In this episode of Men Like Us, we reflect on Episode 1 and continue the conversation about honesty, vulnerability, and the silent weight many men carry. Matthew explores why men are conditioned to stay quiet, how messages like “man up” and “don’t cry” shape our behaviour, and the real cost of emotional silence, for ourselves and for the next generation.

Through personal reflection and lived experience, this episode challenges the idea that strength means staying quiet, and reframes vulnerability as courage. The episode also sets a simple but powerful piece of homework: taking time to acknowledge what you’ve been holding in and choosing one small step toward speaking it out loud.

This is a conversation about presence, fatherhood, masculinity, and breaking long-held habits of silence, one honest step at a time.