Why Men Struggle With Expressing Their Emotions

254: Why Men Struggle With Expressing Their Emotions

In this episode of the MenChat series, Jay is joined by Tripp Lanier to address the question: Why do some men struggle with sharing or expressing their emotions?

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Episode Title: Why Men Struggle With Expressing Their Emotions

Guest: Tripp Lanier – Follow Him on Twitter

Check out Tripp’s podcast, The New Man Podcast

Quotables:

“A lot of times we’re exhausting ourselves trying to outrun what we’re really feeling.” – Tripp Lanier

“It takes great strength to be accessible.” – Tripp Lanier

Questions We Address and Answer:

Why do some men struggle with sharing or expressing their emotions?
Do the majority of men struggle with expressing their emotions?
Why do some men find it difficult to be vulnerable?
Are there certain people that men are only willing to open up to?
What factors affect a man’s willingness to open up?

Key Lessons and Takeaways:

Why most men are unaware that they struggle with expressing their emotions.
Ways men may numb themselves to avoid feeling certain emotions.
The value in learning how to spend time alone with ourselves.
Men’s struggle with vulnerability.
Why we must redefine what strength means.

Experiences:

Tripp opens up about how it was once painful for him to spend time alone with himself.
Jay admits that he never grew up seeing men being vulnerable and explains why he believes vulnerability is something that must be taught.

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