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Connor Beaton is a men’s life coach, founder of ManTalks and an author focusing on men’s wellness and personal growth.

Why do so many men struggle with their own inner world? Many grow up believing they must handle life alone, stay tough, and hide their emotions. What helps men become emotionally stable, and how can they learn to work through challenges in healthier, more honest ways?

Expect to learn why so many high-functioning men self-destruct in private, why so many men feel “emotionally safe” at work but not at home, the most misunderstood thing about men’s emotional life, what’s an addiction that doesn’t look like addiction, but absolutely behaves like one is, how men can build their self-worth, the traits of an emotionally safe man, why there is a trend to desexualise your brain and much more…

Timestamps:

(0:00) Why Successful Men Self-Destruct (10:35) Is It Toxic to Use Pain as Fuel? (27:01) Why Men are Scared to Look Inward (36:33) The Absence of Modern Male Role Models (45:42) What Emotional Safety Actually Looks Like (01:03:26) Why Emotional Numbness Isn’t Empty (01:10:38) How Men Can Develop Worth Beyond Performance (01:20:48) Coping Mechanisms That Border on Destructive (01:29:05) Understanding the Madonna Whore Complex (01:40:29) Why Desire Collapses in Relationships (01:44:03) How to Keep Attraction Alive (01:57:42) Where to Find Connor

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