He’s a mechanic. He’s got the truck, the tools, the house, the wife, and the kid.

From the outside, Devin Westover looks like every man’s definition of “doing it right.”

But inside? He was a trash compactor.

Stuffing down pain from miscarriages, exhaustion, a broken family, and a near-suicide no one knew about. Until one day, the bag split open.

In this episode, Garth sits down with Devin Westover — a man who’s lived the hard road from pressure to peace. They talk about growing up without hearing “I love you,” watching his parents’ marriage crumble, the weight of miscarriage, and the brutal honesty of admitting “I almost ended it.”

You’ll hear how the right woman, the right questions, and a quiet act of courage turned everything around.

This isn’t a story about fixing cars — it’s about fixing a man’s soul.

Real men. Real pain. Real healing.

💡 Episode Summary (Show Notes Style)

• Devin’s story: the hard-working mechanic with the perfect life — on paper.
• How the “trash compactor” mentality destroys men from the inside out.
• The invisible pain of miscarriage and the silence men carry.
• When success turns toxic: chasing hours, losing home life, and missing family.
• The suicide attempt that jammed — literally — and how that moment changed everything.
• The woman who refused to give up on him, and how her one question — “What’s wrong?” — cracked the shell.
• The real work of rebuilding marriage, family, and self-worth.
• Why men need each other, and how to finally know who’s really in your corner.

men’s mental health, suicide prevention, miscarriage grief, mechanic life, fatherhood, marriage recovery, depression, manalizing, garth haslem, devin westover, masculinity, emotional healing, purpose, authenticity, self-worth, trauma recovery, real men talk, trash compactor metaphor, dark twenties, resilience

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