Sam Thomas, founder of Different Hats and the You Alright Mate? campaign, sits down with us for a blunt conversation about men, money, and the moment success nearly killed him. At 40, after a decade of chasing the millionaire dream, he found himself crying in his car, convinced he’d failed at life. Walking back into the house to his kids’ hugs and his wife’s arms flipped the script: if success was measured in relationships instead of wealth, he was already rich. That realisation became the start of a mission to rewrite what “doing well” actually means.Sam unpacks that turning point, the suicidal thinking that led up to it, and how he rebuilt his life around love, presence, and “enough” instead of Lamborghinis and follower counts. We go into the damage done by the current definition of success, the role of social media in warping young minds, and why Year 10 classrooms still equate “making it” with fame and money. Sam explains his work in schools teaching emotional literacy, active listening, and the basics of talking about feelings without shame — and why that matters more than exam scores for the next generation.We then dig into the reality of money pressure: why lack of money keeps so many men in permanent fight-or-flight, why financial stress sits behind so many suicides, and how to hold ambition without letting it run your nervous system into the ground. Sam breaks down his You Alright Mate? movement, the Monday check-in ritual, the programmes he’s building for workplaces, and his belief that asking for help is courage, not weakness. It’s an honest, unpolished look at what happens when you stop saying “I’m fine” and start measuring life by love, presence, freedom, and the willingness to tell the truth about how you’re actually doing.Listen to Sam’s Podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7J1P3Qckm5iEOrJz3gTalK Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/different-hats-podcast/id1565427906Learn more about You Alright Mate?: https://www.different-hats.co.uk/you-alright-mateSend us a text

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