About this episode
Kenneth G Alexander discusses the societal pressures on men regarding success and emotional expression.
Money can buy comfort, but it cannot buy a life that feels like yours. We sit down with Kenneth G Alexander, award-winning entrepreneur, author of The Successful Man: A New Vision of Masculinity, and a former US Marine, to pull apart the story many boys inherit early: make money, achieve status, suppress emotion, and you will be “successful”. Kenneth explains how that doctrine of patriarchy and cultural programming trains men to chase external validation, then wonder why their relationships f...
People in this episode
Host: Ellington Brown
Guest: Kenneth G Alexander
Topics covered
- masculinity
- success
- emotional health
- patriarchy
- relationships
Keywords
- success
- masculinity
- emotional suppression
- patriarchy
- relationships
- entrepreneurship
- validation
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Successful Man: A New Vision of Masculinity
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