Men's Mental Health Conversations
By Daryl Perry
Categories: Health & Fitness, Mental Health
Men's Mental Health Conversations, hosted by Daryl Perry, brings together men from different backgrounds to share honest, personal experiences with mental and emotional health. Through open conversations about vulnerability, body image, self-worth, relationships, masculinity, therapy, and personal growth, we explore the challenges many men were never taught to talk about. No perfect answers, no one-size-fits-all advice, just real stories, different perspectives, and meaningful conversations about learning to understand and appreciate ourselves from the inside/out.
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Recent episodes
- Finding the Right Therapist Can Change Your Mental Health Journey
Originally published: June 2025Can the gym help our mental health without becoming a substitute for the emotional work we still need to do?In this conversation, I reconnect with Jack to explore the familiar phrase “the gym is my therapy,” what professional therapy can offer, and how we develop a…
- How Writing and Self-Reflection Can Help You Understand Yourself
Originally published: March 2025What can writing, movement, and self-reflection teach us about accepting ourselves and navigating life's challenges?In this conversation, I reconnect with Zachary Fenell to explore men's mental health, growing up with cerebral palsy, the therapeutic value of…
- The Red Pill Pipeline: How Men Get Drawn In and Find Their Way Out
Originally published: December 2024How does someone become involved in the red pill community, and what helps them question the ideas they've absorbed?In this conversation, I reconnect with Sam to explore his personal experience with online red pill spaces, the search for belonging, and how…
- When Chronic Pain Changes Your Relationship With Your Body
Originally published: December 2024What happens to our sense of identity when our bodies no longer allow us to do the things that have been central to our lives?In this conversation, I reconnect with Sam to explore men's body image, living with cerebral palsy, chronic pain, mental health…
- Sit In It, Feel It, Get Out of It: Learning to Process Difficult Emotions
Originally published: November 2024What happens when your body changes significantly, but your mind is still adjusting to the person you've become?In this conversation, I reconnect with James to explore men's body image, weight loss, therapy, emotional awareness, and learning to appreciate…
- More Than the Big Guy: Weight, Identity, and Self-Worth
Originally published: November 2024What does it feel like to walk into a room already anticipating how people are going to react to your body?In this conversation, I sit down with a returning guest to explore men's body image, the experience of living in a larger body, and the ways other people's…
- Men Struggle With Body Image, Even When They're Making Progress
Originally published: November 2024How much of the way we see our bodies comes from what we see in the mirror, and how much comes from the comparisons and comments we've carried through life?In this conversation, I reconnect with Eric to explore men's body image, family expectations, weight loss…
- Men's Body Image: The Fear of Regaining Weight and Learning to Trust Yourself
Originally published: November 2024What happens when you've made meaningful changes to your body, but part of you is still afraid that everything could disappear?In this conversation, I reconnect with Jay to explore men's body image, the fear of regaining weight, comparison, confidence, and how…
- Starting Over With Fitness Without Shame, Guilt, or Negative Self-Talk
Originally published: October 2024Can you find yourself back at the weight where you started and still feel more confident, capable, and comfortable with yourself than before?In this conversation, I reconnect with David to explore men's body image, self-worth, fitness, negative self-talk, and…
- Still Seeing My Old Body: The Emotional Reality of Major Weight Loss
Originally published: October 2024What happens when you've lost more than 300 pounds, but the person you see in the mirror still looks like the person you used to be?In this conversation, I reconnect with Jordan to explore men's body image, significant weight loss, self-worth, and the emotional…
- From the Funny Fat Guy to Finding Your Worth Beyond Your Weight
Originally published: October 2024What happens when you change your body but still carry the insecurities you developed years earlier?In this conversation, I reconnect with Jack to explore men's body image, self-worth, comparison, and learning to appreciate our bodies as they are while continuing…
- How to Rebuild Your Self-Image Without Chasing the Perfect Body
Originally published: October 2024Can you lose 200 pounds, change your appearance, and still find yourself struggling with confidence?In this conversation, I reconnect with David to explore men's body image, weight loss, self-worth, dating, and the mental work involved in building a healthier…
