Welcome to episode 117 with Elliott Rae, who is the founder of Music Football Fatherhood (MFF).
MFF is a parenting platform for men which is all about open conversations around fatherhood and has been described as the ‘Dad’s version of Mumsnet’ by the BBC.
After the traumatic birth of his daughter, Elliott struggled with his mental health but went without help for over a year. He would eventually get the help he needed and be diagnosed with PTSD.
He started writing about his experiences as a new Dad and his experiences with mental health and his writing would go on to become the MFF platform and he has now supported thousands of Dads since starting in 2016.
He is now one of the UK’s most prominent speakers and writers on topics around fatherhood, masculinity, mental health, equal parenting and gender equality.
In this episode I chat to Elliott about becoming a Dad and the impact that has had on all aspects of his life.
We chat about the birth of his daughter and the mental health challenges he faced afterwards and everything that led to him being diagnosed with PTSD.
We also chat about setting up MFF and the incredible work that they do and we chat about parenting, being dads, being husbands, masculinity and everything in between.
A lot of the things that we covered in this episode where very close to my own experiences with fatherhood and my mental health so it was amazing to chat to Elliott and shows just how important his work is.
Elliott is particularly active on Linkedin linkedin.com/in/elliott-rae-a3a469144
Connect with him on Instagram @iamElliottRae or his websites:
https://musicfootballfatherhood.com
You can watch his BBC documentary here: BBC iPlayer - We Are England - Series 1: Becoming Dad - Watford
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