Hello and welcome back to the savvy psychologist I'm Dr Ellen Hendrickson and every

week I'll help you meet life's challenges with evidence-based research, a sympathetic ear, and zero judgment.

So today we are all in for a real treat. We're here today with none other than Louis

Howse who is a New York Times best-selling author of the hit book, The School of

Greatness and author of the new book, The Mask of Masculinity.

He's a lifestyle entrepreneur, high performance business coach, and keynote speaker.

A former professional football player and two sport all American. He is currently a

USA men's national handball team athlete. And as all of you podcast

listeners out there likely know he hosts a top 100 iTunes ranked podcast the School of Greatness which has

over 35 million downloads and 500 episodes since it launched in 2013.

Lewis was recognized by the White House and President Obama as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs in the country under 30 and

Details magazine called him one of five internet gurus that can make you rich. Lewis is a contributing writer for

entrepreneur and has been featured on Ellen, The Today Show, the New York Times

people, Forbes, and a zillion other major media outlets.

Lewis, welcome to the show and thank you so much for being here.

Thank you for having me, I appreciate it.

Absolutely. So your newest book is titled The Mask of Masculinity, how men can embrace vulnerability, create

strong relationships, and live their fullest lives. And so this was a surprising topic

to many people especially, especially coming from a former professional football player.

So why start a conversation about masculine vulnerability?

Because it's the most important thing in our world right now

and not many white male jock men are talking about these topics

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