The Profound Loneliness of American Men- Podcast #429

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2018

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Todd and Cathy discuss the emotional challenges of American men and why this impacts every part of our society. Their guests, Frank Naugo and Shaun Emerson, discuss why men struggle with intimacy, vulnerability, and friendship, and why anger or numbness can become a default setting. They share clips from the Hidden Brain podcast titled How American Masculinity Creates Lonely Men, and discuss how we can redefine what it means to be a man.

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0:00.0	do do do do do here we go my name's todd this is kathy welcome back to another episode of zen
0:08.8	parenting radio it wasn't your turn to laugh frank um this is episode number 429 429 that's two even
0:16.0	numbers and one odd number yes you can you believe that I can't. Why listen to Zen Parenting Radio?
0:22.0	Because you'll feel outstanding and who doesn't want to feel outstanding.
0:24.6	And always remember our motto, which is that the best predictor of a child's well-being
0:28.6	is a parent's self-understanding.
0:30.8	Usually we come up with the title of a podcast after we record.
0:34.8	But today, we have the title before we recorded. And the title of this podcast
0:39.3	is The Profound Loneliness of the American Man. And I have invited two good friends to speak about
0:46.4	that topic. And I'll explain kind of how we came up with this idea. It was as a result of a podcast
0:52.8	that we listened to called A Hidden Brain, and I'm
0:55.2	even going to play some clips. But before we get there, I want my sweetheart to talk about
0:59.9	some promotional stuff that we have coming up.
1:02.9	Okay, so three things this week. Today's Tuesday, correct? Yeah. When this show is coming
1:07.6	out. So tonight I am speaking at Robert Crown Center in Hinsdale
1:14.6	about self-compassion and self-care. And you can go to Zen Parentingradio.com and click on live
1:21.8	events and you'll find where it is because you can register. And then on Friday, for those of you who are in
1:26.1	Colorado or near Salida, Colorado, I'm doing
1:29.2	a keynote at their Mountain Mama Summit, which I'm excited about doing.
1:34.9	And then, actually Thursday, going back a day, that's 50-50 day, correct?
1:39.0	April 26th.
1:41.0	Thursday.
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