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  • When Burnout Makes You Question Your Worth

    When Burnout Makes You Question Your Worth
    2026/10/15
    This episode explores the pain of tying self-worth to productivity, especially when burnout or depression leaves high-performing men feeling like failures. It offers a faith-based path to reclaim identity through intrinsic dignity, along with practical ways loved ones can respond with presence instead of pressure. Show Notes Contingent self-esteem and vulnerability to depression - PMC: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4611308/
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    10 分
  • Why Me? How Rumination Keeps You Stuck

    Why Me? How Rumination Keeps You Stuck
    2026/10/12
    This episode explores how abstract self-questioning and rumination can keep us stuck in shame and paralysis, especially after mistakes or setbacks. It then offers a practical path forward through concrete micro-actions, behavioral activation, and a faith-centered reminder to take the next small step. Show Notes Rumination and Depression: Break the Loop | ScienceWorks: https://www.scienceworkshealth.com/post/rumination-and-depression
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    13 分
  • Anxiety to Numbness: Breaking the Whiplash Cycle

    Anxiety to Numbness: Breaking the Whiplash Cycle
    2026/10/08
    This episode unpacks the whiplash cycle between nighttime anxiety and daytime shutdown, explaining how sympathetic hyperarousal and dorsal vagal collapse can leave men feeling panicked one moment and numb the next. It also offers practical, low-friction ways to regulate the nervous system, support a loved one without adding pressure, and find spiritual encouragement through Elijah’s story in 1 Kings 19. Show Notes Trauma: It's more than just 'fight or flight': https://www.ptsduk.org/its-so-much-more-than-just-fight-or-flight/ CPTSD Collapse: Why Trauma Shutdown Looks Like ...: https://www.kirstennoack.com/blog/the-shutdown-trauma-response
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    12 分
  • Why Depression Pushes Men to Withdraw

    Why Depression Pushes Men to Withdraw
    2026/10/05
    This episode explores why depression can drive men to withdraw and isolate, using the Social Risk Hypothesis to explain how the brain treats social retreat as self-protection. It also offers practical ways to support someone by lowering the social cost of simply being present, with a thoughtful Christian perspective on bearing one another’s burdens. Show Notes (PDF) The Social Risk Hypothesis of Depressed Mood: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/9025587_The_Social_Risk_Hypothesis_of_Depressed_Mood_Evolutionary_Psychosocial_and_Neurobiological_Perspectives
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    12 分
  • How Defaults Reduce Decision Fatigue

    How Defaults Reduce Decision Fatigue
    2026/10/01
    This episode explores how depression and anxiety turn ordinary choices into exhausting burdens, and why trying to keep every option open can actually make burnout worse. It offers practical strategies like pre-commitment defaults, simple routines, and a Rule of Life to reduce decision fatigue and create healing structure. Show Notes Decision Fatigue: A Conceptual Analysis - PMC - NIH: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6119549/
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    13 分
  • Why Big Wins Still Leave You Empty

    Why Big Wins Still Leave You Empty
    2026/09/28
    This episode explores why big wins like promotions, championships, and completed projects often leave men feeling hollow instead of healed. It unpacks the arrival fallacy, the danger of tying worth to output, and offers a simple 24-hour milestone check-in to make space for real healing. Show Notes The arrival fallacy: why we should decouple our happiness ...: https://nesslabs.com/arrival-fallacy
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    13 分
  • The Hidden Cost of Wearing a Work Mask

    The Hidden Cost of Wearing a Work Mask
    2026/09/24
    This episode explores the hidden toll of surface acting at work, how men often use overwork and emotional restraint to mask depression, and why that can lead to burnout and disconnection at home. Listeners will also hear practical, low-friction ways to set boundaries, support a partner who seems emotionally shut down, and embrace a healthier view of strength rooted in faith and stewardship. Show Notes Barriers in Diagnosing and Treating Men With Depression: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3140791/ Exploring the Relationship between Surface Acting, Job Stress, and ...: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11351417/
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    11 分
  • When Anger Is a Broken Thermostat

    When Anger Is a Broken Thermostat
    2026/09/21
    This episode explores how depression in men can show up as irritability and explosive anger rather than sadness, and why that matters for recognizing emotional burnout. It also offers a practical framework for distinguishing healthy boundary-setting from destructive outbursts, drawing on scripture, research, and simple real-time checks like HALT. Show Notes The Role of Anger Expression in Unmet Expectations and ...: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10439833/
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    13 分