Hey guys, welcome to a new installment or a new part of the Mantalks podcast.

We're calling a midweek check-in.

The purpose of this mid-week check-in is to literally check in with our community.

How's everyone doing this week?

Is there anything you have on your mind?

Is there anything that you want us to be talking about or that you think is we're shining

a light on?

And we did that very same thing.

Just yesterday, Connor posted something on Facebook and he asked the question, you know,

what's a topic that you think we should be tucking into and talking about more? And

unanimously, you guys told us that we need to be talking about men and grief. So,

Connor, what is the situation with men and grief these days? Where are we

falling down? Where are we struggling? Because, you know, the woman in particular that reached out to us

said that she's watching her brother and dad struggle with grief right now. You know, what,

what can she do? Um, do you have any, um, advice on that? Yeah, I mean, absolutely. I think,

you know, grief is one of those pieces for a lot of guys that it's, it's, I mean, and women, you know, like we shouldn't discount. It's not that we're discounting that. It's, you know, for women, this is a challenge as well, but this is the man talks podcast and, and we're focusing on guys. But I think what a lot of men often

struggle with is that they'll is the Man Talks podcast and we're focusing on guys. But I think what a lot of men often struggle

with is that they'll lose a job, they'll lose a partner, they'll be going through a divorce,

they'll, you know, their finances are suffering, their health is suffering, whatever the case may be.

And there's a sense of grief, There's a sense of loss there.

And too often the steps that they need to take in order to move through the grief are seen as non-manly, you know, like turning towards a friend or somebody else and being able to say, hey.

There might be tears.

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