S1 E48 - Shaun Flores - How Porn & Body Shame Are Destroying Young Men

Shaun Flores is a mental health advocate, public speaker, and five-time TEDx speaker using his voice to challenge stigma around OCD, masculinity, and identity.

After a late diagnosis of OCD at 27, Shaun rebuilt his life through therapy, storytelling, and advocacy sharing his journey to help others find clarity, language, and resilience. His talks go beyond awareness and offer real tools for navigating shame, neurodiversity, and emotional health especially for young men and marginalised communities.

Shaun has delivered sessions with the NHS, Panasonic, Papa John’s, and schools across the UK. He’s the founder of The Flores Effect™ and Rejection Rehab™, programmes built to help people speak from the soul not the script. His story has been featured in BBC, Channel 4, Metro UK, and Men’s Health.

Whether he’s leading a workshop, breaking down OCD myths, or unpacking the “performance of normal,” Shaun’s mission is simple: to leave the world better than he found it one conversation at a time.

Key points of the episode:

• ** WELCOMING A 4 TIMES TED TALK SPEAKER**
• How porn and it's fallout negative body image are damaging society.
• His inspirations and influences growing up- a long list!
• How the death of his father deeply affected him.
• How he did not get the support he needed, and neither did his Mum.
• ...who had her own health issues as well.
• The values his Aunt taught him (as a man)
• How he got into the modelling industry.
• His thoughts on the modelling industry.
• The problem of "Money over Mental Health"
• The surprising percentage of men that have a negative body image, - not only women. The concept of "Comparisonitis"
• The surgery some men have had to look "good"
• His thoughts on online porn.
• The REAL average penis size.
• The false correlation between penis size and partner.
• How easy access to unrealistic porn is damaging.
• Towards the beginning of a possible solution.

Reach out to Shaun on:

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Linked in and Insta @shaunflores

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