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Reinventing Masculinity Will Allow Men to Live Longer Happier Lives | Ed Frauenheim\nEd Frauenheim is a consultant and co-author of four books, including A Great Place to Work For All and Reinventing Masculinity: The Liberating Power of Compassion and Connection.\nEd and Traci share how old-school masculinity has harmed both of their lives.\xa0 Ed gives concrete instructions on what all of us can do today to begin to reinvent masculinity.\nEpisode Timeline\n[00:09] Intro\xa0\n[0:58] Meet Ed\n[4:16] Ed\u2019s Heartbreaks\n[8:25] Liberating masculinity from \u201cbad guy branding\u201d\n[11:55] Expressing feelings instead of getting violent\n[16:45] Men\u2019s earliest friendships\xa0\n[23:03] Why men don\u2019t listen\n[28:34] Men as unconscious ATM machines\n[39:47] Attachment wounds in marriage\n[45:50] Underneath men\u2019s anger is a broken heart\n[47:40] Closing\n[49:35] Outro\n\xa0\nResources Mentioned\nReinventing Masculinity (Book)\n\xa0\nStandout Quotes\n\u201cI've had my own heartbreaks, you might say, or a lot of sadness and struggle and shame around not fitting into the typical categories and not meeting the expectations of being a winner, a high-performing professional that rises to the top of an organization, a clutch sports performer, even a lady killer.\u201d (Ed)\n\u201c...elevating how important it is to be compassionate and connected as men today.\u201d (Ed)\n\u201cI'm interested in justice and liberation from confining roles that our society puts on all of us.\u201d (Traci)\n\u201cIt's borne out in the data that when men really adhere to those conventional beliefs very strictly, they don't live as long. They have worse health outcomes in general.\u201d (Ed)\n\u201cThe single biggest factor for health and a long, happy life is friendships.\u201d (Ed)\n\u201cMen get this message at some point, especially in adolescence, that you\u2019ve got to be the smartest guy in the room. And to be curious and ask questions is seen as weak, and we can't be weak. We smush out that curiosity.\u201d (Ed)\n\u201cWe've been told to be courageous and we are often courageous in the physical realm, in the financial realm, but not necessarily the realm of feelings.\u201d (Ed)\n\u201cYou can tell how hungry we are as men, as human beings for connection.\u201d (Ed)\xa0\n\xa0\nConnect:\nFind | Sidewalk Talk\xa0\nAt sidewalk-talk.org\nOn Instagram: @sidewalktalkorg\nOn Twitter: @sidewalktalkorg\n\xa0\nFind | Traci Ruble\nAt Traciruble.com\nOn Instagram: @TraciRubleMFT\nOn Twitter: @TraciRubleMFT\nOn Facebook: @TraciRubleMFT\n\xa0\nFind | Ed Frauenheim\nAt www.edfrauenheim.com\nOn LinkedIn: @edfrauenheim\n\xa0\nSUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST\nOn Apple Podcasts\nOn Google Podcasts\nOn Spotify\nOn YouTube