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Boys Cry' with Kessonga and Dora

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Crying is a natural part of life. But men and boys are often discouraged from showing vulnerability. On a special episode of RHS, Kessonga and Dora break down the social constructs around masculinity and crying, and talk about ways to hold space for EVERYONE to share their emotions. Dora Kamau holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Psychiatric Nursing. She is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and is working to complete her Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training this fall. Before joining forces at Headspace, Dora worked as a psychiatric nurse in a women’s addictions facility and organized community events for BIPOC women in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You can reach out to Dora on Instagram here! Kessonga holds a Masters degree in Social Work, and is a Certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher. He also serves as an adjunct Mindfulness instructor at UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Prior to joining Headspace he had his own private practice as a licensed acupuncturist and an outpatient psychotherapist. You can reach out on Instagram here! Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

That's space video.

0:13.7

Hi, my name is Dora.

0:15.6

And I am K-Songa.

0:17.2

And welcome to a very special episode of Radiohead Space.

0:24.8

So today I wanted to do something a little different and as someone with a guy best

0:29.9

friend and an older brother, I've been thinking a lot about men's mental health and I thought

0:35.6

it made sense to bring K-Songa on to talk more about it.

0:39.3

Well, thank you for turning to me for some guidance.

0:43.4

I'm always happy to help.

0:44.9

Well, I wanted to talk to you today about crying.

0:50.0

Okay.

0:51.0

Specifically, men crying.

0:54.1

And this was actually inspired by some time I spent teaching at a resort in Arizona

1:00.0

during the holidays.

1:02.3

And crying amongst men came up.

1:05.3

Yeah.

1:06.3

Okay, and this resort, it was, you know, it was only in the desert?

1:09.3

Yeah, we were out in the desert and it was so fascinating.

1:16.5

As I was teaching, I was noticing that all the men that attended my classes were quite

1:22.7

emotional and tearing up.

1:26.1

And you know, when I think about us being in a room full of strangers, the fact that

1:30.5

men felt more vulnerable to cry amongst strangers than with their family or friends, and

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