Jason Wilson

They're not exclusive to you.

That's true.

It's there, but we've been hoodwinked by allowing society to define what a man is.

And so when women are communicating with us, they may pull out, I'll use the analogy of the color violet, and all we have is purple.

We can't meet the moment.

Or even more complex issues, they ask for lime and we're trying to put green and yellow together.

And because men, we're not used to expressing the gamut of emotions that we have as human beings, right?

We can't meet the moment.

And so I need to learn how to express more than my anger.

If you don't trust me with the finances, it's not the anger I need to express.

It's the hurt you make me feel because my father never trusted me with anything that required responsibility.

And so when a man can express his heart to his wife or the woman in his life, a mature woman, she drops her guard.

And now we can communicate.

Well, I believe it starts when we're young. The misleading mantras is what I call them. Big boys don't cry or no pain, no gain. Like that's a universal principle. And we see even in sports that if a star player gets hurt, you don't push him through that pain. You take him out the game and give him time to heal.

Well, I believe it starts when we're young. The misleading mantras is what I call them. Big boys don't cry or no pain, no gain. Like that's a universal principle. And we see even in sports that if a star player gets hurt, you don't push him through that pain. You take him out the game and give him time to heal.

But unfortunately, we believe that a principle that pretty much came through weightlifting, developing the muscle is something that we apply to all areas in our lives. And that's why I believe we don't really live full lives. And so to shake all of those mantras and then. Being admonished for having any other emotions besides anger or being bold or strong.

But unfortunately, we believe that a principle that pretty much came through weightlifting, developing the muscle is something that we apply to all areas in our lives. And that's why I believe we don't really live full lives. And so to shake all of those mantras and then. Being admonished for having any other emotions besides anger or being bold or strong.

If you showed an ounce of sensitivity growing up young, you were called a punk or soft. And so those, I believe, programmed all of us to say, OK, I don't like the way I feel when I hear that. I remember when my father admonished me for caring too much. So you know what? I'm going to shut that part of my heart off.

If you showed an ounce of sensitivity growing up young, you were called a punk or soft. And so those, I believe, programmed all of us to say, OK, I don't like the way I feel when I hear that. I remember when my father admonished me for caring too much. So you know what? I'm going to shut that part of my heart off.

And that's why so many of us can't meet the moment, especially in relationships, because we've allowed the world to define us as men. And then even the one word or adjective masculinity is not a comprehensive definition of what it means to be a man. It's just attributes such as boldness, strength and aggression. But what about nurturing, kindness, long suffering, patience?