745 Defining Masculinity and Its Power with Jason Wilson
b"EMOTIONS ARE GREAT SERVANTS, BUT POOR MASTERS.\\nSo many men are hurting, and then hurting others.\\nPeople don\\u2019t want to hear that.\\nBut men feel like they\\u2019re emotional prisoners.\\nThey are committing suicide at much higher rates. They are the ones performing mass shootings. They are reacting in violence.\\nWe have to allow men ways to process their past and to express their emotions in order to become the people they are meant to be.\\nIt\\u2019s not important to \\u201cbe a man,\\u201d it\\u2019s important to be human.\\nOn today\\u2019s episode of The School of Greatness, I talk about the definition of masculinity with a man whose mission is to mentor boys: Jason Wilson.\\nDetroit\\u2019s Jason Wilson is a husband and father of two, and the founder and head instructor of the Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy, also known as CATTA. In 2015, he received the Campaign for Black Male Achievement Innovation Accelerator Award. In 2016, Wilson received the President's Volunteer Service Award in Washington D.C.\\nWilson has also been a guest on The Dr. Oz Show where he discussed his Emotional Stability Training\\xae approach. In 2016, Wilson was a presenter at the White House for the My Brother's Keeper Showcase presented by then-President Barack Obama.\\nWhat Jason is doing so needed in the world.\\nLike Frederick Douglass said, \\u201cIt is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.\\u201d\\nSo get ready to learn how to heal past trauma, rule your emotions, and \\u201cman down\\u201d on Episode 745.\\nSome Questions I Ask:\\nWhen did you realize your life was full of trauma? (16:00)\\nWhat should a man do if he expresses a hurt side of himself and he gets ridiculed by his partner? (24:00)\\nHow do you rule your emotions? (39:00)\\nWhat\\u2019s your biggest insecurity? (45:00)\\nWhat\\u2019s your biggest insecurity about being a father? (49:00)\\nWhat should define us as men? (57:00)\\nIn This Episode You Will Learn:\\nWhy men need to operate in the fullness of who they are (27:00)\\nThe first steps to take to process past trauma (30:00)\\nHow men can be better lovers to their partners (38:00)\\nAbout Jason\\u2019s training academy (42:00)\\nThe best way women can support men in processing trauma (52:00)\\nWhy it\\u2019s important for men to cry (55:00)"