HeyJaredYoung Blood - Men’s Mental Health
Young Blood - Men’s Mental Health is the award-winning volunteer podcast dedicated to young men's mental health.This life-changing archive of lived experience exists to share authentic stories of hardship, resilience and recovery, told by men under 40 and their loved ones…
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Backing Yourself Through Cancer (opens the original)
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At 20 years old, Xavier was a fit and healthy footy player, with no reason to think the back pain he’d been experiencing was anything serious. After months dealing with chronic pain, scans revealed multiple tumours in Xav's spine. He was hit with the shock diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and in an instant life veered dramatically off course. Footy and Uni were replaced with chemo and spinal surgery, and while Xav put on a brave face, depression and an identity crisis were raging internally. No
How Do You Live Through Unthinkable Loss? (opens the original)
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From 2025 to 2026, Justine has lost two brothers to suicide. While her younger brother, Glen, struggled with addiction and his mental health for a long time, her eldest brother, Rowan, never showed any obvious warning signs. Even after losing Glen and becoming an outspoken mental health advocate, Justine had no idea how much Rowan was struggling. She has her own lived experience of that struggle, having lived part of her life in addiction with suicidal thoughts of her own, before getting sober a
How Childhood Shapes the Men We Become (opens the original)
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Every man has a childhood. Most of us think we've left it behind. But author, Brendan James Murray argues we haven't. The fears, beliefs, patterns and wounds we carry as men often begin long before we're conscious of how they shape the way we think, feel and act. After more than a decade as a high school teacher, Brendan set out in search of answers to some of the big questions that emerged from the classroom. His latest book, Childhood, explores why some boys slip through the cracks, become dis
Making Meaning From Suffering (opens the original)
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Gabe was first on the podcast back in 2022 after losing his arm to a flesh eating infection. At the time, he was rebuilding his life and chasing a new dream of representing Australia at the Paralympics. Now, midway through 2026, it's fair to say things haven't quite gone to plan. Since we last spoke, Gabe's undergone more surgery, suffered a cycling crash that left him with a broken neck and brain injury, learned to walk again, and most recently, been diagnosed with a brain tumour. We talk about
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