The Middle-Aged Man Podcast

20/04/2024

19/04/2024

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Welcome to “The Middle-Aged Man Podcast: A Guide on How Not to Get Cancelled,” a compelling journey into the complexities of modern social dynamics tailored for the discerning middle-aged man. This podcast, a beacon for those navigating the murky waters of midlife, offers a blend of humour, wisdom, and indispensable survival tips for staying relevant in the digital era.

At the core of this unique podcast is our charismatic host, a middle-aged man himself, who delves into the perilous terrain of “getting cancelled” in today’s hypersensitive cultural climate. With wit and levity, he recounts personal anecdotes, such as his first foray into tweeting, which swiftly spiralled into a minor social media debacle over smartphone addiction. It’s a stark reminder that today, even a seemingly innocent joke can trigger unexpected backlash.

31/03/2023

⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ What we will be talking about may well be very uncomfortable for some guys listening, but I thought for many men, it is a subject that has been long buried inside of them or that some men know someone that’s been through a similar ordeal and don’t fully understand why that person reacts or acts a certain way.

Today’s guest was told she was a failure as a child, the girl going nowhere & had a juvenile delinquent badge slapped on her when she was 13 by her psychiatrist.

Being labelled at an early age came with difficulties, leading to most people believing she would be dead or in prison by the time she was 20 – although for many the resultant mental trauma from child s*x abuse is prison enough.

Our guest has organically become a Child S*x Abuse Activist, Speaker, Presenter, and Author on this subject.

Her debut book, Don’t Hold Back is a motivational self-help book, published in 2018.

Its purpose is to encourage readers to find their voice, give thought, and help them to process the difficulties of child s*x abuse, rejection & abandonment – the book is based on her personal and difficult story.

Don’t Hold Back highlights how she changed her life to become the successful person she is today.

Her charity, Project 90/10 is a powerful mission and vehicle for influential attitude and action change through education and awareness campaigns in the area of child s*xual abuse.

Today’s guest on The Middle-Aged Man Podcast is Emma-Jane Taylor…

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24/03/2023

🟢 New Episode - Glenn Bracey - Who Am I? 🟢
The one question that seems to get asked when we’re having a mid-life crisis or theres a personal Armageddon - Todays guest is a man that has a dedication to live his truth and the fullness of who is and what he is. But that's not been a straightforward journey. Like many, he got lost looking for an improved version of himself, out there in the world, in places it could never be found. In the career, the accolades, possessions, parties, etc…

As he studied psychology he 'stumbled' into teaching adults in organisations about their thoughts, emotions and interactions. What served them and their truth and what didn't? This set a path for him and as he shared his work, it became the perfect mirror to look at himself. He learned the long way around to find out who he really is…and today he’s here here to share his insights into being the best version of you, you can be…
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20/03/2023

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17/03/2023

🟢 NEW Episode 🟢 Today's guest is a man that is a therapist and coach, a guide to take you by the hand and help you on your Journey Back to You.

He draws upon his 10+ years of experience in mindfulness, Childhood Trauma work, and Complex PTSD and 3+ years of working with Gaia Pollini (therapist and co-author of the F**K IT books). His approach focuses heavily on the NOW and very little on the past; he’s only ever interested in the question "What happened to you?" rather than "What's wrong with you?"

He also looks at the personal lies you tell yourself every day and what adaptive/coping strategies you learned from an early age that you drag around with you like a big, heavy backpack.

Plus I also know we’re going to talk about something that every middle-aged man dreads and how it’s affected a man that should have every tool in the toolbox to deal with it.

Gentlemen, today’s guest on the Middle-Aged Man Podcast is Mr Jon Imondi….

In today's podcast we talk about:

Working with the creators of 'F**k It'
Why we tell ourselves lies
And how one thing last year has changed his life forever...

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Link to Jon's "Diary of a Cancer Survivor" Website: https://diaryofacancersurvivor.com/

16/03/2023

“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eating slowly and lie about your age.” Lucille Ball

15/03/2023

We will never back down...
This Friday..please take the time to listen to this amazing young man Jon Imondi...

15/03/2023

Todays words of wisdom…

14/03/2023

You know when you're middle-aged when 'cheese night' isn't drunkenly dancing to bad tunes, it is enjoying brie from a board and admiring your neighbour's extension...

13/03/2023

EXTRA episode out today...
"Living on your own after 40"
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10/03/2023

One of the reasons Marc started The Middle-Aged Man Podcast - There are many psychiatric subspecialties focused on specific age categories. These include child psychiatry, youth mental health, and geriatric psychiatry. But there is no subspecialty known as “mid-life mental health" or "middle-aged psychiatry."

This is concerning, as statistics indicate that this can be an especially vulnerable period. For example, su***des in Western countries are particularly pronounced in the 40-60 age group, with especially high rates in middle-aged men.

