In this profound solo episode, host and love expert Andrea Atherton explores the quiet epidemic of men’s loneliness — a pain that often hides behind success, humor, or silence. Drawing from her reflections as a therapist for over 30 years, working with hundreds of men, Andrea examines how our culture’s long-standing messages about masculinity have conditioned men to suppress emotion, disconnect from tenderness, and fear vulnerability. The result is a generation of men longing for connection yet uncertain how to find it, and partners who ache to reach them but don’t know how.
Andrea weaves in two touching real-life stories — one about her grandfather, a World War II veteran who rediscovered his capacity to love after years of fear, and another about a client who bravely confronted the emotional walls that kept him from intimacy. These stories highlight the resilience of the male heart and the profound transformation that occurs when men are finally permitted to feel. Alongside these reflections, Andrea offers compassionate wisdom on the roots of emotional isolation, the cost of silence, and the courageous path back to authenticity.
This episode is both tender and revelatory — a call to compassion for the unseen struggles men face and an invitation to redefine strength as the ability to feel deeply. Andrea reminds us that when men learn to open their hearts, they not only heal themselves but also restore connection within families, relationships, and the collective soul of our world.
Q & A about Polarity: the dance of masculine and feminine Friday, October 17
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