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10 Rules For Being A Man with Zack Henson


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What are some of the rules for being a man?

You have to be the provider, going out and working long hours to provide for your family. You have to be the protector, keeping you and your family safe at all costs even if that means getting physically violent. You don't cry. You don't talk about your feelings. You don't get emotional. You don't wear the color pink. You don't ask for directions. You "man up".

Among many, many others.

While none of these standards of being a man are bad, in and of themselves, they can be damaging when young men are led to believe that this is the ONLY way to be man. They can be damaging when young men are forced to buy into these standards instead of learning how to truly express themselves.  They can be damaging when men fear being labeled as "unmanly" if they don't adhere to them hence trying to live up to expectations they will never reach and be someone they never wanted to be.

Forcing anyone, man, woman or child, to be someone they're not while hiding their true selves is one of the most damaging things we can do to them. Forcing someone to live up to the your own standards or the standards of society can cause much heartache and resentment.

Join me in this vulnerably deep conversation with Zack Henson as he shares his own personal rules of being the best man that he can possibly be. These rules aren't meant to be imposed on anyone else through force, they are simply guidelines for Zack that he shares openly in the hopes that maybe it will get other men to shoot perspectives and look at their own lives and expectations a little closer. His 10 rules begin around the 35:00 minute mark.

Zack is an ICF Certified Coach, a fitness competitor, a graphic designer, a podcaster and an ordained minister. He's gone through his own struggles with masculinity and manhood while trying to figure out what exactly it means to be a man and how he can exemplify that every day.

You can connect with Zack directly on his website and check out his podcast as well, both at The Khaos Kreed.

This is a deep conversation you don't want to miss!

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Behind The Mask-ulinityBy Christian Lopez