GoodEnoughChats – Destigmatising men's mental health, one chat at a time
GoodEnoughChats - Destigmatising men's mental health, one chat at a time
Podcast Description
The GoodEnoughChats show features conversations between regular guys talking about their lived experiences of mental health.
Each episode features host Dan Bowsher talking to a different guest who has faced mental health challenges in the hope it can destigmatise these issues for other men.
The chats are unscripted but always based on the same five questions so guests can prepare as much as they want to. Guests volunteer themselves to come forward, and we're always interested to hear from people who feel they might be ready to share their story.
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The show focuses on personal experiences with mental health challenges, including topics like anxiety, burnout, grief, and perinatal mental health. Episodes cover unique stories like overcoming addiction, managing PTSD, and dealing with late diagnoses of OCD.
GoodEnoughChats is a podcast on a mission to destigmatise men’s mental health, one chat at a time. Join host Dan Bowsher, a recovering perfectionist and burnout survivor, as he talks with each guest about their lived experiences of mental health. These chats are not about expert opinions or celebrity voices. They’re raw conversations with regular, relatable guys – the kind of thing you rarely get to hear, and more powerful because of it. Expect unfiltered, wide-ranging discussions, touching on topics like burnout, identity, neurodivergence, grief, the breakdown of relationships, living with chronic illness, and more. Subscribe to get new episodes as they drop, and share the pod with someone it could help.
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In this episode, Howard Martin talks about how burnout crept up on him and took him into a state of crisis with his mental health, following the death of his Mum.
He explains how he hid the extent of his difficulties from loved ones, looked for ways to make himself busier to distract himself from the thoughts going through his head, and how it felt when he hit rock bottom.
He shares the recovery journey he’s been on, what he’s learned, and how he’s mamaging his mental fitness differently because of it.
Here are the timestamps for the main questions:
00:00 Intro
05:29 Why are you here today talking about your lived experiences of mental health?
07:33 How’s your last week been?
10:34 How has your relationship with your mental health evolved?
30:11 Have there been any lightbulb moments for you?
44:08 What’s the most important thing someone going through this can do?
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