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Second Best To Seen | The Coaching Sessions for Gay Men#10 Gay Men: Take Your Next Step With ClarityJoin The Community on SKOOL.How long have you known what needs to change and been living alongside that knowledge? For a lot of men, the honest answer is a long time. And in that gap, a story starts to build about who you are and what you are capable of.That gap is simply a misunderstanding about how change actually works. Most men were taught that clarity comes before action. That you wait until you feel ready, then move. Your mind reads complete transformation as a threat and asks for solid ground first. Solid ground is...
2026-03-0707 minSecond Best To Seen | The Coaching Sessions for Gay Men#9 Gay Men: Your Best Self AwaitsYou've been saving your best self for someone who hasn't arrived yet. The good cooking, the full wardrobe, the warmth, the devotion, all of it held in reserve like a guest room waiting for a booking that keeps not coming.In this session, David unpacks the trap of outsourcing your happiness to a future partner, where that habit comes from, and how to reclaim that energy so it lands on you first.In this episode, you'll learn:Why waiting for a partner to feel worthy is costing you the life you're living right now...
2026-02-2807 minSecond Best To Seen | The Coaching Sessions for Gay Men#8 Gay Men: Discover The Ease of Saying No: Aligning Your Words with Your TruthYou know exactly where your boundaries are. Intellectually, you’ve done the work. But when the moment arrives to express that truth, you might find a gap between your intention and your action. This episode is for gay men who are ready to bridge that gap and move from hesitation into a state of solid, grounded certainty.In this conversation, we explore why this pause isn't a flaw in your character; it’s actually a sign of your nervous system seeking safety. I share how you can begin to prioritise your own energy by discovering the power of t...
2026-02-2113 minSecond Best To Seen | The Coaching Sessions for Gay Men#7 Gay Men: Choose Your Own StandardYou've been waiting a long time for someone to confirm what you already sense is true about you. Whether it's a date, a job, a friendship, each time you're passed over, that old familiar feeling surfaces. The one that whispers you're not quite enough.Maybe you walk into a room and feel yourself shrink. Maybe you spend your evenings swiping, watching other men seem to magnetise the very things you're reaching for. When someone does show up, you find yourself reshaping, laughing a little too readily, quietly folding away the parts of you that feel too expansive...
2026-02-1407 minSecond Best To Seen | The Coaching Sessions for Gay Men#6 Gay Men: Their Limits Show You How To ShineHave you ever laughed at dinner and saw someone flinch? Or been told your emotions were "making a scene"?So you learned to edit. You learned to read the room. You became a watered-down version of yourself just to keep everyone else comfortable.Here is the truth: Being called "too much" was never a measurement of your flaws. It was a measurement of their limits.When someone tells you you're too loud, too sensitive, or too gay, they aren't describing you. They are confessing what they can't handle.In this episode...
2026-02-0706 minSecond Best To Seen | The Coaching Sessions for Gay Men#5 Gay Men: What High Value Looks LikeHave you ever been told you are "too much"? Or maybe you have been called "high maintenance" just because you deserve basic consistency?In this episode, we are looking at the trap of the "Cool Guy."You know the one. He pretends he doesn't care. He accepts the bare minimum. He shrinks himself down so he doesn't scare anyone away.But here is the truth. Lowering your standards to make someone else comfortable doesn't secure the relationship. It just guarantees you will end up resentful.We are going to flip the...
2026-01-3105 minSecond Best To Seen | The Coaching Sessions for Gay Men#4 Gay Men: Letting Go of Friendships That Don’t FitYou know that friendship...The one that has been running on autopilot for years. Maybe you grew up together. Maybe you survived something hard together. But now? You leave every catch-up feeling drained instead of lifted.Yet you stay.But here is the hard truth we are tackling in this session. Letting go isn't about being disloyal. It is about being honest with yourself.We are going to look at the conflict between the part of you that wants to be a "good friend" and the part of you that just...
2026-01-2410 minSecond Best To Seen | The Coaching Sessions for Gay Men#3 Gay Men: Kind, People-Pleasing? How to Tell the DifferenceKind or Just People-Pleasing? How to Tell the DifferenceSomeone asks you for something and you feel that familiar pressure building. One part of you knows this doesn't work, but the other part says "good people help, caring people sacrifice." So you agree, rearrange your plans, push your needs aside, and three hours later you're sitting there thinking "I've done it again. I've made myself disappear." In this episode, I break down why gay men confuse compliance with kindness, and share three practical techniques to tell the difference between genuine generosity and self-erasure. You'll learn...
2026-01-1717 minSecond Best To Seen | The Coaching Sessions for Gay Men#2 Gay Men: Uncover The 'Always' & 'Never' TrapTwo Words That Might Be Keeping You Stuck (And How to Replace Them)What if the reason you keep cycling through the same frustrations isn't about willpower or discipline, but about two words you've been using to describe yourself? "Always" and "never" aren't just casual language. They're filters that programme your brain to delete evidence of your progress and lock you into an identity that doesn't serve you. In this episode, I break down why these absolutes are so dangerous for gay men trying to build confidence, set boundaries, and break free from people-pleasing patterns...
2026-01-1010 minSecond Best To Seen | The Coaching Sessions for Gay Men#1 Gay Men: You Are Right On TimeIf you've ever scrolled through Instagram at midnight and felt that gut-punch of "I'm behind," this episode is for you. We're dismantling the toxic timeline that tells gay men they've somehow missed the boat if they're not partnered, promoted, or perfectly settled by a certain age. David walks you through three powerful shifts to stop measuring yourself against outdated maps and start recognising what you actually are: calibrated, experienced, and entering your defining years. You'll learn a practical NLP technique to strip that panicked inner voice of its power, discover how to reframe...
2026-01-0111 minSecond Best To Seen | The Coaching Sessions for Gay MenTrailer | Second Best To SeenWelcome to Second Best to Seen | The Coaching Sessions, with me, David Allison SMACCPH.As a mindset coach for gay men, I help you go from feeling like second-best and powerless in your own life, to feeling confident, taking action, setting boundaries and no longer settling. You can also join my coaching community for free here. Take care & Be WellDavid
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