Stories From The Pacific

She is not your rehab: How one barbershop sparked a global conversation for men

May 12, 2026·58 min
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What if healing didn't begin with blame, but with responsibility?Matt Brown's journey from a complex childhood in Aotearoa New Zealand to a barbershop chair sparked an unexpected global movement. What began as conversations between men hiding their pain became She Is Not Your Rehab, a call for men to stop outsourcing their emotional wounds to the women in their lives.Matt shares a powerful story of survival, courage and generational honesty, challenging long-held ideas about masculinity, trauma and accountability. This is a conversation about what happens when men choose to face their own wounds — and how that choice can transform families, communities and futures across the Pacific and beyond.Listen to this conversation with Stories From the Pacific host Bobby Macumber on ABC Radio Australia.

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