as a woman i was so shocked to find myself relating to him so much, specially when he talks about the fear of being a burden to people and how pride and impatience affects his relationship
We're people. Hopefully you'll learn not to be surprised by your ability to identify with a male-identifying person as time goes on. :) Appreciate you for being here.
I appreciated what Russel said about embarrassment possibly being the trigger for impatience. A great country song and video can be a man calling a male friend to talk, be heard, get some support, and a good cry.
I relate so much to Russel when he said that he's the hype man and how he's friendly with everyone, party life and always doing fun stuff. I love doing fun stuff but sometimes like he said it does seem like talking about your own struggles gets tough and we do not want to burden other people with our stuff. Thank you for this episode, made me feel like I'm not the only guy who feels like this. Love this series guys, thank you for the podcast
I can't say that I love this episode, but it may just be because I didn't have the best day (I'll probably try to give it another listen later this week). I don't mean that this is a bad episode though, just different. I feel that this was very host driven rather than a conversation. I understand one of the goals is to have a safe place for the guest so it may just be that's what Russell was more comfortable with at this point in time. I love how much recognition he gives his wife. I also love that Russell speaks a little on having a deep conversation with Kailey every now & then. Speaking from experience being that my bf & i have started to have one every couple weeks; I feel that those can be a bit of a recharge for both people in the relationship, like a mental health check in. I'd be interested to see what would come out of a conversation with both, Russell & Kailey. -Side note to who replies to the comment section: your tag line seems to be "Never stop challenging us, though! Appreciate you." I just want to say that I appreciate you, I hope you have/had a great day :)
Thank you for your feedback. We find that every conversation is different. Sometimes the guest really drives it and even comes with an agenda about what they want to express. Sometimes they're not really sure what to expect and we welcome them to bring themselves as they are. It really is about creating a safe place and learning together, which also makes it accessible to audience members that might be in that beginning place with this conversation as well. We'd love to continue the conversation with Russell and Kailey. Not sure if that's our tagline, but we did say that a few times last night. We mean it! We do appreciate you and we do want you to keep challenging us. :) Have a great day as well.
He was a sweet guy but hmmm, I'm a bit on the fence about this interview, maybe I'm used to you'll going deep. I feel like this wasn't an uncomfortable conversation, it felt to me like you stayed in the safe zone. I agree with what Liz said in the debrief, that she would have loved to have talked more about country music. I feel like you got in there last week but not so much this week. Maybe he's just young and not had alot of struggles in life. I love that he credits his wife, and yes alot of men don't. And maybe his wife might be someone to interview as you'll suggested.
I was feeling the same, but I also think it was hard to get in deep with him because he was “vulnerable” from the get go when he disclosed vulnerability was difficult and he was honest about crying and stuff like that .. but last week the Person invited was struggling with that from the beginning .. I mean idk .. I feel you though !!
@@rosaramirez8322 Guests being vulnerable was never something they backed off from though, I felt that Justin's love for his "love of his wife" hijacked the interview lol Perhaps they didn't want to suck the air out of the room more from their wives.
Thank you for your feedback, Kate. Our goal is welcome each guest to come as they are and invite them on this journey. Different people are at different stages, as are members of our audience. We're not trying to call anyone out, and we always strive to make our guests feel safe. So, if that keeps us in the "safe zone" for some of these conversations, so be it. We believe that if we can even get people to start considering the effects of traditional masculinity and questioning the lessons that they might not even know are there, then it will ultimately lead to more healing and evolution of humanity. Never stop challenging us, though! Appreciate you.
@@WeAreManEnough hey thanks for your feedback, yes, you are right about it being a safe conversation, I had made alot of assumptions about him because he was on your podcast. (I dont know who he is as I'm not in the US and not knowledgeable about Country music other than the big stars like Blake Shelton etc) But I have followed him and his wife on Instagram now. :) He's a sweet guy.
