For Men’s Mental Health Month, our latest edition of ConnectForHealth opens up the conversation men too often avoid.

Men’s health is not just physical fitness, routine check-ups, or pushing through pressure. It is also sleep, stress, loneliness, financial worry, job security, fatherhood, relationships, community and the ability to say, honestly, when things are not okay.

In this episode, Scott Armstrong and Maissa Al Khafajy are joined by Chris Bradwell, founder of British Dads Dubai, and Chris Miller, founder of In-Cre-Mental, to explore what men are really carrying beneath the surface.

Chris Bradwell shares what he is seeing inside one of the UAE’s largest dad communities, from men asking privately for support to the importance of building spaces where fathers can talk, connect and feel less alone.

Chris Miller brings the lens of an executive coach, mental health first aid instructor and former senior leader, exploring why high-performing men often keep functioning while quietly moving into survival mode.

This is a practical, honest conversation about breaking silence before pressure becomes crisis.

Topics include:

• Why men often say “I’m fine” when they are not
• Job security, financial worries, family pressure and the mental load men carry
• Why loneliness is not just emotional, but a real health issue
• How distress can show up as anger, withdrawal, overthinking or irritability
• Why men often wait too long before asking for help
• The role of community, dads’ groups and side-by-side conversations
• How physical health, stress, sleep and mental health are connected
• Why sustainable progress matters more than dramatic change
• How partners, friends and colleagues can spot when someone is struggling
• Why taking the first step deserves to be celebrated

If you are a man who feels like you are carrying too much, a partner trying to understand what is going on beneath the silence, or a leader who wants to support men better at work, this episode is for you.

Watch or listen now, and please share it with someone who might need the reminder: silence is not strength, and you do not have to struggle alone.

Chapter list

00:00 Welcome to ConnectForHealth and Men’s Mental Health Month
02:17 Meet Chris Bradwell and Chris Miller
02:42 What dads are really asking for inside British Dads Dubai
04:37 Loneliness, uncertainty, safety and the search for control
09:11 Maissa on boys, young men and learning to open up
15:24 “I’m fine”: what men often mean when they say it
19:23 How stress and depression can show up differently in men
27:06 Why British Dads Dubai was built, and why community matters
29:35 Poll: the biggest pressure points for men right now
51:21 Physical health, stress, movement and realistic routines
59:51 Celebrate the courage to take the first step