The Struggles of Man Podcast

Sarah is fun, energetic, and the life of the party. She shares her story developing an eating disorder at a young age truly manifesting itself during high school and in university. Sarah was later diagnosed with panic disorder and OCD, she details the symptoms of each and how they connect. She outlines the biggest factors that brought her to the good place she is today. Some of these include - getting professional help, opening up to those close to you, developing healthy behaviors, and more.   

Great conversation with Sarah,  

Hope you enjoy!

Logan is a journalist student, a podcast host, and a go getter. He shares his story being diagnosed with crones disease at the age of 11. From the ups and downs of treatment and surgeries, he shares the impact it has had on his physical and mental health. Logan was also later diagnosed with anxiety and panic attacks in university. He shares finding the right help, and his road to becoming healthy leading to today.   

Great conversation with Logan,  

 Hope you enjoy!

Kate Flick is a teacher, a mother, and a certified holistic health coach. She describes her experiences with mental health, first experiencing anxiety as a young mother and how it manifested into her life. This lead her down the path of health and wellness and she shares mental health tools that worked for her. Her coaching emphasizes breath work, sleep, hydration, boundaries, and more.  

 Great conversation with Kate,   Hope you enjoy!

Max Koughan is a musician, creator, and former navy man. He describes his experiences with mental health. Starting with childhood experiences, coming to a head in his early 20s with his first panic attack. He describes the importance of opening up to love ones, structure, setting goals, and taking things one step at a time.   Great conversation with Max, hope you enjoy!

Jesse is a car enthusiast, an auto body mechanic, and a step father of two. He describes feeling his mental health slip in high school after loosing a friend to COPD. We chat about 'hitting his rock bottom", lessons he's learned becoming a father, the importance of communication, quality positive connections, and doing the little things consistently to improve your health.  Jesse recently helped organize a car meet for his terminally ill friend, there were over 450 cars that showed up in support. So much perspective and wisdom from Jesse at such a young age.  Hope you enjoy!

Jacob Savidant is a army reservist, a Moores clothing salesmen, and a former football player. He describes being diagnosed with leukemia at age 19 after feeling sick for just a few weeks. He spent the past 2 years undergoing treatment, and has recently completed his last treatment cancer free. He describes what he has learned from this experience and how it changed his perspective on life. Some topics being the importance of family, friends, mindset, taking care of your mental health, staying busy.

David Rahman is an author, a speaker, and a mind coach out of Wales, UK. He shares his story feeling inadequate with low self esteem during his teens and twenties. After getting his degree in Biochemistry and Optometry he decided to leave his job as an optometrist to become a life coach. David shares stories of his experiences coaching a wide variety of people over the last 20 years. He explains his methods of coaching, of which he has distilled into his new book “Let it go”. The goal of this book is to give people the tools and strategies to change the way they think. David sent me the first few chapters of the book, and I have to say it really resonated. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the unconscious mind. As well as your “Blueprint”. Your values, experiences, and beliefs that shape the way you perceive and interact with the world, and how this can be changed with small consistent actions over time.

Let it go is available for pre order now and releases Feb 23rdin North America!

Great talk with David

Book links - 

https://www.amazon.ca/Let-Go-stop-ruining-future/dp/1784618306

https://books.google.ca/books/about/Let_It_Go.html?id=R9UZywEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

David's Services - 

https://www.david-rahman.com/

Chris Inman is a clothing salesmen at Moore's, a music enthusiast, and a family man.  He speaks on growing up with a speech impediment, and dealing with bullying in school at a young age. Then having some addictions sneak up on him later in life starting with a cannabis dependence. This ultimately lead to him seeking help and spending time in the addictions center. Chris talks about the importance of healthy habits and relationships. As well as self compassion and self confidence, something he enjoys helping other men with at his job. We chat about men's mental health, the importance of family, and more! 

Great conversation with Chris, 

Hope you enjoy!

Heather Kielly speaks on dealing with mental health for many years. Reflecting now seeing signs in childhood, but the first memory of mental health in high school. Progressing through university and marriage. She speaks on stigma and unawareness growing up in the 80s and not understanding what she was feeling. Heather discusses panic attacks and depression bouts, some ending in hospitalization. She emphasises the importance getting help, accompanied with working on your wellness. Developing routine, nutrition, exercise and self care. We touch on environmental influences on mental health today including technology, COVID, connection, and more. Great conversation with Heather, a lot of wisdom shared here!   Hope you enjoy!

Darren Blanchard is the owner of the Prince Edward Island Sea Salt Company, and cofounder of the islanders helping islanders foundation. This company gives 40% of all proceeds to Mental Health programming on PEI, and the goal is to fill the gaps in our system. Darren describes being diagnosed with PTSD fallowing a traumatic life event, and it later being retriggering after a friends suicide. This led to a change in perspective, he left a life of business in Toronto for a life of helping others. He is building a sustainable healing center on his property, and plans to spread smiles and awareness through his future content.   

Really great talking with Darren, I love to see people in the community taking the initiative to spread awareness and improve our system.   

I think its the only way we make real change!