Men To Watch Awards 2026 honors Rolando Hyman

Rolando A. Hyman is the founder and operator of Therapeutic Intervention Psychotherapy Services Inc. (TIPS) and XY Spark that promotes holistic healthy masculinity and challenges men to level-up and become the best version. Rolando has been serving in the capacity as a psychotherapist, men’s life coach, motivational and keynote speaker for one and a half decade. He offers support for men who struggle with mental health, relationship issues, grief, and loss, trauma, anger management, addictions, and self-esteem. Rolando is also a bestselling author of the book “Giving myself permission to Grow: Seven Solutions for personal development. The book looks at practical ways to practice a balanced lifestyle and What God thinks about psychology, which looks at the relationship between spirituality and psychology. He is a motivational speaker and life coach who believes in the value of nurturing four main pillars of survival mental, psychological, spiritual, social, and physical well-being.

He completed his Bachelor of Arts in Theology at Northern Caribbean University, and Master of Arts in Psychotherapy at Wilfrid Laurier University and is currently a doctoral student at California Southern University in the field of clinical psychology. Rolando is an avid podcaster, Youtuber, and tiktoker that has been involved is several community collaborations as keynote speaker for companies such as Black employees matter of Canada (BEM), Father’s day men’s conference collaboration with Aquinas College, Collaboration with Keyano college for black history month, Collaboration with Asokewin Friendship center men’s retreat for the “I am a kind man” initiative, organized and hosted yearly men’s mental health awareness march and conferences in the community and serves as a spiritual mentor and advocate for men’s mental health and wellness. He believes in family empowerment and has a passion for seeing men become the best version of themselves by seeking to find a safe space that offers professional support.

In addition to the above-mentioned roles, Rolando is a husband and father and in his spare time, he likes to go for bike rides, plays soccer, barbeque, spend time with his family, write poems, and do weekly men empowerment videos. He is the host of his own podcast XY Spark which can be found on iTunes, Spotify, Tumblr, Vurbl, and Pod bean. His philosophy is “personal development is not an event but a lifestyle.”

Rolando is a Canadian Certified Counselor (CCC) with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) and a member of the Alberta Counselling Therapist Association (ACTA). He is passionate about working with individuals to reach their true potential and live their best lives by finding practical solutions to improve their personal and professional relationships.