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On performing confidence for 18 years, the moment of reckoning, and the strength it takes to finally ask for help S3 EP5
Midlife mental health for men is one of the most under-spoken topics in personal growth. This guest conversation with Jody Arran Brooks, Jay Shetty Certified Life Coach, and George Harb goes straight to the heart of it.
George spent 18 years in corporate leadership performing confidence while asking himself: am I enough? The midlife reckoning came when he lay in bed with a tight chest saying, I cannot keep surviving my life.
In this Season 3 episode on Trust, one of the Nine Principles of Authentic Living:
- Why high performance and midlife burnout can occupy the same body
- What neuro encoding reveals about patterns running since childhood
- The mirror moment and what it asks of you
- Why asking for help is a recalibration of strength, not a surrender
Content note: mental health distress, anxiety, men not seeking help. Handled with care.
Messy Midlife: It's Not a Crisis, It's a Calling to Connect. Hosted by Jody Arran Brooks, a UK-based Jay Shetty Certified Life Coach and midlife transition specialist. If you love Mel Robbins, Brene Brown, Simon Sinek, Jay Shetty, Brendon Burchard, Johann Hari, Dan Harris, Louise Hay or James Clear, this podcast belongs in your library.
Content note: mental health distress, anxiety, men not seeking help. Handled with care.
George Harb
18 years in corporate leadership performing the confidence that high-performing teams expect. Internally, the question that ran underneath was always the same: am I enough?
The moment of reckoning came not on a stage or in a boardroom but in a quiet room. Chest tight. The words arriving before he had planned them: I cannot keep surviving my life. What followed was not dramatic. It was a silent and deliberate journey through personal development work, neuro encoding tools, and the slow, unglamorous process of meeting himself with honesty.
Today George works as a coach at Empower You Coaching, bringing two decades of experience in high-performing teams and over 20 years of personal development work into one-to-one and group coaching. He is also a keynote speaker.
George Harb is a dual-certified neuro encoding specialist and peak performance coach, and the founder of Empower You Coaching.
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