{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Why So Many Men Are Emotionally Unavailable (And How to Heal It)","description":"What happens when a man decides to stop performing and start feeling? In this groundbreaking episode, Kathy sits down with James Burden, a trauma-informed coach and facilitator for men, to unlearn the dangerous conditioning that teaches men to disconnect from their feelings, dismiss their pain, and stay emotionally guarded. \u2728 Key Highlights:   \ud83e\udde0 Crap to Unlearn: \u201cMen don\u2019t cry. Men don\u2019t feel. Men don\u2019t need help.\u201d   \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc66 James\u2019 personal journey from emotional suppression to powerful vulnerability   \ud83d\udea8 The societal crisis of emotionally unavailable men and generational shame   \ud83e\uddf1 Signs you\u2019re emotionally blocked (and how to begin releasing it)   \ud83d\udc4a Myths around strength, masculinity, and what it means to \u201cman up\u201d   \u2699\ufe0f Trauma responses like freeze, fawn, shutdown \u2014 and how they manifest in men   \ud83d\udca5 The hidden grief under anger \u2014 and the liberation in facing it   \ud83c\udf81 James\u2019s resources for men ready to feel, heal, and reclaim their wholeness   \ud83d\udcac MEMORABLE QUOTES James Burden:   \u201cI thought being strong meant being silent. Turns out, it meant being disconnected.\u201d   \u201cEvery man I\u2019ve ever worked with has been grieving something. They just didn\u2019t have the words.\u201d   \u201cMasculinity doesn\u2019t need to be fixed \u2014 it needs to be felt.\u201d   Kathy Baldwin:   \u201cWe\u2019re not raising boys. We\u2019re raising future men. And the world doesn\u2019t need more shutdown souls.\u201d   \u201cIf our boys don\u2019t learn to feel, they\u2019ll grow up thinking control is connection.\u201d   \u201cThe unlearning begins when we admit the pain was never ours to carry in the first place.\u201d   ","author_name":"Unlearn The Crap &amp; Level Up Your Soul is Calling","author_url":"https:\/\/unlearnthecrap.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37443735\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/190880225"}