West Point, to the NFL, to Losing it All and Finding Himself with Caleb Campbell

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Three Percent

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Welcome to Three Percent. This is your space if you’re on a journey of pursuing holistic masculinity, growing your emotional awareness, and cultivating deeper relationships and an authentic faith. We’re here to provide evidence-based guidance and proven strategies drawn from our experiences as therapists, friends, and mentors. We aren’t here to give you gimmicks or superficial “hacks.” We’re not telling you who to be, we're helping you uncover what gets in the way of being the man you want to be and offering you the authentic tools needed for tangible growth.

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West Point, to the NFL, to Losing it All and Finding Himself with Caleb Campbell

Three Percent

1 hour 2 minutes 58 seconds

4 months ago

West Point, to the NFL, to Losing it All and Finding Himself with Caleb Campbell

Check out more of Caleb Campbell:

🌐 Website – www.calebcampbell.me

📸 Instagram – @caleb_campbell

Learn more about Three Percent: 🌐 www.threepercentco.com

Summary

In this powerful episode, we sit down with former NFL player and West Point graduate Caleb Campbell to explore his journey from performance-driven success to soul-level healing. Caleb shares how the pressure to be “America’s Athlete” led to emotional collapse—and ultimately, a profound spiritual transformation. Now a speaker and coach, Caleb helps others navigate “threshold moments” where letting go becomes the doorway to becoming more whole. We talk about masculinity, grief, addiction, expansion, and why every death can be a doorway to deeper life. This is not just a conversation—it’s a call to wholeness.

Takeaways

Holistic masculinity is less about control and more about presence and emotional safety.
Every expansion in life requires a letting go of what no longer serves us.
We can’t criticize ourselves into healing—only compassion transforms us.
Our greatest transformations often come through grief and ambiguity.
External success without internal capacity leads to burnout and collapse.
Spiritual growth means returning to what’s always been true: you are already held.

Chapters

(00:00) Meeting Caleb Campbell – Athlete, Speaker, Threshold Guide

(05:00) What is Holistic Masculinity?

(09:00) Disconnection, Performance, and the Wounded Masculine

(12:00) NFL Dreams & The Crisis of Identity

(18:00) From NFL to Janitor: The Journey of Letting Go

(21:00) Discovering Creativity and Storytelling

(23:00) A $10,000 Gift & the Call to Keep Telling His Story

(27:00) The Role of Grief in Spiritual Expansion

(30:00) Ambiguous Grief & Redefining Loss

(33:00) Trusting the Darkness as an Invitation

(36:00) Choosing the Death That Makes You Bigger

(40:00) Living with Original Knowing – You Are Already Held

(45:00) Welcoming Home the Loyal Soldiers Within

(48:00) Exvangelical Identity & Deconstructing with Compassion

(53:00) Caleb’s Upcoming Book & Coaching Work

(58:00) Final Reflections on Expansion, Soul Work, and Christ Consciousness

Keywords

Caleb Campbell, Three Percent, holistic masculinity, grief, expansion, NFL, identity, soul work, spiritual formation, healing, threshold, emotional safety, original knowing, addiction recovery, exvangelical, compassion, personal growth, transformation, deconstruction, presence, wounded masculine, coaching, wholeness, self-awareness, leadership and well-being, emotional healing, men’s work, letting go, faith journey, Richard Rohr, Francis Weller, mysticism, spiritual awakening