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:

seanflores1994@gmail.com

Linked in and Insta @shaunflores

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Harun Rabbani is a serial entrepreneur, mentor, and retreat leader who has spent over two decades helping high-performing individuals recover from burnout, reconnect with purpose, and lead with renewed clarity.

After navigating the emotional toll of building multiple businesses while hiding behind a mask of success, Harun experienced a personal breakdown that became the catalyst for profound transformation. Today, he works closely with leading experts — including embodiment teacher Nelia Freitas and forensic psychiatrist Dr Ali Ajaz — to create powerful healing spaces for men and women seeking a deep reset, especially those with ADHD and other forms of neurodiversity.

Harun’s work blends science, spirituality, and leadership — with one clear message: Your breakdown isn’t the end of your story. It’s the beginning of your true leadership.

Key Points of the Interview

• How burnout is misunderstood.
• His burnout experience and what he learned from it.
• Signs of burnout.
• Our "male intuition" and how we ignore it....
• ....and why we do it.
• Relationships, and how to save them!
• Nature or Nurture? The ongoing debate.
• His incredible retreats and what happens on them.
• How as human beings we hold onto emotions and we need to let them go.

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To contact him - www.harunrabbani.com

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From his website:

In 2013, following many years of working with local young people through martial arts Richard Pomfrett created ‘Stay Safe! Workshops’. His vision was to help educate and protect as many young people as possible on the subjects of bullying and staying safe in their community. It was by starting off working closely with a handful of local schools, that gave him the opportunity to develop and create such unique and effective programmes for both.

Since 2013 Richard’s passion for his work as pushed him to continually evolve and shape ‘Stay Safe! Workshops’ to fit the needs of young people today.
It is through these specialised and unique sessions, that we aim to educate as many young people as possible. Raising awareness and passing on vital skills and knowledge at key stages in their development and helping prevent them from becoming part of the future dire statistics.

Reach out on thestaysafeinitiative.org.uk

www.boyz-2-men.org.uk

Key points of the episode:

• His growing up experiences and influences.
• How he loves what he does, working with young people in schools, and how contrasting his school experience was.
• How some school situations still to some degree affect him now.
• How martial arts became a part of his life.
• The anti-bullying and peer mentorship programmes he runs in schools.
• How Andrew Tate and so much more have influenced teenage boys.
• The age that boys begin to be influenced by social media.
• The biggest online influence problems.
• The impact of the 2025 series "Adolescence"
• How the "Incel" movement and Tate are not connected at all.
• The best time to chat with your kids about online influences/
• HIs thoughts on the Australian Social Media ban

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