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As you strive to create a fulfilling and meaningful life it’s likely you may occasionally get in your own way!

You know those seemingly invisible chains that hold you back from reaching your full potential, in relationships, in your career, personal growth, in your health and fitness, and overall well-being.

Most of us have limiting beliefs that can create all kinds of self-inflicted obstacles.

This episode, the first of 2025 looks at how can you manoeuvre that mind of yours and leap over any obstacles with the grace, speed and skill of an Olympic Hurdler!

I introduce to you a couple of ways designed to shift your mindset.

They are:

Thought Reversals

Psychological Flexibility

Click this link Acceptance and Commitment Therapy referenced in this episode to find out more.

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Men often find themselves too busy and distracted from connecting with their partners. There are many reasons for this.

However, there are 4 hidden reasons why many men get distracted - which are harder to spot, because men don’t talk about them.

This episode uncovers some internalised patterns that can distract men, how they impact men's emotional wellbeing and some ideas of what men can do about it .

Do you want to learn more ways to improve your emotional health relationship skills?

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We live in a world that glorifies hustle culture—where the value of hard work and being busy is emphasized, but emotional health often takes a back seat. Many men find themselves caught between the desire to provide and the toll it takes on their mental well-being.

We’re conditioned to power through stress without talking about how we feel, but that just creates more pressure.

This episode is dedicated to all you blokes out there who know, deep down, that your mental health is suffering when the demands of life begin to overwhelm you and you metaphorically lose your balance

In this Movember Episode I’m going to expand on:

• How a loss of balance impacts Men’s Emotional Health and Relationships
• Some of the limiting beliefs that get in the way
• 5 steps designed to help you find more balance.

Do you want to learn more ways to improve your emotional health relationship skills?

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Life can be full of curveballs, uncertainties and moments that we simply haven’t planned for!

Stress and anxiety are hard to ignore.

If you've been feeling or ever felt worried, stressed, nervous, anxious and your brain has a mind of it’s own racing with overthinking, or looping thoughts - this episode is for you!

We look at a bloke's experience of stress and anxiety, how it impacts life and relationships.

Tune in to listen to how men get in their own way and what do to differently.

Do you want to learn more ways to improve your emotional health relationship skills?

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Good communication is vital for a healthy relationship. Obvious right!

Why do some men struggle with communicating with their partner?

This episode provides the practical skills to not only communicate better but to build stronger connection in your relationship.

Do you want to learn more ways to improve your relationship skills?

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How do you manage conflict?

What do men experience when conflict gets in the way of a healthy relationship?

This episode takes a close look at negative conflict styles, how it impacts individual partners and relationships, and provides tips and strategies to see conflict as an opportunity to change.

Do you want to learn more ways to improve your relationship skills?

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Have you ever wondered why emotional distance happens in a relationship?

It's more common than your realise.
What do men experience when this disconnection happens and what helps to reconnect with your partner?

This episode uncovers 6 ways to repair emotional disconnection.

Do you want to learn more ways to improve your relationship skills?

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If this episode raises a need to get some counselling support Howard is available for consultations in Australia.

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Men and Relationships Counselling

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What is it that makes a relationship successful?

This episode is the first of the Man Talk Interviews and in it my colleague and good friend Naomi Rubinstein and I chat about the ingredients required in order to become a master of relationships as opposed to a disaster!

We discuss some of the processes values and relationship skills in the research.

A bit of our work with couples is shared and our brand new forthcoming Relationship Workshop is mentioned too!


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