John was amazing on this episode, as he openly talks about his own personal struggles with his own mental health and diabetes. Mental health especially for men still sadly has a lot of stigma behind it. It has taken more celebrities to open up in public about their own mental health struggles for more support and acceptance to become common place. This shouldn't be the case however, we must be grateful in the shifts within society it has caused and the positive changes it has achieved. It takes brave people like John, sharing his story and being open vital to the every day, 'real' people. Celebrities, have access to amazing doctors and support, where as we don't always have that strong level of support. This can often lead to the mental health issues to worsen as we panic about not having the support these celebrities come out and claim there is around. People like John, who is in a band, runs his own business, has a wife and a family is far more relatable and people gain so much courage to come out of the wood work when people like John are brave enough to open the door first. I thank John for being so honest with me. Diabetes is also a massive worry and struggle for John. People forget that not so long ago diabetes meant death. People didn't survive long and there were no real effective ways to treat to condition or at least manage it. Although it isn't seen as much as a 'killer' these days the stats of the population that are affected by the disease are on the rise. The symptoms are often over-looked and not seen as deadly, when they most definitely are. Unfortunately, with cancers & heart disease being so common place within our society and such killers often chronic illnesses such as diabetes lose their support, funding and public standing. I thank John for again being so open but for bringing this awful, terrible disease back into the lime-light. To help people gain more of an insight into the disease and get more education/awareness out there. I hope you all enjoy this episode and can relate in the many subjects we touch on. Thank you John for coming on the podcast and being a wonderful guest.