Episodes

Seejai was a Division I basketball player with a professional future in his sights. Then, without warning, his body started telling a different story. What he thought were manageable breathing issues became a serious heart condition, the end of the sporting path he had spent years working towards, …

Most men know something is wrong before anything goes seriously wrong. The sleep getting worse. The energy is not quite there. The body that used to be forgiving and now isn't. The sense that somewhere along the way, you stop...

Most men are good at one thing: Keeping going. Through stress. Through pain. Through things not quite working. Until eventually, it all starts catching up. In this episode, I’m joined by Cam Cordin, who at 44 found himself physically broken, in constant pain, his marriage collapsing, his work unsta…

What if nothing is wrong in your life… but you don’t feel anything anymore? Some men don’t break down. They just go numb. They keep working, providing, showing up… but inside something has quietly switched off. In this episod...

Some men don’t just go through one difficult relationship. They find themselves asking a harder question: Why do I keep ending up in the same situation with different people? In this episode, Simon Verhage talks honestly abou...

In this episode I talk with Dr James Rouse, author of "No Days Off", about what that moment looked like for him. Growing up around alcohol, instability, and pressure to just get on with things, he followed a path a lot of men fall into: drinking too much, pushing himself hard physically, and trying…

Most men deal with stress the same way: push through, stay in control, and keep going. But what if the body already has its own built-in way to release stress, and we’ve simply been taught to suppress it? In this episode I speak with Richmond Heath, a physiotherapist and one of the pioneers of Trau…

This is a difficult and honest conversation. For years, Jacob played the tough guy. Violence, intimidation, and control became a shield against something he could not face in himself. The price was prison, addiction, fracture...

What happens when you grow up feeling like you don’t quite fit, and you spend decades assuming the problem is you? In this episode, I speak with Gary Hawkins , a long-serving NHS clinician who was diagnosed as autistic later ...

You won’t hear many life stories like this. Jerzy Gregorek’s life spans teenage alcoholism and suicidal thoughts, elite Olympic-level weightlifting, political exile from communist Poland, serious injury and paralysis, underground resistance work, and the long, unglamorous process of starting again …

What happens when you grow up in chaos and just learn to get on with it? In this episode, I talk with filmmaker and speaker Lee Greenhough about growing up around loss, addiction, and instability and how those early years quietly shape the choices men make later in life. Lee shares what it’s like t…

A lot of men don’t think they have a problem with intimacy. They just feel a bit distant. A bit shut down. Less connected than they used to be to their partner, to sex, or to themselves. This episode goes right into that spac...

In this episode, I’m joined by Michael Rice , a bioarchitect and the founder of Mentorus . Michael approaches men’s lives the same way he approaches buildings: by looking at foundations, structure, and whether what’s been bui...

In this episode, we talk to Mordy Gottlieb , a men’s therapist whose work - and life - has been shaped by one quiet, corrosive belief: “Whatever I do, it’s never enough.” Mordy shares how perfection became his survival strate...

What happens to a man when he loses his father and no one shows him how to grieve? In this honest, darkly funny, and deeply human conversation, we hear from John Colbert, a writer and former advertising creative who turned the loss of his father to prostate cancer into Damaged Goods, a memoir made …

What do you do when you look in the mirror and no longer recognise the man staring back? When the weight you’re carrying - physically and mentally - feels impossible to shift? In this powerful and frank conversation, we speak...

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Brian Livesay , a trauma therapist and Director of Clinical Research at Arise Alliance , and we explore how men can heal from unspoken trauma, not by suppressing or avoiding it, but by facin...

What happens when the work stops, the job title is no longer relevant, and the role that defined you disappears? In this episode, Nick Shelton tells the story so many midlife men silently live: achieving everything you though...

What if midlife wasn’t the beginning of decline, but a second chance to feel alive again? In this episode, my guest is Louis Bezich, men’s health advocate, and author of Saving Men from Themselves. After years of juggling leadership, divorce, and single parenthood, Louis discovered that taking care…

In this episode, Merlin Matthews , founder of Man Academy , explores how men can move from isolation to connection, from being “lone warriors” who suppress emotions to connected men who grow through community and accountabili...

In this powerful conversation, transformational coach Anthony Cudjo shares a no-excuses roadmap for men who are tired of living small, disconnected lives. With the passion of a preacher and the precision of a scientist, he ex...

In this powerful and deeply honest conversation, Gary Jader, a lifelong advocate for men’s mental health, talks about growing up in a house full of conflict, the long shadow of a verbally abusive father, and how that early pa...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains references to suicide, which you may find distressing, so please listen with care. So many men grow up hearing the same messages: figure it out yourself, don’t cry, just get on with it. ...

What happens when a successful career suddenly disappears overnight? In this frank conversation, we explore the hidden reality of job loss in today's brutal employment market and its devastating impact on mental health, ident...