Nobody Cares About Dad

Dad Chat - Episode #9 "It got so bad I actually planned how I was going to do it"

This week I sat down with Joe, Joe opens up for the first time about his battle with his own mental health battles which started during the pregnancy of his second child. Joe details how he had to go and seek help 3 times from a professional before a year ago he very nearly took his own life. We discuss what more can be done to help people struggling.

Dad Chat - Episode #8 "Never did I ever make it to work on Monday"

Here I talk to Scott about what life was like growing up on a rough estate, growing up with a group of lads that became brothers. Then he became a step dad to 3 at the young age of 22 ,before turning his life around losing 8 stone in less than a year and becoming a boxer. Scott now runs a boxing gym in Grantham hoping to give kids who could potentially end up on the wrong side of the tracks an outlet and somewhere to blow off steam.

Dad Chat - Episode #7 Jay Strand "I became the arsehole I never wanted to be"

Here I sit down with Jay, Jay talks openly about growing up without a dad before being very honest about how adapting to becoming a dad at 20 and a dad of 2 by the time he was 21 was a real struggle for him. Jay also talks about how he got himself into gear in 2020 to shed 5 and half stone.

Dad Chat - Episode #6 "During the first lockdown I tried to commit suicide"

This week I sat down with Alun "Taff" Watkins. Taff talks very openly about his journey from the small mining town of Merthyr Tydfil to serving in the British Army. Taff is open about his experiences and views of his dad before becoming a dad of two daughters himself. Taff is very candid about his spiral after being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease which changed his life completely , before the pressures of the first lock down lead to him trying to commit suicide leaving him in a coma for 3 weeks.

Lad Chat - Virtual Social 3 - Harry & Megs, Covid Vaccine Program, Taking A Knee

This week me and Ady talk about what's gone on the world over the past week or two, we discuss Harry & Megan's latest news, ponder has taking a knee at football run its course and a few other bits from the Covid vaccine program and landing yet another rover on Mars. 

Dad Chat - Episode #5 - Championing Men's Mental Health

This week I sat down with John from mhsupport4dads (you can find him under that name on Instagram) We talked openly about Johns upbringing and his relationship with his dad to becoming a father, before culminating with his journey to signpost the support out there for men struggling with mental health. Johns Instagram is packed with some fantastic content and interviews with other dads so please get over there and check it out. Some of the topics we cover in this weeks episode are the lack of support for men, what this current pandemic is doing for people's mental health and suicide. As ever if you could hit the subscribe button and hit that bell notification that will help us reach more dads and ultimately help more people.

Lad Chat - Virtual Social 2 - Influencers, Sir Tom, Social Media

Here me and Ady talk about what's been happening in the world over the last few weeks. We cover the Dubai influencers, Sir Captain Tom and discuss the dark side of social media. Virtual Social is different from our weekly interview podcast, Virtual Social is just two dads talking about what's happening in the world. 

Dad Chat - Episode #4 - Playboy to family man

This week I sat down with Marcell Edwards to talk about his life growing up without a father to be coming a father of 3. Marcell is very candid about his struggles in adapting to being a dad, whilst we both give our views on being mixed race fathers to white children, whilst touching on our experiences of growing up mixed race in todays world. I enjoyed this one I hope you will too.

Dad Chat - Episode #3 Greg Goodall - 3 Miscarriage's "it shouldn't be this difficult"

This week I sat down with Greg Goodall to talk about his journey through fatherhood.
 
Greg and his wife suffered the unfortunate loss of 3 pregnancies' before finally have two both 2 years apart. This week we talk about how the current situation with the covid crisis is effecting him and his business and ponder the effects it is going to have on the children long term. From a 3 week wedding to moving to the middle east we cover all of the last 36 years for Greg in a fascinating chat.
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Dad Chat - Episode #2 "Prison was the best thing that happened to me"

This week I sat down with Dean Michniew to talk about becoming a dad at a young age before ending up in prison which ultimately changed his life. Losing his own dad at 11 years old and becoming a dad of two, trying to navigate fatherhood without the guidance of his own father. Dean is very open about his struggles with mental health and what he hopes for the future.