ABOUT THIS EPISODE
What happens when someone you love tells you the exact day they're going to die?
Mike sits down with entrepreneur and film producer Chris Reid for a deeply personal conversation about men's mental health, grief, addiction, recovery, loneliness and vulnerability.
Chris shares how childhood trauma eventually led him toward alcohol, drugs and gambling - and how joining the Navy, entering treatment and getting clean helped change his path.
Years later, Chris's chronically ill mother told him she had chosen Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) and gave him the exact date she would die.
Chris talks about beginning grief counselling before losing his mom, the conversations they shared during her final months, and why grief forced him to reconsider his identity, career, relationships and what he actually wanted from life.
It's a conversation about losing someone you love - but also about what it means to rebuild yourself afterward.
Men Talking explores men's mental health, anxiety, grief, loneliness, relationships, purpose and the conversations men don't have often enough.
