Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

The power of masculine containment...

24 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this opening segment of Josh Trent’s interview with life‑coach Max Trombly, the conversation centers on the pivotal role of trust and masculine containment in romantic relationships. Speaker A (presumably Max) argues that women’s ability to love openly hinges on a man’s capacity to sit in stillness, embody love for his own life, and provide safety, love, and containment. He notes that many men have never experienced healthy love, leading them to be emotionally unavailable, which prevents women from feeling their presence. Trent frames this as the most important skill on the planet, hinting that mastering masculine containment is essential for fulfilling partnerships.

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Trust is the foundation of everything good from the feminine. If you do not, she will stop trusting you. She will stop being able to love you with an open heart, with an open body, with all of her goodness. Until you're a man that can sit in stillness and go, I fucking love my life, then you're actually just chasing a dragon.
Max Trombly is a life coach, father, and leading voice for healthy masculinity with 650,000 followers worldwide.
Women, they want love, they want safety, they want containment, they want a life that feels fulfilling, that has meaning. So many men have never received good love, and so they're just desperately attached to not receiving love. So when they're in relationship, a woman can't feel his presence because he's present with all these other things that are feeding him at some level, but not her.
Let's go into the most important skill on planet Earth.
Yeah, because you'll fuck it up all the time.