Men's Mental Health Series

Welcome to the conversation. In this solo episode of The Men’s Mental Health Series, I talk about a side of strength that is rarely discussed. Calmness. Softness. Emotional security. Strength is not just physical ability, grit, or endurance. The real glue holding those actions together is how safe and grounded you feel within yourself and the emotional safety you offer to others. I share why emoti...

Episode Description Welcome to the conversation. In this solo episode of The Men’s Mental Health Series, I talk about something many men struggle with but rarely discuss. Learning how to feel your emotions without being consumed by them. We all have emotions, and avoiding them or pushing them down might feel easier in the moment, but it always catches up. In this episode, I share why sitting with...

In this solo episode of The Men’s Mental Health Series, I talk about the importance of putting a protective layer between your identity and the things you do, the roles you play, or the version of masculinity you think you are supposed to live up to. This conversation is not about changing who you are or telling you how to act. It is about staying connected to yourself underneath all of it. I shar...

In this episode of The Men’s Mental Health Series, I talk about decisiveness, self trust, and what it really means to believe in yourself. We dig into the idea that confidence is not about knowing everything, it is about trusting that you can figure things out as you go. I talk about how many men feel lost, unsure of direction, or pressured by outside definitions of success. I share why relying on...

In this episode of The Men’s Mental Health Series, I talk about getting help, asking for support, and why receiving help can feel uncomfortable for so many men. I share how growing up with the idea of being self sufficient, not needing anyone, and always providing can turn support into something that feels like a debt instead of a gift. We talk about why trying to do everything alone is not streng...

We are talking about what happens after you achieve the thing. You set the goal. You worked for it. You finished it. And now you are standing there asking, what now. A lot of men are taught to build their identity around what they do, what they produce, and what they achieve. That works until the day the goal is done. When the finish line is crossed, many guys feel proud for a moment, then confuse...

We are talking about anger. Everyone feels anger. The real question is what do you do with it. Do you pause and understand it, or do you let it explode and damage your life, your relationships, and how you see yourself. In this episode, I talk about how anger is often not just one emotion. It is usually mixed with sadness, grief, shame, fear, or pain. Anger is just the loudest one, so it gets all...

A lot of men grow up believing that real strength means handling everything alone. You fix your own problems. You carry your own weight. You help others, but you never ask for help yourself. In this episode, I talk about the fine line between healthy independence and isolating yourself. We break down why confidence and self sufficiency matter, but why shutting everyone out is not strength. Being a...

For a lot of men, value is tied to what we provide, what we produce, and how hard we work. In this episode, I talk about why your work matters, but it is not who you are. We get into the idea that your worth is rooted in who you are as a person, how you see the world, and how you treat the people around you. If everything external can be taken away, then your identity cannot live in those things....

You are not behind in life. A lot of men were taught that their value comes from what they do, what they provide, the titles they hold, and the results they can show. In this episode, I talk about why your value is not just in what you produce, but in who you are, including the parts of you that are still healing. We talk about how comparison can make you feel like you are losing a race you were n...

In this episode, I talk about grief. Loss shows up in all of our lives, big, small, and everything in between. Grief can feel heavy, sudden, and unpredictable. It comes and goes, but it never fully disappears. A lot of men are taught to stay silent, push it down, ignore it, and move on. But when you bury grief, it does not go away. It shows up as anger, disconnection, numbness, and distraction. Yo...

What happens when you do not fit the picture of what you were told a man is supposed to be? In this episode, I talk about the pressure to live up to traditional ideas of masculinity and what it can feel like when you do not check every box. I share some of my own experience living with a physical disability and how that has shaped the way I see strength, identity, and self worth. I talk about why...

Burnout often hides behind words like discipline, hustle, and grind. In this episode, I talk about how easy it is to confuse constant output with real progress. I share my own years in the hustle mindset, what I learned from it, and why I now choose to work from a calm headspace at a deliberate pace. We talk about how burnout shows up in work, fitness, hobbies, and life. How most people do not rea...

Not everyone should have the same level of access to you. In this episode, I talk about what it really means to set boundaries and limits with people, without turning it into some extreme, all or nothing internet advice. This is about protecting your time, your energy, and your emotional space, while also making your relationships more meaningful. We look at how different people belong in differen...

This episode is about comparison, competition, and how social media quietly turns both into habits. I talk about how competition itself is not the problem, but when competition becomes the way you measure your worth, it starts to cost you more than it gives you. When you are not connected to yourself, comparison becomes a way to avoid, compensate, or fill a void. I break down how apps and algorith...

This episode is about starting the conversation, first with yourself, and then with the people in your life. I talk about why the emotional side of being a man is not weakness, but part of real strength. The softer side is often what helps us hold everything else together. I share how connecting with yourself changes how you live, how you eat, how you move, and how you show up. Instead of forcing...

Welcome to the conversation. This is The Men’s Mental Health Series, and I am your host, Daryl Perry. This podcast is here to help get conversations started for men around mental and emotional health. Most of us were never taught how to talk about feelings, or even how to notice what we are feeling. But emotions do not go away just because we ignore them. They show up in our bodies, our reactions,...

Welcome to the conversation. This is The Men’s Mental Health Series, and I am your host, Daryl Perry. The purpose of this podcast is to get conversations started around mental and emotional health. That conversation might be with a partner, a friend, a family member, or a therapist. But for many men, the first conversation we need to have is the one with ourselves. In this episode, we talk about h...

Welcome to the conversation. This is The Men’s Mental Health Series, and I am your host, Daryl Perry. The point of this podcast is simple. To get conversations started with men, for men, by men. Most of us were never taught how to talk about what we feel, how to sit with emotions, or how to express them in a healthy way. So the first conversation many of us need to learn how to have is the one wit...

This episode of The Men’s Mental Health Series is about identity, loss, and learning how to reconnect with who you are when the roles and achievements you once relied on start to change. I talk about why so many men tie their worth to what they do, what they provide, or what they have accomplished, and what happens emotionally when those things shift through injury, career changes, divorce, or maj...

Welcome to the conversation. This is The Men’s Mental Health Series, hosted by Daryl Perry. This podcast is here to help start honest conversations around men’s mental and emotional health, whether that conversation is with friends, family, a partner, or yourself. In this episode, we talk about strength and why it actually becomes stronger when vulnerability is part of the equation. Many men were...

Welcome to the conversation. This is The Men’s Mental Health Series, hosted by Daryl Perry. The goal of this podcast is to help get conversations started around men’s mental and emotional health, both with others and within yourself. In this episode, we talk about being careful where you get your relationship advice from, especially online. Social media often removes context, rewards extreme opini...

In this solo episode of The Men’s Mental Health Series, I talk about shame and the mix f other emotions men feel when asking for help. Please share this episode with anyone you think would be interested in listening to it. Visit mensmentalhealthseries.com for links to the show page on each of the major podcast directories. From there, you can subscribe and share this pod. If you want additional su...

In this solo episode of The Men’s Mental Health Series, I talk about emotional numbness and feeling disconnected rather than sad. Many men do not feel overwhelmed with emotion. They feel nothing at all. We explore how emotional shutdown often develops as a coping strategy, why numbness is not a flaw or weakness, and how simply noticing what you feel is already a sign of strength. This conversation...

Show Links Check Out Jack's Photography Portfolio: https://www.jackconyers3.com/portfolio/ Connect with Jack on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackattack9182/ Episode Description In this episode of The Men’s Mental Health Series , Jack Conyers III returns for another open and thoughtful conversation with host Daryl Perry. Together, they dig deep into a popular phrase floating around the...