Dr Jeremy Davies is Deputy CEO of the Fatherhood Institute, a UK charity working to build a society that values, prepares, and supports men as involved fathers and caregivers.

Jeremy leads the organisation’s communications and policy work, including the FI’s 6 weeks for dads campaign for a better statutory paternity offer for all UK fathers; manages funded research and impact projects, including collaborations with universities, like the PIECE (Paternal Involvement and its Effects on Children’s Education) study; and develops evidence-based resources for family practitioners (e.g. the Engaging Dads toolkit, with the Royal College of Midwives), and for fathers (e.g. Becoming Dad, with the Mental Health Foundation).

He has led the development of ISAFE (Improving Safeguarding through Audited Father-Engagement), a social work training package undergoing a randomised controlled trial in seven English local authorities, and is now part of a project to bring Fathers for Change, a US one-to-one therapy intervention for men who have used violence against their co-parent and/or children, to the UK.

A passionate believer in the transformational power of involved fatherhood, Jeremy is a former journalist, who joined the FI in 2006 after completing a Masters in Research and a PhD about gay fathers' paternal experiences and practices. He has a son, now 24.

Key points from the interview:

• How his childhood was idyllic and free and easy, but it became harder as he got into his teens.
• How Boy George on Top of the Pops was a huge cultural moment!
• How there is seemingly less freedom today on rules, but more on restrictive gender stereotypes.
• How he felt that no one was really talking to him or supporting him as a Dad, because of the "boxing in" of men.
• How he posited that gay men were "redoing" fatherhood....
• And how their sexuality was the least "interesting factor in it!
• Looking at fathers as a risk AND resource.
• How the current services can be somewhat biased.
• What causes the gender pay gap.
• How men are hard wired to care.
• How the media love a black and white story.

Reach out to Jeremy on www.fatherhoodinstitute.org

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Isaac, a British eco-adventurer, mental health champion and international keynote speaker, redefining human endurance through world-record achievements. Picture rowing 3000 unsupported miles across the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the first person to run the Welsh 3 Peaks Challenge route unsupported, completing a full Ironman with a 15kg weighted vest, cycling over huge stretches of challenging seas and rowing for a staggering 3.5 days continuously without a break.

Beyond adventure/endurance; he’s a philanthropist, raising £millions for causes like environmental conservation and mental health. With a Geoscience Masters degree, fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and Scientific Exploration Society and trustee of Mind mental health charity he connects sustainability, science and well-being.

Isaac's purpose is clear: creating a positive impact. He founded 'Climate Explorers,' a B Corporation uniting adventure, well-being, and sustainability leadership. An adaptable speaker, he transforms organisations into high-performing, sustainable powerhouses, valuing mental well-being for extraordinary results.

Reach out here:

1. Personal Website
2. Climate Explorers CIC website
3. Car-y-Mor website

• How he had so many passions and interests he never fitted into a "niche".
• How he still is a "lone wolf" to this day.
• How the movie Jurassic Park was an epiphany!
• His mental health challenges and how he now handles them.
• His studying of Geoscience at Uni.
• His realisation that he could not carry on as he were - overachievement and burnout.
• How he stopped studying his degree and started studying himself!
• Why the GP smiled as he was pouring his heart out - (for the best reasons!)
• How some new practises healed his life, and his desire to understand the science of it!
• The "drug" that saved his life (and it's free and available to all of us!)
• The perfect balance of challenge to keep us mentally healthy and finding flow.
• "If the Earth is having trouble, we are having trouble"
• Some good news about the environment (yes it does exist!)
• Some recommendations on how we can help oin a small way.
• Regenerative science from the sea.

Reach out here:

1. Personal Website
2. Climate Explorers CIC website
3. Car-y-Mor website

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Key Points of the Episode:

• His great early family years....
• But then the bullying at school.
• Changes in the way we respond to dyslexia and coming out today.
• Stories of leaving religion out of love for a gay child (Not Christian)
• The sense of something "wrong" with himself.
• The imposter syndrome he had.
• How they handle issues on the retreats.
• What happens on the retreats
• His helpful philosophy.

Christian is a Counsellor and Facilitator of men’s spaces.

He is also the Founder of Men’s Retreats UK. A company that creates spaces for men to explore who and where they are in life right now, and where they want to be moving forward.

The team at Men’s Retreats UK is comprises of Counsellors, Executive Coaches and Therapists, all with a lived experience of mental health and personal growth. They welcome men from all walks of life to engage in weekends of brotherhood, community and mature masculinity- hosting and leading the retreats from a place of shared vulnerability. The company’s core values are safety, confidentiality and respect for all. The all-male team understand what it’s like to experience struggle, trauma, isolation and uncertainty. Their retreats are a combination of coaching workshops and somatic practices (breathwork & cold-water therapy)- introducing men to their nervous systems, instead of always living in their heads! With his years of experience both as a counsellor and retreat founder/facilitator, Christian brings his rich insights of modern masculinity to the show.

You can contact Christian here: https://www.mensretreatsuk.co.uk

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