Speak With Your Heart And Create a Big Life With Cleo Wade and Lewis Howes

Emotional Needs

Lewis Howes and Cleo Wade discuss the emotional needs of men, highlighting the lack of spaces for men to express their feelings. Lewis shares that many men don't have regular opportunities to talk about their emotions, which can lead to harmful behaviors. Cleo emphasizes the importance of validating men's feelings and creating environments where they can explore their emotions safely.

Imagine your whole life never being able to talk about it. And I'm not saying, like, it's people's responsibility to share this with other people. And I try to reflect that back on the women. They're like, I would want to kill myself.

--- Lewis Howes

They both agree that changing the narrative for young boys and girls can lead to more love, healing, and communication in society 1 2.

   

Anger Management

Cleo Wade shares her journey of understanding and embracing her anger, which she had suppressed for years. She explains that growing up in a family that expressed anger explosively made her fear anger, leading her to hide it. Cleo now sees the value in anger and believes it can be expressed healthily without being disrespectful.

I hid anger or the idea of how anger manifests for so long that it started hiding from me back.

--- Cleo Wade

Lewis Howes adds that boys are often not allowed to express emotions healthily, which can lead to issues later in life 3 4.

   

Emotional Expression

The conversation shifts to the importance of healthy emotional expression. Cleo Wade talks about how mentoring young people has helped her embrace authenticity and express her emotions more openly. She emphasizes that expressing anger or other emotions doesn't mean one has to live in those emotions forever.

Fake love is worse than no love at all.

--- Cleo Wade

Lewis Howes reflects on how societal norms often discourage men from expressing their emotions, leading to a lack of emotional intelligence and communication skills 4 5.