Oct '25 • Progress Reports (& Wins!)
Courage to Feel Speech
A speech I gave this week was on ‘The Courage to Feel’. This theme has been a major part of my journey over the past few years, as I’ve worked on my improving my (lacking) emotional awareness.
It was surprisingly popular. The original was about 8 minutes, here’s a reduced version:
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‘Most men are terrified - not of failure or rejection, but of feeling.
I learned that in the Royal Navy. I could lead, perform, and stay calm in chaos. But inside, I’d built an emotional fortress so thick that even I couldn’t get in. The same walls that kept pain out also kept joy out.
From boyhood, we’re told: don’t cry, toughen up, be a man. So we shut down. We hide behind work, success, humour, distraction. But a man who cannot feel cannot love, cannot connect, cannot lead.
True strength isn’t in control, it’s in courage. The courage to stay when emotion rises. To breathe when anger comes. To let the tears fall. To answer when love calls.
That’s the real courage. The courage to feel.’
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So a reflective question for you;
What would change in your relationships, work, or life if you stopped guarding your heart and let it be seen?
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