Peer-led healing.
Pull-up, you’re one of us.

This conversation takes a deeper look at masculinity and the messages men absorb about what it means to “be a man.”

From watching fathers, grandfathers, movies, athletes, and other boys growing up, Justin reflects on how he learned to associate masculinity with being strong, stoic, confident, unemotional, and able to carry everything without asking for help. But as an adult, he’s started questioning where those expectations came from, and whether they were ever healthy to begin with.

Together, they unpack why so many boys learn early that crying, sensitivity, or vulnerability can feel shameful, how those beliefs can follow men into adulthood, and whether masculinity has to mean shutting emotions down.