February 27, 2025

#268 | How This Best Selling Author & Ted X Speaker Evolved From His Life Changing Accident - Parenting, Marriage & Mental Health Support For Dads

14 minutes

What would you do if your life changed in an instant?

Join us as bestselling author and TEDx speaker Wayne Forrest shares how a rugby accident at age 25 transformed his life and led him to discover an unstoppable inner strength.

Many of us, especially dads, struggle with mental health, feeling trapped by challenges and unsure of how to move forward.

Wayne's story of resilience and reinvention offers powerful lessons on overcoming adversity, finding purpose, and helping others—all while navigating the complexities of fatherhood and mental health.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

How to uncover your “inner warrior” and use it to conquer life’s toughest obstacles.
The transformative power of asking yourself what you truly love—and acting on it.
Practical insights on turning personal adversity into a source of inspiration and growth for yourself and others.

Press play now and discover how to turn life’s challenges into opportunities to thrive—your future self will thank you!

You can contact Wayne via his website

wayneforrest.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-forrest-b42889299/

https://www.facebook.com/WayneForrestLifeCoach

Instagram@wayneforrestnz

CAN YOU HELP THE PODCAST?

If you have a story you'd like to tell about living with a mental illness or about how you escaped the rat race that you'd like to share with my podcast listeners, please book a chat via

this link.

Dear Podcast Listener, Thank you for your support. This podcast aims to support dads all over the world, especially those struggling with their mental health.

This podcast is my hobby, but I'd like it to become much more than that one day. For that to happen, I need the support of either one very wealthy angel investor or a few thousand, possibly slightly less wealthy (but no less generous) angel investors.

To develop the podcast and hopefully support more dads, I need some help. With that in mind, if you enjoyed this episode and want to help me with what I'm trying to do,

here is the link where you can leave a tip.

ALL tips, regardless of size, are hugely appreciated, and as a thank you, anyone who leaves a tip will be entitled to a voice note message from me on their next birthday.

Just contact me via the website

Thanks again for your support, and take care of yourself

James

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ABOUT ME

Hello, I'm James & not long ago, I was a very anxious and somewhat overwhelmed husband & dad.

After about a decade of setbacks & enough coffee to sink a ship, I’m a much happier dad.

As previously mentioned, I want to try & help other dads be the best they can without losing their mental health.

Mental health battles are something I am all too familiar with.

In 2010, my GP suggested I do a 12-week CBT course with the NHS. During this course, I was diagnosed as having Pure OCD, which explained a lot.

To Buy My Audiobook, First Time Dad, Click this link

USEFUL RESOURCES

For your free digital copy of my book One Dad & His Dog

Please click this link

Again to be double awesome & leave a review on Amazon

Please click this link

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Descript has made my life so so much easier. It's AI clever ness makes everything so much quicker which leaves me more time to make up some genuinely terrible Ukulele songs.

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Wanna Help?

If you want to help me develop this podcast please let a friend know about it. I hear you, no one has any spare time so here's an email template you could use.

Thanks in advance

James

Dear "close dad mate"

I've just started listening to a podcast on apple podcasts for dads, which I think you might like.

It covers dad friendly topics like men's mental health, parenting, marriage, and the importance of mental health awareness and emotional intelligence for improving men's mental health.

The episodes are every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. They're not too long, have the occasional dad joke, one liner and parody song. The host struggles with his own mental health so seems keen to want to helps others in a similar position.

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February 27, 2025

#268 | How This Best Selling Author & Ted X Speaker Evolved From His Life Changing Accident - Parenting, Marriage & Mental Health Support For Dads

14 minutes

What would you do if your life changed in an instant?

Join us as bestselling author and TEDx speaker Wayne Forrest shares how a rugby accident at age 25 transformed his life and led him to discover an unstoppable inner strength.

Many of us, especially dads, struggle with mental health, feeling trapped by challenges and unsure of how to move forward.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

How to uncover your “inner warrior” and use it to conquer life’s toughest obstacles.
The transformative power of asking yourself what you truly love—and acting on it.
Practical insights on turning personal adversity into a source of inspiration and growth for yourself and others.

Press play now and discover how to turn life’s challenges into opportunities to thrive—your future self will thank you!

You can contact Wayne via his website

wayneforrest.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-forrest-b42889299/

https://www.facebook.com/WayneForrestLifeCoach

Instagram@wayneforrestnz

CAN YOU HELP THE PODCAST?

If you have a story you'd like to tell about living with a mental illness or about how you escaped the rat race that you'd like to share with my podcast listeners, please book a chat via

this link.

Dear Podcast Listener, Thank you for your support. This podcast aims to support dads all over the world, especially those struggling with their mental health.

To develop the podcast and hopefully support more dads, I need some help. With that in mind, if you enjoyed this episode and want to help me with what I'm trying to do,

here is the link where you can leave a tip.

ALL tips, regardless of size, are hugely appreciated, and as a thank you, anyone who leaves a tip will be entitled to a voice note message from me on their next birthday.

Just contact me via the website

Thanks again for your support, and take care of yourself

James

To sign up for my FREE monthly newsletter - CLICK HERE

ABOUT ME

Hello, I'm James & not long ago, I was a very anxious and somewhat overwhelmed husband & dad.

After about a decade of setbacks & enough coffee to sink a ship, I’m a much happier dad.

As previously mentioned, I want to try & help other dads be the best they can without losing their mental health.

Mental health battles are something I am all too familiar with.

In 2010, my GP suggested I do a 12-week CBT course with the NHS. During this course, I was diagnosed as having Pure OCD, which explained a lot.

To Buy My Audiobook, First Time Dad, Click this link

USEFUL RESOURCES

For your free digital copy of my book One Dad & His Dog

Please click this link

Again to be double awesome & leave a review on Amazon

Please click this link

Affiliate links

If you're a content creator looking to try some state of the art production & editing software you really need to check out Descript.

Descript has made my life so so much easier. It's AI clever ness makes everything so much quicker which leaves me more time to make up some genuinely terrible Ukulele songs.

Click here to check out Descript

Looking for a new hosting platform with amazing analytics?

Try Captivate: Get A FREE - 7 Day Trial Here

Wanna Help?

If you want to help me develop this podcast please let a friend know about it. I hear you, no one has any spare time so here's an email template you could use.

Thanks in advance

James

Dear "close dad mate"

I've just started listening to a podcast on apple podcasts for dads, which I think you might like.

It covers dad friendly topics like men's mental health, parenting, marriage, and the importance of mental health awareness and emotional intelligence for improving men's mental health.

...more