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On that point of advice that you gave me there about emotional health, one of the things that's been very front of mind for me at the moment is men's health, specifically men's emotional health.
On that point of advice that you gave me there about emotional health, one of the things that's been very front of mind for me at the moment is men's health, specifically men's emotional health.
Because I read a report that came out in March called Lost Boys, and it just details this pretty horrific picture of men's emotional health in the UK at the moment in particular, but the trend holds around the world. And It came out in the start of March. It's been in all the newspapers in the UK. And it details a couple of sort of headline stats. The reverse gender pay gap amongst young men.
Because I read a report that came out in March called Lost Boys, and it just details this pretty horrific picture of men's emotional health in the UK at the moment in particular, but the trend holds around the world. And It came out in the start of March. It's been in all the newspapers in the UK. And it details a couple of sort of headline stats. The reverse gender pay gap amongst young men.
So women are now earning more. You know the stats probably around suicide. Yeah, suicide. And one in seven young men are unemployed or out of work. All these sort of horrific stats. And then it compounds with things like suicidal ideation, et cetera, et cetera. I was thinking about this this morning when I was listening to some of your work.
So women are now earning more. You know the stats probably around suicide. Yeah, suicide. And one in seven young men are unemployed or out of work. All these sort of horrific stats. And then it compounds with things like suicidal ideation, et cetera, et cetera. I was thinking about this this morning when I was listening to some of your work.
I was thinking, I wonder what Peter's perspective is on what it is to be a man. Actually, it does kind of dovetail into some of your work around testosterone and the decline in testosterone. And because one of the things I was thinking about is how testosterone plays a role in what it is to be a man. But if you look at the stats around testosterone, it appears to be declining. Yes.
I was thinking, I wonder what Peter's perspective is on what it is to be a man. Actually, it does kind of dovetail into some of your work around testosterone and the decline in testosterone. And because one of the things I was thinking about is how testosterone plays a role in what it is to be a man. But if you look at the stats around testosterone, it appears to be declining. Yes.
And I say this in part as well because testosterone causes a certain set of behaviours.
And I say this in part as well because testosterone causes a certain set of behaviours.
um in men that define and shape what a man is and what they want and how they show up and even when i said earlier on protection as one of the three things i cared about that's probably in part because of the testosterone in me this debate around testosterone this conversation around testosterone um and its decline Is it declining? It is. It is. Why is it declining?
um in men that define and shape what a man is and what they want and how they show up and even when i said earlier on protection as one of the three things i cared about that's probably in part because of the testosterone in me this debate around testosterone this conversation around testosterone um and its decline Is it declining? It is. It is. Why is it declining?
I was thinking as you were speaking about sleep and testosterone, about how, and also the link there with bad diets, how if I've not slept well, I wake up and make...
I was thinking as you were speaking about sleep and testosterone, about how, and also the link there with bad diets, how if I've not slept well, I wake up and make...
It seems to me to be the thing furthest upstream in my life that then causes this cascading effect to how I show up at work. in sort of cognitive performance, how well I can articulate myself. If I go to the gym, how hard my workout is, if I choose healthy options versus unhealthy options. So it feels like- And mood in general. Yeah.
It seems to me to be the thing furthest upstream in my life that then causes this cascading effect to how I show up at work. in sort of cognitive performance, how well I can articulate myself. If I go to the gym, how hard my workout is, if I choose healthy options versus unhealthy options. So it feels like- And mood in general. Yeah.
You know, you asked me at the start, you said, what are the things that you want to do when you reach your marginal decade? And I gave you my answer. What's your answer to that? Now that you're a father and have, you're in a different season of life.
You know, you asked me at the start, you said, what are the things that you want to do when you reach your marginal decade? And I gave you my answer. What's your answer to that? Now that you're a father and have, you're in a different season of life.
And when you think about all those things you want to accomplish, if we were then to sort of codify them into a bunch of exercises or areas of your health that you had to now be thinking about that I needed to be thinking about, what are the most important things? So I'm a 32-year-old.
And when you think about all those things you want to accomplish, if we were then to sort of codify them into a bunch of exercises or areas of your health that you had to now be thinking about that I needed to be thinking about, what are the most important things? So I'm a 32-year-old.