Gen Z Mental Health: Lori & Zach Gottlieb on Supporting Teen Boys

The Man Enough Podcast

Wayfarer Studios LLC

Education, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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For the first time, we welcome a teen boy talking to teen boys about positive masculinity. Through his platform “Talk with Zach”, Zach Gottlieb is connecting Gen Z teens globally on mental health challenges. He joins us with his mother Lori Gottlieb, renowned psychotherapist, bestselling author and podcast host, to share how parents and teens can find paths to better health and communication together. Drawing from Lori's expertise, explore gender-specific therapy approaches and learn how parents can create secure emotional spaces for their sons. Zach provides insights on social media's impact on mental health and relationship building among teens. Tune in for actionable tips on how to nurture the boys and young men in your life, with an approach that will feel more comfortable to them. Watch this episode on YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/wearemanenough Sign up for the Man Enough newsletter to get full video episodes and positive masculinity news every Monday: http://manenough.com/newsletter The Man Enough Podcast is produced by Wayfarer Studios and presented by Procter and Gamble, in partnership with Cadence13, an Audacy company. Timecodes: 02:50 - Introducing Zach & Lori Gottlieb 05:22 - Zach wants to model vulnerability for young boys 07:18 - “Enoughness” is a cultural belief, not an emotion 09:25 - Social media has created a culture of isolation 12:25 - Why do teenage boys like men like Andrew Tate? 16:10 - How Lori and Zach practice open communication at home 24:26 - Our society emotionally stunts young boys 31:50 - The modern man is working to be the dad he didn't have 36:44 - Jamey believes in teaching resilience 39:34 - Tips to communicating with your teenager 47:15 - Zach has a village of male role-models 53:20 - Men, and the fear of 'failure' 1:00:28 - Boys contain the capacity for great emotional depth Quotes: "I think sharing and being vulnerable, that's hard...that's harder to me than keeping everything inside. I think going against the culture, that's very difficult. That's the strength. Vulnerability, to me, is the strength." - Zach Gottlieb “I’ve noticed that people of all genders need to be talking more…" - Zach Gottlieb “You’re not resilient because you avoid your emotions, you’re resilient because you can sit with your discomfort and know you’ll survive” - Lori Gottlieb Support Man Enough Man Enough Newsletter: https://manenough.com/newsletter Man Enough book: https://manenough.com/books Boys Will Be Human book: https://boyswillbehuman.com Follow The Hosts Justin Baldoni https://instagram.com/justinbaldoni https://www.tiktok.com/@justinbaldoni https://facebook.com/justinbaldoni https://twitter.com/justinbaldoni Text Justin: +1 (310) 845-6909 Liz Plank https://instagram.com/feministabulous https://tiktok.com/@lizplank https://facebook.com/feministabulous https://twitter.com/feministabulous http://www.elizabethplank.com/ Jamey Heath https://instagram.com/jamey_heath_ https://tiktok.com/@jameyheath https://twitter.com/jamey_heath_ https://facebook.com/jameyjaz http://www.jameyheath.com/ #boys #men #masculinity #genz #genx #parent #son #parenthood #teenager #mentalhealth #socialmedia #relationships Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.0	Is Andrew Tate cool?
0:30.0	Like, is there a majority of voice that you know?
0:32.0	Just anecdotally speaking speaking who are listening to him
0:35.3	they might like say oh yeah that's crazy but in reality they have a maybe a more
0:39.6	misogynistic view of women what are the topics yeah what are the things that draw them in? Like he's even said like you know like all men have power but like women only get power from their looks and things like that and I think for a lot of guys that's very appealing it's like wow like I'm powerful
0:53.6	being man enough what does that mean it's really manly to mess up admit you're
1:01.2	wrong and then grow.
1:03.0	I couldn't accept that I was evil so maybe I'm broken but those broken things could be corrected.
1:08.0	Intimacy between a father and a son is me just wanting to like put my head in your lap.
1:13.0	I love you son.
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