Torque

Episode 24 Bottled Up From Hopeless to Honours: A Recovering Alcoholic and Academic on Why Families Need Help Too Guest: Dr John McMahon — psychologist, author and co-founder of Bottled Up Trigger Warning This episode covers addiction, rock bottom and darker thoughts. Please take care when listening. Episode Description John McMahon left school with practically nothing. He’d spent his teens traini...

The Parts We Hide A Shadow Work Therapist On Coming Out, Rebuilding, And Living Honestly Later In Life Guest: Kenny Whitelaw-Jones — shadow work psychotherapist Trigger Warning This episode touches on sensitive topics including sexuality and childhood sexual abuse. Please be aware before listening. Episode Description Kenny Whitelaw-Jones is a shadow work psychotherapist. He is also a man who spen...

Episode 22 What Having a Child with Autism Taught Me About Connection How to Let Go of the Child You Expected Guest: Craig Parks — camp director, musician and founder of Parenting Harmony Episode Description Craig Parks has spent 30 years working with other people’s children. He’s a camp director, a musician and a parenting coach. When his son was diagnosed with autism at around 18 months, Craig a...

Episode 21 Big Brother to Bollywood A Life Beyond Normal Guest: Benedict Garrett — British actor based in Mumbai, Bollywood film and TV Trigger Warning This episode contains discussion of sexual assault and the adult entertainment industry. Timestamps for both sections are included below so you can skip them if needed. Sexual assault is discussed from approximately 07:31 to 13:54. The adult entert...

Episode 20 The High-Functioning Addict A Foraging Teacher on How Plants Saved His Life Guest: Robin Halford — forager, somatic teacher and founder of EatWeeds Trigger Warning This episode contains themes of addiction, homelessness and drug use. Please be aware before listening. Episode Description Robin Halford spent years running a digital marketing training company — 15 hours a day, 7 days a wee...

Episode 19 Somatic Healing for Men On Dissociation, Men’s Groups, and Getting Out of Your Head and Into Your Body Guest: Duncan Rich — musician, somatic coach and founder of Meld Episode Description Duncan Rich grew up in a household where the rules were strict and the emotional space was narrow. He learned early to dissociate — to cut off from what he was feeling because feeling it wasn’t safe. A...

The Bald Ref The Referee Standing Up to Abuse and Why Men Need to Talk Guest: Johnny Cartwright — rugby referee, primary school teacher, Loose Heads ambassador Episode Description Johnny Cartwright is a primary school teacher, a dad, and a rugby referee operating at RFU National League level in the Manchester area. He is also the Manchester Referee Society Chair of Training and Development and a p...

Losing Everything and Rebuilding a Life - My Journey with Alcohol and ADHD Guest: Cliff Sewell — mindset coach, ultramarathon runner and author Trigger Warning This episode deals with alcoholism, ADHD and suicidal thoughts. Please take care and bear that in mind before listening. Episode Description Cliff Sewell grew up in working-class northern England, built a highly successful recruitment busin...

The Millionaire Skydiver How Winning the Lottery as an Addict Nearly Cost Me Everything Guest: Peter John Mather — skydiver, entrepreneur, life coach and founder of Healthy Mindset Rebels Trigger Warning This episode contains themes of addiction and suicide. Please be aware before listening. Episode Description Peter John Mather won 5.2 million pounds on the lottery with his mum twenty years ago....

How To Talk To Your Children A Clinical Psychologist's Toolkit for Parents Who Want To Connect Guest: Dr David Marcus — clinical psychologist, 40 years working with families Episode Description Dr David Marcus has spent 40 years working with families under stress. What he sees, consistently, is not bad parents. It's parents making assumptions about their children that stop communication before it...

Just the Beginning What 13 Conversations About Men’s Mental Health Taught Me A solo episode with Dom Fiore Episode Description This episode wasn’t planned. A guest asked Dom to hold their episode back at short notice — for good reason — and rather than fill the gap with something formulaic, Dom used it to reflect on what thirteen conversations with men about pressure, identity and connection have...

Langa Mthethwa wasn’t at rock bottom. He was doing well at work, keeping it together, exercising through the week. But every Friday to Sunday, the pattern kicked in. Heavy drinking from Friday night into Saturday, up again by 10 or 11 on Saturday morning, through the day, out again Saturday night, hair of the dog on Sunday, and by Monday he was shot. By Wednesday he’d feel normal again — just in t...

