In this inspiring conversation, Gen Z advocate Nick Cholmsky shares his personal journey from teen mental health advocate to co-founder of the Youth Resiliency Project. 
 Nick discusses how outdated models of masculinity are impacting boys, young men, and masculine identifying persons—and how using a partnership-based lens, rooted in Riane Eisler’s cultural transformation framework, 
 can help reframe strength, vulnerability, and connection. From TEDx stages to classrooms across North America, Nick is helping redefine what it means to be a man - or someone who is masculine identifying - in today’s world.

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Resources & Links

- [Nick Cholmsky TEDx Talk: Men don’t have to choose: uniting masculinity with mental health](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQyh932D-_A)

- [Partnership Toolkit](https://www.learnpartnership.org/partnershiptoolkit)

- [The Chalice and the Blade – Riane Eisler](https://centerforpartnership.org/resources/books/the-chalice-and-the-blade-our-history-our-future/)

- [The Power of Partnership – Riane Eisler](https://centerforpartnership.org/resources/books/the-power-of-partnership/)

- [Center for Partnership Systems](https://centerforpartnership.org/)

Key Themes

• Nick Cholmsky
 • masculinity
 • youth resiliency
 • mental health

Music credit: Rising Appalachia, Resilience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx17RvPMaQ8

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