Ep 10 – 3 Things 15 Years Of Anger Taught Me
The Reclaimed Man · Episode103 Things 15 Years Of Anger Taught MeFor thirty-five years, I was proud of being the bloke who never got angry. Then it started showing up in traffic, on the golf course, and while walking the dog. In this episode of The Reclaimed Man, I...
Ep9 – You Buried The Dream. Then You Called It Wisdom.
The Reclaimed Man · Episode 9You Buried The Dream Then You Called It WisdomThis is longer than step 6 on purpose. The Apple and Spotify description is short; the website page is not. "I've realised I don't need to hit those numbers." There is nothing wrong with that...
Ep 8 – How A Skeptic Found God At 51 — Without Religion
The Reclaimed Man · Episode 8How A Skeptic Found God At 51 — Without ReligionWhen I was seven or eight, I talked to God every night. Lying in bed in our house in Colac, with the dog asleep down the end of it. I'd tell him about my day — what went wrong at school, what...
Ep 7 – 4 Reasons You Wake At 3am — And None Of Them Are Sleep
The Reclaimed Man · Episode 74 Reasons You Wake At 3am — And None Of Them Are SleepFor about three months of my life I woke at two fifty-eight in the morning. Not roughly. Two fifty-eight, two fifty-nine, three-oh-one — every single night, inside a three minute...
Ep 6 – 3 Reasons The Weight Won’t Shift — And Food Isn’t One Of Them
The Reclaimed Man · Episode 63 Reasons The Weight Won’t Shift — And Food Isn’t One Of ThemLast September I was told I had cancer. Within about a week I'd changed how I ate, completely — straight to ketogenic, sugar out, no wavering. Give me a hard thing to do and a...
Ep 5 – The 3 Roles Costing You The Life You Want
The Reclaimed Man · Episode 5The 3 Roles Costing You The Life You Want A mate texted me last week. Three words: how are you? And I sat there with my thumb over the screen for longer than I want to admit — because I'm good ends the conversation, and there was a...
Ep 4 – What Actually Makes A Man
The Reclaimed Man · Episode 4What Actually Makes A Man Should a man still open the door for a woman? Should he still pay the bill? Thirty years ago most men answered without thinking. Now most men freeze — caught between two cartoons: the testosterone-fuelled...
Ep 3 – Why Nothing You Achieve Ever Feels Like Enough
The Reclaimed Man · Episode 3Why Nothing You Ever Achieve Feels Like Enough For forty years I ran on a sentence a ten-year-old boy heard from his mother. It became an operating system. Prove yourself. Prove it again. Earn the right to be loved. It produced a...
Ep 2 – Why You Drink Every Night — And It’s Not About The Alcohol
The Reclaimed Man · Episode 2Why You Drink Every Night - And It's Not About The Alcohol Life can be hard. I get it. Work that matters. People who depend on you. A family you love. It's a lot to carry — and most days you carry it well. So most evenings — almost...
Ep 1 — I Had Stage 4 Cancer and Crippling Anxiety. Here’s What It Taught Me.
The Reclaimed Man · Episode 1I Had Stage 4 Cancer and Crippling Anxiety. Here's What it Taught Me. Dublin Airport. August 2022. I'd just watched my son Edison play in the bronze medal match at the Under 21 Lacrosse World Championships. He was representing...