Oh man this is one where I def wish Liz was more familiar with country music. Off the top of my head, there's defining masculinity by physical labor. There is more depiction of romantic, faithful love and describing women as strong and sweet, than there is in other genres...but we could ask if that is mirrored in real time, and if it still is limiting gender roles, etc. There is the willingness to sacrifice, either literally lay down your life, or to physically labor to provide a home, but it is in a strong, silent, and again physical way...oo, ps. How and why different rural minority experiences were also not in country. There's some now, but historically the black rural experience was segregated to the "blues" genre. Some analyzing of what subjects men and women are "allowed" to sing, ie. do men sing more about desires and promises of love, and women more about betrayal?? I can think of several men singing songs about the earth, and childhood, and community, and maybe one or two by women.
Interesting variety of guests. I feel that perhaps there could be more vulnerability from the hosts. At this point, the hosts have certain skills and knowledge gained but it feels like they are not getting as curious about what they don't know. That may have also mirrored why the guest was not as vulnerable though I appreciate him and where he was at and what he was willing to offer (I also appreciate women getting lifted up). Perhaps it's not about trying to crack the guest open as the goal but to crack the conversation open between you all.
Thank you for your feedback, Eva. Our goal is welcome each guest to come as they are and invite them on this journey. Different people are at different stages, as are members of our audience. Just as we're not trying to call anyone out, we're not trying to "crack anyone open". We believe that if we can even get people to start considering the effects of traditional masculinity and questioning the lessons that they might not even know are there, then it will ultimately lead to more healing and evolution of humanity. Never stop challenging us, though! Appreciate you.
Thank you for your feedback, Suzette. Our goal is welcome each guest to come as they are and invite them on this journey. Different people are at different stages, as are members of our audience. Never stop challenging us, though! Appreciate you.
can we appreciate how he literally talked about his wife and gave her credit for his whole career for literally 6 minutes straight
Yes we can!
as a woman i was so shocked to find myself relating to him so much, specially when he talks about the fear of being a burden to people and how pride and impatience affects his relationship
We're people. Hopefully you'll learn not to be surprised by your ability to identify with a male-identifying person as time goes on. :) Appreciate you for being here.
I appreciated what Russel said about embarrassment possibly being the trigger for impatience. A great country song and video can be a man calling a male friend to talk, be heard, get some support, and a good cry.
I relate so much to Russel when he said that he's the hype man and how he's friendly with everyone, party life and always doing fun stuff. I love doing fun stuff but sometimes like he said it does seem like talking about your own struggles gets tough and we do not want to burden other people with our stuff. Thank you for this episode, made me feel like I'm not the only guy who feels like this. Love this series guys, thank you for the podcast
Loved this episode! Would LOVE to see him come back on with his wife. I imagine that would be an incredible conversation. :)
Love what you guys do here on the podcast. You guys should have Dax Shepard on!!! I would love to hear that convo!
Loveeee this guy! Love this podcast! So happy he’s a part of country music! I look forward to him showing this vulnerability in his music! 😊
les québécois fan de country punching the air right now.
Just so Awesome Awesome Again...You Three are amazing..
Thank you so much. You're amazing too.
I can't say that I love this episode, but it may just be because I didn't have the best day (I'll probably try to give it another listen later this week). I don't mean that this is a bad episode though, just different. I feel that this was very host driven rather than a conversation. I understand one of the goals is to have a safe place for the guest so it may just be that's what Russell was more comfortable with at this point in time. I love how much recognition he gives his wife. I also love that Russell speaks a little on having a deep conversation with Kailey every now & then. Speaking from experience being that my bf & i have started to have one every couple weeks; I feel that those can be a bit of a recharge for both people in the relationship, like a mental health check in. I'd be interested to see what would come out of a conversation with both, Russell & Kailey.
-Side note to who replies to the comment section: your tag line seems to be "Never stop challenging us, though! Appreciate you." I just want to say that I appreciate you, I hope you have/had a great day :)
Thank you for your feedback. We find that every conversation is different. Sometimes the guest really drives it and even comes with an agenda about what they want to express. Sometimes they're not really sure what to expect and we welcome them to bring themselves as they are. It really is about creating a safe place and learning together, which also makes it accessible to audience members that might be in that beginning place with this conversation as well. We'd love to continue the conversation with Russell and Kailey.
