Emotional wellness is often the root—what comes before a mental health breakdown, diagnosis, or crisis. But many men don’t know how to access that layer, and so what begins as emotional injury becomes internalized and untreated… until it shows up as distress, dysfunction, or disconnection.

I landed on a clip of Cam Newton talking with Pastor Jamal Bryant on his podcast. The caption was something about Cam responding to claims that he’s “creating broken homes”. But, what caught my attention wasn’t the headline, it was Cam’s words: “Bleeding in public is tough… I have to be strong. Where do lions go to lay? Where do eagles go to cry? Where do warriors go to weep?”

A million times, over the years, we have heard this term: “Get Ya Mind Right!” But what does this phrase really mean?