Men Tell You What They Think, Not What They Feel I Professor Green

You ask a man how they feel, they'll tell you what they think.

And I think men struggle to sit with how they feel long enough to really identify what it is that they're feeling.

In this episode, I sit down with Professor Green, Steven Manderson, multi-platinum UK rapper who went on to make the BBC documentary that changed how Britain talks about male mental health.

70% of males in their research said that they wouldn't find their way to therapy unless it was a point

of crisis.

We seek help when it's potentially too late.

It f***ing is.

I've never seen someone tolerate feelings.

A lot of shouting, a lot of swearing, and a lot of suppression, really unhealthy suppression.

I need to learn to sit with how I feel and I need to do it f***ing

quickly.

Stephen opens up candidly about why men wait until crisis point to ask for help, how childhood stress shaped his own body, and the surprising habits that keep him grounded today.

What is the thing you most want him to get from you that he didn't get from your dad? Oh, man.

What does a man who is not okay actually look like when he's still functioning well on the outside?

If someone f***s his s***, that's a real red flag.

I've tracked this with high performers for years.

When cellular energy drops, performance collapses, focus disappears, recovery stalls, but most people don't know their cells are starving.

There's a reason.

I'll explain later.

Steven Manderson, or you may know of him as Professor Green, is a multi-platinum artist with 3.5 million combined UK sales and a long-standing voice in men's mental health through BBC documentaries Calm, Heads Together and Public Campaigns.

Most interviews focus on his story, but today we are going somewhere completely different into what life actually does to our bodies.

I never know whether to call you Stephen or Professor Green.

You ask a man how they feel, they'll tell you what they think.

And I think men struggle to sit with how they feel long enough to really identify what it is that they're feeling.

In this episode, I sit down with Professor Green, Steven Manderson, multi-platinum UK rapper who went on to make the BBC documentary that changed how Britain talks about male mental health.

70% of males in their research said that they wouldn't find their way to therapy unless it was a point

of crisis.

We seek help when it's potentially too late.

It f***ing is.

I've never seen someone tolerate feelings.

A lot of shouting, a lot of swearing, and a lot of suppression, really unhealthy suppression.

I need to learn to sit with how I feel and I need to do it f***ing

quickly.

Stephen opens up candidly about why men wait until crisis point to ask for help, how childhood stress shaped his own body, and the surprising habits that keep him grounded today.

What is the thing you most want him to get from you that he didn't get from your dad? Oh, man.

What does a man who is not okay actually look like when he's still functioning well on the outside?

If someone f***s his s***, that's a real red flag.

I've tracked this with high performers for years.

When cellular energy drops, performance collapses, focus disappears, recovery stalls, but most people don't know their cells are starving.

There's a reason.

I'll explain later.

Steven Manderson, or you may know of him as Professor Green, is a multi-platinum artist with 3.5 million combined UK sales and a long-standing voice in men's mental health through BBC documentaries Calm, Heads Together and Public Campaigns.

Most interviews focus on his story, but today we are going somewhere completely different into what life actually does to our bodies.

I never know whether to call you Stephen or Professor Green.