Not sure if that's our tagline, but we did say that a few times last night. We mean it! We do appreciate you and we do want you to keep challenging us. :) Have a great day as well.
🤗🙌will be great to have him back on with his wife
He was a sweet guy but hmmm, I'm a bit on the fence about this interview, maybe I'm used to you'll going deep. I feel like this wasn't an uncomfortable conversation, it felt to me like you stayed in the safe zone. I agree with what Liz said in the debrief, that she would have loved to have talked more about country music. I feel like you got in there last week but not so much this week. Maybe he's just young and not had alot of struggles in life. I love that he credits his wife, and yes alot of men don't. And maybe his wife might be someone to interview as you'll suggested.
I was feeling the same, but I also think it was hard to get in deep with him because he was “vulnerable” from the get go when he disclosed vulnerability was difficult and he was honest about crying and stuff like that .. but last week the Person invited was struggling with that from the beginning .. I mean idk .. I feel you though !!
@@rosaramirez8322 Guests being vulnerable was never something they backed off from though, I felt that Justin's love for his "love of his wife" hijacked the interview lol Perhaps they didn't want to suck the air out of the room more from their wives.
Thank you for your feedback, Kate. Our goal is welcome each guest to come as they are and invite them on this journey. Different people are at different stages, as are members of our audience. We're not trying to call anyone out, and we always strive to make our guests feel safe. So, if that keeps us in the "safe zone" for some of these conversations, so be it. We believe that if we can even get people to start considering the effects of traditional masculinity and questioning the lessons that they might not even know are there, then it will ultimately lead to more healing and evolution of humanity. Never stop challenging us, though! Appreciate you.
@@WeAreManEnough hey thanks for your feedback, yes, you are right about it being a safe conversation, I had made alot of assumptions about him because he was on your podcast. (I dont know who he is as I'm not in the US and not knowledgeable about Country music other than the big stars like Blake Shelton etc) But I have followed him and his wife on Instagram now. :) He's a sweet guy.
@@KateStrongHealer Wonderful. He really is.
you guys should bring on jason wilson next to the podcast!
Already recorded an episode with him. Coming soon!
Liz interest about country music would have may be taken him deeper. Well done guys.
Oh man this is one where I def wish Liz was more familiar with country music. Off the top of my head, there's defining masculinity by physical labor. There is more depiction of romantic, faithful love and describing women as strong and sweet, than there is in other genres...but we could ask if that is mirrored in real time, and if it still is limiting gender roles, etc. There is the willingness to sacrifice, either literally lay down your life, or to physically labor to provide a home, but it is in a strong, silent, and again physical way...oo, ps. How and why different rural minority experiences were also not in country. There's some now, but historically the black rural experience was segregated to the "blues" genre. Some analyzing of what subjects men and women are "allowed" to sing, ie. do men sing more about desires and promises of love, and women more about betrayal?? I can think of several men singing songs about the earth, and childhood, and community, and maybe one or two by women.
Interesting variety of guests. I feel that perhaps there could be more vulnerability from the hosts. At this point, the hosts have certain skills and knowledge gained but it feels like they are not getting as curious about what they don't know. That may have also mirrored why the guest was not as vulnerable though I appreciate him and where he was at and what he was willing to offer (I also appreciate women getting lifted up). Perhaps it's not about trying to crack the guest open as the goal but to crack the conversation open between you all.
Thank you for your feedback, Eva. Our goal is welcome each guest to come as they are and invite them on this journey. Different people are at different stages, as are members of our audience. Just as we're not trying to call anyone out, we're not trying to "crack anyone open". We believe that if we can even get people to start considering the effects of traditional masculinity and questioning the lessons that they might not even know are there, then it will ultimately lead to more healing and evolution of humanity. Never stop challenging us, though! Appreciate you.
@@WeAreManEnough Thanks for the reply and considering the comment. Appreciate you too.
This was ok.
Thank you for your feedback, Suzette. Our goal is welcome each guest to come as they are and invite them on this journey. Different people are at different stages, as are members of our audience. Never stop challenging us, though! Appreciate you.
@@WeAreManEnough love what you guys do ❤❤❤