John Gray - Are Men Still From Mars, Women Still From Venus?

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Connor Beaton

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

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Talking points: relationships, testosterone, estrogen, stress I had John on the show years ago, and it seemed like the right time to ask: has anything changed since publishing his seminal book? Turns out the answer is yes—and no. Dig in with us as we cover John’s take on conflict, mindset, confidence, emotions, hormones, and a lot more! (00:00:00) - How have things changed since you wrote your book, and do men and women deal with stress differently? (00:16:40) - John’s take on why testosterone has become somewhat demonized, and the limits of talking about your feelings in a relationship (00:36:32) - John on truth, and the meeting place of mindset and reality (00:44:41) - The paradox of confidence and the comfort zone, and the basics of emotional processing (00:56:25) - The balancing act that is testosterone and estrogen, and its effects on aggression and self-esteem John Gray is the author of the most well-known and trusted relationship book of all time, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. USA Today listed his book as one of the top 10 most influential books of the last quarter-century. In hardcover, it was the #1 best-selling book of the 1990s. Dr. Gray’s books are translated into approximately 45 languages in more than 100 countries and continues to be a bestseller. Dr. Gray has written over 20 books. His most recent book is Beyond Mars and Venus: Relationship Skills for Our Complex Modern World. His Mars/Venus book series has forever changed the way men and women view their relationships. John helps men and women better understand and respect their differences in both personal and professional relationships. His approach combines specific communication techniques with healthy, nutritional choices that create the brain and body chemistry for lasting health, happiness, and romance. Connect with John -Website: https://www.marsvenus.com/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johngraymarsvenus_official/ -Books: https://www.marsvenus.com/books *** This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Easily match with a therapist who can help you through the tough times and empower your best self. Visit BetterHelp.com/mantalks today to get 10% off your first month. Pick up my book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/ Check out some free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship Build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world. Check out The Alliance. Enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, sir, how are you doing today? Welcome to the show. Doing good. Good to talk to you again.
0:10.7	Yeah, likewise. Likewise. It's really good to have you on the show and I'm excited to just sort of dive in.
0:16.3	The world's changed a lot since you wrote your book, since you wrote men are from Mars,
0:21.8	women are from Venus. And I'm curious if we can just start off a little bit with contextualizing
0:26.3	how you think relationships are different from when you wrote that initially.
0:31.6	Well, I think that many women are still biologically wired to be very, very different.
0:37.2	And when we understand those differences,
0:39.1	we can then use that insight to deal with the new challenges that couples have since I wrote
0:44.9	men and from ours, women are from penis. The world has changed dramatically in that on a very
0:50.2	practical level, our stress levels have dramatically increased. Therefore, we can look at how
0:55.3	many women relate to stress differently on a biological level and then our communication skills
1:01.4	to help each other cope better with stress. That stress on another level, which one of the
1:08.7	things is causing the stress, one of the things, is when
1:12.3	women are more on their independent side, they make higher levels of stress than when
1:18.8	there's a balance of independence and dependence.
1:22.2	And what men are more on their dependent side, which I call feminine side,
1:29.9	then their stress levels will be higher as well.
1:35.8	And that's borne out with research showing that when men make a lot of estrogen and low testosterone,
1:38.3	their stress levels were higher, vice versa.
1:43.8	When women make testosterone to much greater degree than estrogen or progesterone,
1:45.6	their stress levels will be higher.
1:51.8	So how would you say that, and then I agree entirely. I've had a couple of people on the show that have talked about the decline in testosterone in men and how that can radically impact our
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