Season 1, Trauma, Men's Health, Men's Coach Neil O'Sullivan Season 1, Trauma, Men's Health, Men's Coach Neil O'Sullivan

Episode 13: Darragh Byrne ~ The Conscious King + Men’s Coach

This week's episode is with the hugely popular Darragh Byrne aka ' The Conscious King'.

Darragh is a leading mindset coach who is renowned for the remarkable psychological transformations he's made with his clients. Helping them live a happier, more fulfilled life simply by changing the way they think.

Darragh gives us some insight about his upbringing in Ireland, how his life drastically changed from 'living for the weekend' to living for the moment.

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Episode 11: Cécile Caminade ~ Masculinity (Asking for a mate)

Cécile Caminade has her own podcast called ‘Asking for a Mate’, where she interviews Aussie blokes on all things from masculinity to emotions, and societal constructs. In fact, in this episode, we chat a lot about what ‘masculinity’ actually means, how certain ‘norms’ have been applied to it and how in many ways we might actually have to change our entire perspective on it.

Have we had it all wrong? Listen to find out.

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Episode 10: Mid Season Matinee with Hosts Neil & Gary

The lads hit the half way mark of their inaugural season of These Lads Are Mental podcast. A show about normalising the topic of mental health in a light hearted fashion, with expert guests, everyday people and some laughs along the way. Sure isn't that what life is all about?

Hopefully, one day in the not too distant future, we can talk about mental health just like we would anything else in our everyday lives. That's our goal.

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Episode 09: Joe Williams ~ Former NRL Player, Boxing Champion, First Nations Man And Suicide Survivor

Today’s episode is the unique, incredible story of Joe Williams.

Joe is an Australian sportsman who played rugby league and boxed professionally. His football career spanned from 2004 to 2008 but apart from being involved with professional sport for over 15 years, Joe, a suicide survivor, and mental health advocate, now spends his time working to inspire youth through motivational speaking workshops here in Australia and across the globe.

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Episode 08: Ben Evans & Dan Parks ~ Former International Rugby Players

On this week’s show we have Ben Evans, former international Wales rugby union player. A prop, he has played for Ospreys, Cardiff Blues and Calvisano. He has played for Jersey and Moseley RFC and, Dan Parks, a.k.a. “Compass”, the Australian-born former Scotland international rugby union player and now coach.

This show is packed with laughs, insights into the highs and lows of elite performance and the boys personal mental health stories.

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Episode 03: Youth Mental Health with Nic Brown: CEO, batyr

Neil and Gary welcome batyr (small 'b' yes) CEO, Nic Brown to this week's show. batyr is a charity that specialises in helping our youth have more positive conversations regarding their mental health. In this episode you'll laugh, learn and understand how to make 'macro changes with micro moves' as Nic calls it and how they're giving a voice to the elephant in the room.

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