On the fourth episode of the “What is a Good Life?” podcast, I am joined by Jindy Mann to discuss both our experiences of therapy.

Jindy is a co-Founder of Leader Brother Son, a group that works with individuals and organisations, with the goal of helping men become better and happier partners, colleagues, fathers, leaders, brothers, sons - and men. Ultimately through having more open, honest, and vulnerable, conversations and engaging with topics men don’t typically discuss. A significant departure from his past lives in Management Consultancy and Banking.

Jindy is also a good mate of mine, and we thought it would be helpful to have a conversation around our experiences with therapy, in part to break down stigma around what therapy is, how it works, what you could expect from it, and to show it’s a normal topic of conversation. 

In this podcast we share what was happening in our lives that made us seek therapy, what moments instigated the process, what we wanted to explore or heal, how it started, what surprised us about it, and how our lives have changed for the better because of it. 

Running Order:

01:35 Podcast begins

03:10 When did Jindy start going to therapy

05:45 Why Jindy needed therapy

09:10 You seem to be carrying grief

10:00 Why Mark needed therapy

13:00 Tired of faking it (clip)

17:18 Finding a therapist

20:10 Needing someone independent and skilled

24:25 How did your therapy journey begin?

26:15 Letting go and crying

30:00 Dealing with our past and events from childhood

33:00 Using anger as a coping mechanism

35:36 Not knowing how to express feelings

37:00 Speaking in the first-person perspective

41:00 What surprised you about therapy

44:35 It felt good to cry

47:00 Stigma 

50:00 How did it affect your relationships?

55:00 Is all vulnerability is good vulnerability?

58:40 Redefining old friendships

1:02:46 The biggest influence of therapy on our lives

1:05:45 What is a good life for Jindy

For further content and information check out the following: 

- For clips and video of the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@whatisagoodlife/videos

- My newsletter: https://www.whatisagood.life/

- My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-mccartney-14b0161b4/

- Leader Brother Son website: https://www.leaderbrotherson.com/

- Jindy's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jindymann/

- Jindy's newsletter: https://jindymann.substack.com/

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