“I called in sick… but I wasn’t actually ill.”

This episode breaks down work stress, burnout, and mental health — and why so many people end up taking a mental health day but feel forced to call it “sick leave.”

We talk about burnout symptoms, workplace stress, anxiety, and mental exhaustion, and how modern work culture is pushing people to the edge. If you’re dealing with job stress, toxic work environments, pressure to perform, or feeling overwhelmed at work, this episode will resonate.

We also cover the guilt around taking time off, stress management, mental health awareness, and why looking after your mind is just as important as physical health.

If you’ve ever felt drained, burnt out, anxious about work, or mentally checked out, this is for you.

Keywords: work stress, burnout, mental health, anxiety, mental health day, job stress, workplace stress, toxic work culture, stress management, men’s mental health, overwhelmed, burnout recovery

Dementia is brutal. In this episode I talk openly about what it’s like watching a loved one slowly disappear through Dementia.

This is a personal story about my grandma, her decline over the last few years, and the emotional impact it has had on me and my family.

I cover:

• Dementia symptoms and behavioural changes in real life

• Memory loss, confusion, and personality shift

• Care home decisions and safety concerns

• Carer guilt and emotional burnout

• Ambiguous loss and grief while someone is still alive

• Family impact of dementia care in the UK

If you’re dealing with dementia in a family member, caring for someone with dementia, or trying to understand what dementia does to personality and memory, this episode breaks it down from lived experience rather than theory.

Raw, honest discussion about dementia, family, grief, and mental health

Most men talk a big game… until life actually tests them.

After watching that Netflix documentary on the manosphere, I couldn’t stop thinking about one question:

What happens when your partner gets sick?

All that talk about “being alpha,” staying detached, not showing weakness… sounds great online.

But real life doesn’t give a shit about your mindset clips.

I’ve been with my wife since I was 18. Married nearly 10 years.

She’s seen me at my absolute lowest—depression, silence, moments where I wasn’t even myself anymore.

And she didn’t leave.

So when I hear men online talking about how to “handle women”… I can’t relate.

Because I was raised watching something different.

A dad who gets up at 5am, goes to work, comes home, walks the dog, cooks, cleans, and looks after my mum—especially when she’s struggling.

Not for attention. Not for status.

Because that’s what love actually looks like when it’s tested.

So I’ll ask it again—

If your wife got sick… would you still stay?

Or does your version of masculinity fall apart the second things get hard?

Grief isn’t just sadness — it’s a full-body experience that affects your mind, your emotions, and the way you live every day.

In this episode, I get real about what happens when you lose someone, something, or even a part of yourself. I share my personal experience, the raw struggles, and the lessons learned — because burying grief only makes it fester.

You’ll hear about:

• How grief impacts your mental health and focus

• Physical symptoms that often go unnoticed

• Why ignoring grief can affect relationships and self-respect

• Practical ways to process and work through the pain

• How I started reclaiming my life instead of letting grief control me

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, numb, or like grief is quietly running your life, this episode is for you. Understanding it is the first step to taking back control.

f you keep staying quiet to avoid conflict, keep the peace, or not “rock the boat,” you’re slowly destroying your self-respect.

In this episode, I break down why staying silent in relationships, friendships, and at work makes people lose respect for you — and how that silence turns into resentment, frustration, and low confidence.

I talk about:

• Why people walk over you when you don’t speak up

• The psychology behind assertiveness and boundaries

• How suppressing what you think damages your self-worth

• The shift I made when I stopped keeping my mouth shut

• Practical ways to speak up without being aggressive

This isn’t about being loud. It’s about having standards.

If you struggle with people-pleasing, avoiding confrontation, or holding things in, this episode will show you how to rebuild self-respect and stop betraying yourself.

Good employees don’t lose motivation — they get ignored.

This episode breaks down why capable people stop speaking up at work. Not because they don’t care, but because their ideas get shut down, brushed off, or slowly killed by bad leadership and ego. I share a real experience from my own workplace and why silence at work is often a warning sign, not a flaw.

If you’ve ever gone quiet at work to protect your sanity, this one’s for you.

New episodes every Monday at 7am.

Stay safe, take care, and I’ll see you in the next one.

This episode is about real resilience — the kind you don’t post about.

A mum who worked, sacrificed, stayed strong, and refused to let life break her.

No victim mindset. No noise. Just grit, love, and showing up every single day.

If you’ve never thought about what your parents went through before they raised you — start here.

Stay safe, take care, and I’ll see you in the next one.

Why Trolls Live Rent Free In Your Head

Trolls don’t live rent free in your head by accident — they get in because they trigger something unresolved.

In this episode, I rip apart the psychology of trolls, bullies, and online dickheads, why your brain obsesses over negative comments, and how reacting keeps you trapped in their game.

This isn’t “be positive” or “just ignore it” nonsense.

It’s about taking your fucking power back, setting boundaries, and refusing to let strangers dictate how you feel.

If you’ve ever lost sleep over someone online, this one’s for you.

Stay safe, take care, and I’ll see you in the next one.

Most people can’t sit in silence without getting uncomfortable — and that should worry you.

In this episode, a moment in the sauna exposes how addicted we’ve become to noise, distraction, and constant stimulation. Phones, music, podcasts, scrolling — anything to avoid sitting alone with our own thoughts. We break down why silence feels threatening, what it forces you to face, and why learning to be comfortable with discomfort is a skill most men never develop.

This isn’t meditation talk.

It’s about why stillness scares you — and what it reveals when you stop running from it.

New episodes every Monday at 7am.

Stay safe, take care, and I’ll see you in the next one.

Character is built in the dark, but it’s tested in the silence.

In this episode of NO BULLSH#T MINDSET, SEV tackles the addiction to external validation. Most people can work hard when there’s a crowd cheering, a "like" on a screen, or a pat on the back. But what happens when the lights go out and nobody is watching?

This episode is for the man who is tired of being "performative" and is ready to become persistent. We’re talking about the grind that happens behind closed doors—the lonely miles, the late-night study sessions, and the discipline that survives even when the world is silent.

In this episode, we cover:

• The Validation Trap: Why relying on "claps" makes your progress fragile and dependent on others.

• The Power of Ghost Mode: How to use seasons of isolation to build a foundation that can’t be shaken.

• Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation: Finding the "Why" that burns hot enough to keep you moving when the feedback loop is empty.

• Building Private Wins: Why the promises you keep to yourself are more important than the ones you make to the public.

If you only move when you have an audience, you aren't driven—you're just acting. It’s time to become relentless because of who you are, not who is watching.

NO BULLSH#T MINDSET: A podcast by SEV.