Rebranding Mental Health
The Rebranding Mental Health Podcast explores what mental health could look like if we moved beyond the outdated disease model and embraced TOTAL health—brain, body, relationships, and purpose. Through real talk, cultural critique, and forward-thinking ideas, we unpack the systems that shape our well-being and imagine bold new ways to heal, connect, and grow. It’s not about fixing what’s broken—it’s about building what we’ve been missing.
Rebranding Mental Health
The Masculinity Paradox: Letting Men Out Of Their Box
So, what does “masculinity” even mean?
In this episode, Iman and Kurt are unpacking what many people are calling a masculinity crisis and naming what’s really happening underneath it: a masculinity paradox.
Men are struggling in real ways, from rising loneliness and disconnection to lower rates of seeking mental health support. At the same time, cultural messages about being a “real man” have become confusing, contradictory, and often harmful. And when men try to fix the pain by chasing masculinity harder, they often end up feeling even more isolated, more ashamed, and more stuck.
We’ll talk about what masculinity has looked like across history and culture, why our definitions are inconsistent, and how gender “traits” have been coded in ways that limit everyone.
This conversation isn’t about blaming men. It’s about freeing them.
Because the way out isn’t performing manhood harder.
It’s letting go of the performance… and becoming whole.
If this episode hits home for you, share it with someone who needs the reminder: you don’t have to earn your humanity.
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"Rebranding Mental Health: A Movement, Not a Label."
