How many times have you said, “Just say it” to others or yourself? I know I’m always thinking it: Just get it out, speak it. SPIT IT OUT! Why speak? Because the truth will set you free. There is energy behind your feelings, needs and opinions. So when you hold in your emotions, don’t say [...]
For last year the crew of The Man’s Guide to Love have traveled the country asking men about their feelings, experiences and advice about love. CNN explains how we believe men don’t want to speak about love. Yet in these videos you see men opening up often with their love next to them. These short [...]
Are you honest and powerful in your speaking? In our groups we support men to speak in ‘I statements’. That means, if you are speaking about your experience you would not say “when men get angry they repress their feelings.” You would say, “When I get angry I repress my feelings.” The most powerful and [...]
In my last post, I wrote about utilizing the power of your feelings to be smarter. I want to build on that to encourage you to make another distinction with your thoughts and feelings. Seth Godin speaks in this interview with Merlin Mann of 43 Folders (the video is good too) about how our lizard [...]
Who Is in Charge – Your Rational or Emotional Brain? A recent NPR story speaks about how our emotional brain often makes those tough decisions – but that’s not a surprise. If we’re to get honest, we would admit that the big or stressful decisions are often emotional decisions. In our rational culture we [...]
