MO(MEN)TUM
Giving men momentum by sharing the stories of men who are in it right now.
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A man walked across a park and said six words.
“You stopped me from killing myself.”
A man in a park in Bath, to me, from the Prologue of the book
I was tying gymnastic rings to a tree branch. He had been coming to our free meetups for about two months. Quiet. Shy. Always near the back.
We had not done anything clever. We threw some rings over a branch and said “come move with us”. That was enough to keep a man alive. He is a friend now. The book says he saved me too. Everything I have built since is downstream of that afternoon.
Men are dying quietly.
Men die by suicide far more often than women do. Loneliness makes it worse. As I wrote in the book: “It works like a volume knob that makes every other feeling louder.”
Learn from a man like you.
Plenty of shows hand you the winning lottery ticket: a man far ahead, telling you how he got there. That is hard to copy. You learn best from someone like you, who is still in it, and who shares it while it is happening.
They do not need to be billionaires.
They need a story and the guts to share it. I am one of those men too. I was obese, addicted and lying awake at 4am. “Comparison doesn’t help when you’re drowning. The water doesn’t care how deep someone else’s pool is.”
Everything goes grey.
Find the gold.
That is why there is no colour here. Grey is how it feels from the inside. Gold is the first thing that comes back.
The 5am email
Morning MO(MEN)TUM
Every day at 5am, before your alarm has finished arguing with you. Yesterday’s best clip, one quote, and what is on my mind. Short and honest.
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The podcast
One new episode. Every Wednesday.
Men sharing what they are going through right now. Not the polished version after it is all fixed. The real one, while they are in it.
Be a guest, or suggest one.
If you are in the middle of something and willing to talk about it, tell me. If you know a man whose story would help others, tell me about him. Every guest gives a clear yes before anything goes out.
The book
MO(MEN)TUM, by Ollie Chick
The operating system for men who weren’t given one.
It is about behaviour. How naming your emotions, and knowing what to do with them, changed my life. I was an angry kid with plenty of words and no idea what to do. This is the manual I wish I had.
It is not in the shops yet. You can read all of it free, here, and I would really like your feedback before it goes live.
Read it free online Download the PDF Send me feedback
Want it in four lines? Open the dictionary: pick a feeling and see the action. Nothing is stored.
“The small things aren’t small.”
Prologue, Six Words
“Momentum isn’t a feeling. It’s a physics term. A body in motion tends to stay in motion.”
Chapter 16, Momentum
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The tee.
Black heavyweight tee. MO(MEN)TUM, small, on the chest. Printed by hand and posted within 7 days. Net profits after costs go to men’s mental health.
The book is free to read online. Read it or download the PDF.
School talks
Summer 2027. Schools across the UK.
I will be in the UK for the summer of 2027, and I want to talk to boys in their schools, and to schools of every kind.
My story, what I got wrong, and what I wish someone had told me at eighteen. Straight talk about emotions, behaviour and asking for help, from a man who needed it.
If you are a teacher, a head, or a parent who could get me in a room, tell me about the school.
Where the money goes
Net profits after costs go to men’s mental health.
MO(MEN)TUM is run by Momentum Movement CIC, a community interest company. It exists for men’s mental health, not for profit.
Whatever the tee and everything else make, after costs, goes to men’s mental health. We choose how much and when, and we show the numbers in public.
MO(MEN)TUM is independent. It is not an official Movember event, and not a Movember partnership.