Philip Briscoe

Philip Briscoe is the creator and host of the Mid-Life Men podcast, a platform dedicated to honest conversations about men’s mental health, identity, and reinvention in the middle years of life. He started the podcast after recognising how many men silently struggle with loss, change, and emotional isolation—often without the language, permission, or spaces to speak openly about it.

Through deeply personal interviews, Philip has spoken with men from all walks of life about addiction, breakdown, recovery, purpose, and rebuilding. These conversations became the foundation for his book, Men Speak Up—Journeys Through Mental Health, which brings together powerful real-life stories of men confronting crisis and finding a way forward. He later adapted the material into a stage production, taking these stories directly to live audiences and creating shared experiences that challenge the silence around men’s emotional lives.

Alongside his non-fiction work, Philip writes fiction exploring midlife collapse, identity, masculinity, and renewal—using dark humour and realism to reflect the inner worlds many men recognise but rarely express. His work is driven by a simple belief: that men don’t need fixing, but they do need space to be seen, heard, and understood.

Philip’s mission is to help men realise they are not alone—and that even in the most difficult chapters of life, change remains possible.