Breaking the Shame Cycle
Connor Beaton discusses how societal conditioning leads many men to suppress their emotions, resulting in self-destructive behaviors and addiction to shame. He emphasizes the need for teaching emotional coping mechanisms to prevent this systemic issue in our culture.In this clip
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The Mark Groves Podcast
#063: Bringing Cheating Out of the Shadows with Connor Beaton
Related Questions
How do negative experiences, such as being told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad), get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This was discussed in the episode Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave, the episode #614: Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, the clip Embracing Pain's Gift from the episode Dr. Marc Brackett: How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence, and the clip Permission to Feel.
If I have worked hard on myself physically and mentally for years as a 21-year-old man, why does it sting so much more when I open up about my life, values, and passions and still don't achieve a deeper connection? This question relates to the episodes #258: Men’s Work: Facing Your Darkness and Finding Freedom with Connor Beaton and #311: Not Man Enough: The Challenges of Modern Masculinity with Connor Beaton, Stefanos Sifandos, Dan Harrison.
If I have worked hard on myself physically and mentally for years as a 21-year-old man, why does it sting so much more when I open up about my life, values, and passions and still don't achieve a deeper connection? This question is in relation to the episodes #063: Bringing Cheating Out of the Shadows with Connor Beaton and #311: Not Man Enough: The Challenges of Modern Masculinity with Connor Beaton, Stefanos Sifandos, and Dan Harrison.