Episode 12 Happiness at Work: The Five Things You Need To Feel Happy in Your Job - Richard Clarke, the Entrepreneur with one KPI Guest: Richard Clarke — keynote speaker, consultant and former tech company founder Episode Description Richard Clarke spent four years teaching water skiing in Turkey, sailing in the Caribbean, traveling through Australia and Asia — all in pursuit of a single question:...

Episode 11 No Risk, No Story The Life of AI Entrepreneur and zally Founder, Patrick Smith Guest: Patrick Smith — entrepreneur, AI specialist and founder of zally Episode Description Patrick Smith started his first two businesses at the age of ten — a website-building operation for his dad’s friends and a DJ booking agency, with his mum driving the equipment to school discos in the back of the car....

Episode 10 Regaining a Zest for Life and coming back from Burnout Guest: Jason Renshaw Also featuring: Francis Norton — BACP accredited counsellor, burnout specialist Episode Description Jason Renshaw is 53, married to Tracy for 28 years, father to a 13-year-old daughter and a Star Wars collector with 35 years at the same accountancy firm. Last year he suffered what he calls a breakdown. He didn’t...

Episode 9 Man Rebuilt Guest: Jonny Stannard — health, fitness and mindset coach, creator of Man Rebuilt Episode Description Jonny Stannard grew up above pubs, hotels and nightclubs in Lancashire. His parents were always working, structure was absent, and from early adolescence he was left largely to his own devices. At twelve he was drinking. By his mid-thirties, he was a fitness professional with...

Episode 8 Navigating Masculinity Part 2 Raising Awareness on Coercive Control and Challenging Misogyny Guest: Andrew ‘Bernie’ Bernard — speaker, author and educator Trigger Warning This episode contains a continuation of Bernie’s story about his testicular cancer and the harrowing account of his sister Sarah’s murder by her abusive partner in 2012. If either of these subject matters are sensitive...

Episode 7 Navigating Masculinity Part 1 From Anger to Understanding — A Journey of Growth Guest: Andrew ‘Bernie’ Bernard — speaker, author and educator Episode Description Andrew ‘Bernie’ Bernard has spent nearly two decades working with young people on masculinity, equality, domestic abuse and men’s mental health. He’s delivered keynotes at Parliament and spoken to over 170,000 people in schools...

In this bonus piece Dom celebrates his Mum's Birthday and talks about why Fathers Day is complicated for him We want to hear from you Get in touch through Email - connect@mantorquexy.com Instagram / Facebook / TikTok - @mantorquexy Subscribe and leave a review Original music composed and used with permission from Alex Tilley Video Editing for Socials assistance provided by Lily O'Connor Hosted on...

What Every Man Needs To Know About The Menopause But Is Afraid To Ask At any one time in the UK, 13 million women are going through perimenopause or menopause. That means every man listening to this knows someone affected by it — right now, or at some point in their life. Joe Warner is the former editor-in-chief of Men's Fitness magazine and the author of Burning Up, Frozen Out — a book written sp...

In the second half of his conversation with Dom, Freddie Woodward goes deep on the addiction he carried through his entire elite diving career — and for years afterwards. From his first exposure to pornography as a child to daily use as a teenager, from six years of trying to quit and failing to the moment something finally changed — Freddie tells the full story. He talks about what it did to his...

In this episode, Freddie Woodward shares his journey from being talent spotted at a young age to becoming an Olympic diver. He discusses the intensity of his training, the impact of identity and expectations, and the physical challenges he faced as he grew. Freddie opens up about his struggles with imposter syndrome and mental health, the significance of his success at the Commonwealth Games, and...

In this conversation, James Wilson, known as The Sleep Geek, shares his journey from being a poor sleeper to becoming a sleep expert. He discusses the irony of his background in a family of bedmakers and how his personal struggles with sleep led him to explore solutions for others. The conversation delves into the challenges he faced, including scepticism from others in the industry and the cultur...

In this conversation, Russell Thompson reflects on his upbringing, discussing the strict family values instilled by his father and the impact of alcohol on family dynamics. He shares insights on how these experiences shaped his views on fatherhood and his desire to break the cycle of control in parenting. The discussion highlights the importance of personal growth and learning from past experience...

Discover Ricky Banner's incredible journey from military service to overcoming life-changing injuries. Learn about resilience and inspiration for those facing adversity. In this conversation, Ricky Banner shares his incredible journey from a troubled youth to a soldier in the army, detailing the life-changing moment when he was injured by an IED in Afghanistan. He discusses the physical and mental...