Mid-life Men: the mental health podcast
Have you ever felt like you’ve become lost in your own life?
Many men struggle to talk about their problems and mental health and grew up believing that to do can be perceived as a sign of weakness or failure. There is also a lack of open discussion in society around men’s mental health, especially aimed at mid-life men. As a result, at times many men can feel alone and lost in their own lives.
In this podcast series, I talk to mid-life men about their stories; the challenges, the turning points, and the support received to help them find their way so that others who may be suffering in silence or don’t know what to do next, realise that they are not alone and there is help available.
Stories will cover a whole range of challenges faced by mid-life men mainly relating to the causes of mental health issues including feelings of isolation, depression, job dissatisfaction, addiction, PTSD, and long-term illness.
The podcast is NOT a replacement for professional support and we signpost to organisations and their contact details by episode.
If you have a story you would like to share or any feedback on the podcasts, please email me: midlifemen01@gmail.com.
Mid-life Men: the mental health podcast
How To Rebuild A Life That Fits, with Michael Rice
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In this episode, I’m joined by Michael Rice, a bioarchitect and the founder of Mentorus. Michael approaches men’s lives the same way he approaches buildings: by looking at foundations, structure, and whether what’s been built is actually fit for purpose. After years designing physical spaces, his work now focuses on helping men understand why a life that looks solid on the outside can quietly stop working from within, and how to rebuild it with intention, clarity, and honesty.
We talk about what happens when the life you’ve constructed no longer fits who you are, and how midlife often reveals this not as a crisis, but as a structural problem that can be understood, and changed.
A key part of this conversation is about the four archetypal parts that operate inside most men, whether we’re conscious of them or not, and what it looks like when they’re missing or out of balance in everyday life:
- the part of you that takes responsibility but ends up carrying everything alone;
- the part of you that should set boundaries but stays silent or explodes;
- the part of you that thinks constantly but feels stuck and overwhelmed;
- the part of you that wants closeness, joy, and connection but feels switched off.
We talk about how midlife often exposes these fractures, and why that’s not a failure, but a signal.
Most importantly, this isn’t a conversation that stays in theory. Michael shares simple, practical ways men can start changing things without quitting their job, blowing up their family, or pretending everything is fine.
This episode is for men who feel:
- unfulfilled and continuing down the wrong path in life;
- disconnected from themselves or the people they care about;
- unsure how to find a way forward to the life they want.
About MENTORUS
In a world where information and knowledge are readily available and accessible, the commodity and quality of Wisdom becomes increasingly difficult to procure and purpose. The unstable landscape of perception and cognition is cluttered and difficult to navigate. Without Truth as our compass, we either stall and forget, or stumble onwards, blind to our inner flame, reacting, rather than creating.
Mentorus provides a Map and the wisdom to read it. It invites the courageous man to dive deep into his true nature, developing contextual awareness of the myriad machinations and meanings of this copy realm, and, most importantly, his role within it. It guides him on a Journey of re-discovery and re-memberance; providing inspiration, insight and illumination - stimulating a powerful impulse to upheave and burn away the accumulated programs, beliefs, and limits, imposed and assumed, and affords him the strength to explore and express his true essence and creative power.
To contact Michael, email him @ 13mentorus@gmail.com.
