HyperActive Group

11/19/2025

The Beast of Burden

We all carry a beast within us all. Deep inside our brain. It’s quiet to everyone around us, but screams in our ear.

It screams that you’re unworthy, broken, or failing. The strange thing is, we’d never say those words to another human being. We’d never look someone in the eye and tell them they’re not enough. Yet we do it to ourselves every day, without hesitation.

Emotional intelligence isn’t just about understanding others, it’s about learning to speak to ourselves with the same respect, patience & compassion we offer the world because the truth is simple: we are often our own worst enemy, and the war is fought in silence.

Changing that fight starts with changing the language.
Instead of saying “I always screw everything up,” shift to, “I made a mistake, but I can fix this.”

One acknowledges the burden; the other refuses to let it define you.

Imagine carrying a backpack filled with rocks. Each one a cruel thought you’ve said to yourself. Understanding is the moment you finally set your backpack down, open it, and start throwing those rocks away instead of adding more.

You are not the beast. You’re the one strong enough to tame it.

HyperActive:
Building better men…

11/17/2025

HyperActive did the most uncoordinated yet legendary AI-style HAKA you’ve ever seen. Half warrior spirit, half “did we stretch first?”, but full commitment.

This is what happens when men decide to show up, have fun, and stop taking life so seriously. Strength isn’t always serious… sometimes it looks like synchronized chaos with your brothers.

HyperActive:
Building better men…

11/16/2025

The Cow’s Chaos &
The Buffalo’s Bravery

When a storm rolls across the plains, the cow and the buffalo make opposite choices.

The cow runs away, desperate to escape the pain, but the storms move faster than fear.

Eventually the cow is caught up in the storm exhausted, overwhelmed, and dragged deeper into the chaos it tried to outrun & avoid.

The buffalo does something different. It turns toward the darkness and walks straight into the thunder.

The storm still hurts, the wind, cuts and the rain pierces but the buffalo stands firm. It plants
it’s self in the center of that suffering by facing it head on.

Once the storm passes, the baffalo breaks free on the other side. The clouds clear, the sun breaks and the rain beads. The buffalo refused to run or hide.

Trauma works the same way. We can spend years sprinting from our pain, hiding it, numbing it, burying it: only to find that we’re still trapped inside it.

However, when we confront it head on, when we endure instead of avoid, we move through it and on the far side, the ground is calmer, the air clearer, and the man stronger.

HyperActive is where men choose to be as sturdy as the buffalo. Not perfect. Not fearless. Just willing to face what hurts so we can finally heal.

HyperActive:
Building better men…

11/15/2025

The Weight Of His Armour

There is a fear men rarely speak of. A shadow that follows us like a warrior walking beside his own ghost. It is the fear of becoming your own father.

The fear that the mistakes carved into us as boys will rise again in our own hands as men. Some grew up under silence, others under rage. Some watched a man fall apart, others watched a man pretend he never could.

And deep down, we wonder:
Is his weakness buried in me? Will his anger become my legacy? Am I destined to repeat the wounds that shaped me?

Every man knows this battle. The enemy wasn’t always across the field. Sometimes it lived in the same blood, the same breath.

The truth is brutal and freeing: you are not chained to his ghosts. You can break the cycle. You can choose differently. Strength is not repeating the past. Strength is facing it.

You are not your father.

HyperActive.
Building better men…

11/13/2025

What Was Your ARC?

Every character in a story has an ARC that shows those moments of pain, truth, and transformation that force change.

Men are no different. Our arcs are shaped by heartbreak, failure, guilt, rebuilding, and the lessons we never wanted but needed. Your arc is the curve that bends you toward strength.

Just like a bow must bend before it releases power, life bends us so we can become something greater.

What has been your ARC, the turning point that changed you?

HyperActive:
Building better men…

11/13/2025

HyperActive Presents:
Jayson Peltzer

This Friday, we’re bringing in one of Ottawa’s sharpest minds.
Jayson Peltzer, founder of U7 Solutions, is one of HyperActive’s newest members and ready to share the real truth behind building a business, staying disciplined, and leveling up as a man and a leader.

This will be fast-paced, raw, and filled with insights you can use immediately.

HyperActive:
Building better men…

11/11/2025

Dare To Be Vulnerable:
The HyperActive Aftermath

It’s taken me days to find the words.

Maybe because some truths are too heavy to carry, even after they’ve been spoken aloud.

Thursday night’s ‘Dare To Be Vulnerable’ was our best event yet. But it wasn’t just an event,
it was an unmasking.

A night where men stripped away the armour we wear every single day, standing naked (figuratively) in front of a room full of strangers who came not just to listen, but to feel.

The stories weren’t polished. They weren’t easy. They were real, raw, broken, and beautiful in their imperfection.

Sitting there as a keynote speaker, or champion, felt less like victory and more like exposure.

Each word I spoke peeled something off me. Something I’d buried deep and when the lights dimmed and the applause faded, what remained was silence… A strange hollowness that echoed louder than the crowd.

There was gratitude that night. There was connection, brotherhood, and light but behind it all, there was also a sense of loss. The loss of letting go of the old versions of ourselves.

