COVID has really opened the conversation on mental health, and a part of it is how people deal with their personal traumas. In this episode, Nick and Tony ask help from Georgina, a licensed marriage and family therapist, in understanding trauma better, explaining why anger is usually the only emotion men are allowed to feel, treating women better, and breaking down the questions of how you can be better in processing your emotions.

The episode touches on the following key topics and ideas:

• Introducing Georgina, planning post-COVID life, and discussing the vaccine (00:00:26)
• Can young people detect and acknowledge their traumas at a young age? Why is it more challenging to detect traumas in young people? (00:04:17)
• Why are men generally more inclined to express anger than any other emotion? (00:08:06)
• Breaking down the stereotype of men don’t (and can’t) cry and addressing the need for a safe space within the family (00:12:06)
• Tony opens up about his experience with bullying and how his parent taught him how to deal with it (00:14:40)
• How talking about things can regulate the aggression that men are taught and raised with (00:16:43)
• What are the things that men can change to have a healthy and respectful mindset towards women? (00:22:52)
• Rethinking the things parents say to their sons and to their daughters about how they should be as they grow up (00:25:41)
• Understanding the pressure society puts on men with regard to sex and how to change that mindset (00:29:32)
• Why the continuous oppression of women further drives the narrative of men disrespecting women in the dating scene (00:30:48)
• What are some factors that can contribute to men’s harmful behaviors towards their relationships? (00:32:23)
• Setting boundaries that are reasonable and are actually good for you (00:37:51)
• Georgina shares the reason why she pursued family therapy (00:42:24)
• How does a therapist digest trauma and life-changing events that happen to people? (00:46:10)
• The effects of COVID on therapy and how mental health took a clearer role in people’s lives (00:48:29)
• Nick gets real on how insurance companies treat mental health cases and behavioral therapists, and how there’s been a shift in how people talk about mental health (00:52:28)
• Respecting children’s boundaries and becoming better adults by listening more (00:54:54)