Season 2 Episode 6: How does working with shame impact Toxic Masculinity?

Shame is something society tries to cast away; to hide. Shame is treated as a negative, but what if it wasn't? That is the premise of the work undertaken by Clinical Psychologist Mark Kulkens. Mark focuses on guiding people to be the best they can be, and step along that path is to accept shame, rather than hide it, and learn from it. Shame is secret, and often buried too deep to be of any use. What happens when we unearth our shame? It can be morphed into guilt. Guilt, as opposed to shame, serves a social purpose. Guilt is expressed, it's rectified and is often a teachable moment. We spoke with Mark about using Men's shame as a tool to dig up the roots of toxic masculinity.