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Why It’s So Hard for Men to Talk, with Tom Karrel

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains references to suicide, which you may find distressing, so please listen with care.

So many men grow up hearing the same messages: figure it out yourself, don’t cry, just get on with it. The result? A lot of us go through life carrying heavy stuff on our own, even when it’s slowly crushing us.

In this conversation, I talk to Tom Karrell about what happens when you stop pretending and actually start connecting. Tom shares openly about losing three close friends to suicide, how that grief shook him awake, and why it taught him that men need other men but…

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