Feck It, No More

Jaron's mum told him recently that the first time he was homeless, he was nine months old. He was a street kid in Perth. He spent most of his life as an alcoholic — by his own account, drunk for the better part of two decades. At 37, he suffered a stroke. His family fell apart. He lost his job. And he found himself homeless again — as if twenty years had simply gone down the drain. He ended up at...

​Simon Fenech had everything—a multi-time Australian kickboxing champion, a corporate salary, and a beautiful home. Then, a severe workplace accident changed his life forever, leading to a debilitating spinal injury and a dark spiral into chronic pain, prescription medication, and methamphetamine addiction. ​After losing his marriage, his career, and spending time inside a maximum-security prison...

Libby Ward grew up in a turbulent home. Single mum, mental health disorders, 18 moves before she turned 18, a psychologically abusive stepfather on a remote farm, and a role she had held since she was eight years old: the person who made sure everyone else was okay. When she became a mother herself, she performed the life. Matching outfits. Holiday cards. Clean house. Home-cooked meals. Everything...

Kayli Halliwell spent eleven years in Melbourne going out three times a week, using substance and alcohol to push through, and waiting until everyone else was drunk before she could say what she actually thought. On the outside it looked like freedom. On the inside she was depressed, disconnected, and kept asking herself the same question: is there something wrong with me? Then Melbourne went into...

Mikael Avatar grew up in Sweden with cerebral palsy and decided at ten years old he was going to the Olympics. He trained every morning from four in the morning. He was coached by his own training group as a child — people aged seven to thirty-one who followed the books he was reading because he had no other guide. He trained for seventeen years. In August 1996 at the Atlanta Paralympics, with lig...

Kelly Swingler was passing out on train platforms. Falling from the top of escalators to the bottom. Getting up. Going to work. She never missed a day. She thought that was strength.   It was burnout. And it nearly killed her.   By the time she received two phone calls in 48 hours — the first telling her that the woman who replaced her in her corporate role had died alone in a hotel room; the seco...

Simone O'Brien was a single mother of three who chose a man from internet dating because he had a police check. She thought that meant safe.   Nine months later, he came to her door. What followed lasted ten minutes — 45 to 50 blows with a baseball bat.   Her skull is now titanium. Her right eye is a prosthetic. Her son Zach, ten years old, stood in the hospital corridor every day and vomited...

Your logic brain says you’ve passed the point of no return, but that feeling in your gut says you still have time to add value and find freedom. Glenn Monaghan dives into the reality of starting over later in life and why the "midlife crisis" label is often just a cover for a long-overdue awakening. Glenn opens up about his own turning point, triggered by the death of a close friend and...

The whole world shut down, and for the first time, Amanda had nowhere to hide from the truth: she didn't recognize her own life anymore. Working temp jobs and pushing paperwork, she hit a professional rock bottom where the unhappiness became impossible to ignore. Amanda joins Glenn to discuss her "feck it" turning point and her unexpected leap into the commercial construction industr...

You’re standing in the gap between the life you’re living and the one you deserve, paralyzed by the unknown. It’s easy to judge people for staying in abusive relationships, dead-end jobs, or toxic cycles, but the reality is that comfort is a dangerous drug. In this conversation, I’m breaking down why we choose the familiar—even when it’s destroying us—and how to identify the "comfort trap" that ke...

Every Sunday at 6pm, does your stomach drop? That's not weakness—it’s a signal. Glenn explains why that dread is a message to change your life. He shares his journey from FIFO work to finding a career path that truly aligns with his values. You'll learn: — Recognizing the physical warning signs of a misaligned career. — Distinguishing between loving your work and being on the right path. — Develop...

Nikki was terrified of her own thoughts. Not because she wanted to act on them — but because having them at all made her feel like something was deeply wrong with her.   She had perinatal OCD. The intrusive thoughts started quietly at 12, were manageable through her twenties, and then hit like a wall when she became a mother at 33. The second child made it worse.   What Nikki did next was one of t...

Most people don't fail because they lack willpower. They failbecause they never understand why they keep starting over. This episode breaks down the habits, mindsets, and behavioursthat separate temporary motivation from lasting transformation. You'll learn: — Why your "why" is the only thing that outlastsmotivation when it fades — How to identify the specific patterns that have stopped youbefore...

Anxiety affects over 300 million people globally. In Australia,one in five people struggle with it — and the numbers are rising. But what if anxiety isn't the enemy? What if it's your braindoing exactly what it was designed to do — in a world it was never designedfor? You'll learn: — The "What If" shift: how to move from negative loopsto practical action — Why your amygdala treats your inbox like...

His mother died when he was 12. His father dropped him at a stranger's house and disappeared.   Sukant Singh — endurance athlete, fashion model, named India's Toughest Man — took that pain and chose to run. Literally. Ironman. Ultra marathons. High Rocks. His therapist told him he could have gone in a very different direction. He chose sport instead.   But the one thing that Suki had never...

"It might not be your fault, but it is 100% yourresponsibility." This episode exposes the internal narratives that act asinvisible ceilings on your income, your relationships, and your potential. You'll learn: — How to spot "victim language" in your everydayconversations — A 3-step framework to shift from blame to accountability — Why your new mindset needs protecting from the people aroundyou — H...

James walked in on his wife's affair. He stood there with a rage he thought he'd never be able to control — and chose to walk away for the sake of his kids.   What came next was the hardest years of his life. Co-parenting through the wreckage of a marriage. Finding ultra running as a survival mechanism. Sitting on a curb at a servo at 3am with a sausage roll, wondering who he was becoming....

You've reached the breaking point. You know something has tochange — but you have no idea what the next chapter looks like. This episode explores the difficult space between ending the oldlife and building the new one. You'll learn: — Why it's okay not to know your next step right now — How to identify what's actually missing from your life — The Red Car Theory: how focus creates o...

Enoch moved from Ghana to Australia at 17 with one goal: build a better life. By his early twenties he was working FIFO in Kalgoorlie as a driller — saving money, staying focused, doing everything right.   Then one afternoon, $5,000 was gone in under 60 minutes.   It wasn't just the money. It was what he saw in himself in the moment he was losing it — the lying, the chasing, the voice in his h...

Self-doubt isn't a personal flaw. It's a story — and stories canbe rewritten. Glenn shares his personal journey of breaking free from negativecycles, limiting beliefs, and the inner voice that kept telling him he wasn'tenough. You'll hear: — How to identify the internal stories that are keeping youstuck — Practical strategies to shift your mindset and take action — The power of com...

You made the decision. You changed your life. And then nothing went the way you imagined.   In this episode, Glenn Monaghan goes deep on the part of change that nobody talks about: the messy middle. That gap between making a big decision and actually feeling different on the other side.   Why does the initial high disappear so fast? Why does choosing yourself sometimes feel worse before it feels b...

You're achieving. You're providing. You're showing up every day. But something feels off — and you can't explain why. This episode breaks down the quiet signals that you're not stuck — you're evolving. You'll learn: — Why achievement can feel hollow even when you're winning — The danger of always saying "I'm fine" — What emotional numbness is really tr...

Glenn Monaghan — host of Feck It, No More — opens the show with his own story. Not the polished version. The real one.   He had the executive title. The salary. A company that was growing. He was providing for his family and ticking every box the world told him mattered. And underneath all of it, he was quietly falling apart.   Then a close friend died. Too young. Without warning. And that was the...