Chris Hemmings

Welcome to episode 52 and my guest this week is Chris Hemmings!

Chris is a public speaker & workshop facilitator focussing on healthy masculinity.  He is also a trainee psychotherapist and the author of ‘How to be a Man’ a book about masculinity and the damage caused by masculine ideals.

We chat about what it means to be a man and how this causes men to struggle and stops men asking for help.

We chat about the research that Chris has done in this area, about his work in schools with young men and we chat about empathy, vulnerability and owning our mistakes in order to grow.

I have had Chris on my list to contact for months but only recently reached out as I felt this conversation was just too big for me when I started.  I’m glad I waited because I feel like I was able to do it justice and I’m so glad with how it came out!

It’s deep, it’s complex and it’s given me a great deal of inspiration.  As well as being passionate and articulate, Chris is incredibly brave in taking on some of these bigger topics and it was a pleasure to hear what he had to say.

You can learn more about Chris and all of his work via his website Chris Hemmings (chris-hemmings.com) and follow him on Twitter @Hemmch

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Thanks for listening!  Enjoy!