EPISODE · Mar 6, 2025 · 19 MIN
The Emotional Skill Men Are Never Taught (And Desperately Need) - Wes Lambert
from The Mature Male · host Wes Lambert
Men are taught to manage emotions — suppress them, redirect them, push through them. What almost no one teaches men is how to actually work with emotions: how to recognize them, regulate them, and use them as information rather than inconveniences to be overcome.Emotional intelligence is not a personality trait. It's a skill. And it's learnable at any age — but only if you have a framework that doesn't require you to become a different kind of person.Expect to learn what emotional intelligence actually is and what it isn't, why emotional suppression is one of the leading contributors to male health problems and relational breakdown, how to identify what you're actually feeling when you're used to just feeling "fine" or "stressed," the difference between emotional regulation and emotional repression, what high emotional intelligence looks like in men who are also direct, ambitious, and strong, how emotional literacy changes the quality of your relationships without requiring constant processing or vulnerability, the specific practices that develop emotional intelligence faster than self-help books alone and much more...Get in touch in the comments below or head to...Website: www.weslambert.meEmail: [email protected]: https://substack.com/@weslambertSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Yv1ciX90C3zdPxD67kjyY?si=7591bc0f32da4f23Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mature-male/id1805978833
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Men are taught to manage emotions — suppress them, redirect them, push through them. What almost no one teaches men is how to actually work with emotions: how to recognize them, regulate them, and use them as information rather than inconveniences to be overcome.Emotional intelligence is not a personality trait. It's a skill. And it's learnable at any age — but only if you have a framework that doesn't require you to become a different kind of person.Expect to learn what emotional intelligence actually is and what it isn't, why emotional suppression is one of the leading contributors to male health problems and relational breakdown, how to identify what you're actually feeling when you're used to just feeling "fine" or "stressed," the difference between emotional regulation and emotional repression, what high emotional intelligence looks like in men who are also direct, ambitious, and strong, how emotional literacy changes the quality of your relationships without requiring constant processing or vulnerability, the specific practices that develop emotional intelligence faster than self-help books alone and much more...Get in touch in the comments below or head to...Website: www.weslambert.meEmail: [email protected]: https://substack.com/@weslambertSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Yv1ciX90C3zdPxD67kjyY?si=7591bc0f32da4f23Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mature-male/id1805978833
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