In this solo episode of The Men’s Mental Health Series, I ask you a simple question that might feel harder than it should.

What do you like about yourself?

Not what you need to fix. Not what you wish was different. Not the long list of flaws you have been carrying around for years.

What do you actually like about yourself?

I challenge every guy listening to write it down. Start with one thing. One quality. One trait. One small win. Then build from there.

We talk about self image, body image, and why so many men quietly tear themselves down every single day. Working in the fitness space, I see it all the time. Men struggle with how they look and who they are just as much as anyone else. We just do not talk about it.

This episode is about learning to look in the mirror and appreciate the body that has carried you this far. It is about leading with kindness and compassion toward yourself first. Accountability has its place, but it cannot come before respect.

You cannot build confidence while constantly attacking yourself.

Real strength includes softness. Real growth starts with self connection. And real change begins when you stop tearing yourself down and start building yourself up.

Start the conversation with yourself. Then start it with the people in your life. Friends. Family. Partners. A therapist. You do not have to do this alone.

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Disclaimer

This podcast is designed to get conversations started around your mental and emotional health and not to be taken as medical advice. Please contact your medical and or mental health professional before starting any program. No one on this podcast is a mental health professional.

If you are in the United States and need immediate help, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You can also call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room in an emergency.

In this solo episode of The Men’s Mental Health Series, I talk directly to the men who feel like they have to handle everything on their own.

If someone reaches out to you and asks how you are doing, take the helping hand. Open up. Take the chance.

I know it is hard. Especially if you have opened up before and had it used against you. That kind of hurt sticks. It makes you want to bottle everything up and tell yourself it is easier to just deal with it alone. And it feels easier, until it is not.

Until everything builds up inside and you feel like you are carrying the weight of the world with no outlet.

We talk about why staying closed off leads to more loneliness, why anger pushes people away even when you are hurting, and why real strength is allowing other people to show up for you. The lone wolf mindset sounds tough, but it is exhausting and isolating.

This episode is a reminder to reach out. To talk to a friend. A partner. A family member. A therapist. And if you are not a man but you have men in your life, this is your reminder to check on them and truly listen.

You do not have to fight this battle alone. Conversations change everything.

Please share this episode with anyone you think would be interested in listening to it.

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Disclaimer

This podcast is designed to get conversations started around your mental and emotional health and not to be taken as medical advice. Please contact your medical and or mental health professional before starting any program. No one on this podcast is a mental health professional.

If you are in the United States and need immediate help, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You can also dial 911 or go to your nearest emergency room in an emergency.

Episode Description

In this solo episode of The Men’s Mental Health Series, I talk about the battle in your head that a lot of us carry but rarely talk about.

The waves. The heaviness. The anger that shows up louder than everything else. The emotions we feel but never learned how to express.

If you are a man who feels like you are holding everything in, like you have to be strong all the time, or like you are fighting something internally that nobody else can see, this conversation is for you. You are not weak. You are not broken. And you are definitely not alone.

I share why talking to someone, anyone, can change everything. A friend. A partner. A family member. A therapist. Sometimes just pulling that first thread and letting the truth out is what lightens the load.

We get into why anger is often the only emotion many men feel allowed to show, how that can become destructive, and how learning to redirect and channel what we feel is a real form of strength. Vulnerability is not soft. It is human.

This episode is not about having all the answers. It is about starting the conversation. With others. And with yourself.

If you have been carrying things quietly, this is your reminder that you do not have to do that anymore.

Sign up for my emails and journal prompts here
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Please share this episode with anyone you think would benefit from hearing it.

Visit mensmentalhealthseries.com for links to the show page on each of the major podcast directories. From there, you can subscribe and share this pod.

Disclaimer

This podcast is designed to get conversations started around your mental and emotional health and is not medical advice. Please contact your medical and or mental health professional before starting any program. No one on this podcast is a mental health professional.

If you are in the United States and need immediate help, you can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You can also call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room in an emergency.