Mid-life Men: the mental health podcast

Mid-life Men: the mental health podcast

Author: Philip Briscoe Language: English Episodes: 98
For men navigating the complexities of middle age, conversations about inner life can feel foreign or forbidden. Mid-life Men: the mental health podcast is a space where that silence is broken. Host Philip Briscoe engages in frank, thoughtful dialogues with men from various walks of life, exploring the unspoken challenges of mental wellbeing, societal expectations, and personal identity during these pivotal years. This isn't a lecture series; it's a collection of real stories and shared experiences. Listeners will hear candid discussions that range from managing stress and redefining purpose to navigating relationships and confronting the stigma that often surrounds vulnerability. The podcast delves into the cultural and personal dimensions of health, offering documentary-style intimacy alongside practical perspectives. Each episode aims to connect, reassure, and provide a sense of shared understanding for any man who has ever felt adrift. By focusing specifically on the mid-life experience, this series creates a vital, targeted forum for reflection and connection, challenging the notion that struggling is a sign of failure. Tune in for authentic conversations that prove you are not alone in your journey.
Episodes
What If The Drinking Isn't The Problem? with Brad Hill [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:07
In this episode, we hear from Brad Hill. For most of his life, from the outside, it looked like he was coping, functioning, working, getting on with life. But underneath, he was carrying things he had never really dealt…
How Long Can You Keep Escaping Yourself? with Tom Jenkins [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:52
Tom Jenkins looked functional from the outside. He held down jobs, travelled the world and kept life moving forward. But underneath, he was trapped in a cycle of binge drinking, gambling, shame, self-destruction and tryi…
Refusing to Accept a Terminal Diagnosis with Samuel Shepherd [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:28
When Samuel Shepherd was diagnosed with a rare terminal blood cancer, doctors told him there was no treatment, no cure, and possibly very little time left. For many people, that would have been the end of the story. For…
Is It Too Late To Fix My Health? with Jack Clifford [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:38
At 47, Jack Clifford was told he had a 100% blocked LAD “widowmaker” artery and needed emergency triple bypass surgery. Instead, he walked out of the hospital. Partly because he didn’t feel like the kind of man this was…
What If Some Days You Just Want Out? with Graham Noble [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:23
This episode contains an open and honest conversation about suicidal thoughts. We've chosen not to shy away from the reality of what that experience feels like because we believe that hearing it spoken about directly can…
What If Life Doesn’t Go the Way You Planned? with Seejai [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:38
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 hea…
Am I Sleepwalking Into A Health Crisis? with Dr. Kenneth Ro [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:34
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…
How Far Would You Go To Fix Your Life? with Cam Cordin [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:46
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 himse…
My Life Is Fine… So Why Am I Not? with Kenyada Meadows [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:07
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 e…
Why I Kept Trying to Make It Work, with Simon Verhage [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:11
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…