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EP 125 Stu Bratt - 'Tough Enough to Talk' for Mental Health Week
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🎧 Episode Summary: “Tough Enough to Talk”
In this deeply moving and candid conversation, host Yolanda Hamblen sits down with Stu Bratt—a military veteran, engineer, and founder of Tough Enough to Care, a mental health charity on a mission to break the stigma around men’s mental wellbeing. Stu shares his personal journey through loss, emotional growth, and ultimately, transformation into a fierce mental health advocate. Together, they explore how vulnerability, community, and meaningful conversation can be life-saving.
🔥 Teaser Highlights:
- From RAF to Realisation: Stu opens up about his time in the military and how the "man up" culture nearly cost him his own mental clarity.
- Tragedy Sparks Purpose: After losing two friends to suicide within four days, Stu’s emotional default of blame turned into a mission for change.
- “Lads, Don’t Be a Dick – Talk”: A drunken Facebook post led to the birth of Tough Enough to Care, now a registered charity supporting thousands.
- The Disappearing Pub Culture: Has the decline of traditional male social spaces like pubs made it harder for men to open up?
- Resilience vs. Reality: Why slowing down, self-awareness, and learning to say “no” are vital tools in your mental health toolkit.
- The Social Media Paradox: Connection or comparison? Stu weighs in on how social media magnifies mental health struggles.
- Blair’s Mental Health Comments: Stu tackles Tony Blair’s controversial view on self-diagnosing depression and the UK benefits bill—with nuance and fire.
- Advice for the Silent Struggler: If you’re silently battling, this is the part of the podcast you must hear. You are not alone.
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