Finding someone to speak to about your mental health as a man can be frustrating. We're told to open up, be vulnerable and reach out. But sometimes the result doesn't feel like what we're looking for. Philip Armstrong understands that.

After 15 years in the Australian Defence Force, he was medically discharged for staph infection while also trying to process the loss of his fellow soldiers in a tragic field accident.

Left with no support, he drank himself into alcoholism and it took his marriage falling apart for him to realise he was struggling.

Inspired by his lived experience, Philip trained as a counsellor, earned his PhD and now helps men cut through the noise and deal with life in a practical, no-nonsense way through his business, Man Counsellor.

This is Philip Armstrong...

How many of us have had our sporting aspirations crushed by injuries? Not to mention the chronic aches and pains that can creep in, take hold and become part of who we are as we age into our ripe old 30s and 40s - on the fast track to our inevitable decline...BUT I've got some good news, my guest today says it doesn't have to be that way...

Suffering from osteitis pubis from his mid-teens, James's ability to play footy, and the identity that came with it, was slowly stripped away.

After being told by a specialist that his body was “cooked” in his twenties, and he may as well stop playing, the depression that had been building under the surface came crashing forward.

Now at 35 he's making a comeback to playing footy and running his own physio practice, working to free people from the cycle of pain and defeat, with the ethos that no one's too far gone to turn it around.

This is James Brown...

Bryce didn't think much about becoming a dad, until he started building a life with his wife Marie.

Their journey towards becoming parents got off to a rough start, enduring a miscarriage, before Marie eventually fell pregnant with their son, Harry. The pregnancy was healthy and normal all the way to full-term, when Marie noticed Harry wasn't moving.

They went to hospital expecting reassurance, but instead were met with utter devastation - their baby had stopped breathing.

In the days that followed, Marie gave birth to Harry, and together they spent time meeting and mourning their boy.

The pain of the loss was indescribable, and they still live with the grief every day, but despite it all, their hope has been restored.

Years on, Bryce is now a father to twin boys, two gifts he and Marie believe were sent to them by Harry, the boy they'll carry with them always.

This is Bryce Matthews...