Mitch Wallis speaks to Tofe Evans who talks about running ultramarathons to cope with his mental health.

This episode covers:

• Fighting through adversity fuelled by drugs & alcohol abuse, driven by shame, victimisation, and identity crises.
• How a lust for external validation infected every area of his life, and left Tofe on the brink of suicide.
• Being present to keep us feeling enough and worthy of love.
• The identity crisis after pulling out 280km into a 345km ultramarathon across Scotland.

Episode support notes:

Tofe’s book is called “Everyone Has a Plan Until Sh!t Hits the Fan” available on Amazon.

Mitch Wallis speaks to Josh Wiggins, Nutritionist, Mentor & Mental Performance Coach.

Topics covered:

• The damaging effect of presenting a façade of coping: how being strong for other people removes authentic connection and can exacerbate mental ill health.
• How teenagers searching for a sense of agency over their body can fall into unhealthy habits and belief systems.
• How receiving a diagnosis can bring a sense of clarity and freedom to move on.
• The value of a mentor – how letting just one person we respect and admire guide us can be a significant turning point in our wellbeing.

Mitch Wallis speaks to Darren, whose experiences in his career as an engineer, coupled with becoming a dad, led him to pursue a new passion – to meet the need for men’s wellbeing.

This episode covers:

• How far we can push our body and brain until it shuts down.
• How shame seeded in childhood can drive us to overcompensate, achieve and succeed, and at what point that energy source become toxic.
• How being an empath and a problem solving engineer is a perfect storm of chaos in relationships.
• Recognising the power of connected communities of men.

In this episode we cover:

• The internal and external pressure on teenagers to excel in school
• The impact of family breakdown upon young people
• How parents can be there to support their young people going through mental ill health
• Breaking the stigma about seeking inpatient treatment
• How shame and self-judgment could be keeping us sick, and how hitting the ego’s breaking point and leaving pride behind can be the first step to healing
• The impact of those who die by suicide

Mitch Wallis speaks to Matthew Mitcham, Olympic diving champion on battling addiction and channeling that into winning.

In this episode we cover:

• Getting stuck in the cycle of shame and addiction.
• What it takes to get clean and stay clean after dependence on narcotics.
• The unstable landscape of attaching your self-worth to achievement and external validation.
• What comes next after you've become the best? Navigating the blues after loss.
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