This week is Men’s Health Week from the 13th to the 19th June and every year we dedicate a specific episode to the conversation. Like most international or national awareness weeks, the health and wellness of men and boys and their specific needs are important every week and not just right now, but it always helps to have gentle reminders, especially for topics that can carry by stigma, tradition or shame.

We’ve had some amazing conversations with fabulous guests about the changing social conceptions of masculinity, the biggest challenges for men’s mental health and how we can better support our boys earlier on in life. And I can’t think of anyone better to continue those chats this year than clinical psychologist, leading men’s mental health researcher AND Director of Mental Health Training at Movember, Dr Zac Seidler.

Zac is the ultimate advocate for better understanding men’s mental health and masculinity dedicating his career to helping reduce the staggering rate of male suicide worldwide. I loved hearing how he approaches this passion from all directions continuing to see patients one on one, research academically AND work at an executive level at Movember.

He’s got a million things going on so I feel very lucky he has shared his wisdom and passion with the yayborhood. Content warning - We do discuss mental health and suicide in some depth, so please do take care and I’ve listed some resources below – please never hesitate to reach out for help.

PLEASE REACH OUT IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING:

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