Conquering anxiety: mastering the mind for a balanced life, with Octavian Constantinescu

Conquering anxiety: mastering the mind for a balanced life, with Octavian Constantinescu

Author: Philip Briscoe November 25, 2023 Duration: 38:50
In this episode, I welcome back Octavian Constantinescu who last time talked about how he was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. This time, he describes his experience of living with anxiety, which he initially mistook as a normal way of living. Octavian constantly felt a sense of dread and had difficulty sleeping due to worries about work and other aspects of life. He compared his anxious thoughts to a repetitive GIF, constantly playing in his mind. Octavian felt incompetent and unable t...

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.
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Mid-life Men: the mental health podcast
Podcast Episodes
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…
When You Know Something Has to Change, with Dr James Rouse [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:11
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 o…
How to Let Your Body Release Stress, with Richmond Heath [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:53
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…
The Price of Playing the Tough Guy, with Jacob Butchoff [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:09
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, fra…
Hard Choices, Easy Life, with Jerzy Gregorek [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:31
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, un…
Growing Up in Chaos with Lee Greenhough [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:13
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 year…