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AAC - TOXIC MASULINITY STIGMAS - What resources help men develop healthier masculinity? - Q5 - STEVE · Wellbeing Solutions - Ask A Counsellor

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  SPEAKER_00: What resources help men develop healthier masculinity?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well there's a few things which are out there to help men with the masculinity to understand the masculinity and not be so toxic.
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  SPEAKER_00: One of the first steps you can do is to educate ourselves about what toxic masculinity is, or for me, what makes toxic males.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can read books, there's a great book called The Will to Change.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can look at talks, we can reflect on those.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can also do self-reflection, we can listen to weekly podcasts, which is about or one of the most easiest things we can do is we can journal about the values and emotions we are feeling as an individual, as a man.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can look at those and we can reflect upon those feelings.
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  SPEAKER_00: What I was feeling at that time, what was happening at that time, whereabouts in my body was that feeling affecting me?
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  SPEAKER_00: How did I react?
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  SPEAKER_00: Another thing we can do is we can join a men's group or circle, and those are really popular things right now where men can join men's group specifically to talk about men's issue with other men, so you can feel safe in a space where you're not going to be judged.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can explore your feelings, you can explore what's going on, explore your resistance if you have to explore your emotions, or if you feel that you are becoming toxic, you can explore that with other men to see what's going on.
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  SPEAKER_00: And one of the most deepening things we can do is by undertaking therapy with a therapist, obviously.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can look at workshops or coaching, and all the above mirrors what research and practitioners, such as therapists, counsellors, facilitators are seeing as the most productive and effective at helping those who are feeling they're becoming toxic to change what is going on, and it's never too late to change.