Becoming the Master: Overcoming Stress, Relationships & Career Struggles

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How to Overcome Life’s Challenges & Find Purpose as a Man

In this powerful episode of Man: Quest to Find Meaning, host James Ainsworth sits down with Ed Bassett to explore the real struggles men face—from overcoming self-doubt and emotional wounds to discovering true purpose. Ed shares his personal journey through divorce, career setbacks, and personal reinvention, offering practical strategies for self-growth and emotional resilience.

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✔️ How to navigate life’s toughest challenges with clarity and confidence
✔️ The role of self-awareness in overcoming setbacks and finding purpose
✔️ Practical mindset shifts to break free from fear, self-doubt, and negative thinking
✔️ The importance of emotional intelligence and self-regulation for men
✔️ Why masculine vulnerability is a strength, not a weakness
✔️ How to build stronger relationships, better mental health, and personal fulfillment

🔹 Who Should Listen?
This episode is for men who feel stuck, lost, or unfulfilled, struggling with relationships, career, or personal identity. If you’re searching for meaning, confidence, and a fresh perspective on modern masculinity, this conversation is for you.

🔹 Why Listen?
Ed’s raw and honest insights provide practical, no-nonsense guidance for any man looking to improve his mental health, resilience, and personal growth. Whether you're dealing with breakups, career transitions, or inner struggles, you’ll walk away with actionable tools to step into your most authentic and powerful self.

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About Ed:

Today, we're talking with Ed Bassett about emotional regulation and communication, accountability and taking self-responsibility and the benefits of building a support system.  He is considered an expert in the areas entrepreneurship, consulting and Mentoring and a growing passion for wellness and growth due to his diverse experience.

Ed is from Trentham in Staffordshire and worked in oil and gas for 25 years in London and overseas before becoming self employed aged 41. 

Recently relocating back to the area, Ed opened a fitness studio and then a climbing centre in 2018, works as a consultant to leisure start ups, is a Gov UK business mentor, a personal coach and runs a men’s development platform called BlueMind . 

A keen traveller and sportsman Ed is passionate about wellness and personal growth. A divorced father of two he is currently is doing up a house in Corfu so he can simply grow olives one day and make appalling wine . 

Intrinsically, he believes that we all have the potential to elevate if we learn the skills to do so, are connected to our own path and that we are not defined by our past and that everything worthwhile in life is challenging.

Want to find out more of what Ed is all about:

http://bluemindapproach.com

instagram is @bluemindapproach