Welcome visionaries, creators, innovators, entrepreneurs, leaders, and growth seekers of all types to the Passion Struck Podcast.

Hi, I'm John Miles, a peak performance coach, multi industry CEO, Navy Veteran, and entrepreneur on a mission to make Passion Go viral for millions worldwide.

In each week, I do so by sharing with you an inspirational message, an interviewing, high achievers from all walks of life who unlock their secrets and lessons to become an Passion Struck.

The purpose of our show is to serve you the listener by giving you tips, tasks, and activities. You can use to achieve peak performance and for too a Passion-driven life you have always wanted to have. Now help. Let's become Passion Struck.

Welcome to Momentum Friday in episode 55 of the Passion Struck Podcast. And today we passed a huge milestone. I think that there are many metrics that you can look at or a podcast.

It's popularity, the number of downloads, but to me, the most important thing is the response that you're getting from your audience.

And today we surpassed 1,000 five star likes. Thank you so much for supporting this podcast. I know that there are millions out there and you could be listening to a ton of others. And your time is the most important thing.

So I just wanted to express my gratitude for joining our cause and helping Passion Go viral for millions around the world.

Today's episode is a transition from the ones that I've been doing that were focused on humility, ego, and diplomacy. And over the next couple of weeks, I want to start focusing on mental health and why mental health is so important to you having success in your life and to becoming Passion Struck.

Today's episode starts with two great quotes. The first is from Dwayne D'Arach Johnson. And he says, I found that with depression, one of the most important things that you can realize is that you are not alone. You are not the first to go through it. You're not going to be the last to go through it.

And then, when Prince Harry said the experience I've had is that once you start talking about it, experiencing a mental health struggle, you come to the realization that you realize that you're actually part of quite a large club. And I think both of those two quotes from the rock and from Prince Harry are instrumental in today's episode where I want to impact why your mental health is so important to relationships.

And that work, relationships with friends and family, and your relationship with romantic partners, our mental health has a significant impact on the quality of our relationships, all of those that I just mentioned.

Just like every other single piece of your life, our mental health significantly affects our interactions with others and can lead to significant relationship problems if not properly cared for.

And if you ever suffer in your mental health and occur due to no particular fault of our own, it could be because I high stress levels, those that we often have in our careers, a chemical or hormone imbalance or a traumatic life experience.

And like millions of others across the world, I have dealt with my own mental health struggles. And I think it is so important that we talk about it. And that's why I am doing this episode today.

I think that my mental health has suffered in the past. I have found myself feeling lethargic on edge. And most importantly, I was unable to empathize with loved ones. I found myself feeling isolated, numb and unable to connect with others like I was able to in the past.

And I am not alone and neither are you. So let's talk about how your mental health impacts those relationships. I'm going to first start with talking about how it impacts relationships that you have with romantic partners.

I can all agree that having open communication is absolutely vital for the success of a relationship that you have with a romantic partner.

It's essential because there is going to be no happy relationship if you don't have honest communication and forthright communication.

However, I have found that those moments when I struggle with mental health are when I genuinely grapple with communication with anyone, especially romantic partners. A bit part of this is because we as men tend to close down instead of being vulnerable with those who love us and we love the most.

Let's face it, there has been a significant stigma placed on mental health and especially around the concept of men's mental health. Because of this, opening up to your loved ones can be absolutely terrifying.

Many people, regardless of gender, struggle with the ideations about mental health, it's not just men alone. They feel ashamed and guilty about the feelings that they're experiencing, about how they're viewing themselves and how they think others are likely viewing them.

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