Max Dickins
Season 6, Episode 11: Lets talk about male friendships with Max Dickins.
“ I think often men have their friendships with other men, they’re built for comfort, not confession.We almost ring fence our male friendships for something else. And for what? Often what intimacy looks like between men is not what it looks like between two women or a man and a woman. ”
Author of ‘Billy No-Mates: How I Realised Men Have a Friendship Problem’ Max Dickins joins Caggie on the podcast today to explore the story behind the book.
Max shares his own experience of realising his own loneliness before he dove into research about the ‘male friendship problem’; the difference between a friendship between two men, compared to other genders; and how men can work on themselves in order to face the fear of being vulnerable.
They also discuss how women often take on a lot of the support and social life on behalf of the men in their life; and how men can start being more vulnerable and open with their male friends.
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IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:
Why do men have a friendship problem?
How men struggle to be vulnerable and deep with their male friends
Why do we like to be friends with the opposite sex?
The need for multifaceted friendships
Men lean on the women in their lives for emotional support
Struggle to be vulnerable with male friends
How men can start being more vulnerable with their male friends
WHERE TO FIND MAX DICKENS:
@maxdickenswrites on Instagram
