What happens when everything you thought defined you is taken away?

In Episode 3 of Boys Will Be Boys, we sit down with Dave Smith MBE — a man who has lived through cancer, paralysis, repeated spinal surgeries, and the constant reality that his life could change overnight.

But this isn’t a story about fighting. It’s about what comes after. After the identity. After the ego. After the drive to prove something.

This is a conversation about stillness, acceptance, and what it actually means to live well when time becomes real.

In this episode Dave opens up about:

• Living with a tumour that could end his life at any time
• Why chasing highs can become a way of avoiding reality
• Losing identity through sport, injury, and illness
• The role of ego in recovery and resilience
• Learning to let go of control
• The difference between happiness and true contentment
• Why most men struggle to sit with themselves
• The power of stillness, presence, and human connection

Boys Will Be Boys is hosted by Ed Jackson and Matt Pycroft.

We speak to men we respect, not for what they’ve achieved, but for how they think, how they’ve struggled, and what they’ve learned.

This is about modern masculinity, without the cliches and the bullshit.

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