Dare to be Different with Craig White

In this episode, author and relationship coach Alison Armstrong breaks down how women often misunderstand men, and how that misunderstanding creates tension, shame, and conflict in relationships. The conversation explores respect, provision, partnership, emotional control, and the deeper pressures many men carry that women often never see.
SHOW NOTES:
- Alison’s story and turning point in how she saw men
- Respect, appreciation and what men respond to
- Purpose, provision and solving problems
- Shame, failure and the male experience
- Giving, receiving and relational balance
- Power struggles and misunderstanding in relationships
- Male self-control and emotional intensity
- Fear, anger and the “rage monster”
Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Lightside Financial Planning - a fiercely independent, Liverpool-based firm focused on clear, human conversations about money. 
Find out more at https://lightsidefp.co.uk/

In this episode, highly successful entrepreneur and Bournemouth Sevens founder Dodge Woodall shares what he sees in successful men who look fine on the outside but are struggling underneath. The conversation explores money, risk, burnout, marriage, emotional awareness, and why more men need honest support before things fall apart.
SHOW NOTES:
 Why many men with status, money, and responsibility still feel deeply lost 
 How risk, pressure, and obsession can drive entrepreneurial success and personal cost 
 What has helped him stay connected to his wife through years of building 
 How his parents shaped his self-belief, discipline, and way of relating to people 
 Why unresolved emotion eventually catches up with men in business and in life
Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Lightside Financial Planning - a fiercely independent, Liverpool-based firm focused on clear, human conversations about money. 
Find out more at https://lightsidefp.co.uk/

In this episode, Craig is joined by Kayse Gehret, a healing arts practitioner and microdosing educator. During the discussion she explains how psilocybin microdosing can support nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and deeper presence. The conversation explores Casey’s personal healing journey, what microdosing actually is, and why so many men are drawn to this work when stress, pressure, and emotional armouring start taking a toll.
SHOW NOTES
-How losing her father and later developing seizures shaped her healing path 
 -What happened when she first tried psilocybin microdosing for her chronic symptoms 
 -Why many men fear softening, slowing down, and feeling more deeply 
 -How microdosing can support nervous system healing, presence, and intimacy 
 -What to consider around dosage, contraindications, and supporting practices
Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Lightside Financial Planning - a fiercely independent, Liverpool-based firm focused on clear, human conversations about money. 
Find out more at https://lightsidefp.co.uk/

In this episode, Craig sits down for a second round with renowned men’s coach Traver Boehm to share his experience of a recent 49 day dark retreat.

Together they discuss what led him back into a 49-day dark retreat after a season of grief, death, and deep internal change. Traver opens up about fear, initiation, the psychological intensity of total darkness, and how the experience altered the way he works, writes, and lives.

SHOW NOTES:

- What pushed Traver to return to the dark
- Why the 49-day retreat felt like an initiation rather than an adventure
- How pain, boredom, grief, and isolation reshaped him
- The moment “one life, soul-led, all in” became his new framework for life
- What changed in his work  and way of relating after he came out
Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Lightside Financial Planning - a fiercely independent, Liverpool-based firm focused on clear, human conversations about money. 
Find out more at https://lightsidefp.co.uk/

In this episode, Craig sits down with his wife Sara Carter to explore trauma, embodiment, healing, and the intelligence of the body. 
Sara shares how surviving rape, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and disconnection led her into a deep journey of somatic healing, self-trust, and learning how to listen to the body.
SHOW NOTES:
- How trauma left her numb, dissociated, and disconnected from her body 
- Why learning to feel safe again became the foundation of her healing 
- How breath, somatic practice, and authentic movement helped her reconnect with herself 
- Why women need to honor their cycles, emotions, and inner communication -
- How truth, honesty, and emotional ownership can transform relationships
Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Lightside Financial Planning - a fiercely independent, Liverpool-based firm focused on clear, human conversations about money. 
Find out more at https://lightsidefp.co.uk/