Episode 100: Misconceptions about Men’s Emotions, w/ Dr. Bryan Violette

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Welcome to Episode 100 of the Being Human Podcast: Misconceptions about Men’s Emotions, w/ Dr. Bryan Violette

In this milestone episode, Dr. Greg and Dr. Bryan dive into discussion about men’s emotional lives, giving listeners a peek into the male psyche while sharing their observations on what it means to be an emotionally healthy man.

Discussed in this episode:

• Is the reluctance by men to talk about mental health issues, relationships, and emotional issues fear-based or constitutive to being a man?
• The role of one’s emotions and the danger of repressing them;
• Refuting the erroneous belief that it is not “a man’s job” to discuss emotions;
• The act of courage required of men to share honestly and vulnerably with other men;
• The ramifications of having an emotionally-distant father, especially upon sons;
• Anger as the emotion men feel most comfortable with;
• How St. Joseph learned receptivity and trust in God from Mary’s example;
• Rigid gender roles and distortions of masculinity;
• The need for men to grow in the gifts of the feminine genius after establishing the masculine gifts;
• The importance of entering into areas of incompetence out of love for the other.

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• The Catholic Gentleman Podcast (episode featuring Dr. Greg);
• Homily of Pope Benedict XVI, Christmas 2006;
• The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill (podcast docuseries);
• Emotional Pornography blog article;
• On the Masculine Genius article in Humanum;
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