S3 E9 Surrounded by People, Known by No One: The Death of the Silent Man

Somewhere along the way, you built a wall to protect yourself — and it worked so well it kept out the people who actually wanted in.

This episode gets into why so many men go silent instead of speaking up, how the stoic masculinity myth quietly turns into silent treatment at home and emotional distance from your people, and what real vulnerability and emotional intelligence look like once you're done carrying it all alone.

Elena

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