The Men We Forgot to Teach How to Feel | Dr Teyhou Smyth on Male Mental Health, Isolation & Emotional Connection

Spiritual Infinity · Oct 25, 2026 · 52m

For generations, boys have been taught to be strong, independent and resilient. They have been told not to cry, not to complain and, too often, not to reveal vulnerability.

But what happens when those boys become men and encounter divorce, loneliness, financial pressure, fatherhood, rejection, grief or a life that simply does not unfold as expected?

In this episode of Spiritual Infinity, I speak with Dr Teyhou Smyth, a clinical counselor with around 15 years’ experience in mental health, whose work includes relationships and attachment, addiction, clinical supervision and extensive work with…