Sam Adams is a men and masculinity coach and trainer with over 20 years experience. He runs regular events to support men to develop the tools they need to navigate life's ups and downs. Sam is a father, based in Somerset, although spent much of his childhood in Africa. He is passionate about healthy masculinity and also runs a local garden landscaping business.

Key points of the episode:

• How he avoided conflict and confrontation.
• How he became a people pleaser.
• How he realised he was being inauthentic.....
• ....and how he has worked through it. And his health has improved.
• How he learned to value himself.
• The key that is the breakthrough for most men.
• The 4 core emotions.
• Liberating masculinity.
• Masculinitys overreach historically and the healthy balance we seek.
• Why men are struggling.

www.liberatingmasculinity.co.uk

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Jack Woodhams is a passionate mental health advocate and co-founder of Menfulness, a UK-based charity dedicated to encouraging men to talk openly about life, wellbeing, and emotional challenges. As CEO, Jack has helped build Menfulness into a community-focused social wellbeing movement that supports men through activities, events, counselling links, and peer connection — all aimed at breaking the stigma around men’s mental health and encouraging strength through honest conversation.

Key points of the episode:

• His experience (perhaps unorthodox) of the importance of peer support.
• The falling birth rate and the connection with loneliness.
• The fascinating and revealing mental health exercise he does.
• The surprising and positive influence that can be achieved.
• How his organisation started and how it has evolved.....
• ....vastly evolved!
• How one persons recovery becomes anothers survival guide. (this is brilliant)
• Thoughts on suicide prevention.
• The most profound influence he has had.
• What we can do to protect our children.
• A 2 sentence message of hope.

www.menfulness.org

jack@menfulness.org

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Stephen Hall – Psychotherapist and Founder of Stand Tall

Stephen Hall is a UK-based psychotherapist and founder of Stand Tall Therapy and Stand Tall Empower CIC. He specialises in working with men under pressure, supporting them to build emotional resilience, reconnect with purpose, and strengthen their mental fitness. Drawing on lived experience, body-based practice, and nature-informed approaches, Stephen brings a grounded and honest perspective to conversations about masculinity, burnout, trauma, and growth. His work focuses on helping men stand tall in their lives rather than simply survive them.

Key Points of the Episode:

• How he had no male role models in his early life, and what he was healthily obsessed with.
• The violence he experienced at the hands of his Mum, and the resulting experience from it.
• The challenges he faced with his identity, and his default back to the understandable narrowing of his perspective and shutdown.
• How he did not have the vocabulary to talk about it, or the skills to process his trauma, nor the community as it was interconnected with the job role that he left.
• What pulled him back from the brink of suicide.
• What empowered him to set up Stand Tall and Empower.
• The gap he hopes to fill in the "marketplace".
• An interesting take on Chi Kung and how he utilises it.
• A simple breathwork exercise.
• The activities on the retreats he hosts.
• The typical issues the men he works with struggle with.
• His vision for Stand tall and Empower.
• On parenting.
• A pithy message of hope that is much needed.

Website: https://www.standtall.org.uk/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenhalltherapist/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/standtallwalktall

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@standtallwalktall/shorts

Mentioned in the podcast Ben West - Reasons to Stay.

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