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Christian O’Connell: Are You Tired of Pretending?

You may know Christian O’Connell’s voice from the Absolute Radio in the UK or his eponymous breakfast show in Australia, but this conversation is about something many men find much harder than talking: admitting they’re struggling.

The award-winning broadcaster and author joins me for an honest, insightful and often funny conversation about the pressures of midlife, feeling trapped by the person everyone expects you to be, and finding a way back to yourself.

Christian describes the panic attacks that left him unable to go on air, why he hid them for years, and his fear that opening up would…

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