The Great Man Within The Unmentionable Men’s Mental Health Issues feat. Dr. Myles Spar
#180:
In the dead of night, when his family is asleep a father is crippled with loneliness.
Among a group of friends, a straight man fears saying something that may get him called gay.
Around the world, each minute, a man commits suicide.
These are some of the many undiscussed mental health issues that plague men – and the people who love them – unnecessarily.
As we are now officially in Movember – a month dedicated to focusing on men’s mental health issues – we’ve brought back a popular guest – a doctor of Integrative Men’s Health – who came on the show way back when the pandemic was just starting to take hold: Dr. Myles Spar.
Who is Dr. Myles Spar?
- Dr. Spar is a medical doctor focused on Integrative Men’s Health
- His first time on the podcast he came to discuss optimal men’s health – fitness, nutrition, hormone balance and of course, dick stuff
- He is the Chief Medical Officer of Vault Health, a men’s health company providing at home services focused on sex, body and brain health
- Vault was actually the first FDA approved at home COVID test
- He is the author of Optimal Men’s Health and Dr. Andrew Weill wrote the forward to his book
- Member of the Great Man Mastermind
In this Episode:
- Why men can be surrounded by people and still feel alone
- How men are dying to open up to other men…but the conditions need to be right for us to feel safe (and those conditions are often quite hard to find)
- Why Millennials and Gen Z seem to be far less confined to the rigid traditions of what masculinity is “supposed to be”
- Why being 45 and feeling 45 don’t have to be the same thing
- Whether too much ejaculation can have a negative effect on your life force How latent homophobia in straight men can adversely effect so many facets of his life – like forging deep bonds with other men or showing vulnerability
Dr. Myles Spar’s Resources:
Dr. Spar’s First Episode on The Great Man Within Podcast: Optimal Men’s Health Vault Health: https://www.vaulthealth.com The Get It Up Podcast: Frank and Beans Episode Dr. Spar’s Newsletter: https://drspar.com Dr. Spar’s Book: Optimal Men’s Health