Ep:11 Life is Not a Problem to be Solved: Michael Talbot-Kelly on Narrative Psychology and Midlife

What if midlife isn't a crisis — but an invitation? Michael Talbot-Kelly is a narrative psychologist, counsellor and men's inner work guide who has spent decades helping men rewrite the stories that are quietly running their lives. In this conversation Martin and Michael explore the Johnny story — a man who went from psychiatric ward to PhD and what that reveals about human resilience — the difference between the story you inherited and the story you actually want to live, why so many men hit 40 and feel like strangers in their own lives, the concept of soul stitching mind and body back together, and why midlife is not the beginning of the end but the most creatively fertile chapter a man can enter. If you've ever felt like the protagonist of a life you didn't quite choose — this one is for you. Episode 11 of Odyssey & Alchemy.