Graeme Errington Coach, Healer, Author and a former Police Officer. He comes on the show to talk about his desire to help people and the challenges that came with being in the Police force. Graeme grew up in Hartlepool and later worked in the area. He talks about the traumas both physical an mental that affected his time in the uniform. He talks about the lack of internal help with coping with trauma and mental health. Upon leaving force he was offered a Community Support Officer which he did for 12 years. He has now set up a business as Coach and Healer. He has now written a book. ‘Tell Me Less’ the shortcut to abundant well being without talking to a stranger. The book can be found on Amazon. Listen to his journey from struggling with mental health to becoming a healer and author.

Jim Boyce is a successful Director of Education from Seattle who has worked in several countries. He has a number of awards and was invited to the White House. He has been a teacher a principal, Assistant Director and Director of several programs. He has worked in USA and even as far as UAE at the no1 ranked university there. Jim gives us an update on his health after catching COViD and believing that his time was up. We chat about his back injury which made him suicidal because of the pain and not being able to pick things up. He eventually took steps to recovery by carrying his child longer distances each time which lead to him becoming a marathon runner, we chat about His time in Qatar and how it became a time of healing. Jim opens up about having twins and how he copes with his son who has Autism whilst living in the Dominican Republic

On the show today we have Scott Ward a ex Professional Footballer with Luton Town FC. Scott was goalkeeper and comes from a family of footballing brothers that play professional football. Elliot and Darren. We chat about how he always wanted to be a footballer and achieving the dream. He talks about his debut saving a penalty with his first touch of the ball and then years later having to retire from football at age with a injury whilst no longer in love with the game. The instant gratification and how his mental health was affected during his time as a footballer and how he was struggling to cope with a different life after football. Becoming a refuse collector which lead to him looking at his life and being selected to go on course. At 30 years of age he had a near death experience with being rushed to hospital with pre stroke cardiac arrest phase. Having heart surgery and fighting back. Scott let’s us know about the life changing experience of the last year and being diagnosed with Sleep Apnea. Listen to this episode here on the Men Are Nuts Podcast

Graham Frost Speaker and CEO of Heart Shaped Decision chats about growing rebelling against is upbringing. In religious church based background. We follow his life being in Borstal(youth offending institution having testicular cancer and turning to counselling which was a catalyst in helping to turn his life around. Graham has given numerous talks which have been called inspiring and mesmerising. He gives talks to colleges, universities and business.

Peter Kelly Senior Psychologist and Expert Advisor on Mental Health. A member of the International Scientific Committee comes on the show. Using his life experiences being diagnosed with dyslexia and dyspraxia and being told he wasn’t going to be anything. He talks about working on a ward and being asked for his thoughts which helped him to become a psychologist. He talks about being real, authentic and telling the story.

John & Marcus of Real Talk with Jam Podcast based in California USA. John and Marcus are close friends that have stuck together and looked out for each other for many years culminating in creating the successful Podcast Real Talk with Jam. We talk about the George Floyd protest, the presidential election and COVID pandemic as the perfect storm happening at the same time. John and Marcus spoke on identity and what it means to deal with sexuality and mental health. Listen to their Podcast Real Talk With Jam

Martin Carruthers Former Professional Footballer and now Education Manager at Notts County Football in the Community. Comes on the show to talk bout his struggles growing up in single parent household. We chat about his life and how he was able build up the resilience to become a footballer and cope with racist abuse, a broken leg and and a number of rejections. We chat about his daunting debut playing against Wimbledon FC Crazy Gang which included Vinny Jones Jon Fashanu and Lawrie Sanchez. Martin had an illustrious career spanning 13 clubs scoring 147 goals in 500 games.

On the show we have Judith Jacob Actress of TV and Theatre. She has appeared in famous British TV shows such as Angels, No Problem, The Real McCoy, Eastenders, Holby City and Doctors. On the show we chat about her life growing up of wanting to be an actress at a young age. How she was able to cope with anxiety from her new found fame and not riding the bus. Also judith talks about how she kept her grief bottled up. At the untimely death of her mother which coincided with her big break into TV.

Paige Linga Artist and Blogger comes on the show on International women’s day. She talks about growing up in cult and being diagnosed with PTSD she talks about her self destructive behaviour and the need to embrace mental and spiritual health. We chat about her healing from a childhood traumatic past. Paige has had to come through addiction to drugs, sex and a eating disorder and being told not speak.

Hameed Al Qahtani Mechanical Engineer comes on the show in Qatar. I chat to Hameed on his birthday so happy birthday to Hameed. We talk about his roots and being a Qatari being bullied as a child and being told to Man Up. He mentions going to university in Newcastle and how he changed over to Lincoln university where in his first year he had his first mental breakdown. Hameed talks about trying to please the Qatari and Arabic community and how during whilst in his job he recognised that he had a mental health problem We chat about going to therapy in Qatar and being diagnosed with Bipolar type 2. Hameed is passionate about mental health and is looking to implement his plan to tackle mental health here in Qatar.