HeyJaredTheClearing.Life Podcast — for men in midlife searching for support and meaning.
The Clearing is a podcast for honest conversations, support and guidance for men in their midlife.A space to pause, reflect, and speak more truthfully about life as it’s actually lived — relationships, identity, pressure, anger, growth, and what it means to be human in a…
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From Child to Caregiver: The parental tightrope of midlife (opens the original)
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I this episode Matt and Karl discuss midlife family relationships, especially changing dynamics with aging parents. Karl shares that both parents died within ten months—his mother died suddenly on Christmas Day and his father died soon after from stage-four cancer—describing their yin-and-yang personalities, the toll of a difficult relationship with his father, and how their influence continues after death, strengthening his bond with his sisters. Matt describes an estranged father who has died
Flexing The Social Muscle: The Secret to Happiness and Longevity (opens the original)
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Picture the train carriage where ninety percent of people are staring at a phone, or the pub where twenty strangers gather because one person decided to be the protagonist. In this episode, Matt and Karl tackle something they're calling social fitness — the idea that connection isn't a fixed trait you either have or don't, but a muscle you can train, just like the one you're chasing at the gym. Matt and Karl explore why so many men are quietly running on empty when it comes to friendship, and wh
The Art of Letting Go: Healing Through Friendship Endings. (opens the original)
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There's a particular kind of ache that comes from a friendship gone sour — not a dramatic blowup, but a slow erosion, a creeping dread before you see their name pop up on your phone. In this episode, Matt and Karl sit with the friendships that didn't make it: the hedonistic ones that burned bright and faded, the ones that quietly turned toxic, and the ones worth fighting to save. It's an honest, occasionally sweary conversation about what happens when the people we love start to drain us instead
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