Dr. Alok Kanojia
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So when we're looking at what works, there's a huge bias towards people who benefit from verbal usage. And we know that women are actually better at verbalizing their emotions. And some of that is even due to things like estrogen. So estrogen literally increases your sensitivity to your internal emotional state. So this is why they get judged harshly for things like PMS and stuff like that.
So when we're looking at what works, there's a huge bias towards people who benefit from verbal usage. And we know that women are actually better at verbalizing their emotions. And some of that is even due to things like estrogen. So estrogen literally increases your sensitivity to your internal emotional state. So this is why they get judged harshly for things like PMS and stuff like that.
It's just literally estrogen increases our biological awareness of what we're feeling. And people who become fathers will have some of these changes too. So I started becoming so much more emotionally sensitive after I had kids. Totally, man. Like I start like crying during Disney movies now. And it used to be like.
It's just literally estrogen increases our biological awareness of what we're feeling. And people who become fathers will have some of these changes too. So I started becoming so much more emotionally sensitive after I had kids. Totally, man. Like I start like crying during Disney movies now. And it used to be like.
It's just literally estrogen increases our biological awareness of what we're feeling. And people who become fathers will have some of these changes too. So I started becoming so much more emotionally sensitive after I had kids. Totally, man. Like I start like crying during Disney movies now. And it used to be like.
Yeah, it's weird. Like if you're a dude, it's so confusing.
Yeah, it's weird. Like if you're a dude, it's so confusing.
Yeah, it's weird. Like if you're a dude, it's so confusing.
Mufasa dying is the most heartbreaking. Like it affects me every time. Like it's wild.
Mufasa dying is the most heartbreaking. Like it affects me every time. Like it's wild.
Mufasa dying is the most heartbreaking. Like it affects me every time. Like it's wild.
There's literally a biological component to our ability to express our emotions. And so somewhere along the way, we started with therapy. And I think therapy is great. I love being a therapist. I think it's really good.
There's literally a biological component to our ability to express our emotions. And so somewhere along the way, we started with therapy. And I think therapy is great. I love being a therapist. I think it's really good.
There's literally a biological component to our ability to express our emotions. And so somewhere along the way, we started with therapy. And I think therapy is great. I love being a therapist. I think it's really good.
And also, especially with a lot of the men that I work with, there are other kinds of work we'll do more body focused, emotion focused, physical focused, because emotions absolutely don't just exist in the mind. In our words, they exist in our physiology.
And also, especially with a lot of the men that I work with, there are other kinds of work we'll do more body focused, emotion focused, physical focused, because emotions absolutely don't just exist in the mind. In our words, they exist in our physiology.
And also, especially with a lot of the men that I work with, there are other kinds of work we'll do more body focused, emotion focused, physical focused, because emotions absolutely don't just exist in the mind. In our words, they exist in our physiology.
We even have some really interesting meta-analyses that show that things like the emotional freedom technique, which I thought was pure BS, in some meta-analyses has been shown effective for trauma. So this is like where they tap on certain parts of your body and they release stored emotions.
We even have some really interesting meta-analyses that show that things like the emotional freedom technique, which I thought was pure BS, in some meta-analyses has been shown effective for trauma. So this is like where they tap on certain parts of your body and they release stored emotions.
We even have some really interesting meta-analyses that show that things like the emotional freedom technique, which I thought was pure BS, in some meta-analyses has been shown effective for trauma. So this is like where they tap on certain parts of your body and they release stored emotions.