Blogs & Podcasts
Mantastic! Podcast #20 Suicide
A very relevant topic at the moment and one that is always necessary to have a discussion around. Suicide, at some point, can affect everyone directly...
Mantastic! Podcast #19 Bipolar/Manic Depression - Nuerodiversity and Me
Gurdavar talks about his lifelong experience with feeling different, his Bipolar diagnosis in 2019 at 52 years of age and how things have been for him...
Mantastic! Podcast #18 Addiction aftermath, Suicide, Guilt & Cultivating an Abundance Mindset
Thomas shares personal experiences and insights around personal addictions and coping in recovery from death, guilt, rage & loss. We remind each other...
Mantastic! Podcast #17 What is Leadership?
Do we actually know what leadership means to us? What is a leader? Who can be a leader? What is my style of leadership? Do I have one and how many sty...
Mantastic! Podcast #16 Self Compassion
Sounds like an easy task but is it. Our panel discusses - How we take it easy on ourselves and give ourselves a break when we live in world that teach...
Mantastic! Podcast #15 Boarding School Syndrome
Piers Cross talks to us about his personal experiences of boarding school, How he got through it and how it impacted his life post boarding school. Pi...
Mantastic! Podcast #14 The Mankind Project UK & Ireland
Laurence Johns, Development & Outreach Co-Coordinator for MKP UK/I talks to us about what The Mankind Project is, who it’s for and what it does and...
Mantastic! Podcast #13 Toxic Relationships, Trauma Bonding and Healthy Boundaries
Panel Discussion - How do we know when a relationship is toxic. What defines it. Does a relationship need to be obviously wrong for it to be toxic o...
Mantastic! Podcast #12 Joseph Devlin 1-1 Physical Body and Well-being
@myxyclife Coach Joseph talks body and well-being. With a focus on Pre-habilitation these days rather than rehabilitation. Bringing people back from...
Mantastic! Podcast #11 Loving and being loved in relationships
Our Panel bounces this one around today. Steve brings a great discussion around loving and being loved in personal intimate relationships, how we rela...
Mantastic! Podcast #10 Grief/Learning Circles Scotland
www.xyc-life.com Coach , former Teacher an Policeman, Hypnotherapist, men’s work specialist and learning circles Scotland Founder Thomas Munro. Thom...
Mantastic! Podcast #9 Rage
Our Panel all have a raging rant on this one. Lots of swearing today, not for the faint of heart. Robert brings up the topic of rage and and the impac...
Mantastic! Podcast #8 Panel Discussion Abundance and Joy
Our XYC Life panel discusses Abundance and Joy. What is it, how does it relate to us, how do we experience it, and what gets in the way? We as humans...
Mantastic! Podcast #7 Brad & Ashley Wax Lyrical!
Brad and Ashley wax lyrical about life, relationships and what gets in the way of personal progression and awareness for most people. Consistency is n...
Mantastic! Podcast #6 Ashley Isaacs Shadow Work, Archetypes & life experience.
XYC-Life Shadowwork Coach Ashley Isaacs, The Connection Coach, chats 1-1 about his personal experience of shadow work therapy and biodynamic massage,...
Mantatstic! Podcast #5 Robert Miller 1-1 Energy Healing.
Coach Robert talks to us about energy healing, what it is, how it helps and how he came about learning, understanding and practising energy healing an...
Mantastic! Podcast #4 When my anger affects my family
Ashley Talks about his challenge in parenting his children and not allowing anger to get in the way. How not to pass on some undesirable parenting beh...
Mantastic! Podcast #3 1-1 Compassionate Teaching
If you are a teacher or thinking about being one, this is a great listen for you. If you struggle with a relationship to Authority and Power give this...
Mantastic! Podcast #2 Imposter Syndrome
Imposter Syndrome, The Inner Critic, The Bully or the Heckler! Whatever you call it, it's debilitating and it affects all of us to some degree. A Psy...
Mantastic! Podcast #1 Introduction and Stories
6 men, Coaches, Therapists & Men's Work advocates; Steve, Robert, Ashley, Joseph, Thomas & Brad, introducing themselves, the work they do within Men's...
Spotlight on... Brad Tyack (XYC-Life Founder / Coach / Change Agent)
I struggled with controlling anger and understanding what I was feeling as a young boy, then as a teenager, and this continued into my 20s and adultho...
What is XYC-LIFE? CONVERSATIONS WITH BRAD
The idea is a resource, support, coaching and mentoring connection platform that helps and develops people. It’s about enabling men in particular to...
The single word that defeats negative self-talk
Although some of us have to face it more than others, we can all find ourselves struggling with negative self-talk. It might be the inner voice tellin...
TOUGH PAST EXPERIENCES CAN SHAPE YOU. THEY DON’T HAVE TO HOLD YOU BACK.
We all have what might be referred to as ‘rear view mirror’ life references. These are often more influential than we realise. But they can be val...
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