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Welcome to this week's episode of Friendship Therapy, the podcast in which we look at friendships through a therapeutic lens.

And this week I'm joined by Elliot to talk about what it's like to be and, as he puts it,

emotional male, within male friendship groups. We talk about why being a lone voice in the wilderness

might feel lonely, but might also be necessary when it

comes to blazing a trail towards greater emotional intimacy and permission to be authentic

among a group of individuals who haven't necessarily been encouraged to be vulnerable.

We chat about the difference between friends who are surface dwellers and the ones who are

depth seekers and how to navigate

the distance. We explore how to avoid the emotional bends when we're travelling between

different water pressures. In fact, we make a lot of references to the ocean in this episode

from finding Nemo to treasure chests. So settle back on your Lilo and enjoy the conversation.

Hi Elliot. How can I help? Hi, Emo. Joining today, I think I've always been quite an emotional

male, which I think is quite atypical. I find navigating male relationships, I think across my adult life now, it's been noticeable

that there's been kind of disparities in, I guess, receptiveness to kind of be vulnerable with,

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