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49 - Why the Person You Love Can Bring Out the Worst in You
In this solo episode, Alex Charfen explores a question that countless men quietly ask themselves:
Why can I stay calm, capable, and composed at work—but become defensive, withdrawn, or reactive with the person I love most?
The question came from a comment on one of Alex’s Facebook posts, and it immediately struck a nerve. After working with hundreds of men inside The Brotherhood, he’s seen the same pattern over and over again: men who genuinely want to stop creating rupture in their relationships but can’t understand why the same reactions keep happening.
In this episode, Alex explains what…
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