Elite on the outside.
Unravelling within?
Private coaching for elite performers, executives and high-profile men whose personal life is threatening everything they've built.
I coach men who've built exceptional lives, and lost themselves in the process.
Elite on the outside.
Unravelling within?
Elite on the outside.
Unravelling within?
Private coaching for elite performers, executives and high-profile men whose personal life is threatening everything they've built.
I coach men who've built exceptional lives, and lost themselves in the process.
Elite on the outside.
Unravelling within?
Every Monday. One email. The thing most men need to hear but nobody's saying.
The men I work with don't lack success, grit or mindset
The men I work with don't lack success, grit or mindset
They lack the internal infrastructure to sustain it.
Behind the performance, the reputation and the income, a marriage fracturing under pressure. Decisions being made from the wrong place. Patterns of behaviour that everyone in the inner circle can see and nobody has the framework to address.
This is what happens when an entire identity gets built around performance and nothing gets built underneath it.
I've spent over a decade working with men at the highest levels of sport, entertainment and business. Men whose names you'd recognise. Men whose agents, managers and inner circles were watching the situation develop and didn't know what the next step looked like.
The work I do is direct, confidential and built specifically for men who have no template for asking for help, because asking for help was never part of the identity that got them here.
What I bring is rare. The ability to reach that man. To sit with him without judgement or agenda and give him a proven way back to himself, one that doesn't require dismantling the identity he's spent a lifetime building.
When elite talent unravels, the damage doesn't stay contained. Livelihoods, contracts, reputations and relationships absorb the fallout. The work I do protects all of it by getting to the man at the centre of it first.
I have zero interest in who he is on paper, what he earns or who knows his name. I'm only interested in getting him to the core of who he actually is underneath the armour.
I came into coaching feeling stuck and disconnected from myself. On the surface everything looked fine, but internally I was overthinking, second-guessing and lacking trust in who I was. Through this work, I found clarity, confidence, and a stronger sense of self. It wasn’t a quick fix — it was a steady process of coming back to who I am.
Froe
They lack the internal infrastructure to sustain it.
Behind the performance, the reputation and the income, a marriage fracturing under pressure. Decisions being made from the wrong place. Patterns of behaviour that everyone in the inner circle can see and nobody has the framework to address.
This is what happens when an entire identity gets built around performance and nothing gets built underneath it.
I've spent over a decade working with men at the highest levels of sport, entertainment and business. Men whose names you'd recognise. Men whose agents, managers and inner circles were watching the situation develop and didn't know what the next step looked like.
The work I do is direct, confidential and built specifically for men who have no template for asking for help, because asking for help was never part of the identity that got them here.
What I bring is rare. The ability to reach that man. To sit with him without judgement or agenda and give him a proven way back to himself, one that doesn't require dismantling the identity he's spent a lifetime building.
When elite talent unravels, the damage doesn't stay contained. Livelihoods, contracts, reputations and relationships absorb the fallout. The work I do protects all of it by getting to the man at the centre of it first.
I have zero interest in who he is on paper, what he earns or who knows his name. I'm only interested in getting him to the core of who he actually is underneath the armour.
My approach
My approach blends: psychology, behavioural science, emotional regulation, shadow work and transformational coaching.
Clients have told me that my methods sit in the middle between clinical psychology and “woo-woo" spirituality, and feels like really practical and relatable coaching.
No fluff. No endless talking. Insight - Action - Change.
It's therapeutic, grounded, direct, and focused on results.
This isn’t surface-level work.
It’s about going deep, taking radical responsibility, and changing how you think, feel, and show up in the world.
So many men don't feel safe to open up, theres an quiet internal fear of being judged, ridiculed or feeling like a failure.
That's why I do what I do, because I understand how this happens, and no man should feel alone with his pain.
It’s not easy.
But it works.
I came into coaching feeling stuck and disconnected from myself. On the surface everything looked fine, but internally I was overthinking, second-guessing and lacking trust in who I was. Through this work, I found clarity, confidence, and a stronger sense of self. It wasn’t a quick fix, it was a steady process of coming back to who I am.
Froe
My Story
Hi, I’m David. I’m a husband, father of four, coach and founder of Mantra Menswork, but more than that, I’m someone who’s been lost, disconnected, near suicide and built myself back up from rock bottom..
For a long time, I looked like I had it together. Career, family, direction. But underneath, I was burnt out, disconnected, and struggling with who I was meant to be; as a man, a partner, and a provider.
Before this, I was an elite-level Judo athlete and 2nd Dan black belt travelling the world competing for GB. My whole life was built around discipline, competition, and pushing through.
But when that chapter ended, I had nothing solid underneath it and becoming a father brought everything to the surface and I hit a my rock bottom.
I tried therapy and counselling. It helped me talk, but it didn’t change how I was living. It didnt change how I was showing up. I circled round the past and started to understand but couldnt embody the change.
The real shift came when I started doing the deeper work. Not just understanding myself, but rebuilding from the inside out. Learning how to regulate myself. Take responsibility. Reconnect with what actually mattered.
Over the last decade, I’ve combined my background in elite performance with deep personal work to create an approach that is both grounded and practical.
Discipline from sport. Compassion from family life. Knowledge from 10 years of training. And embodied experience of going through it myself.
