"New Masculinity" - premiere meeting with the book's authors

“Boys don't cry”
“Pull yourself together, man”
“A man doesn't talk about problems, he solves them”

Do you know the slogans on which generations were raised to hide emotions in a ‘macho’ way? Are you wondering if there is another way of being a man?

MANDO Inside Publishing and Volvo Car Warszawa invite you to the premiere of the book "New Masculinity. Intimate Conversations About What Men Need."

Szymon Żyśko, Robert Konecki and Mateusz Kowalski — the book's authors — will talk about what masculinity means to them, how to shape and embrace it in a mature, empathetic and tender way.

18 March 2026, Wednesday, 19:00
Volvo Car Warszawa, Marszałkowska 89
FREE ENTRY

SZYMON ŻYŚKO – journalist, TVN24 reporter. Author of "Male Depression. How to Break the Armour" (conversation with Prof. Krzysztof Krajewski-Siuda) and "Regain Control of Your Life. Gaslighting and Other Forms of Psychological Violence."

MATEUSZ KOWALSKI – podcaster, activist, co-creator of "Tutaj Podcast", facilitator of men's circles. He studied cultural studies and AI. Author of the poetry collection "I Travel With Every Word." Lover of cinema, mountains and cooking.

ROBERT KONECKI – podcaster, activist and online creator, co-creator of "Tutaj Podcast." Sociologist and journalist. He runs men's circles and helps men open up to love, closeness and asking for help. He loves movement, being in nature and his friends.

BOOK DESCRIPTION:

"New Masculinity. Intimate Conversations About What Men Need"
Robert Konecki, Mateusz Kowalski, Szymon Żyśko
MANDO Inside Publishing
Kraków 2026

Robert Konecki and Mateusz Kowalski, authors of the popular Tutaj Podcast, together with journalist Szymon Żyśko, who specializes in psychological topics and wrote the bestseller "Male Depression," reflected on contemporary masculinity.

This book is the result of many hours of honest, deep, and sometimes difficult and painful conversation, a combination of varied life experiences, years of therapy, men's circles and self-improvement.

• allows being yourself and pursuing your dreams without shame or fear of judgment;
• gives space for emotions without pretending they do not exist; is based on a healthy, conscious relationship with one's sexuality;
• needs closeness, honest conversations and male camaraderie;
• helps break free from harmful patterns and damaging stereotypes;
• is not "given once and for all," but matures and changes together with a person.

A conversation about new masculinity is, at its core, a conversation about being a good human. Therefore everyone should reach for this book.

Thanks to Mateusz, Robert and Szymon, the inner world of men finally gets a voice. It is desperately needed in a society where harmful stereotypes still persist. They cause more and more young men to experience mental health crises, and their emotions are often treated as weakness.
— Dr. Agata Stola, psychotherapist and sexologist

This book is an attempt to name what often remains unspoken in masculinity: needs, fears, anger, the desire for connection and meaning. The chapters form a map: from questions about the definition of masculinity, through emotions and relationships, to the body and sexuality. In this story masculinity stops being a role — it becomes a relationship.
— Prof. Robert Kowalczyk, psychologist, clinical sexologist and therapist

"Finding your place in today's world is a challenge. It is very difficult for me to be at once accepting, empathetic, tender, sensitive as a man. There are so many tasks and expectations that I feel I have so many roles to play, often contradictory." — says one of the authors. For us, women, it is just as difficult. Finally we understand each other.
— Dr. Ewa Woydyłło, psychologist and psychotherapist

If you are looking for answers on how to find yourself in a world that is changing expectations of men, you have come to the right place.
— Dawid Straszak, psychologist, creator of the podcast "Charismatic"

YOU ARE WARMLY INVITED!