This week we explore our own encounters with how traditional expectations both elevate and imprison, leading to breakdown before breakthrough. The conversation explores:

• “What expectations about manhood did you inherit that nobody taught you how to actually embody?”
• “When have you felt most trapped by the very roles that were supposed to give you strength and purpose?”
• “What emotions have you been told a ‘real man’ shouldn’t feel – and what has that cost you in your relationships?”
• “If you could speak honestly to your younger self about the lies he believes about what makes a man valuable, what would you say?”