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What kind of phrases come to mind when you hear the word man? Or manly? Many of us probably think of things like muscles or tough or…I dunno lawn mower.And there’s nothing wrong with that necessarily.But are there other words you wish came to mind?I recently posted a question on facebook, asking what kind of words people would want to be associated with the word man? And there were so many good answers. Things like:Resilient.Courageous.Vulnerable.Comforter.Warrior.Strong.Soft.Many of these words might not often be seen in the same list. And to be honest I love that. Who says you can’t be strong and soft?What if our words could hold more meaning and not less?This episode is about compassion. One powerful word. That can look many different ways.Dr. James Kirby is a researcher and senior lecturer in clinical psychology at the University of Queensland. His main research area is compassion. And he generously gave me some time, to chat about manliness and compassion and all the different ways they can both look.There is so much gold in this conversation. Maybe it could change the way we think about some of these words?