The Vulnerable Man
The Vulnerable Man podcast is an ongoing examination of what it means to be a man, and how we as men want to define masculinity and manhood in the 21st century. The main theme centers around vulnerability and the relationship men have with it individually and collectively. It is not about an either/or mindset. Instead it seeks to come from an approach to better understand how we as men want to show up more powerfully and on purpose in the world. Through conversations with men from all walks of life sharing their experiences, stories, successes, and failures, along with personal observations and experiences from the host, Christopher Veal, it seeks to help each of us understand how leaning into greater vulnerability strengthens us and creates more connection with the people in our world.
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Whit is a father of two boys, a writer and published author, and a lot of other things on top of that. We talk about modeling vulnerability for his boys, his relationship with his father, his book, his past career writing about fatherhood, and a bunch more. Website: https://whithonea.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedi
Joanna is a wife and mother, an executive coach, and someone committed to developing, growing, and seeing the whole human. We talk about mental health and stigma, self-care and self-compassion, asking for help, boundaries, and psychological safety. We could have continued this conversation for quite some time, so I hop
George is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, a husband and father of two, a consultant to credit unions, a cross-country cyclist, a man living the dream on his terms, and someone I’m looking forward to sitting down and having a beer with one day. Our conversation wanders to lots of places, including leveraging the phras
In this episode I finish my conversation with Dominick Shattuck. Dominick is a men’s health researcher, a husband, a father of two daughters, and frankly one of those people that it is easy to talk to. In this second part we talk about normalizing safe sex conversations in dating, helping men talk with each other about
Dominick is a men’s health researcher, a husband, a father to two daughters, and frankly one of those people that it is just easy to talk to. We discuss recognizing others’ openness to deeper vulnerability, navigating losing a job, normalizing sexual health conversations with young men and boys, his experience speaking
Vicki is a wife and mother, an Army veteran, a coach, and a former Department of Defense agency leader. In our conversation we talk about navigating leadership as a woman in a male-dominated organization, putting ‘we’ ahead of ‘me,’ gathering diverse perspectives, her work supporting leaders, owning your impact as a le