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EP 5: Why You Joke About Your Pain (And Why It’s Keeping You Stuck)
What are you protecting every time you make yourself the punchline?
In this episode, Kier Gaines breaks down the psychology behind humor as armor and how something that feels harmless can quietly become a barrier to real self-awareness. Starting with a personal story about losing his hair, he walks through how quickly jokes can take the place of honesty… and how that moment right there is where most men avoid what they actually feel.
Kier expands the conversation beyond the personal and into the cultural breaking down how the images we see of ourselves in media shape how we show up in…
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