- Life After Losing 200 Pounds: Body Image, Depression, and Self-Acceptance
Originally published: October 2024What happens when you lose the weight, accomplish the fitness goals, and still struggle to appreciate the person looking back at you?In this conversation, I reconnect with Levi to explore men's body image, the emotional aftermath of significant weight loss…
- Men's Body Image: Overcoming Negative Self-Talk and Learning to Appreciate Yourself
Originally published: September 2024What happens when the way we talk to ourselves about our bodies becomes more painful than the changes we're trying to make?In this conversation, I reconnect with Nick as we begin exploring men's body image, self-confidence, aging, and the relationship we build…
- Self-Discovery After 40: Emotional Awareness, Purpose, and Personal Growth
Originally published: August 2024Who are we when the careers, relationships, and responsibilities we've built our lives around no longer define us?In this conversation, I reconnect with Mike to explore men's mental health, personal identity, career changes, purpose, emotional awareness, and what…
- Overthinking and Emotional Health: Finding Peace With Your Own Thoughts
Originally published: August 2024What happens when your mind won't stop questioning whether you're doing enough, being enough, or living up to everyone's expectations?In this conversation, I reconnect with Jay to explore men's mental health, overthinking, self-doubt, emotional awareness, and the…
- Healing Isn't Linear: Therapy, Self-Reflection, and Personal Growth
Originally published: August 2024How much of what we believe about ourselves and other people comes from what actually happened, and how much comes from the stories we tell ourselves?In this conversation, I sit down with Jack to explore men's mental health, self-awareness, therapy, emotional…
- Men's Mental Health: Moving Beyond Regret and Learning to Appreciate Life
Originally published: April 2024How do we learn to appreciate the life we're living while continuing to work toward the person we want to become?In this conversation, I reconnect with Tony to explore men's mental health, recovery, discipline, daily routines, regret, and the importance of learning…
- Men's Mental Health: Fatherhood, Burnout, and Finding Balance in Your 40s
Originally published: April 2024How do we take care of ourselves while managing the responsibilities of work, family, and everyday life?In this conversation, I sit down with Ryan to explore men's mental health, fatherhood, work-life balance, fitness, and the challenges of navigating life in our…
- Life After Alcohol: Sobriety, Self-Worth, and Finding Your Purpose
Originally published: April 2024What happens when the life you feared losing turns out to be the life that was holding you back?In this conversation, I reconnect with Patrick to explore men's mental health, alcohol addiction, sobriety, identity, self-respect, and the unexpected opportunities that…
- How Injuries and Aging Affect Our Mental Health and Identity
Originally published: March 2024What happens when an injury from years ago begins affecting the activities you love, and you realize your body doesn't recover the way it once did?In this conversation, I reconnect with Neil to explore men's mental health, aging, physical recovery, emotional…
- Beyond Being an Inspiration: The Reality of Living With Cerebral Palsy
Originally published: March 2024Can you appreciate yourself and your life while also admitting that living with a disability can be exhausting, frustrating, and sometimes unfair?In this conversation, I explore men's mental health, cerebral palsy, aging with a disability, emotional honesty…
- Men's Mental Health: Building Discipline, Confidence, and Self-Trust
Originally Published in March 2024How do we move from following a structured challenge to building habits that genuinely fit our everyday lives?In this conversation, I reconnect with Jay to explore men's mental health, discipline, self-confidence, fitness, emotional eating, and the importance of…
- Addiction Recovery and Men's Mental Health: From Shame to Self-Worth
Originally published: March 2024What happens when addiction leaves you believing that you're no longer worth saving?In this conversation, I reconnect with Tony, someone I grew up with, to explore men's mental health, addiction recovery, guilt, shame, self-worth, and the importance of finding…
- When a 20-Year Friendship Ends: Boundaries, Loyalty, and Mental Health
How do you know when a friendship that has been part of your life for decades is no longer healthy for you?In this conversation, I reconnect with Neil to explore men's mental health, friendship, emotional boundaries, relationship expectations, and the challenges of recognizing when it's time to…
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