Andrew Gissel — a high-achieving professional who walked away from a predictable path to build a life and business that align with his purpose.
Together, they explore:
- How to know when it’s time to make a change.
- Why success without fulfillment...
Most men hit their 40s and think health is a downhill slide. But what if the second half of life could be your fittest, most energized season yet?
In this episode of Made to Matter, host Adam Landrum sits down with Luke Depron, nutrition and fitness coach and founder of The Fitmen Project. Luke helps men in midlife break free from unsustainable “quick fixes” and build a lifestyle of strength, energy, and confidence that lasts.
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What happens when the framework you’ve built your life on no longer fits?
In this episode of Made to Matter, host Adam Landrum sits down with Justin Almas, a former executive pastor who left ministry to step into the uncertain, often disorienting, world of midlife transition. Now a coach for men, Justin helps others navigate the very journey he’s walked—deconstruction, rediscovery, and stepping into a new framework for purpose.
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What does it take to lead well—not just in your career, but in life?
In this episode of the Made to Matter podcast, Adam Landrum sits down with Adam Tarnow—leadership coach, consultant, author, and host of How to Lead with Clay Scroggins and Adam Tarnow. Together, they dive deep into what it really means to lead with purpose in today’s world.
From facilitating leadership development workshops across industries like oil & gas, tec...
What happens when a successful business owner decides to walk away from comfort, security, and decades of hard work… to step into the unknown world of middle school teaching?
In this episode of Made to Matter, Adam Landrum sits down with longtime friend Shannon Harvey to talk about his radical midlife career transition — from running a successful Allstate Insurance agency to becoming a middle school math teacher.
Shannon shares:
- W...
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Most men in midlife stop dreaming—not because they’ve given up, but because they’ve lived.
Success didn’t look like what they imagined. Failure left scars. The unknown feels too risky. But here’s the truth: your second half doesn’t start with a plan. It starts with a dream.
In this video, Adam Landrum explores how high-achieving men can rewire their minds to dream again—even if ...
In this episode of the Made to Matter podcast, host Adam Landrum sits down with Larry Conn to explore his remarkable transformation in the second half of life. Larry opens up about a lifetime of weight struggles, the gradual slide into poor health, and the wake-up call that finally pushed him to change.
From discovering the right resources to embracing a lifestyle—not a fad diet—Larry’s story is one of self-discipline, honesty, and ...
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