Evidence suggests that the experience of sudden life events that often occur in the middle years of life, including job loss and divorce, can particularly damage men’s mental health.

The postwar and CoVid years have seen massive socio-economic changes across the Western world, mainly in the form of a transition from an industrial economy to a knowledge economy. This shift has led to a major decline in industries such as manufacturing that once gave secure and meaningful employment to blue-collar and less-educated men, who have subsequently experienced high rates of unemployment and job loss.

Such unemployment can have severe financial consequences, and in worst-case scenarios can lead to severe debt and bankruptcy. Several studies show that these factors INCREASE the risk of midlife male depression and middle-aged male su***de. For me, the spiral of my own self-destruction started when I lost control of my business.

Some research indicates that job loss and unemployment tend to have a more negative effect on men than women.

This greater impact on men has been related to several factors. First, men still tend to be the primary family breadwinner, and their income is often essential to support a household. That alone affects a man’s pride and ego. The loss of this income can have a devastating impact on a family's quality of life and add to that the need to be supported by other members of the household adds to embarrassment and discomfort.

Second, men tend to derive more purpose and meaning from their work and are often defined by their careers, meaning that the loss of a job can create a painful vacuum.

Third, unemployed men are often stereotyped and stigmatized by wider society, which can negatively affect social inclusion and self-esteem.

Divorce and separation are common occurrences in the middle years of life. Much research indicates that this can have a negative impact on mental health. For example, a large-scale U.S. study found that unmarried men aged 40-60 were 3.5 times more likely to die by su***de compared to married men of the same age, with markedly higher rates for unmarried men compared to unmarried women.

Of note, several elements of research literature indicate that the psychosocial experience of divorce can be particularly painful for men, acting as an acute stressor with chronic consequences. For example, one study found that men experience a much greater loss of social support after divorce compared to women, mainly because women tend to maintain stronger links with friends and family throughout long-term relationships and marriage than men.

All of this can leave divorced and separated men lonely and isolated precisely when they need social support the most.

For many people, the middle years are a time to enjoy the fruits of their education and labour among family and friends. But for others, it can be a time of severe financial strain, loneliness and existential despair.

Middle-aged men are often seen as the butt of jokes with their stereotyped mid-life crisis. Perhaps the stereotype needs to change so we are used to mid-life mental health crises instead.

10/03/2023

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10/03/2023

🎯New episode - The Extreme Middle-Aged Man with David Gallagher🎯
Today's guest is a man that aims to inspire fellas of a similar age to be more adventurous and that life doesn't need to tail off when you hit 40, as people used to tell him in the gym.
So much so that he went off on a ski mountaineering expedition when he hit 40 and nearly lost his toes, and he’s upped the ante since then! A coach, an adventurer, a practitioner of adventure and extreme pursuits, and has undertaken a BASE jump in the name of science; he was part of the first UK Tandem BASE jump; a Chartered Psychologist and a cognitive neuroscientist and an award-winning photographer…who the hell says life doesn’t begin at 40?
Gentlemen, I give you our guest on The Middle-Aged Man Podcast, Mr David Gallagher…

Things we discuss on today's podcast:
- Arctic Adventures
- Low points
- Base jumping whilst depressed
- Community and Finding Your Tribe
- Sailing with ready-made G&T
- Pushing your boundaries
- The wild is good
- Finding a purpose

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09/03/2023

So to the early visitors to this page...I appreciate you...Here is tomorrow's episode and a special BONUS episode...before they're released to the public....this will disappear in 24hrs...
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09/03/2023

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09/03/2023

“I wanted to do this podcast because it’s real, genuine and things need to be talked about…”, Jorma Kirkko, Comedy Writer and Middle-Aged Man
NEW Episode - Today's guest is a man that is a comedy writer - in his second marriage - and spent more than half of his life abroad in Turkey!
A child of baby boomers, who were able to sneak into the lower middle classes and moved abroad as a kid briefly but it left him feeling like an outsider in virtually all circles but with a thirst for knowledge and humour as a defence mechanism.
His parents also told him the world would be at his feet if he went to university. It wasn't true. And now he gives us the gift of laughter with their own podcast the ‘Blackmilkshake Comedy Pubcast’, Gentlemen, I give you Mr Jorma Kirkko….
In this podcast, we discuss the following:

* How he left comedy and got a 'real job'
* How the kids of today are encouraged to do what they want and they’ll succeed but, but also encourage kids to become the victim of their own story
* Lessons from a relationship and marriage breakdown (Respectfully)
* The Blackmilkshake Comedy Pubcast
* How anger stopped the depression
* Not turning into your Dad

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09/03/2023

🔊SOUND ON!🔊Middle-aged men...it's time for a new podcast...something real! Guests so far...a Kick-Boxing Vicar, a Military Hypnotist and Comedy Writer who wants to make you laugh before it's too late!
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