“Boys don’t cry.”
“Real men don’t talk about their feelings.”
“Suck it up and be a man.”

Just reading these words is painful. Yet this is what our culture teaches boys from a very young age about the appropriate response to the struggles we face as a part of being human. When we try to close off the more difficult feelings we have like shame, anger or resentment, we also close off access to the feelings that carry us through hard times - feelings like joy or awe. We also miss important information about what matters to us and how to live a life full of meaning on our terms. If you could use a guide to finding greater purpose, clarity and mental wellbeing in your life, I highly recommend Chinazom Sunny Nwabueze ICF FRM MBA MSc and his brilliant and highly readable new book, Real Talk: A new approach to men’s mental fitness