The Gratitude Gap: Why Men Feel Numb and How to Get Your Heart Back

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In this Thanksgiving-week episode, Brent dives deep into one of the most common — and least talked about — struggles men face: feeling emotionally numb even when life is objectively good. Drawing from neuroscience, scripture, Stoic philosophy, and practical daily rhythms, he shows men how to turn gratitude from a concept into a neurological trigger that reopens the heart.

If you’ve ever found yourself wanting to feel grateful but unable to access the emotion… this episode will change your week.

What You’ll Learn:

• Why chronic stress shuts down the brain’s gratitude circuits
• How scripture validates emotional exhaustion (not shames it)
• The Stoic discipline that rewires your perspective
• How to practice gratitude even when you don’t feel it
• A 3-minute neuroscience-based gratitude activation
• How to reconnect with your wife and kids through spoken gratitude
• How to show up to Thanksgiving present, not numb

 

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