About this episode

Luis Rivas shares his experiences and insights on masculinity, fatherhood, and the importance of men's communities.

"A lot of men like us are in hiding out of fear and self-preservation because they are being mislabeled as toxic masculine men. We need to create safe places for these men to feel like they can come and be themselves." Luis Rivas has not had a soft road. He came to Canada as a child refugee from a civil war in Nicaragua, the son of a father who gave up a deputy minister's career and a comfortable life to get his family out of a country where the government was recruiting thirteen-year-old boys to fight. That kind of origin shapes a man. And that kind of father leaves a son with something most men spend their whole lives searching for: a clear picture of what it means to show up. Luis is now Head Coach at Wealth Genius, a real estate investment education platform, and a builder of men's communities in Ottawa. In this episode, he and Nicky talk honestly about why men resist men's groups — the cultural wiring that says any sign of emotion makes you weak — and what it actually takes to push past that resistance. Luis was barely sixty days into his involvement with men's groups when three men he knew died by suicide. That kind of thing has a way of clarifying what matters. This…

People in this episode

Host: Nicky Billou

Guest: Luis Rivas

Topics covered

• fatherhood
• toxic masculinity
• men's groups
• emotional expression
• community building

Keywords

• toxic masculinity
• fatherhood
• men's groups
• emotional expression
• community building
• real estate education
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wealth Genius

Places: Canada, Nicaragua

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