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Last week on the podcast, we explored the global growth of the WNOW movement (click here to go bak and listen), and in this episode, we’re taking a closer look at the local stories of men in Australia. Co-founder Dave Eccles, and our podcast Wizard, Thomas, woke up early to join the Wednesday morning meet-up at the Maroubra and Bondi Chapters, chatting with the men who gather each week to be part of WNOW.

In this episode Andrew, Dave and the guys from WNOW discuss:

4:00 Chris growing up coming from privilege and his journey in recognising that, struggling with isolation but finding solace in WNOW and what makes WNOW unique in its ability to get men to drop their body armour.

14:30 Why Tony (Monty) Burns moved to Australia, the connection with role models that Monty gets from WNOW and finding himself as a better person every Wednesday morning after WNOW.

20:00 Gary’s rough upbringing and traumatic work past, how Gary used to deal with his emotional problems and the benefits Gary gets from dropping his body armour at WNOW.

29:00 Donncha’s journey to dropping his body armour after getting his cancer diagnosis, learning to live in the present and enjoy the now and how Donncha has seen WNOW change people’s lives.

36:15 How Tom came to accept his more sensitive side after his mental health declined, how Tom fell away from WNOW and then came back and some of the reasons Tom loves coming to WNOW.

45:00 Rob’s identity crisis coming out of COVID and how WNOW helped him find himself, falling back in love with fitness and exercise and how coming to WNOW has even helped Rob’s kids.

56:15 Sonny’s love for the community WNOW has given him in Bondi, Sonny’s realisation that he needed the connection that WNOW brings and how WNOW helps Sonny set up his day for success.

You can find WNOW at their Website: https://www.wnow.com.au/
Follow WNOW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w__n__o__w/?hl=en
Follow WNOW on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wnow-when-no-one-s-watching/

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In this Bite Size from episode #95 Matty Lansdown walks us through the steps he would take when coaching someone to deal with their emotional eating, Matty explains that to begin with you don’t have to make any changes, just build a bit of self awareness.

Matty then sheds a bit of light on his traumatic past and how he has come to this method of helping people lose weight and control their emotional eating after facing his trauma and overcoming it.

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The phenomenal expansion of WNOW is rapid, growing from a humble start to 35 groups of men with international growth in sight 🌏

WNOW is a community of men who meet weekly to support each other in a fun way and explore what it means to be a better man, tackling challenges together and focusing on improving their mental, physical, and emotional health to be the best role model they can be for themselves and all those around them.

Founders, Tadhg Kennelly and Dave Eccles, emphasize the power of media and leveraging past achievements to drive awareness for essential causes.

Listen to the full episode to discover the inspiring journey of WNOW and how you can get involved.

In this Episode Andrew and the boys from WNOW discuss:

2:00 Tadhg’s recent trip to Europe, the phenomenal growth of WNOW and Tadhg feeling comfortable using his name to promote a cause.

7:30 Dave’s commitment to being a vegetarian, Tadhg’s interview about WNOW on channel 7 and a recap of how WNOW started.

15:00 The growing loneliness stats, how Tadhg had to shift his identity after retiring from playing and then losing his job and trying to connect more with his Mum.

24:30 Dave’s astonishment by the amount of different people they get at WNOW, their aspiration for WNOW to be the largest men’s health charity in the world and overcoming people telling them they can’t do this.

31:00 WNOW looking for a big sponsor to help spread the message, an update on Andrew’s dad and why men have trouble saying I love you.

41:20 Why Steve set up a WNOW chapter in the US, the purpose of WNOW being it’s beating heart and church is currently the only other community available to many small town Americans.

48:10 Why Hamish’s WNOW chapter in New Zealand is so successful, the tragic backstory of why it started and feeling like you’re a part of something much bigger.

54:30 Starting a WNOW chapter in Ireland after resonating with the message of dropping your body armour, how Steven plans on growing the chapter through community engagement and why WNOW is like a women’s group but for men.

You can find WNOW at their Website: https://www.wnow.com.au/
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