“RULE #1: don’t TALK about masculinity…” How to challenge your beliefs to cultivate A Better Masculinity with author of “Rethinking Masculinity” Dan Stanley

Sometimes we reach a crossroads where we come to evaluate and challenge the path that we are on and the decisions that we have made. Our guest today, best-selling author and coach Dan Stanley got to that point in his mid-thirties of what is sometimes called a ‘mid life crisis’, and it set him on a path to build on the successes and achievements to that point, and also to re-evaluate what he really wanted in life. Having decided to separate from his wife, he re-evaluated and re-build based on some different paradigms - and now he works with men going through similar challenges. We’re going to be exploring the top misconceptions that can keep us men stuck and how we can look to re-evaluate them. - How our gender conditioning and cultural expectations can set us up for challenges as we progress into the middle stage of life - How the rat race conditions us for challenges when we realise that another car or house or “trappings” can lead us to being absent in other areas of our life - How adversity introduces us to ourselves as we confront our distractions and challenges in moving to the next level - How we don’t tend to talk about masculinity or mens’ experiences and the cost we pay for bottling things up - How the challenges of ‘midlife’ can culminate in the ultimate failure where we have success without fulfilment - Recognising where seeking professional success can flip into the cause of problems in our life as a whole, rather than being the solution to problems - What can we do to rebuild after our crisis with solid foundations that give us a chance of long term success, getting a proper focus on life as a whole rather than just work - How we get away from any notion of masculinity as something toxic You can find out more about Dan’s work and to sign up for Men and Mountains at: https://www.better-men.uk/