Mikey is the host of the Mikey On Mute podcast. He is a father of two, a new husband, and an everyday guy.

Hey! My name is Mikey, and I’m a man in my mid-thirties. I have long suffered through my daily battles of mental health issues, and for most of my life, I did that silently. This belief that “men don’t talk about their emotions” led me to hold in a lot of pain and learn unhealthy coping mechanisms. At my lowest point in April 2020, I wound up staying five days in in-patient care due to my state of mind. This started a journey of learning about mental health care, a trial-and-error path of medications, ups and downs with dependency and external validation, partial hospitalization, and much more. Join me in opening up the conversation and breaking the stigma that reaching out for help makes you weak. Let’s get off mute together!