The kind that stays.
The kind that reminds you healing doesn’t happen under bright lights, but happens alone, in the dark, when no one’s clapping.

Still, we moved something.
We shifted and inspired.
For one night, men stood shoulder to shoulder, unguarded, and reminded the world that pain can be sacred,
if you let it change you.

Maybe that’s what strength really is. Not the loud kind.
Not the kind that wins applause.
But the quiet kind that keeps breathing past the ache.
That keeps walking through the dark, even when the path ahead disappears.

Men like us, don’t stop.
We break, we bleed, we bend… No words, we just get back up.
Every damn time.

To everyone who helped bring this night to life:
Susan Blain, Darren Flemming, Sadiq Alwani, Owen Wamboldt, Sergey Poltev, Emile Salem, Brendan Ginter, Julian White, Kevin Ford, and Eric Deschamps thank you.

Your courage, vulnerability, and willingness to lead with honesty made this night unforgettable.

To all who attended,
who listened, and who shared your truth you made this movement real.

HyperActive:
Building better men…

11/09/2025

Faith

Today, I was invited to attend church by my friend, Tim McCarroll, and for the first time in years, I said yes.

Several people have encouraged me to go, not for religion, but for peace. To help my negative mind fight for its own survival.

This year has been savage—not only for me but for many in my circle.

Business pressures, guilt, and shame have carved deep wounds that led to depression and self-destruction. I’ve caused pain, to those I love, and most of all, to myself.

For years, I’ve replaced my shame with productivity, building HyperActive, helping others, trying to create light from my own darkness. But the truth is, I buried my trauma so deep I stopped facing it altogether.

Today, sitting in that church for the first time since I was five years old, something shifted.
I looked around and saw over a thousand people, hands raised, each carrying their own pain, yet united in hope. There was joy through the suffering. There was peace in the chaos.

I may not be a God-fearing man, but what I witnessed was powerful: faith, unity, and acceptance.

The message was simple yet profound: Let go of anger. Release the bitterness. Be calm. Find peace.

Maybe this is what I need right now. Maybe it’s what we all need.

The world feels heavy, but today reminded me that hope still exists and that faith, in whatever form it takes, can help us rebuild.

For the first time in a long time, I felt something positive and maybe that’s enough for today.

HyperActive.
Building Better Men…

11/09/2025

Men, if you’re feeling lost, alone, or can’t see the path ahead, we’re here for you.

You don’t have to walk this road alone.

Reach out today and find your place with HyperActive, a brotherhood built on strength, purpose, and growth.
Let’s build something real, together.

HyperActive:
Building better men…

HyperActive.Growth@gmail.com

11/04/2025

The Self Awareness Curse

One of the greatest gifts of being human is our ability to think, reflect, and be aware of who we are and who we are not.

It’s a beautiful curse,
this self awareness. It allows
us to dream, to love, to evolve, but it also forces us to face the damage we’ve caused, the mistakes we’ve made, and the pain we’ve left behind.

I’ve hurt people I love.
I’ve broken things that once meant everything to me. Not
out of malice, but out of being human: flawed, reactive, emotional.

The difference between
animals and a man isn’t strength or intelligence; it’s
the courage to admit when we’ve failed and the humility
to change.

Some will judge you from afar, certain they’d never fall like you did. But one day, they’ll stand before their own reflection and realize, none of us escape the mess. We all bleed. We all break. And we all have the power to rebuild.

I still believe in redemption. I still believe people can change and I choose to fight for that belief, every single day, because being human means never giving up on the good that still lives inside you.

HyperActive:
Building better men…

11/04/2025

We’re proud to shine a light on men’s mental health this Movember.

Catch us on CTV as we share why conversations about vulnerability, strength, and healing matter now more than ever.

Join Dare To Be Vulnerable and HyperActive on November 6 at Collab Space (Bougard, Nepean) for an unforgettable evening of connection and understanding.

🎟️ Tickets are FREE — grab yours on Eventbrite today for Nov 6th. Search Dare to Be Vulnerable for dates!

Let’s break the silence together.

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11/02/2025

Dimensions:
Fighting Your Past Self

There’s a dimension within you, one only you can access. It’s the battlefield between who you were and who you’re becoming. Every decision, every hesitation, every whisper of doubt or surge of courage is a collision between these two versions of you. The past self clings to comfort; the future self demands evolution.

We often speak of competing with others, but the real war happens internally. Yesterday’s version of you knows your weaknesses. It knows how to tempt you back into mediocrity, to remind you of old habits that feel safe.

Yet the paradox of growth is this: to win against your past self, you must first understand it. You must stare at the person you were with honesty, not hatred and decide that they were only the foundation, not the finish line.

Ask yourself:
1. Am I making choices today that my future self will thank me for?
2. Have I forgiven the parts of me that resisted change?
3. What would my past self think if they saw me now, would they recognize me, or be in awe?

Improvement isn’t linear. It’s dimensional, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. You evolve when you confront your own history and build forward with intent. The old you is not your enemy; they’re your rival sparring partner in this endless tournament of becoming.

Stop fearing the reflection in the mirror. Meet it. Challenge it. Outgrow it.

HyperActive:
Building better men…