Episode 113

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2nd Oct 2025

The Silent Struggle - Why Men Still Can’t Talk About Mental Health (And How We Can Change That) with Tim Wotton

Men’s mental health is still one of the hardest conversations to have, both at work and at home. 

Despite all the progress in recent years, too many men continue to stay silent, with devastating consequences. 

In this episode, I’m joined by Tim Wotton, who’s faced more challenges than most, living with cystic fibrosis and type 1 diabetes, and yet has built a life defined by resilience, discipline and hope. 

Tim shares what he’s learned about strength, survival, and why it’s time we change the way men are supported to talk about their mental health.

Highlights:

(05:03) Why silence is still mistaken for strength

(11:37) Tim’s ‘power of three’ resilience philosophy

(18:18) Discipline as the unglamorous key to survival

(27:43) The unseen struggles hidden behind a smile

(36:11) Why men still fear showing vulnerability

Find out more:

Paul McGee The SUMO Guy (Shut Up and Move On)

‘How Have I Cheated Death? A Short and Merry Life with Cystic Fibrosis’ by Tim Wotton HERE and HERE.

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Obehi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/obehi-alofoje-psychologist-aurora/

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About the Podcast

The Wellbeing Rebellion
Welcome to The Wellbeing Rebellion, an award-winning podcast.

We’re Ngozi Weller and Obehi Alofoje, Directors at Aurora — a leadership and organisational effectiveness consultancy.

This podcast explores how the way organisations are led shapes performance, trust, wellbeing and culture over time.

The challenge with many approaches to wellbeing and culture is that they place responsibility on individuals to cope, rather than examining the leadership decisions, behaviours and systems that create the conditions people are working within.

This is where the conversation needs to shift.

On The Wellbeing Rebellion, we explore leadership behaviour, organisational systems and decision-making under pressure through honest conversations with senior leaders and advisors navigating real organisational complexity.

Some episodes are just us. Others bring in leaders and experts reflecting candidly on what works, what doesn’t, and what leadership requires in practice.

If you’re responsible for people, culture or organisational performance — and want to think more critically about how leadership shapes outcomes — this podcast is for you.

About your hosts

Obehi Alofoje

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Obehi is a psychologist and culture change consultant who helps senior HR and business leaders reduce employee burnout, absenteeism & talent attrition through mental wellbeing strategy, training & coaching.

Ngozi Weller

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Ngozi Weller is a culture change consultant and an ICF accredited coach who helps build resilience into your business by creating psychologically safe workplaces that enable employees to thrive.