Now I want to help any man who feels the way I felt, and support him to turn his life around.
I came into coaching feeling stuck and disconnected from myself. On the surface everything looked fine, but internally I was overthinking, second-guessing and lacking trust in who I was. Through this work, I found clarity, confidence, and a stronger sense of self. It wasn’t a quick fix — it was a steady process of coming back to who I am.
Froe
Rated 5/5
I didn’t realise how much I needed this until I started. David created a space where I could finally be honest with myself. I feel clearer, stronger, and more connected than I’ve felt in years.
"I didn’t realise how much I needed this until I started. David created a space where I could finally be honest with myself. I feel clearer, stronger, and more connected than I’ve felt in years."
John
I didn’t realise how much I needed this until I started. David created a space where I could finally be honest with myself. I feel clearer, stronger, and more connected than I’ve felt in years.
MY ST0RY
Hi, I’m David. I’m a husband, father of four, coach and founder of Mantra Menswork, but more than that, I’m someone who’s been lost, disconnected, near suicide and built myself back up from rock bottom..
For a long time, I looked like I had it together. Career, family, direction. But underneath, I was burnt out, disconnected, and struggling with who I was meant to be; as a man, a partner, and a provider.
Before this, I was an elite-level Judo athlete and 2nd Dan black belt travelling the world competing for GB. My whole life was built around discipline, competition, and pushing through.
But when that chapter ended, I had nothing solid underneath it and becoming a father brought everything to the surface and I hit a my rock bottom.
I tried therapy and counselling. It helped me talk, but it didn’t change how I was living. It didnt change how I was showing up. I circled round the past and started to understand but couldnt embody the change.
The real shift came when I started doing the deeper work. Not just understanding myself, but rebuilding from the inside out. Learning how to regulate myself. Take responsibility. Reconnect with what actually mattered.
Over the last decade, I’ve combined my background in elite performance with deep personal work to create an approach that is both grounded and practical.
Discipline from sport. Compassion from family life. Knowledge from 10 years of training. And embodied experience of going through it myself.
Now I want to help any man who feels the way I felt, and support him to turn his life around.
MY ST0RY
Hi, I’m David. I’m a husband, father of four, coach and founder of Mantra Menswork, but more than that, I’m someone who’s been lost, disconnected, near suicide and built myself back up from rock bottom..
For a long time, I looked like I had it together. Career, family, direction. But underneath, I was burnt out, disconnected, and struggling with who I was meant to be; as a man, a partner, and a provider.
Before this, I was an elite-level Judo athlete and 2nd Dan black belt travelling the world competing for GB. My whole life was built around discipline, competition, and pushing through.
But when that chapter ended, I had nothing solid underneath it and becoming a father brought everything to the surface and I hit a my rock bottom.
I tried therapy and counselling. It helped me talk, but it didn’t change how I was living. It didnt change how I was showing up. I circled round the past and started to understand but couldnt embody the change.
The real shift came when I started doing the deeper work. Not just understanding myself, but rebuilding from the inside out. Learning how to regulate myself. Take responsibility. Reconnect with what actually mattered.
Over the last decade, I’ve combined my background in elite performance with deep personal work to create an approach that is both grounded and practical.
Discipline from sport. Compassion from family life. Knowledge from 10 years of training. And embodied experience of going through it myself.
Now I want to help any man who feels the way I felt, and support him to turn his life around.
They lack the internal infrastructure to sustain it.
Behind the performance, the reputation and the income, a marriage fracturing under pressure. Decisions being made from the wrong place. Patterns of behaviour that everyone in the inner circle can see and nobody has the framework to address.
This is what happens when an entire identity gets built around performance and nothing gets built underneath it.
I've spent over a decade working with men at the highest levels of sport, entertainment and business. Men whose names you'd recognise. Men whose agents, managers and inner circles were watching the situation develop and didn't know what the next step looked like.
The work I do is direct, confidential and built specifically for men who have no template for asking for help, because asking for help was never part of the identity that got them here.
What I bring is rare. The ability to reach that man. To sit with him without judgement or agenda and give him a proven way back to himself, one that doesn't require dismantling the identity he's spent a lifetime building.
When elite talent unravels, the damage doesn't stay contained. Livelihoods, contracts, reputations and relationships absorb the fallout. The work I do protects all of it by getting to the man at the centre of it first.
I have zero interest in who he is on paper, what he earns or who knows his name. I'm only interested in getting him to the core of who he actually is underneath the armour.
What this is not…
This is not therapy
You will not spend six sessions talking about your childhood and leave with a worksheet.
This is not another programme
There is no module two. No homework pack. No group Zoom call with twelve strangers.
This is not performance coaching
If you want a productivity system, there are cheaper options. This is for the man whose productivity is fine and whose life is not.
This is not for men who aren't ready
The work is direct and it goes deep. If you want to be agreed with, I am the wrong person.
This is not for men who want to be comfortable
The work asks you to look at the parts of yourself you have spent years avoiding. If you are looking for reassurance that everything is fine, this is the wrong place.
This is not widely available
I work with a small number of men at any one time. That is deliberate so that I can emotionally invest in all of my clients.
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If you have any questions or want to chat about which coaching programme is right for you, I’m here to help. Book a FREE 30 minute session.