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A podcast where we drop the stigma and talk about men's mental health.
Expect to read and hear inspiring stories from behind closed doors. Normalizing the challenges of everyday life, one conversation at a time...
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Average audio length:
65 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
16 episodes
since Feb. 24, 2026
episodic
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In this episode, I welcome Tyler Birch—a facilitator for the men’s personal growth program Common Ground, a father of two, and a former commercial construction manager turned early childhood educator.
Tyler shares his remarkable professional and personal evolution: leaving behind a high-stress, mal…
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In this episode, I catch up with long-time friend and legendary fitness educator Karl “Steaderz” Steadman. Karl reflects on his 20+ years in the fitness industry, including a 15-year tenure on the CrossFit Seminar Staff delivering over 400 seminars to an estimated 18,000+ people worldwide.
The conv…
In this candid episode of Taming Thumos, I sit down with Alex Thomas—a fitness professional, author, poet and self-professed nomad. Alex shares his journey from growing up in a tough environment in Northern England to coaching across 50+ gyms around the world, writing eight books, and using creativ…
In this episode, I reunite with my former troop commander from the Royal Marines, Roderic (Rod) Yapp. Nearly two decades after we served together in Afghanistan on Op Herrick in 2007, we reflect on our individual experiences from opposing sides of the fence. We discuss what Rod learned from his tim…
In this episode of the Taming Thumos, I’m joined by my friend Jake “Choccy” Norton (no, he is not a UFC fighter). Choc is a podcaster and holistic health coach based in Sydney. He uses Chek principles and knowledge from The Master’s Way to help his clients reconnect with their intuitive higher Self…
Today I’m joined by Rich Johnson. Rich is a wellness practitioner and co-founder of Sacred Humans, a platform dedicated to emotional calibration and self-healing through sound frequency work. Having met over a decade ago in the London CrossFit community, our parallel paths eventually crossed again …
In this episode, Brett and I catch up to discuss his background in the military, physical training and reflect on what he has learned over an extensive 20-year coaching career. We dive deep into the philosophy of physical training, how Brett’s coaching style has evolved from being rigid to a more s…
In this episode, I am joined by Andrew Boniface, a former emergency helicopter pilot turned corporate consultant and men’s group facilitator. Andy shares his profound personal transformation following the breakdown of his marriage. He discusses how hitting rock bottom led him to processing and taki…
This episode features a deep and moving conversation with my friend and former colleague Lachlan Learg. Lachlan is a CrossFit Seminar Lead Instructor and gym owner. The conversation centers around his journey navigating immense personal loss while balancing the heavy responsibilities of business a…
Hello and welcome to another episode of Taming Thumos!
My guest for this episode is Rich Burrows. Rich is a high performance coach, former intelligence officer and father. Rich has trained a range of people from world champion ultra endurance athletes to corporate CEOs and tech entrepreneurs. This …
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