on August 6, 2025, 9:38 am, in reply to "The Florence Institute (The Florrie) in L8 has a twice weekly Men's Mental Health Walk"
Lots of my conservation volunteers are referred by mens health charities, but my sessions arent really a talking a shop, Im no therapist so cant be much help there. My sessions are more practical based, we do jobs that need doing, hopfully that makes people feel useful and valued and so helps in a different way to the talking sessions. 
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I haven't been on the walks but I know someone who has and apparently it's a great experience where you can chat to people you don't know that well about anything and everything. They generally last an hour or so and then people have a cup of tea back at The Florrie. For anyone that end of town who thinks this might be something for them, email Tony tony@theflorrie.org for more info. Previous Message
Where I live there’s a growing focus on mens well being, up in the head and the physical aspects of life.
It’s a big thing and I know several guys who goes to sessions with other men - strangers, men they don’t know in advance - to talk about … feelings. How they feel mentally and how their marriage is. Work. Relations. Kids.
Some places there’s a stick involved. Only the guy who holds it are allowed to talk. That way you know no one will talk over you, which makes others listen and you open up even more (that’s the philosophy anyways). There’s an expression: Do your male work.
I can’t f****** stand the thought of it. But maybe I’m just a dinosaur as I try to initiate these things in my normal conversations with friends. But I think there’s a possibility that I miss something here. Is this also a thing in the UK? Has anyone tried?
I think this place has more than football to it, but on the other hand people here a not going that deep.
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