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Greg is Johnny's best mate. He is manly as (and can talk about feelings all day long).

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Psychologist Sam O'Sullivan is going around NZ talking to people about what it means to be tough on the inside.

Talking things through, showing vulnerability, and offering compassion or support can make a big difference.

Pacific men talking about it? Manly As!

Matt and his crew are stepping up and showing what modern manliness looks like.

"Be yourself, do what you love, be comfortable with that.  It is ok to not buy into stereotypes, they don’t make us who we are."

"My passions make me who I am, and I don’t really care about what people think of me."

"I pride myself on being a very gentle man; but at the same time, I have really appreciated my own strength in the last few years."

"If you’re going through tough times, keeping those feelings to yourself to me is not manly. Courageous vulnerability is a phrase I’ve heard thrown around and to me that’s true masculinity"

“I don’t really consider myself being that masculine. One way I consider myself masculine is being a good dad, hopefully being a good dad. That to me is probably the most male thing that I can hope for"