Do Men Weaponize Therapy? | The Man Enough Podcast

TW: Suicide
Join Liz and Jamey as they dive into a controversial discussion on therapy and its potential impact on relationships. They explore whether therapy can be taken to extremes, leading to an intellectual understanding of emotions without truly feeling them. The hosts debate whether therapy can be weaponized by men in relationships and the importance of finding the right type of therapy for each person. Later, the hosts reflect on past guests who have shared their transformative journeys with therapy. From mental health experts like Kier Gaines, working to create more masculine approaches to therapy, to individuals opening up about their own struggles, like our own Justin Baldoni. These powerful moments shed light on the value of therapy and its impact on both men and women.
Don't miss this exploration of therapy's potential to heal and its role in shaping better human connections.
Listen now and learn about:
Therapy’s healing potential
The dangers of a culture obsessed with mental health
The feminization of therapy culture
How to encourage your friends to seek mental health assistance
Alternatives to therapy
Timecodes:
00:00 Watch Man Enough on TH-cam!
01:30 Content Warning
01:56 - Justin’s Hiatus & the SAG-AFTRA Strike
05:08 - Are we overly focused on mental health problems?
06:43 - Can therapy be weaponized?
12:28 - Going to therapy doesn’t make you perfect
15:29 - All men benefit from the awareness therapy brings
17:38 - JOHN KIM & VANESSA BENNET from ‘Build Stronger Relationships’ (Man Enough Season 2)
25:28 - KIER GAINES from 'Becoming Your Own Role Model' (Man Enough Season 1)
32:09 - KARAN BRAR from ‘Becoming Someone I Love’ (Man Enough Season 1)
39:07 - JUSTIN BALDONI from ‘Healing is Not Linear’ (Man Enough Season 2)
49:52 - Sharing emotions can help men open their hearts
Quotes:
“I do think humanity is evolving, I do think men are evolving…because we are in touch with our feminine side, we talk things out more than we used to.” - Jamey Heath
“A therapist just told the most abusive person in your life that they are enough.” - Liz Plank
“Whenever we talk about what men aren’t doing there's a protective side of me that wants to stick up for these men…men need a hand not a finger.” - John Kim
“My therapist is more like a copilot, I run a lot of things by him that don’t make sense to me. As a therapist I do the same. I don’t tell people what to do, I don’t even really give you advice, I help you reframe.” - Kier Gaines
“I spent 35 years not looking at the root cause of my anxiety, even recognizing I had anxiety and not being willing to look at my trauma…the work I was doing on myself was surface.” - Justin Baldoni
“We go throughout our lives and we accumulate rust on our minds and hearts, when we talk about things it always us to chip away at that rust and it allows us to have an open heart again.” - Jamey Heath
Guest Social Links:
KIER GAINES
Instagram: @kiergaines
Tiktok: @kiergaines
ANDY GRAMMER
Instagram: @andygrammer
Twitter: @andygrammer
JOHN KIM
Instagram: @theangrytherapist
Twitter: @angrytherapist
Facebook:@theangrytherapist
VANESSA BENNET
Instagram: @vanessasbennet
Facebook:@vanessabennettcoaching
KARAN BRAR
Instagram: @karanbrar
Tiktok: @karanbrar
HOSTS: Justin Baldoni, Liz Plank, and Jamey Heath
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PRODUCED BY:
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Executive Producers: Justin Baldoni, Jamey Heath, Tarah Malhotra-Feinberg, Marc Pritchard, Anna Saalfeld, Chris Corcoran
Producer: Kayla Nicholson